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Ruling Question

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Monday, 29 November 2010, at 4:25 p.m.

In Response To: Ruling Question (Steve Mellen)

I feel like you are torturing the wording of the rules a bit in an effort to arrive at what most of us see as the common-sense solution

I agree, the post you responded to was rather torturing the wording of the rules. That is why I felt a simplification was in order, as I posted here.

Summarizing my final opinion: A checker is illegally borne off (the "illegal removal" rule does not apply), thus saving gammon, if the checker is removed by its owning player from his homeboard at a time when all of his checkers are in his homeboard (i.e. he is legally eligible to bear off checkers). A checker is illegally removed from play (and the "illegal removal" rule applies) in all other cases where a checker is removed from the board.

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  Bill Calton -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 5:11 p.m.
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    rory -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 5:28 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 5:54 p.m.
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        Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 6:05 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 6:18 p.m.
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            Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 7:18 p.m.
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              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 8:10 p.m.
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                Chiva Tafazzoli -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 8:18 p.m.
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                  Casper van der Tak -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 10:30 p.m.
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                garyo -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 3:03 a.m.
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                Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 6:24 a.m.
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                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 12:17 p.m.
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                    Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 8:57 p.m.
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              Bob Koca -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 8:22 p.m.
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              Steve Mellen -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 2:37 p.m.
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                Rich Munitz -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 4:25 p.m.
      • "illegal move" too broad of a rule here?
        Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 10:04 p.m.
        • +1
          Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 7:00 a.m.
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      Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 5:55 p.m.
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        garyo -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 2:48 a.m.
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      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 12:28 a.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 5:49 p.m.
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    Stick -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 8:24 p.m.
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      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 8:45 p.m.
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      neilkaz -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 9:53 p.m.
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        Chiva Tafazzoli -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 10:03 p.m.
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          neilkaz -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 10:04 p.m.
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            Casper van der Tak -- Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 10:22 p.m.
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              Stein Kulseth -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 4:50 p.m.
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                Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 11:06 p.m.
                • Calcutta field ethics
                  Chuck Bower -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 4:53 p.m.
          • Patricia Geoffroy may not agree about the calcuttas ;-) *NM*
            Michael Petch -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 1:44 a.m.
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    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 5:48 a.m.
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      Sam Pottle -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 9:34 a.m.
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      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 11:28 a.m.
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    phil simborg -- Sunday, 28 November 2010, at 11:29 p.m.