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KIbitzers should STFU unless asked or appointed as monitor

Posted By: Robert Maier
Date: Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 9:01 p.m.

In Response To: KIbitzers should STFU unless asked or appointed as monitor (Daniel Murphy)

I don't necessarily disagree with this concept, but there are still problems with the position.

What exactly is the penalty incurred when a spectator speaks out of turn? Do what you want with them, but if Joe Schmo yells out that an illegal play has been made, are we saying that I am not now, as a player, allowed to point that out, and have a ruling made? As far as I know I'm not prohibited from pointing out something that wasn't first noticed by me, or immediately noticed by me. I don't see how you resolve this issue. You can encourage kibitzers in the strongest possible terms not to speak, but you can't stop them but by isolating the match(es), which obviously is not always possible.

I don't want kibitzers encouraged to speak. I just don't see how the risk of them disrupting proceedings is so high that it outweighs the desire to see illegal moves prevented. I also don't see how I can avoid contemplating what to do when they do speak.

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