i played a game (not virtual) recently and was black... at the start of the game my opponent said i must move first.... i explained to him as white he must and he said he doesnt, as white he can choose to let black go first... i can't find this in the rules anywhere, can someone tell me if this is allowed?
just for the record, i did move first and i beat him, so maybe he wont be doing that again anyway!
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Originally posted by eatmybishopThat just brightened my day, thanks 🙂
i played a game (not virtual) recently and was black... at the start of the game my opponent said i must move first.... i explained to him as white he must and he said he doesnt, as white he can choose to let black go first... i can't find this in the rules anywhere, can someone tell me if this is allowed?
just for the record, i did move first and i beat him, so maybe he wont be doing that again anyway!
Anyway, your friend's wrong.
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Originally posted by eatmybishopThat's funny, but next time I'd insist that he follow the rules. I once saw an expert castle long through check in an OTB tournament, but it didn't work out well for him cause he was getting checkmated, so he simply stopped the clock, got the TD and said, "There's been an illegal move made here".
i played a game (not virtual) recently and was black... at the start of the game my opponent said i must move first.... i explained to him as white he must and he said he doesnt, as white he can choose to let black go first... i can't find this in the rules anywhere, can someone tell me if this is allowed?
just for the record, i did move first and i beat him, so maybe he wont be doing that again anyway!
At that point the TD went over the game, saw the illegal move and set the board back up to the position before the illegal move had been made. Then the expert made a different move and won the game.