Say in a USCF tournament, if an opponent intentional tips over his King...that's it right? Game over.
I had a guy do this, after a blunder in disgust...then he looked at the board and realized he could still possibly win...so he
asked if he could keep playing.
1) How would the TD decide on this?
2) What if then, the opponent said he accidently did it, and kept to this story? Saying that according the board, he would still win and thus why would he tip his King over? That he had the right to continue? Then it became his word against mine?
What say ye?
Intentionally touching = moving that piece (FIDE)
@Sarg0n FIDE=/= USCF
@DavyKOTWF Rule 13b states that tipping over the king is a clear form of resignation.
http://www.uschess.org/content/view/7752/369/It's like making a move and then asking if can take it back.
In case of (2), he should get benefit of the doubt - so if he denies he has resigned and you claim he has, and there are no witnesses, the arbiter should give him the benefit of the doubt.
#3, where is the rule? Don’t see it.
„Tipping the K“ whatever this exactly means is not part of the FIDE rules. There‘s touch-move and „declaring resignation.“
Sometimes there is confusion with offering shake-hands as a sign of resignation though. I can only recommend to use a clear communication. In case of doubt ask, because if there are no witnesses it can become difficult.
He who intentionally disrupts the board, shall forfeit the game. Comes to mind ?? :]
13B. Resignation.
The player whose opponent resigns wins the game. This immediately ends the game. Saying I resign or tipping over
the king are relatively clear ways to resign.
Stopping both clocks does not necessarily indicate a resignation. Since a player may be making a claim or seeing a
director, the opponent should not assume a player who stops both clocks has resigned without further evidence.
Likewise, the offer of a handshake is not necessarily a resignation. On occasion, one player believes the handshake
agrees to a draw while the other interprets it as a resignation. See also 15H, Reporting of Results; 16S, Priority of
agreed result over time-forfeit claim and 19G2, Resignation and invalid move.
If he did it intentionally, he loses and has to live with that decision.
If it looks like he may have done it unintentionally though, be a sportsman and give him the benefit of the doubt. You want to win on the board, not in the rulebook.
The movement of the pieces are part of the rule book. It's not unsportsmanlike to enforce every single rule. As in #3, you don't let your opponent take back a move if he suddenly sees a winning combination. (BTW, also posted in #3, FIDE != USCF on some points, but they do agree on the important issues.)
@Skittle-Head If (talking about FIDE rules) some disrupts the board (like tipping over king) then that is no problem as long as he fixes the situation before he presses the clock. On opponents turn that would be different. THough punishement would probably be either warning or two minutes added to the opponent. I would not penalize UNLESS the opponen is short of time OR I saw the situation and feel that displacing show more than usual carelesnes
7.4.1
If a player displaces one or more pieces, he shall re-establish the correct position in his own time.
7.4.2
If necessary, either the player or his opponent shall stop the chessclock and ask for the arbiter’s assistance.
7.4.3
The arbiter may penalise the player who displaced the pieces.
Also it to frst move rook and then move king over it. That would probably not be illegal move but displacing a piece. And player would have put king back to Ex square
the american way grapping both rook and king at the same time that's clearly illegal move as it violates the rule that move must be made with one hand
