[blml] How do you deal with this mess?

[David Barton]

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From: "Ed Reppert" <ereppert at rochester.rr.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] How do you deal with this mess?



On Dec 6, 2007, at 3:47 AM, Alain Gottcheiner wrote:

> Guthrie a écrit :
>> [David Barton]
>>
>> When opener changed his bid from 2C to XX, the next player "reserved
>> his rights". In a private match, played at home, can you treat this
>> this as the attempted equivalent of a director call?
>>
> The conditions of contest should specify this, but I hope we can.
> That's
> more or less the way Belgium T4 matches are played below 1st
> division level.

What happens in Belgium has no bearing on what should happen in
England, of course. What *do* the CoC say for these things? I'm
pretty sure they say *something*.

In the absence of any specific local CoC the applicable regulation is
EBU White Book  80.6. This states -

"If you think an irregularity has occurred .... you should proceed as 
follows:

a) raise the matter (by, say, reserving your rights) at the time .......

b) ......... A failure to take these steps puts you in the same position as 
a player
in a public competition who fails to call the TD at the appropriate time.

You may still request a ruling a ruling as long as you do it within the 
protest
period ....."

The damaged side followed this this procedure EXACTLY, and in my opinion,
should NOT be disadvantaged for having done so.

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