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When is Forfeiting a Game Justified?

by scribe | Apr 11, 2015 | current news, ruminations, tournaments

Amazingly, two controversies in the chess world erupted in one day having to do with the same issue: forfeiting a player for writing things on his scoresheet that he shouldn’t. Warning: All my reporting here is based on second-hand information. If there are any...

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