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Good question. While I have no say in any of chess.com's rules and such, I would say that if you are currently involved in a game, it is, at the very least, bad form to discuss a mirror game.
Jun 30, 2008
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I echo this sentiment. I think a good litmus test would be this: If my opponent were to stumble across my posting, would he/she feel like I was going behind their back?
I think you can ask stuff like "what book should I read to learn about XYZ opening" but I wouldn't ask stuff like "to all the Najdorf players on here, do you like the f4 or f3 positions better?"
I realise why one is not supposed to discuss a game in progress. But how far does this extend.
For example if I am playing a game against someone and the opening goes some arbitrary moves and I look up this line on chess explorer and find a game that just about matches my game move for move up to this point. Am I able to start a forum topic discussing this other game?
I don't want to do this but it seems that it would be a bend of the rules.
The reason why I ask is because of a recent forum poster asking about a specific opening. Opening questions in my opinion (provided you don't talk about the moves that have already been made in your game etc) don't seem to be in violation of the rules considering the access a player has to resources like games explorer.
Also at what point is it considered crossing the line?
To use my finding a mirror game example again - if I'm still on the 5th or 6th move in my game but lookign at explorer I see one of 3 potential positions resulting from the current position can I ask the forums about these 3 future positions (which are also past positions for these other games) and explanations as to why one may be superior to another?
I'm not trying to get around the rules I am more just curious as to how the rules are formed.