FIDE Illegal move clarification

RacerXGP · 2017-11-05T07:45:07-08:00

In a recent Rapid play tournament under FIDE rules, I made an illegal move by picking up my pawn and trying to take the bishop. The arbiter was called and added 2 mins to my opponents clock, even though I'd not hit the clock over to my opponent yet. The arbiter then insisted I had to take the b

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Grace-MircheaLuslec

Nov 6, 2017

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as conclusion: considering the special rule (that the 2nd illegal move loses the game) in that tournament, the arbiter made two mistakes. firstly, you didn't press the clock, so you should have been allowed to make a legal move without any further consequences. and secondly you shouldn't have been forced to capture the bishop because you touched the pawn first.