Fair Play clarification query

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RalphHayward

Hoping an admin can answer this one for me...

...I am wondering about playing a training game on here against someone I'm helping with his game. Un-rated, takebacks allowed, Daily. Alongside this game, I would be discussing and explaining all my moves to him ("I have just played x. Here's the positional considerations, here's the tactical lines I analysed, here's similar games and positions, here's the potential considerations for endgame types if the position simplifies" and so on and I'd be inviting him to discuss his thought processes with me as we went along too).

So I would be helping my own opponent with his play in-game as a training tool. No external interference, no intention to cheat, no possibility of any impact on his or my own grade. But of course this level of in-game commentary could well influence the result of the game. Not that the result matters in this sort of training game.

Is this sort of thing permitted, or would it risk falling foul of the Fair Play rules?

For clarity: this is not something I am currently doing or have done in the past. It is something I am asking about to discover whether or not it would be OK for me to do in the future.

Martin_Stahl
RalphHayward wrote:

Hoping an admin can answer this one for me...

...I am wondering about playing a training game on here against someone I'm helping with his game. Un-rated, takebacks allowed, Daily. Alongside this game, I would be discussing and explaining all my moves to him ("I have just played x. Here's the positional considerations, here's the tactical lines I analysed, here's similar games and positions, here's the potential considerations for endgame types if the position simplifies" and so on and I'd be inviting him to discuss his thought processes with me as we went along too).

So I would be helping my own opponent with his play in-game as a training tool. No external interference, no intention to cheat, no possibility of any impact on his or my own grade. But of course this level of in-game commentary could well influence the result of the game. Not that the result matters in this sort of training game.

Is this sort of thing permitted, or would it risk falling foul of the Fair Play rules?

For clarity: this is not something I am currently doing or have done in the past. It is something I am asking about to discover whether or not it would be OK for me to do in the future.

Something like that should be fine, as unrated, but maybe a Classroom would be a better solution.

RalphHayward

Thankyou. Very much appreciated. I will ponder.