28 Aug 08
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Originally posted by Mephisto2From Section 16 of the U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, 5th edition:
Is that your experience or is it written in USCF rules somewhere?
(Section 16 deals with the use of the chess clock.)
Rule "16L. Possible Stipulations. The director may require that clocks face a certain direction or that Black or White sit on a particular side of the table. In the absence of such a requirement, unless Black is late arriving for the start of the game (39A1), Black determines which side of the board the clock is on, and the player arriving at the chessboard first may choose either side of the table to sit on."
In my club tournaments, the director has never bothered to specify the direction of the clocks or which color is on which side of the table. So far, it's always been left up to the players to determine this.
28 Aug 08
Originally posted by Mad RookThanks MR! I just started playing OTB again after years and I was wondering about this particular point.
From Section 16 of the U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, 5th edition:
(Section 16 deals with the use of the chess clock.)
Rule "[b]16L. Possible Stipulations. The director may require that clocks face a certain direction or that Black or White sit on a particular side of the table. In the absense of such a requirement, unless Black is ...[text shortened]... which side of the table. So far, it's always been left up to the players to determine this.[/b]
Good info!
28 Aug 08
Originally posted by MrHandWell, if I keep up these USCF rule-related posts long enough, I'll eventually get around to posting the entire USCF rule book. Then you won't have to waste that 20 bucks. 🙂
Thanks MR! I just started playing OTB again after years and I was wondering about this particular point.
Good info!