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Etiquette Is Just As Important To The Game Of Chess As Strategy
Understanding chess and playing it well can benefit you in your everyday life, because it gives you the enhanced ability to focus, concentrate, plan and think ahead. And the fact that it gives you the opportunity for some friendly competition in a venue where the only thing that gets hurt is your ego isnt bad either. That’s probably why you see so many beginner chess books out in the world. It’s been a popular game for people who think for literally centuries.
Many people don’t realize, though, that it takes more than just learning chess puzzles to play the game well. People new to chess are often surprised to discover that when they first go to a tournament or a chess club. One of the more important of these aspects is specific etiquette that should be followed so your opponents will respect you. You would be amazed how many experienced chess players don’t honor this etiquette. Information about these rules should have been relayed to them by the people who helped them learn to play chess, but that doesn’t happen for many who play the game.
Here are some of the more essential chess etiquette rules:
* Mobile phones and beepers
Beepers and mobile phone aren’t allowed during tournament play, even if set to vibrate. It’s also considered good manners to keep them turned off when at a chess club, whether in a tournament or not.
* Talking
The Golden Rule applies here: Do onto others as you would have them do onto you. If it bothers you to have people talking while you play, then don’t talk while they play.
* Moving the chess pieces
The rule is, if you touch a chess piece, you’re obligated to move it. If you move a piece to a new square and keep your fingers on it, however, it’s OK to move it back to the original square. You still have to move it, but you can choose another square. Once you take your hand off it, though, it’s officially considered a move.
* Offering draws
The appropriate method for offering a draw is to make your move and offer the draw before you stop your clock. Once you have offered the draw, you can press the clock. Don’t extend an offer of a draw while time is running on your opponent’s clock.
* The clock
It’s essential that you use the same hand to press the clock that you use to move the pieces. Also, once the clock has been pressed, youre not allowed to keep your hand on or over it. When playing a tournament, you should press the clock to stop it if theres ever a need to speak to the tournament director about any aspect of the game.
These are just a sampling of the many etiquette rules that should be honored when you play chess. If you play, you owe it to yourself to learn all of them.
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