[Retros] Obsolete text of the acting FIDE Laws of Chess

[Otto Janko]

Hi ALL,

The question is: Which rules apply for the time from 2004 until now? IMHO
the *published* rules are valid, no matter whether they are wrong or not. At
least this is the case for 'normal' laws, because the public can follow only
published rules.

FIDE has a post on their webiste announcing the corrected version.
http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1399

... this link does not work! (not found)

~ÔttÔ~



> -----Original Message-----

> From: retros-bounces at janko.at 

> [mailto:retros-bounces at janko.at] On Behalf Of Valery Liskovets

> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:34 PM

> To: The Retrograde Analysis Mailing List

> Subject: [Retros] Obsolete text of the acting FIDE Laws of Chess

> 

> Dear retro-friends,

> 

> Let me pay your attention to the discrepancy between the wording

> of the (2005) FIDE Laws of Chess as they are CURRENTLY represented

> (since July (?) 2007) at the FIDE website

>  http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=124&view=article

> and at

>  http://www.janko.at/Retros/Glossary/FideLaws2004.htm

> (or http://www.janko.at/Retros/Glossary/FideLaws2004C ).

> This is _not_ a new edition: merely, AFAIK, the former text at

> the official FIDE site (slightly) differed from the adopted one...

> 

> In particular the discrepancies are concerned with Art. 3.7.d

> (on e.p.), 3.8.ii(2) (on castling) and 4.3 (on touching pieces).

> The distinctions have been scrutinized at the Chess Chat Forum

>  http://www.chesschat.org/showthread.php?t=6605 .

> Experts claim there that the current text is authentic.

> 

> "Doveryay no proveryay" [Trust but check], as President Ronald Reagan

> used to say in Russian.

> 

> Valery Liskovets

> 

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