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Rules question--- promotion in time trouble - 2006/07/02 20:19
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Both players were short 8 | r |///| |///| | r | k |///| of time when the above +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ position was reached, with 7 |///| p | p | |///| p | p | p | Black to move. +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black played 20...dxc1, 6 | | b | |///| n |///| |///| left his pawn on the square, +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ and said ``queen.`` White 5 | p | P |///| q | R | B |///| | restarted black`s clock +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ without moving, saying 4 | P |///| | P | |///| |///| ``please promote on your +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ own time.`` 3 |///| | P | |///| |///| | After a few seconds, +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ white restarted his own 2 | |///| | p | |///| P | P | clock, played 21 Rxc1, +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ and started black`s clock. 1 | R | | B | Q |///| |///| K | Black won a few moves +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ later, so white`s actions a b c d e f g h did no harm, but what do Pawns: W b5,a4,d4,c3,g2,h2 the rules actually say about B b7,c7,f7,g7,h7,a5,d2 this sort of situation? ---------
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