Tim Just
When your tournament game ends there are typically three results: a win, a draw or a loss. It turns out there is a fourth option: split results… Read More »
Surprise, surprise, surprise! You find your board for round one. Your pieces take their assigned places on their squares. Your clock is set correctly… Read More »
The aura of chess cheaters has changed chess. Their underhanded ways have backed tournaments into implementing all sorts of stop-gap anti-cheating… Read More »
Sometimes solving chess rules problems is easy: the answers are all right there in the rulebook. Sometimes the solutions fall into the creative zone… Read More »
Did you know you can appeal a TD’s ruling right there at your event’s site? There are some hoops to jump through first, but it is possible (emphasis… Read More »
Fiddling With Analog Clock Settings
Ever since chess clocks were imposed on the royal game, so was the inevitability of fiddling with their settings… Read More »
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Here is a story that just missed being part of… Read More »
You love the game of chess. You want to pass your passion onto your children. Some parents are not die-hard lovers of the royal game, but they are… Read More »
Editor's note: In this month's column, Tim Just asks readers what judgment calls they would make when the letter of the rulebook departments from the… Read More »