Life In 19x19

In conclusion:

-Players were not at fault
-EGC should modify the rules in the future to a more strict manner
-To all Alex haters: I can't use swear words here..

If I see anyone at fault here, it's the referee who didn't know the rules for the tournament he was referee'ing. That's what created the problem, not Ondrej or Alex.

Nice! I support you!

but leaving byo-yomi to the final second and then playing an illegal move makes it hard to protest too loudly.

right on! I support you!
I'm not debating anymore I will just follow whatever you say..

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I am OK with either automatic forfeit or loses his turn when a players plays a illegal move

but the EGC rule which is the move being taken back unconditionally is unreasonable..it's dumb

hey there
you really look like a nice guy..finally someone that isnt saying "Alex is cheap bastard"

in this page, m
there is an example of forfeit by illegal move of Chohunhyun 9p

"A very unusual incident occurred in the first round of the 15th Korean Kiseong tournament (2003-10-02). Cho Hunhyun ...

ok so you are telling me that, if Im about to run out of time and I need more time, I can just play an illegal move because it will be taken back according to the rules?

Nope, sorry. Deliberate cheating results in a forfeit.


illegal moves are ILLEGAL because there must be some punishment ...

Yes. If you find yourself fighting a ko in byo-yomi and need more time, you may get away with illegally taking the ko to get more time. Once. After that, the referee will probably use their discretion to disqualify you.

Yes, what you're hearing is the sound of European go descending into anarchy ...

ok so you are telling me that, if Im about to run out of time and I need more time, I can just play an illegal move because it will be taken back according to the rules?

illegal moves are ILLEGAL because there must be some punishment
imagine if there is no red card in a soccer game, what will it ...

But neither of them was initiated by him? It wasn't him who ran overtime, neither was him who played an illegal move? I'd say he's rather hapless.
well, maybe he is rather lucky, as in both cases the game was already clearly decided on the board and in both cases he was losing

that is some poor ...

Just use TYGEM's policy, i mean, EXACT policy, its very easy.

thx, you are right

Hi its the first time that I encounter this problem.
My opponent just resigned, and the screen says I won
but when I try to close the window it says the game is not finished
when I check my game record or archive, it says I won by resignation
so the problem is I cant close the window now
anyone got ...

man I have been running into jerks a lot recently..gotta summarize what i saw

1.escapers: close the game when they are losing without resigning..pathetic people

2.away from keyboarders: does not make a move when they are losing, I have to wait like 10 minutes for his time to run out, met a couple ...

easiest solution:
If a player gets disconnected, a grace period of 5 minutes is given for him to come back.
If he does not come back, he loses the game.

I mean, if you got bad internet connection, no sympathy really..