Yourpot chess rules
Amendment to the Article 3 of the official Chess rules
The player has an option to make his move in advance (premove) during the turn of the opponent. This move will be saved on the server-side and will be performed automatically once the opponent makes his move. Premove can contradict to the defined rules of the pieces movement. For example the player can capture own piece. The list of the rules that can be broken during the opponent’s turn move is as follows:
- Capturing of own piece allowed
- "Jumping over" the opponent’s pieces allowed
- Castling with a square under attack allowed
- Moves leaving the King under check allowed
- Castling with one light opponent’s piece (Knight or Bishop) between King and Rook allowed
- Pawn move on to the square occupied by the opponent’s piece allowed
- Pawn capture of the empty square allowed
Once the opponent performs his move, the server checks premove for the compliance to the laws of chess; if it is compliant the move is performed without changing the overall timing of the player. The turn to play goes back to the opponent again. If premove is not compliant to the rules it is discarded.
Article 4 of the official Chess Laws is not applicable
Amendment to the Article 5 of the official Chess rules
The game can be aborted without opponent’s consent if less then 2 semi-moves are performed. If one complete move is performed the game can be aborted upon opponent’s consent only.
When server connection is lost the game is automatically adjourned. The game can be resumed upon both partners consent when both are online. If one of the partners discards to proceed the game, the player can claim the partner discard, but there can be no more than one discard per day. If the player has discarded to resume the game three times, he will be scored a defeat.
Article 6 of the official Chess rules is not applicable
Article 7 of the official Chess rules is not applicable
Article 8 of the official Chess rules is not used
Moves is kept automatically and is stored on the server. When the game is aborted all information about the game including moves is removed.
Modification of the Article 9 of the official Chess rules
- 9.1
- а) The player wishing to offer a draw presses the corresponding button. The button can be only pressed during the own move. The offer remains valid until the player presses the corresponding button once again.
- b and c paragraphs are not applicable.
- 9.2 The game will automatically draw after triple repeat of the position.
- 9.3 The game will automatically draw if there were no capture or Pawn move for the last 50 moves.
- 9.5 Not applicable.
Amendment to the Article 9 of the official Chess rules
The player can claim for a draw when there are no more than 6 pieces on the board (including pawns). In this case the game is adjourned, and the claim for a draw is sent to the arbitration. If the adjourned position is really a draw according to the ending tables of Nalimov, the game is drawn. If the position is not a draw, the following time represented in the table is added to the opponent:
| Game timing type | Increment |
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| Bullet | 30 sec. |
| Fast blitz, blitz | 1 min. |
| Other | 2 min. |
Articles 11, 12, 13 are not applicable
The following terms are used on the site:
Timing type
- Bullet – up to 90 sec. (1 min. 30 sec.) for 40 moves
- Fast blitz - up to 210 sec. (3 min. 30 sec.) for 40 moves
- Blitz – up to 5 min. for 40 moves
- Standard - over 5 min
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