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@Deadban said in #10:

Although, what I would probably reply in the other thread, which is also what I think some people will actually do, is that otb is one thing and is regulated by fide rules and online is another thing and every chess website is free to set their own rules.

Sure, they are of course allowed to do so. It is their website.

I'm just saying I think it is a bad idea to offhandely change FIDE's rules - unless there is a good reason for it.

What would you say if Lichess decided they didn't like the en passant rule and got rid of it?
Of course, the detail we are talking about here isn't nearly as important as the en passant rule. But in my opinion, the official rules matter and having a unified set of rules is usually desirable.

If you are paired via lobby games get aborted, if you are paired via arena you lose game and rating, if you are paired via swiss tournament you lose game but not rating. I'm not 100% sure but I think it's the same on chesscom.

That may very well be true. When I said on the Chess.com, the game is aborted without a rating change, I was referring to normal non-tournament games from the lobby. I don't know about tournament games.

@Deadban said in #10: > Although, what I would probably reply in the other thread, which is also what I think some people will actually do, is that otb is one thing and is regulated by fide rules and online is another thing and every chess website is free to set their own rules. Sure, they are of course allowed to do so. It is their website. I'm just saying I think it is a bad idea to offhandely change FIDE's rules - unless there is a good reason for it. What would you say if Lichess decided they didn't like the en passant rule and got rid of it? Of course, the detail we are talking about here isn't nearly as important as the en passant rule. But in my opinion, the official rules matter and having a unified set of rules is usually desirable. > If you are paired via lobby games get aborted, if you are paired via arena you lose game and rating, if you are paired via swiss tournament you lose game but not rating. I'm not 100% sure but I think it's the same on chesscom. That may very well be true. When I said on the Chess.com, the game is aborted without a rating change, I was referring to normal non-tournament games from the lobby. I don't know about tournament games.

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What would you say if Lichess decided they didn't like the en passant rule and got rid of it?

That's different. The en passant rule is part of how the game works. Without it you can't call it chess.
Clocks are not part of the mechanic of the game, you can very well play chess unlimited time. The fact that a particular website changes how clocks work doesn't have an impact on how the game actually works. Same goes for the time controls argument.

> What would you say if Lichess decided they didn't like the en passant rule and got rid of it? That's different. The en passant rule is part of how the game works. Without it you can't call it chess. Clocks are not part of the mechanic of the game, you can very well play chess unlimited time. The fact that a particular website changes how clocks work doesn't have an impact on how the game actually works. Same goes for the time controls argument.