When Can You Stop the Chess Clock

You know that you can now stop the clock if you want to make a queen? it saves a lot of time in blitz games and it is actually in the fide rules

rob625

#12

You can only stop the clock to promote if the needed piece is not available.

"6.11.2 A player may pause the chessclock only in order to seek the arbiter’s assistance, for example when promotion has taken place and the piece required is not available. ̈

You can only stop the clock to promote if the needed piece is not available. "6.11.2 A player may pause the chessclock only in order to seek the arbiter’s assistance, for example when promotion has taken place and the piece required is not available. ̈

SuperChessBud edited

#13

@Geelse_zot said in #7:

In a youth rapid tournament I played ...
You can't claim a threefold in a rapid/blitz tournament that is not being live broadcasted unless there's an arbiter directly looking at your game. You can't prove that threefold has been made.

@Geelse_zot said in #7: > In a youth rapid tournament I played ... You can't claim a threefold in a rapid/blitz tournament that is not being live broadcasted unless there's an arbiter directly looking at your game. You can't prove that threefold has been made.

Plumberhead

#14

@rob625 said in #12:

You can only stop the clock to promote if the needed piece is not available.
But if you have less than ten seconds on the clock and have to scramble to get your queen when promoting, which would thus make your time run out, then you can pause the clock. At least, that is my understanding

@rob625 said in #12: > You can only stop the clock to promote if the needed piece is not available. But if you have less than ten seconds on the clock and have to scramble to get your queen when promoting, which would thus make your time run out, then you can pause the clock. At least, that is my understanding

matabichos26

#15

Nice post which will help me in my next OTB games for sure. Didnt know all of that.

BUT: This Blog Post wasnt a great aestethical achievment from the author. At least it will not go into the List of World Wonders of 21st Century.

Nice post which will help me in my next OTB games for sure. Didnt know all of that. BUT: This Blog Post wasnt a great aestethical achievment from the author. At least it will not go into the List of World Wonders of 21st Century.

AI slop

International arbiter here.

The laws of chess are quite clear:
6.11.2 A player may pause the chessclock only in order to seek the arbiter’s assistance, for example when promotion has taken place and the piece required is not available.

and

6.11.4 If a player pauses the chessclock in order to seek the arbiter’s assistance, the arbiter shall determine whether the player had any valid reason for doing so. If the player has no valid reason for pausing the chessclock, the player shall be penalised in accordance with Article 12.9.

So you may stop the clock for any incident where you want the arbiter be involved. You don't necessarily have to be right.

For example i once was the chief arbiter of a 200 player open tournament and one player stopped the clock and complaint that it is to dark for him to play.
After inspecting the board my decision was that while the conditions could be better at that table I had neither an option to move the players nor were the conditions so bad that chess couldn't be played. So I declined his request but the player had a valid point therefor I did not punish the player for stopping the clock.

International arbiter here. The laws of chess are quite clear: 6.11.2 A player may pause the chessclock only in order to seek the arbiter’s assistance, for example when promotion has taken place and the piece required is not available. and 6.11.4 If a player pauses the chessclock in order to seek the arbiter’s assistance, the arbiter shall determine whether the player had any valid reason for doing so. If the player has no valid reason for pausing the chessclock, the player shall be penalised in accordance with Article 12.9. So you may stop the clock for any incident where you want the arbiter be involved. You don't necessarily have to be right. For example i once was the chief arbiter of a 200 player open tournament and one player stopped the clock and complaint that it is to dark for him to play. After inspecting the board my decision was that while the conditions could be better at that table I had neither an option to move the players nor were the conditions so bad that chess couldn't be played. So I declined his request but the player had a valid point therefor I did not punish the player for stopping the clock.

tiranor

#18

And what about Sarin's clock stopping right before getting flagged to claim a draw because he had a winning position ?

Ouf4425

#19

i know pretty much all of this...

FM LZ97

#20

When queening a pawn also