Graham Borrowdale wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:28 pm
To be honest, I think the player of black in this game needs commending for not losing his rag; I think I would have walked away after the first king’s tour.
Totally agree.
As an organiser I would ask the arbiters to do something about this conduct.
As an arbiter, bearing in mind:
- 12.2 The arbiter shall:
- 12.2.2 act in the best interest of the competition
- 12.2.5 supervise the progress of the competition
I would seek permission from the organiser to warn for the first king tour on the grounds that:
- 11.1 The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute.
For the second king tour, I would remove incremented time, as I would suspect it was merely being banked in a deliberate campaign of
Sitzfleisch. I would consider defaulting the game after the third king tour (0 – ½).
There was no point to any of White's moves from 27 to 116 apart from testing the patience, nerves and resolve of the opponent. And the same applies to tracts of the game after the 116th as well.
It would be difficult I imagine for FIDE to craft a Law specifically forbidding such conduct, but I wouldn't be unhappy to see them try.