
Interestingly I have heard about this happening more often than I would normally expect. It is as though both players 'expect' that the game will follow the rules, and therefore don't scrutinise the legality of every move. The diagrammed position is a very recent example of this. Two moves previously Black's pawn on a5 stood on a7, and White's pawn stood on b5. Black then played a7-a5 to which White replied b5xa6ep. However instead of removing the a pawn, he confidently lifted the b pawn from the board. Black, who I believe was at the board when this happened, didn't sense anything was amiss, and the game continued on as though nothing untoward had happened. It was only a couple of days later that White realised what he had done, and again when told, Black was genuinely surprised that he had also missed this.
Friend no one is perfect. My hat is off to TDs...:-)
ReplyDeleteZhao actually played queen jumps pawn - White queen on h5 takes Black pawn on b5, jumping over a Black g5 pawn.
ReplyDeleteDon't know who Anonymous is but he is correct that it was Q takes on b5 and the 5th rank is right for the move. Not having the score I can't be certain about the other piece/pawn squares. Afterwards he said to me "I won't do that again while you're watching".
ReplyDeleteStupid system. I told it to use "John Pascoe" but it has labeled me Anonymous too.
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