Bexhill 2 v Sussex University

Division 2 Fri 26th Apr 2024   Verify
BoardHomeBexhill 2Sussex UniversityAway
1 (B) 1765
G
Blewitt, Stephen D
0 - 1
G
Honarvarmahalati, Hooman
1834
2 (W) 1727
G
Luxton, William
1 - 0
B
Chan, Easton
1779
3 (B) 1642
G
Hayward, Michael
½ - ½
S
Chowdhury, Maharnab
1689
4 (W) 1561
S
Tracey, William F
0 - 1
S
Fawcett, James
1570
Average16741½ - 2½Average1718

Last update Bill Tracey Fri 26th Apr 2024 23:03. Reported by Bill Tracey Fri 26th Apr 2024 23:03. Verified By Hooman Honarvarmahalati Sat 27th Apr 2024 12:05

Comments

I wanted to thank the Bexhill club for their hospitality and the sportsmanship of Michael Hayward and William Tracey for offering a draw after one of our players got flagged in a winning position because of clock malfunction.

dfryer's picture

Nice to hear about good sporting behaviour we (Crowborough) also had an example of good sportsmanship in our match at Worthing.
I do not know what the clock malfunction was but FIDE do cover this possibility see 6.10 in the FIDE Laws of Chess.
The League Rules are silent on the role of Arbiter as described in the FIDE Laws of Chess but I believe the two captains can act in tandem as the Arbiter - maybe a rule change to this affect is needed
An event such as this could cause a dispute re a players rating or team league position.
David Fryer
Sussex Rating Officer