In OTB tournaments, player walks from the board a lot.
What is your opinion regarding intentional illegal moves in an attempt to gain an advantage?
My opinion is they should be fine since they are considered in the chess rules (Additional 2min for one player, a second illegal move = defeat). One could argue a player using this sort of strategy lacks fair play and should be sanctioned more harshly than un-intentional illegal moves.
I had a discussion with a chess arbiter, where he said he would take sanctions against this and "fill a complain/ban the player from futur tournaments". I think this is going beyond enforcing the rules of chess and therefore unreasonable.
Thoughts?
What is your opinion regarding intentional illegal moves in an attempt to gain an advantage?
My opinion is they should be fine since they are considered in the chess rules (Additional 2min for one player, a second illegal move = defeat). One could argue a player using this sort of strategy lacks fair play and should be sanctioned more harshly than un-intentional illegal moves.
I had a discussion with a chess arbiter, where he said he would take sanctions against this and "fill a complain/ban the player from futur tournaments". I think this is going beyond enforcing the rules of chess and therefore unreasonable.
Thoughts?