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I was responding to the conclusion from TFA quoted by the parent comment, that playing an illegal move was it saying "this game is impossible, I literally canno
by saghm 4y ago
I was responding to the conclusion from TFA quoted by the parent comment, that playing an illegal move was it saying "this game is impossible, I literally cannot conceive of how to win without breaking the rules of chess.” If you reject that premise, then yes, my response to it will not be particularly relevant to your worldview.
- vidarh 4y agoPlaying illegal moves is accounted for in rules. Depending on which rules you play by it can be an immediate forfeit, or involves redoing moves and adding time for the opponent, possibly with forfeit if repeated. As such, the article opted for one of the strictest possible rule sets. You can reject the interpretation he gave, and the outcome under those rules would still be the same. If you were to pick a more lenient ruleset, it's possible it would've come out with an even higher ranking.