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A US Backgammon Tournament rule query from R.G.B.

Posted By: Michael Petch
Date: Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 3:57 a.m.

I'm just forwarding this along...

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player is bearing off and removes a man and places it on the bar.

us backgammon tournament rules: 4.4 ...Checkers which have been borne off must be kept off the entire playing surface for the rest of the game.

4.8 ILLEGAL MOVES. A player may condone his opponent’s illegal play by rolling his dice or turning the cube. Otherwise, he must require the opponent to replay the entire roll legally.

I ruled 4.4's "must" overrides 4.8's opponent's option. I could, with almost equal conviction, argue for the opposite.

Opinions? or better yet authority.

Messages In This Thread

• A US Backgammon Tournament rule query from R.G.B.
  Michael Petch -- Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 3:57 a.m.
  • A US Backgammon Tournament rule query from R.G.B.
    Michael Nielsen -- Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 4:32 a.m.
    • A US Backgammon Tournament rule query from R.G.B.
      Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 9:03 a.m.
  • A US Backgammon Tournament rule query from R.G.B.
    Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 9:06 a.m.
  • A US Backgammon Tournament rule query from R.G.B.
    Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 12:58 p.m.
    • A US Backgammon Tournament rule query from R.G.B.
      TarHeelFan -- Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 4:33 p.m.
  • Condonable versus noncondonable plays
    Tom Keith -- Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 4:01 p.m.
  • A US Backgammon Tournament rule query from R.G.B.
    Jason Lee -- Sunday, 3 February 2013, at 5:48 p.m.