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Misplacing a checker off the board From:   Sam Pottle Address:   pottle@lunabase.org Date:   13 April 2006 Subject:   Ruling Forum:   GammOnLine Player A is almost ready to begin bearing off, vs. contact; player B has a single checker back. Player A makes a pick and pass play, but puts the hit checker in the checker tray instead of on the bar. "Director!" Raccoon  writes: Sympathy but no mercy. Player B may accept Player's A move. If he does, Player B is off the gammon. Casper van der Tak  writes: I think this is the only possible interpretation of the rules. Am not happy about it though. Gregg Cattanach  writes: This exact thing happened to me in Pittsburgh several years ago. I had one man back, but that was all, he picked and passed and put my hit checker on the table beside the board. The director wimped out (IMO) and put my checker back on the bar. I managed to win the game anyway, btw. Jason Lee  writes: Player A's move is illegal, and Player B decides whether or not to accept the move. This is cut and dried. Steve Mellen  writes: Allow me to cast one vote in favor of common sense here. The result where a player magically ends up with a checker borne off out of nowhere is just too absurd for me to accept. Rule 1.1, please. John Little  writes: If I found myself wanting to profit from my opponent's absurd error in this situation I'd like to think that there would be a serious bit of soul-searching in my immediate future. Barry Murphy  writes: I would agree with that ... thinking that rules are made for people and not the other way around. Chuck Bower  writes: At the Indiana Open a few years ago, a similar situation occurred. (I think bearoff was in progress, but otherwise conditions were the same.) Butch Meese ruled that the checker goes to the bar. Hittee appealed. A three player appeals committee ruled 3-0 to back up Butch. An ugly scene erupted when evil demons with razor sharp teeth ripped the flesh from Butch's bones. (OK, I exaggerate the last part. But there was a lot of grumbling by highly respected members of the community.)   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Rulings

Checker knocked off bar  (Chuck Bower+, Sept 2003) 

Clock rules and gin positions  (Chris Yep+, Dec 2007) 

Clock rules end of turn  (Jason Lee+, Dec 2007) 

Cocked dice  (Rodney Lighton+, July 2012) 

Cocked dice  (Ed Rosenblum+, Dec 2009) 

Cocked dice  (Chuck Bower+, July 2003) 

Cocked die on first roll  (Cloyd Laporte+, Nov 2006) 

Crawford game double  (Øystein Johansen+, June 2004) 

Crawford game double  (Joe+, May 2004) 

Crawford game double  (Raccoon+, Sept 2003) 

Crawford game double  (Claes Thornberg+, Apr 1998) 

Dice sliding  (Chris Yep+, Dec 2007) 

Disagreement on final cube  (Chuck Bower+, May 2004) 

Disagreement over cocked dice  (DeaconBlue+, May 2005) 

Disputed roll  (Roland Scheicher+, Mar 2004) 

Disputed roll  (Chuck Bower+, Mar 2000) 

Doubling to wrong value  (Stein Kulseth+, Nov 1998) 

Equipment changes  (Jason Lee+, Feb 2004) 

Error in setup  (Stick+, Dec 2007) 

Incorrect setup  (Ken+, Mar 2004) 

Kibitzing  (Ilia Guzei+, Feb 2006) 

Misplaced cube  (Ned Cross+, Mar 2004) 

Misplacing a checker off the board  (Sam Pottle+, Apr 2006) 

Misplacing a checker on the bar  (Jeb Horton, Dec 2002) 

Moving checkers before you roll  (Gregg Cattanach+, Mar 2006) 

Moving with two hands  (Jason Lee+, Jan 2011) 

Opening roll loser picks up his die  (Chuck Bower+, Oct 2007) 

Playing to wrong match length  (Klaus Evers+, Jan 2006) 

Playing to wrong match length  (Marty Storer+, Mar 2005) 

Playing to wrong match length  (Steve Mellen, Feb 1998) 

Playing wrong opponent  (Hank Youngerman+, Oct 2005) 

Premature actions  (Raccoon+, Feb 2008) 

Premature roll  (Chris Yep+, Dec 2007) 

Repositioning dice without notice  (Chuck Bower+, Oct 2007) 

Rerolling cocked dice too quickly  (Raccoon+, Nov 2006) 

Rolling 2 dice instead of 1 to start  (Bob Koca+, Oct 2007) 

Rolling when opponent is closed out  (Raccoon+, Nov 2006) 

Rolling wrong dice  (TarHeelFan+, Sept 2005) 

Taking photos of positions  (Stick+, Dec 2007) 

Touching the doubling cube  (Ken Bame+, Nov 2006) 

Touching the doubling cube  (Chuck Bower+, Apr 1998) 

Two cubes on the board  (Jason Lee+, July 2005) 

Video dispute resolution  (Jason Lee+, Feb 2006) 

When are the dice "up"?  (Ilia Guzei+, Feb 2006) 

Writing down positions  (Klaus Evers+, Jan 2006) 

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