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PREFACE - FIDE Laws of Chess
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The Laws of Chess cannot cover all possible situations that may arise during a
game, nor can they regulate all administrative questions. Where cases are not
precisely regulated by an Article of the Laws, it should be possible to reach a
correct decision by studying analogous situations which are discussed in the
Laws.
The Laws assume that arbiters have the necessary competence, sound judgement and
absolute objectivity. Too detailed a rule might deprive the arbiter of his
freedom of judgement and thus prevent him from finding the solution to a problem
dictated by fairness, logic and special factors.
FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view.
A member federation is free to introduce more detailed rules
provided they:
(a) do not conflict in any way with the official FIDE Laws of
Chess
(b) are limited to the territory of the federation in
question; and
(c) are not valid for any FIDE match, championship or
qualifying event, or for a FIDE title or rating tournament.
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