How to work with the Laws of Chess

“As arbiters, we must first and foremost have full knowledge of the Laws of Chess. The Laws of Chess are like the Bible, everything starts there.” In this article IA Alon Shulman shares his thought process in dealing with cases, on implementing the Laws of Chess. Arbiters must first and foremost have full knowledge of them, everything starts there. Those laws are the basis of every decision that are make. “Secondly, we must always bear in mind that those laws don’t cover everything, and we need to impose the rational of the laws as a whole.” | Photo Mark Livshitz