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Illegal Moves (Revised 2018) This is an article that I had to completely revise after the changes in the laws of chess (2017/2018). The main reason to this was the fact that illegal moves no longer can be defined as those that are not in accordance with article 3. Also, illegal positions do not produce illegal moves. In the past we had different regulations for illegal moves in Blitz/Rapid and Standard chess but now there is uniformity.  However, there are still some subtle differences between the regulations of illegal moves in standard and in blitz/rapid chess. With the new laws we have two types of illegal moves: those that are violating article 3 and those that are penalized as illegal moves but are not violating article 3. WHICH MOVES ARE CONSIDERED ILLEGAL ?. Moves that violate article 3 . Meaning any move that your chess program does not accept. However, illegal positions do not automatically produce illegal moves. In Standard chess, one would have...

When must the Arbiter Intervene ? The general duties of the arbiter have not changed with the new laws of chess (2018). The new regulations only pointed out more clearly the fact that the arbiter must intervene in specific situations that he already had to intervene, just like before the 2017 changes. For this reason I have left this article almost as it was. Everything it describes is still valid. The only changes I made were on the description of the legal move that produces the result of a game (it is no longer just a legal move) and a change in the wording to reflect that the arbiter only has to enforce the results that occur instantly. The reason I had originally created a list of cases when the arbiter must intervene is because before the 2014 changes, the laws of chess did not oblige the arbiter to intervene in specific situations. Gradually we see that the laws change to make the arbiters more active than passive. Whether that is a good or a bad thing, history will sh...