On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Su Edwards wrote:
As far as interpreting the clock restart as a pass after a failed call of the blank. My ruling is simply. The player has never completed the turn, therefore, the opponent _cannot_ pass, since it was never opponents turn to start with."Au contraire. Per the rule on passing, starting the opponent's clock does complete the turn. Modulo that, there is no other reference to starting an opponent's clock without making a move. One could not rule otherwise. After this came up yesterday, I went through all the rules carefully. Should this come up, I think the case will be slam dunk.
And as for a previous poster's reference to the spirit of the game. The spirit (and the rule of law) dictate not randomly starting your opponent's clock when you're aggrieved by some inaction. I promise to make this a test case next time someone starts my clock outside a rule specifically prescribing them to do so(and that would be none).
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