From: "dr. Eduard Werner (Edward Wornar)" <edi <at> SERBSKI-INSTITUT <dot> DE>
Date: 13 apr 2000
Subject: Re: Checkmate and other rules. Re: Illegal moves.

Dnja Wed, 12 Apr 2000 sæe pisali:
> Come to think of it, the existence of a nifu does not 100% prove *who*
> made the illegal move!  I can conceive of a player erring by dropping a
> pawn facing the wrong way.... Granted, this is about as likely as a
> Western-chess player moving a pawn back to his first rank, but after

More like a Western-chess player in 5-minute chess running into check to capture
the opponents king on the next move: drop a pawn the wrong way and cry "nifu"
:-)    Well, dropping a pawn the wrong way has just occurred in one of my
ladder games (w.o. intention, of course), so these things *do* happen.   

Best

Edi
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