ICC Help: adjudicate2

Some more details on which games will be adjudicated. Read help adjudicate for the basic information on requesting a claim.

ICC administrators reserve the right to adjudicate any stored game at a time and with a result they feel is appropriate.

Games will usually only be adjudicated under one of three circumstances:

1. An absolutely clear and undisputable win/draw.

Such as:

Obvious forced mates.

A decisive material advantage, or impending advantage, without compensation. Decisive means an average club player could defeat a master without difficulty. Typically, this is at least a queen advantage, but can vary with position.

A dead, lifeless draw, where progress for either side is virtually impossible. Endings with locked pawns, bishops of opposite color, or no pawns and even material for example.

An opponent who is out of time.

2. A game that has been adjourned very early.

If material is even, the position is still balanced with no complications, and the game has not reached move 10, it may be adjudicated as an abort.

3. A game that for some reason cannot be completed.

Games against an opponent inactive for over a month may be adjudicated as a win/draw/abort at the discretion of the adjudicator.

Games against an uncooperative opponent should be submitted for adjudication. The opponent may be instructed to finish the game, and if he/she still refuses, the game will be forfeited as a loss.

The opponent may also be instructed to finish the game within 7 days. The game is then labelled and the instruction is enforced by the account called Adjudicate. Adjudicate checks if both players made the necessary effort to finish the game during the period . All further adjudication requests regarding that game must be sent to Adjudicate, which will eventually abort or adjudicate the game, its judgement being final.

Please do not send frivolous adjudication requests, such as asking for a win in a dead lost position. Players who repeatedly request frivolous adjudications may have their games adjudicated against them.

Unfortunately, lag cannot be considered when evaluating an adjudication request.

See help adjFAQ for frequently asked questions about adjudications.

See also: stored, sposition, abuse, resume, adjFAQ