- Always raise your hand if you have a question
- Never take advice from your opponent or neighbor, always raise your hand.
- If you are disputing the result with your opponent after you have signed the paper, it will be deemed a stalemate.
- Do not offer advice to your opponent or neighbor. Doing that can be constructed as cheating.
- If you think an illegal move has been made, raise your hand.
- If you are in check, your next move must be to stop the check.
- There are three ways to stop check. Block the check, take the attacking piece, or move out of the way.
- If a king, yours or the opponents, can be taken, the last move, if not more, was illegal.
- If you touch a piece, with intent, you must take that piece. If you touch an opponent’s piece with the piece in your hand and it is a legal move, you must take that piece.
- Chess is a quiet game. There will be no talking in the tournament room.
- There is no rule requiring you to tell your opponent they are in check.
- If you are in check and you touch a piece that can be used to block the check, you must use that piece to block the check.
- If you are not sure how to castle or move en passant, raise your hand.
- The game will end in a win for one player, or a stalemate.
- If you are a Primary (K-3) or Elementary (4-5) player, you must get an official to make sure your game is over.
- Once the match has been completed, you must walk with your partner to sign the paper.