Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-23

THE principal change was the ELM
ination of moving the king as a
penalty for touching or attempting
to move a man that could not be
moved legally. This brought the laws
into line with continental practice
and the set has given complete salts
faction.
I'm 1926 and 1927 the Federation
Internationale DIES Echoes IF. /. D. E.)
turned its attention to compiling an
international set of laws for universal
adoption and in 1928. at The Hague.
agreed upon a set compiled by their
subcommittee, Of which Mr.. V. l..
Wahltuch was member"
internationally Ratified 1929.
IN JULY, 1929. this set Of chess laws
was confirmed at the council meet
ing of the F. I. D. E. at Venice and
was finally passed. The units OF
the international organization were
requested to have the official code
translated into the necessary languages
in order to secure universal adoption.
I'm March. 1880, the official French
text of the international laws OF
chess was received frorl the F. I. D.
e. with q request that the B. c. F..
should adopt them into English and
publish them as the British edition
of the F. I. d. e. laws"
The B. C. F. undertook the trans
lation into English. Maj. Montague
Jones agreed to have the translation
made and it was presented to the
committee at their meeting in the
following May.
1.-THE committee Considered that
the code submitted would be accept
able, providing the examination proved
1t to be reasonably satisfactory. The
result of this examination was re-
ported to the committee in October.
1890, to the effect that although there
appeared to be room for considerable
improvement in phrasfng and defini-
ton, there was little variation in
principle from the existing B. G. F.
laws. The committee, with the view
of affording immediate support to the
endeavor Of the F. I. D. e. to codify
a set Of laws for universal use. agreed
to adopt the code submitted, and the
honorable secretary was requested to
prepare the British edition for the
printer. With the cooperation OF
the president, Canon A. G. Gordon
Ross, and of DR.. Rueb (F. I. D. e.,
the text of the British edition was
finally agreed upon and officially certi-
fled by DR.. Rueb for publication
During this period the National Chess
Federation of the u. S. A. were ap-
preached (sic) with the suggestion OF
Joint issue, but although their
committee were in agreement with
the British amendments, strong OBJ
lection was taken to the general struc-
ture of the code, SO much so that they
felt unable to accept the proposal to
cooperate"
English Translation Published 1881.
THE British edition was published
In 1881 and presentation copies
were sent to all life members and
members of the council, whilst the
remainder of the edition is available
for purchase. In consequence of a
letter from DR.. A. Rueb, president
of the International Chess Federation,
to the National Chess Federation Of
the U. S. A., stating that the British
edition is the most satisfactory that
has been before him and urging Its
adoption, the U. S. A. Federation
(plea.e do not confuse with the Amer
lean Chess Federation) reconsidereo
its position and to all intents and
purposes the laws have become the
universal text for every English
| speaking nation.
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