What is the proper response from the TDs when 2 players play a complete game of tournament chess with the wrong colors? Do we just switch colors in the tournament software for the players and award the winning player with the color he or she actually played? Do we leave the colors alone and award the winner as if he or she played the right color? Switching colors may mess up the color sequences requirements of 2 or more players, correct? What is proper here based on the rules of USCF tournament chess? The rule book doesnât provide an answer.
Adjust the software to reflect reality.
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This also highlights the challenges in trying to âcheckâ pairings after the fact from the crosstable, because one might look at the crosstable and ask âWhy did the TD assign colors that way?â, when the answer is âThe TD didnâtâ, but thereâs no way to indicate that.
Yes, the answer to the question âwhy did I get assigned black three times in a rowâ has been âyou didnât. You got assigned black white black and just misplayed it.â more times than I care to think about.
My favorite getting multiple blacks in a row question was one I witnessed at the 1990 US Open. That was the year they were playing the US Championship knockout rounds in the day and the US Open at night.
One of the players (Dzindzi, if I remember correctly) came into the TD room shortly after the pairings for that eveningâs US Open round went up, complaining that he was getting two blacks in a row.
The TD (Ira Lee Riddle) pointed out that he had White yesterday and Black tonight, but Dzindzi says, âNoâyou give me black this morning and black again this evening.â (One in the US Championship, one in the US Open.)
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