Rules, Near Rules, Rules Lite, Semi-Rules, Almost Rules, Quasi-Rules, Walk-Talk-and-Act Like Rules. Aren't we all glad to be rid of this draconian control. Chess, like so many other things such as how I make love to my wife, how much education I achieve or allow my children to achieve, whether I play sports or allow my children to play sports, what kinds of music I listen to or allow my children to listen to, ad infinitum - fall into the same category:
None of their fukkking business. The mind numbing control is what caused me to begin despising the Dark Lords in the Dark Tower. I've been thankful for each day of the past 20 years out of the Borg that I no longer have to consider what these evil men say, think or write.