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Rewan Demontay
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Can someone press the clock without making a move to avoid getting flagged in 2022?

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Can someone press the clock without making a move to avoid getting flagged in 2022

As the title says let's say it is a 1 hour 30 minute game with 30 seconds increment/move. Now if someone deliberately presses the clock at the last second without moving to avoid flagging and get the 30 second increment. How is this handled?

  1. Is it counted as an illegal move (I believe 2nd illegal is lost)?
  2. If it is counted as an illegal move does he get to keep the 30 seconds added while the opponent get the 2 minutes extra?

Simply can someone use this as a trick to avoid getting flagged out of desperation?