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How early can you resign a game?

The worst possible way to end is legally play one move and then resign. A non-fair word for this is 'sandbagging'. If you do this then you can get caught for cheating since this increases the rating ...
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Is wearing headphones during chess games against the rules in FIDE and Chess.com?

According to https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/OnlineChessRegulations.pdf Rule 9.7 states that "Players are not allowed to have headphones in or over their ears during play." I think ...
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How early can you resign a game?

Can you resign the game before it even starts, or can you resign after the first move of the game is played? Strictly speaking you can resign at any time the game is in progress. The practical ...
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