Answers.Body: <p>FIDE 12.6 says:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever. This includes
  unreasonable claims, unreasonable offers of a draw or the introduction of a source of
  noise into the playing area.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>There is no mention of this applying only on one's opponent's turn. &quot;introduction of a source of noise into the playing area&quot; on one's own turn is a violation of the plain text of 12.6. Of course, you should be as non-distracting yourself when calling for an arbiter.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>There is no rule saying that you can call the arbiter only on your turn, or that the opponent is allowed to distract you during their own turn.</p>
  <p>If you want a more specific answer, you may need to give more details of the situation, for example what the nature of the distraction was. It seems a bit unlikely, but one can imagine some behaviour by the opponent which would be deemed reasonable during their own turn but not during yours. For example, adjusting pieces on their squares, or repeatedly reaching an arm towards the board as if to move and then withdrawing it. If a player were, say, muttering under their breath in a borderline distracting way, one could imagine an arbiter taking a somewhat more permissive view if the behaviour occurred only during the player's own turns.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Adjusting pieces how? Are you not required to play the first piece touched?
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Answers.Text: @WeckarE. You can adjust pieces (if you make it clear that's what you're doing). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch-move_rule
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Answers.Body: <p>You are absolutely allowed to call the arbiter when it is your opponent's turn. There are any number of reasons why this would be necessary.</p>
  <ul>
  <li>To start with the most prosaic, you have filled your scoresheet and
  need another one.</li>
  <li>You are feeling unwell and need medical assistance</li>
  <li>Your opponent has picked up a piece but isn't sure where to move it to. They are holding the piece above the board, obscuring your view of the board and distracting you.</li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers.Text: Is the last item against the rules? Is it widely considered bad etiquette?
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Answers.Text: @ElizaWilson: Was a point in my arbiter course. In principle YES, but stick to best common sense.
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Body: <p>My opponent, in their turn, was distracting me making annoying sounds. However, the arbiter said that I should wait until it's my turn when I called them. Is this correct?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I don't know the official rules on that topic, but on general grounds I would definitely agree with the arbiter, on the opponents turn it's, well, their turn. Some people even go as far as recommending you leave the board on your opponents turn (though of course you don't need to do that).
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Comments.Text: @koedem some advanced/experienced players need to think on their opponents' turn, even more when they're under time pressure.
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Comments.Text: Some advanced experienced players do not need to sit at the board to think during their opponents turn. Also I explicitly said that you of course don't need to leave the board, I don't always leave the board. I wrote that some people say that.
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Comments.Text: @koedem It's you opponent's turn to *move*. It's not your opponent's turn to *think*. Your opponent's turn is a valuable resource in which to do analysis, and you have a right to that resource. Unless they're well beyond their opponent's skill level, advanced players will think during their opponent's turn.
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Comments.Text: @Acccumulation I'm sorry but did you read what I wrote? I wrote multiple times that I myself do NOT recommend people to leave the board, I wrote that the opinion exists. For instance Peter Svidler in one of the chess24 live broadcasts said he always leaves the board because he considers the board to be the opponents personal space. And that he dislikes when they stay at the board during his turn even though it is allowed of course.
  I myself do not adhere to that, I often stay at the board and only leave it after a long thought. However someone like Peter as mentioned will happily leave
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Comments.Text: the board and think about the game while walking around. (which of course is a valid option to think about the game, however has the disadvantage that you're not at the board when the opponent moves so you may lose some time when doing that)
  I am not sure what being an advanced player has to do with that though, I wouldn't consider myself a beginner either and will sometimes (albeit rarely) do this leaving the board thing, one is not tied to the board when wanting to think about the game.
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Comments.Text: @koedem so what's the reason why you sometimes stay at the board? Just not to lose time? Or maybe to think more and analyse the position in more depth to be more prepared?
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Comments.Text: This is probably better off in a chat room. Not sure what the standard procedure to create one is, but I tried to create one here, feel free to join https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/118105/leaving-the-board
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Comments.Text: Just to give a source about Peter Svidler saying what I wrote, I randomly found it: https://youtu.be/DgvqBjrusIA?t=8719 Of course this is a somewhat "extreme" view and I do not adhere that recommendation, however pointing out that it does exist.
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Tags: <rules><tournament><fide><arbiters>
Title: Am I allowed to call the arbiter on my opponent's turn?
ThreadText: # Am I allowed to call the arbiter on my opponent's turn?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-05)
  
  My opponent, in their turn, was distracting me making annoying sounds. However, the arbiter said that I should wait until it's my turn when I called them. Is this correct?
  
  **Tags:** rules, tournament, fide, arbiters
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I don't know the official rules on that topic, but on general grounds I would definitely agree with the arbiter, on the opponents turn it's, well, their turn. Some people even go as far as recommending you leave the board on your opponents turn (though of course you don't need to do that).  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 some advanced/experienced players need to think on their opponents' turn, even more when they're under time pressure.  
  > **username_1**: Some advanced experienced players do not need to sit at the board to think during their opponents turn. Also I explicitly said that you of course don't need to leave the board, I don't always leave the board. I wrote that some people say that.  
  > **username_2**: @username_1 It's you opponent's turn to *move*. It's not your opponent's turn to *think*. Your opponent's turn is a valuable resource in which to do analysis, and you have a right to that resource. Unless they're well beyond their opponent's skill level, advanced players will think during their opponent's turn.  
  > **username_1**: @username_2 I'm sorry but did you read what I wrote? I wrote multiple times that I myself do NOT recommend people to leave the board, I wrote that the opinion exists. For instance Peter Svidler in one of the chess24 live broadcasts said he always leaves the board because he considers the board to be the opponents personal space. And that he dislikes when they stay at the board during his turn even though it is allowed of course. I myself do not adhere to that, I often stay at the board and only leave it after a long thought. However someone like Peter as mentioned will happily leave  
  > **username_1**: the board and think about the game while walking around. (which of course is a valid option to think about the game, however has the disadvantage that you're not at the board when the opponent moves so you may lose some time when doing that) I am not sure what being an advanced player has to do with that though, I wouldn't consider myself a beginner either and will sometimes (albeit rarely) do this leaving the board thing, one is not tied to the board when wanting to think about the game.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 so what's the reason why you sometimes stay at the board? Just not to lose time? Or maybe to think more and analyse the position in more depth to be more prepared?  
  > **username_1**: This is probably better off in a chat room. Not sure what the standard procedure to create one is, but I tried to create one here, feel free to join https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/118105/leaving-the-board  
  > **username_1**: Just to give a source about Peter Svidler saying what I wrote, I randomly found it: https://youtu.be/DgvqBjrusIA?t=8719 Of course this is a somewhat "extreme" view and I do not adhere that recommendation, however pointing out that it does exist.  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2021-01-05. Score: 26 | Accepted answer
  
  You are absolutely allowed to call the arbiter when it is your opponent's turn. There are any number of reasons why this would be necessary.
  
  * To start with the most prosaic, you have filled your scoresheet and
    need another one.
  * You are feeling unwell and need medical assistance
  * Your opponent has picked up a piece but isn't sure where to move it to. They are holding the piece above the board, obscuring your view of the board and distracting you.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_6**: Is the last item against the rules? Is it widely considered bad etiquette?  
  > **username_7**: @ElizaWilson: Was a point in my arbiter course. In principle YES, but stick to best common sense.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-01-05. Score: 10
  
  FIDE 12.6 says:
  
  > It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever. This includes
  > unreasonable claims, unreasonable offers of a draw or the introduction of a source of
  > noise into the playing area.
  
  There is no mention of this applying only on one's opponent's turn. "introduction of a source of noise into the playing area" on one's own turn is a violation of the plain text of 12.6. Of course, you should be as non-distracting yourself when calling for an arbiter.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-01-05. Score: 7
  
  There is no rule saying that you can call the arbiter only on your turn, or that the opponent is allowed to distract you during their own turn.
  
  If you want a more specific answer, you may need to give more details of the situation, for example what the nature of the distraction was. It seems a bit unlikely, but one can imagine some behaviour by the opponent which would be deemed reasonable during their own turn but not during yours. For example, adjusting pieces on their squares, or repeatedly reaching an arm towards the board as if to move and then withdrawing it. If a player were, say, muttering under their breath in a borderline distracting way, one could imagine an arbiter taking a somewhat more permissive view if the behaviour occurred only during the player's own turns.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: Adjusting pieces how? Are you not required to play the first piece touched?  
  > **username_3**: @WeckarE. You can adjust pieces (if you make it clear that's what you're doing). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch-move_rule  
  
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