Answers.Body: <p>Brian's fine answer already established you were breaching some rules, but here are some more basic FIDE rules:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><strong>4.6</strong> [...] The  move  is  then considered  to  have  been made:
    a. in  the  case  of  a  capture,  when  the  captured  piece  has  been  removed from  the  chessboard  and  the  player,  having  placed  his  own  piece  on  its  new square,  has  released this capturing piece from his hand</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So you haven't finished making your move yet if you haven't removed the piece. And there is</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><strong>6.7a.</strong> During  the  game  each  player, <strong>having  made  his  move  on  the  chessboard</strong>,  shall  stop  his  own  clock  and  start  his  opponent’s  clock. </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>(Emphasis mine) You can't stop your clock when your move isn't even made yet, of course.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>It sounds like you were breaking the rules on several fronts.</p>
  
  <p>According to the <a href="https://old.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=208&amp;view=article" rel="noreferrer">FIDE Laws of Chess</a>:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>6.2.3 A player must press his clock with the same hand with which he made his move. It is forbidden for a player to keep his finger on the
    clock or to ‘hover’ over it.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>You would probably be punished under the illegal move rules:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>7.5.2 If the player has moved a pawn to the furthest distant rank, pressed the clock, but not replaced the pawn with a new piece, the
    move is illegal. The pawn shall be replaced by a queen of the same
    colour as the pawn.</p>
    
    <p>7.5.3 If the player presses the clock without making a move, it shall be considered and penalized as if an illegal move.</p>
    
    <p>7.5.4 If a player uses two hands to make a single move (for example in case of castling, capturing or promotion) and pressed the clock, it
    shall be considered and penalized as if an illegal move.</p>
    
    <p>7.5.5 After the action taken under Article 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3 or 7.5.4 for the first completed illegal move by a player, the arbiter shall give two minutes extra time to his opponent; for the second
    completed illegal move by the same player the arbiter shall declare
    the game lost by this player. However, the game is drawn if the
    position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king
    by any possible series of legal moves.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>It sounds like you were either moving with one hand and pressing the clock - 6.2.3 or using two hands to make the move - 7.5.4</p>
  
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Body: <p>A long time ago I used to play OTB blitz chess at a chess club. We  had club blitz tournaments  [5 mins each with no increment because the clocks were old-school chess clocks]. I was new to blitz. I had a habit when taking off material, such as an exchange, of pressing my clock with my hands still on the board and being yet to take off the material. This ate into my opponent's time. One strong opponent who was an official chess arbiter once responded by pressing my own clock and saying "move on your own time". </p>
  
  <p>I agree that my habit was wrong. I tried to stop doing it. Where in the FIDE laws of chess would it cover this habit? </p>
  
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Title: Which FIDE rule forbids pressing the clock before taking captured pieces off the board?
ThreadText: # Which FIDE rule forbids pressing the clock before taking captured pieces off the board?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-27)
  
  A long time ago I used to play OTB blitz chess at a chess club. We had club blitz tournaments [5 mins each with no increment because the clocks were old-school chess clocks]. I was new to blitz. I had a habit when taking off material, such as an exchange, of pressing my clock with my hands still on the board and being yet to take off the material. This ate into my opponent's time. One strong opponent who was an official chess arbiter once responded by pressing my own clock and saying "move on your own time".
  
  I agree that my habit was wrong. I tried to stop doing it. Where in the FIDE laws of chess would it cover this habit?
  
  **Tags:** rules, fide, time-management
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-11-27. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  It sounds like you were breaking the rules on several fronts.
  
  According to the [FIDE Laws of Chess](https://old.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=208&view=article):
  
  > 6.2.3 A player must press his clock with the same hand with which he made his move. It is forbidden for a player to keep his finger on the
  > clock or to ‘hover’ over it.
  
  You would probably be punished under the illegal move rules:
  
  > 7.5.2 If the player has moved a pawn to the furthest distant rank, pressed the clock, but not replaced the pawn with a new piece, the
  > move is illegal. The pawn shall be replaced by a queen of the same
  > colour as the pawn.
  >
  > 7.5.3 If the player presses the clock without making a move, it shall be considered and penalized as if an illegal move.
  >
  > 7.5.4 If a player uses two hands to make a single move (for example in case of castling, capturing or promotion) and pressed the clock, it
  > shall be considered and penalized as if an illegal move.
  >
  > 7.5.5 After the action taken under Article 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3 or 7.5.4 for the first completed illegal move by a player, the arbiter shall give two minutes extra time to his opponent; for the second
  > completed illegal move by the same player the arbiter shall declare
  > the game lost by this player. However, the game is drawn if the
  > position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king
  > by any possible series of legal moves.
  
  It sounds like you were either moving with one hand and pressing the clock - 6.2.3 or using two hands to make the move - 7.5.4
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-27. Score: 8
  
  Brian's fine answer already established you were breaching some rules, but here are some more basic FIDE rules:
  
  > **4.6** [...] The move is then considered to have been made:
  > a. in the case of a capture, when the captured piece has been removed from the chessboard and the player, having placed his own piece on its new square, has released this capturing piece from his hand
  
  So you haven't finished making your move yet if you haven't removed the piece. And there is
  
  > **6.7a.** During the game each player, **having made his move on the chessboard**, shall stop his own clock and start his opponent’s clock.
  
  (Emphasis mine) You can't stop your clock when your move isn't even made yet, of course.
  
  
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