Answers.Body: <p>According to FIDE Handbook:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Article 7: Irregularities</p>
    
    <p>7.4 </p>
    
    <p>If a player displaces one or more pieces, he shall re-establish the
    correct position in his own time. If necessary, either the player or
    his opponent shall stop the chessclock and ask for the arbiter’s
    assistance. The arbiter may penalise the player who displaced the
    pieces.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>That means, yes, you can stop the clock and call the arbiter for your assistance if he did not adjust the pieces in his own time.</p>
  
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Body: <p>In blitz (lightning) chess: If my opponent knocks over a piece when moving then presses his clock before replacing the piece is this illegal? If so do I stop the clock and call the DOP?</p>
  
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Title: Pieces knocked over in blitz chess
ThreadText: # Pieces knocked over in blitz chess
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-15)
  
  In blitz (lightning) chess: If my opponent knocks over a piece when moving then presses his clock before replacing the piece is this illegal? If so do I stop the clock and call the DOP?
  
  **Tags:** blitz
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-15. Score: 3
  
  According to FIDE Handbook:
  
  > Article 7: Irregularities
  >
  > 7.4
  >
  > If a player displaces one or more pieces, he shall re-establish the
  > correct position in his own time. If necessary, either the player or
  > his opponent shall stop the chessclock and ask for the arbiter’s
  > assistance. The arbiter may penalise the player who displaced the
  > pieces.
  
  That means, yes, you can stop the clock and call the arbiter for your assistance if he did not adjust the pieces in his own time.
  
  
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