Body: <p>I would like to know what happens to a game, according to FIDE rules, in the case of a clock becomeing non-functional during ongoing game.</p>
  <p>Is the chess game abandoned and declared a draw match? Is the clock replaced by another clock, and iis the game resumed from there? Finally, has this incident happened in an World Chess Championship matches to date?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Does this answer your question? [What happens should a clock fail during the game?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/28304/what-happens-should-a-clock-fail-during-the-game)
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Comments.Text: Thanks. So is this a draw or the game is continued with another clock?
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Comments.Text: @RewanDemontay It also needs more focus. several questions are asked. Edit out all the duplicate questions and it would likely be acceptable. Scatter-bombing the forum with duplicates because you just can't be bothered to search first is antisocial as well as against the rules.
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Tags: <rules><fide><chess-clocks>
Title: Chess clock non-functional in ongoing game
ThreadText: # Chess clock non-functional in ongoing game
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-31)
  
  I would like to know what happens to a game, according to FIDE rules, in the case of a clock becomeing non-functional during ongoing game.
  
  Is the chess game abandoned and declared a draw match? Is the clock replaced by another clock, and iis the game resumed from there? Finally, has this incident happened in an World Chess Championship matches to date?
  
  **Tags:** rules, fide, chess-clocks
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [What happens should a clock fail during the game?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/28304/what-happens-should-a-clock-fail-during-the-game)  
  > **username_0**: Thanks. So is this a draw or the game is continued with another clock?  
  > **username_2**: @RewanDemontay It also needs more focus. several questions are asked. Edit out all the duplicate questions and it would likely be acceptable. Scatter-bombing the forum with duplicates because you just can't be bothered to search first is antisocial as well as against the rules.  
  
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