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WolfishMusings
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You’re okay with a chess player as your baal koreh, but a grandmaster?

And, once again, you’re shifting the argument. The question at hand isn’t whether excessive involvement (to the point of becoming a grandmaster) is a violation of the lav of “bchukoseihem.” The point is whether following the rules of a game (as you stated) is a violation of the lav.

I doubt that many people “adapt” the rules of chess or backgammon or any other game to some yeshivish standard. When I play a game (just about any game) with my kids, we play by the rules. When two bochrim play a game during a break in yeshiva, they play by the rules. Please explain how simply playing a game according to the rules is a violation of “bchukoseihem.”

The Wolf