If one player has not borne off any checkers by the time that player's opponent has borne off all fifteen, then the player has lost a gammon, which counts for double a normal loss.

If a player is one point away from winning a match, that player's opponent will always want to double as early as possible in order to catch up.

If unsuccessful, the shot disc is " fouled " and removed from the board, along with any of the player's other discs that were moved during the shot.

* If a player's injury causes the play-clock to stop, the player must sit out at least one play ; and

If a player's piece lands on a square containing an opponent's piece, the opponent's piece is captured and returns to the starting area.

* If a player's piece lands on another of their own pieces, they are doubled and form a " block " which cannot be passed by any opponent's pieces.

If the entry space is occupied by another player's piece, that piece is captured.

If an opponent has a made hand that will beat the player's draw, then the player is drawing dead ; even if they make their desired hand, they will lose.

If a player's front hand beats the dealer's front hand, and the player's rear hand beats the dealer's rear hand, then that player wins the bet.

If each of the player's now-separated hands beat the banker's corresponding hand then he wins the bet.

If a player's side cards are small or his larger pair is large, he should split the pairs.

If either the 2nd player chooses to move to the square diagonal to the first player or the first player's 2nd move is not to this square given the choice, then a starting position before flipping moves commence that differs from the standard Othello position arises.

If at least three points have been scored by each player, making the player's scores equal at forty apiece, the score is not called out as " forty-forty ", but rather as " deuce ".

If a piece of a different color than the player's current piece is shot, the player's piece will switch colors with it.

If, on completion of a move, a player's token lands on the lower-numbered end of a " ladder ", the player moves his token up to the ladder's higher-numbered square.

If a player collects either three cards with the same symbol, or one of each, these cards may be traded in for reinforcements at the beginning of a player's turn.

It's a chess player's sense: If I do this, the following 15 things are going to happen, and if step 11 goes so, I'll do this rather than that.

If a player's king is threatened with capture, it is said to be in check, and the player must remove the threat of capture on the next move.

If a player's move places the opponent's king under attack, that king is said to be in check, and the player in check is required to immediately remedy the situation.

If none of these three options are possible, the player's king has been checkmated and the player loses the game.

If a player expends more than the specified increment, then the entire increment is added to the player's clock.

If a player's computer has a microphone, it is possible to use it to communicate with other players.

If the rake angle **yc of the knife is high enough and the friction angle **yt between the front of the knife and the back of the chip is low enough to give a positive value for Af, the resultant vector R will lie above the plane of the substrate.

If there is refraction at a collective spherical surface, or through a thin positive lens, O ' 2 will lie in front of O ' 1 so long as the angle u2 is greater than u1 ( under correction ); and conversely with a dispersive surface or lenses ( over correction ).

If the system be entirely behind the aperture stop, then this is itself the entrance pupil ( front stop ); if entirely in front, it is the exit pupil ( back stop ).

If the rider plans a significant amount of hillclimbing, a triple-crank ( three chainrings ) front gear system may be preferred.

If it is a matter of urgency or the contempt was done in front of a judge, that person can be punished immediately.

: If a planet crosses ( or transits ) in front of its parent star's disk, then the observed brightness of the star drops by a small amount.

If the giraffe wants to bend down to drink, it either spreads its front legs or bends its knees.

* If a robber is caught breaking a hole into the house so that he can get in and steal, he will be put to death in front of that hole.

# If the German Armed Forces ( Wehrmacht ) were not in a position to break the danger from the Eastern front, then Nazi Germany would fall to Bolshevism, and all of Europe would fall shortly afterward ;

If she did the latter, then it is very possible that, after the judgment, she danced naked in front of the audience as well, accompanied by the chorus.

On the day of the general election, The Sun ran an " infamous " front page featuring Kinnock ( headline: ' If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights ') that he blamed in his resignation speech for losing Labour the election.

* If a player has three of a kind and nothing else, he should play three of a kind behind and the remaining high cards in front unless they are aces.

If they can no longer flee, they stand on their hind legs to make themselves appear larger and use the sharp claws on their front paws to defend themselves.

If white people were already sitting in the front, black people had to board at the front to pay the fare, then disembark and reenter through the rear door.

If it is another extension, the operator places the front cord in the associated jack and pulls the front key backwards to ring the called party.

If the automatic is placed in reverse or first gear, the transmission divides the torque 50-50 to both front and rear wheels.

If an unbroken glyph is used, then the hand is placed in the vertical ( wall or face ) plane in front of the signer, as occurs when finger spelling.

If she / he makes an overhand set, she / he must be standing behind ( and not stepping on ) the 3-meter line ; otherwise, the ball cannot be attacked above the net in front of the 3-meter line.

If the fuse was set correctly then the shell would break open, either in front or above the intended target, releasing its contents ( of musket balls ).