Unarmed vs. Knife

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

What I would do as a player in the situation is state that my rotation came after the end of my step, since my step is only over when I declare it so, and in reality the step in the attack or a continuum of motion. I would certainly repay one egregious rules exploit with another!

Is this rules-legal? Splitting one's step so as to start it before and complete it after the Attack? I'm not saying this is can't be rules-legal (though it seems like it isn't). But I just want to know whether it is a legal choice, so that I can formulate tactics accordingly.

After all, one has to make different choices depending on whether en passant and castling are in play or not.