Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:49:32 09/26/97
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The only fact I know about the situation is that Mchess did *not* enter before the official deadline. Personally, I see no excuse in that. At more than one event in the past, I entered Cray Blitz with the proviso that I might not be able to arrange machine time... and on a couple of occasions I backed out. That is why there is a waiting list. Why Marty didn't get an application in on time is anybody's guess. But it was advertised in plenty of time, so I am basically unsympathetic. I'd like to see genius, mchess and rebel there. We likely won't see any. But trying to displace an already accepted program with a late arrival makes no sense. If anybody is to blame, it is Marty (or Richard or Ed) as the entry deadline was published in several different places. Deadlines are deadlines. I don't see any issue here of being fair, or just, or anything else. Just following the written letter of the announcement precisely, which is all we can really ask of anyone...
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