Author: Tina Long
Date: 19:37:29 03/25/00
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On March 25, 2000 at 00:10:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 23, 2000 at 23:05:35, Tina Long wrote: > >>I agree with Roger, & add: this was all happening in the middle of the night for >>Xie Jun, waiting around for an hour to start a five hour game, after playing >>during the day, in a "proper" tournament, and going back there the following >>day. >> >>Sooner or later you've got to say "F#$% This!" and go to bed. >> >>Tina Long > >But don't forget, no one held a gun to her head to make her sign the contract >to play on those days. She chose to play in both events at the same time. It >was a stupid decision. But apparently KC offered her enough money that she >was willing to do it... > >She can hardly complain about her own bad judgement. As I said, she certainly >has reasons to be upset. But this isn't one of them... > > True, but lets put an emphasis on "this was all happening". If the games had started on time & finished without incident, then the schedule wasn't too bad. Gees, we all play the odd game of chess in the middle of the night. Also, she accepted the "Real" tournament AFTER she had accepted the ClubK contract. If everything had gone smoothly it would have all gone smoothly, and we'd be discussing move 23 of game 5. cheers, Tina Long
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