Author: Walter Koroljow
Date: 14:05:56 03/26/00
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On March 26, 2000 at 09:58:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 25, 2000 at 22:37:29, Tina Long wrote: > >>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 > > >Just don't forget that 99% of the communication problems were on the China >end of things. She didn't understand internet chess and GUIs well enough to >know that maybe... but it is obvious that the problems (this time) were not >mainly DJ's... Not DJ's, but KC's. Xie Jun did not take it upon herself to oversee _any_ part of the communication. She just agreed to play chess (yes, I am assuming something about the details of her contract). From her point of view (I think correctly) any communication problem, even if 100% in China, was a KC problem. KC should have realized this beforehand and taken precautions. Cheers, Walter
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