Author: Theo van der Storm
Date: 03:17:26 08/16/05
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On August 15, 2005 at 21:45:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 15, 2005 at 17:07:04, Theo van der Storm wrote: > >>On August 15, 2005 at 09:58:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 15, 2005 at 07:08:49, Theo van der Storm wrote: >>> >>>>On August 15, 2005 at 05:42:36, Peter Berger wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 14, 2005 at 21:24:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I did not realize that Crafty had had two blacks in a row. How in the hell is >>>>>>that possible after only two rounds have been played? Is someone on drugs over >>>>>>there or what??? >>>> >>>>Bob, maybe you should drink less coffee. >>>> >>>>>>Even worse, why would Crafty have two blacks in a row, against the two top >>>>>>seeds? >>>>>> >>>>>>Seems a bit strange, to say the least. >>>> >>>>Agreed. >>>> >>>>>>The TD apparently needs a brain transplant... >>>> >>>>Now isn't that jumping the conclusion a bit? >>> >>>No. Can you spell "Jonny vs shredder" last year? Pairings are now looking >>>perfectly normal. ..... , after seeing >>>decisions made in past years, I think the conclusion was not off-base. IMHO. >> >>Exactly as I thought. >>Your conclusion was a pitiful display of old frustrations. >> >>Theo >> >>PS: Crafty is playing brilliantly, i.e. not hindered by (needless) emotions. > > >Hardly a "pitiful display of old frustrations." > >More like "calling it like I see it." > >All the ICGA had to do was post a single paragraph saying "since we only have 12 >players, we are pairing this as a pure 11 round round-robin rather than a swiss >system." But in actuality they don't post a blasted thing, pairings, results, >anything... > >I can't count the number of poor TD decisions that have been made in the past 10 >years or so since IM Mike Valvo stopped being the TD. Without the efforts of the current TD the world championships (micro and all-categories) would have ceased to exist after the second Deep Blue match. Would 0 poor decisions in 0 tournaments have made you happy? Theo
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