Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 07:44:03 02/19/00
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On February 19, 2000 at 10:01:05, Amir Ban wrote: >On February 19, 2000 at 07:47:06, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>Dear Amir, >> >>For how long did you have connection problems before starting the second game? >>When playing Morozevich, Milos was disconnected for 25 minutes and he wasn't >>forfeited. >> > >Enrique, > >We did not have connection problems to start the second game. The forfeit was >called at a time when the second game could be played, according to mutual >agreemnt already reached. > >The chain of events that led to the forfeit were not clear to me, so I talked to >Shay and pieced this together: > >The first game crashed around 1530 EST. The draw was agreed around 1640 EST. In >the interval there was much discussion with Adams via Mig (in New-York) and >Carol Jarecki (arbiter in Bermuda). He was offered several options, including >annulling this game and playing both tomorrow, declaring this game drawn and >playing the second tomorrow, and he agreed to the third possibility: draw and >second game today. > >It was concluded between Aviv Bushinsky, the event organizer (and Shay's >brother) and Carol Jarecki that the 2nd game will start in 20 minutes (i.e. >about 1700 EST). We don't know if Mig knew of this, but Aviv, not Mig, was the >KC official in charge. A few minutes later Mig talked to Shay, and Shay sounded >pessimistic. So Mig called Bermuda and promised them if the second game doesn't >start in 15 minutes they can claim forfeit. We didn't know about this. > >A few minutes after 5 pm Aviv called Carol Jarecki to start the second game. In >this conversation he learned of the 15 minute deadline given by Mig, and was >told we missed it by 7 MINUTES. There was a change of mind during the >conversation, in the first a forfeit was demanded for the 1st game (which was >just agreed drawn), which was then changed to demand for forfeit for the whole >match. (Adams may have missed here a golden opportunity to demand being declared >winner of the entire Grand Prix). > >Amir This is absolutely incredible. The more we know the worse it looks .......what a mess! TP
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