Author: Walter Koroljow
Date: 08:35:53 03/08/00
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On March 08, 2000 at 11:27:02, Colin Frayn wrote: >On March 08, 2000 at 11:21:38, Steve Coladonato wrote: > >>Game was adjourned after move 10 awaiting the arbiter's decision. >>It looks like matches on the internet are not ready for prime time live although >>I don't see the same type of technical issues on FICS. > >How difficult can it possibly be? Am I missing something here or do they just >have to transmit a move decision across a telnet connection every so often? I >mean it's not exactly high-bandwidth action. That's like 1 byte per minute or >something. > >Cheers, >Col Yes. People have been playing telegraph and telephone matches for a century. Bobby Fischer sat at a teletype in the U.S. to play in a tournament in Havana. It would seem that there are reliable backup methods available. They just need to be organized. I hope the match can still take place - in a fair way. Cheers, Walter
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