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Subject: Re: Mig: can you update us on the Xie Jun match please.

Author: Mark Schreiber

Date: 09:24:17 03/10/00

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Maybe they will wait 2 weeks so she can try harder in the Sufe Cup. She is doing
badly. After 7 rounds she is in 9th place out of 14. She has 1 win, 4 draws, and
2 losses. The Sufe Cup ends on March 16. I saw this at twic.

On March 10, 2000 at 08:15:07, Tina Long wrote:
>Hi guys,
>This is 3 days now, and only the "International Arbiter..." message for the last
>2 days.
>
>Is it too niaive to think that some proper decision & announcement could have
>been made within FIVE MINUTES?
>
>Or if there is a time zone difference then within TWELVE HOURS?
>
>Do dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of us just wait & show up, in my case at 1:30
>in the morning, hoping there will be a game, wondering if things are in place to
>complete that game.  Do we watch for 1/2 an hour & then wait while nothing
>happens AGAIN?
>
>Gees, what is it with ClubK?  They can't plan ahead, they can't plan for
>contingencies, if a line goes down we wait for days for a decision.  How on
>earth do these people play chess?
>
>It's as if the Xie Jun - Junior match doesn't matter to the fans.  And it does.
>
>I dunno, "Can't bowl, can't throw!" (a Aussie insult)
>
>see ya's, I'm going to bed,
>Tina Long



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