Author: Johan Hutting
Date: 09:24:22 11/06/01
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On November 06, 2001 at 10:36:35, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Johan, > >> That shouldn't be an excuse, you should be aware of such things when you're >> using the interface. I didn't see Frank Zibi complain when he lost (at least) >> one game in the Wch because he couldn't take back a move. >> If the rules prohibited restarting winboard then that's where it ends... I >> lost against XiniX on time in Leiden earlier this year because my time >> correction was bugged (I _was_ aware of the problem, yet chose a wrong >> solution). The position could have become a draw, but you didn't see me make >> a scene about it. > >I don't see the point in the rules where it is prohibited to restart Winboard to >change clock. Apparently the referee decided otherwise. >It is not that it makes me angry that Bas loosed on time here, it >is that Vincent did not allow him to adjust his clock - and there WAS a way to >adjust the clock. So Vincent is no gentleman, that's the simple fact. In this >game he shows the face of an ugly fighter. Then adjust your opinion of him and leave it at that, it's simply not worth the time. I once scored bad in a tournament due to an incident like this pissing me off for the rest of the week, basically only hurting myself. Tournaments and other contests can make people less gentle once they have the opportunity to win. > >>Regarding the sportsmanship, expect <snip extra word :)> it at the chessclub, not during >>tourneys. I'm sure Vincent isn't the only one who would have claimed the win on >>time, just like there are people in normal chess tourneys who will. > >Yes, it's a shame that so many act like that. Understand me right - I have no >problems with claiming win because of time, but I have problems with not >allowing to adjust the clock. Well, it could have been prevented by Bas adding operatortime to Tao. It seems a bit odd to me that he didn't know he can't alter the time within winboard. I'm sure he'll add that quite soon though :) Or perhaps Tim Mann can add it in a new winboard version...
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