Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 09:00:00 01/25/02
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On January 25, 2002 at 11:23:03, Will Singleton wrote: >Because the tournament rules allow manual operation, it's likely that operator >errors will occur (as they did last weekend). Since the decision was made to go >manual, and since people make mistakes, it seems logical to allow for >corrections. > >In the case of the Hiarcs-Isichess game, there was significant sentiment, >perhaps a majority, of participants who wanted the mistake corrected. I'm not >arguing with that decision; it was made by the TD and that's it. And, there >were other similar problems (Lordx, for example), and there will be more this >weekend. > >When we are running fully automatic next time, this won't be an issue. But for >now, it might be a good idea to clarify the rules on the issue of operator >mistakes. Something like: In the case of a *clear* operator error, the game may >be restarted or replayed from the point of error, at the discretion of the TD. > >Will It would also be a good idea to clarify the rules about when a draw can be offered. -Peter
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