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Subject: Re: Notables missing from IPCCC.. why?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:56:03 02/18/02

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On February 18, 2002 at 18:16:01, Dan Andersson wrote:

>Yep, but that kind of follows with the teritory. The main problem is prestige
>and rules,  IMO. You have the same problems as a normal tournament. But you also
>put your fate in the hands of your ISP. Because of the possibility of disconnect
>forfeiths. And the majority of ISP's have a less than stellar reputation. It's
>the same for everyone but it could easily be used against you.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson


There are no disconnect forfeits.  In fact, if you get disconnected and
reconnect it is likely that the chess server won't even realize this.

In a WCCC event it is possible to lose games due to hardware faults.  It
has happened multiple times.  Luck is _always_ a participant.



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