Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:08:00 01/17/03
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On January 18, 2003 at 00:39:42, Steffen Jakob wrote: >On January 18, 2003 at 00:30:49, Roger D Davis wrote: > >>On January 17, 2003 at 14:16:47, Volker Richey wrote: >> >>>hi, >>> >>>Tommorow January 18 9:00am the CCT5 will started at the icc-server. >>> >>>Tommorow, i think i will post the pairings/results at my website: >>> >>>http://www.vrichey.de/cct5 >>> >>>its much easier. >>> >>>if a round was started, a game must be started 15min after the >>>round starting time or the game will be lost. >>>if both participants didn't started their game - its a draw. >>> >>>volker >> >> >>Shouldn't it be two loses if both participants don't show up? Why reward two >>people who don't show with a half point? I doubt that it would ever happen that >>two players would both be over 15 minutes late for a game, but clearly it was >>important enough to make a rule, and if we're gonna have a rule, we might as >>well have a good one. In theory, it would be possible to win the tournament by >>not showing up for a crucial game...probably would never happen, but the >>possibility points to problems with the rule. > >I agree. One should not get points for not playing. > >Greetings, >Steffen. From a former TD's perspective, this is correct. It is called a double-forfeit. not uncommon in the first round, and as a general rule, they get kicked out of the pairings for round 2 unless they show up in time to explain where they were for round 1.
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