Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 17:24:37 12/01/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 20:05:43, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Mike, > >two statements: To me the shown evidence about List was suspicious enough to ask >the author about clarification. He refused. So what would you do, knowing the >rules ? >second: I would not send at any point my source to the ICGA - but also at any >point during the tournament I would agree to show parts of my source if they get >suspicious in some way about it. But they would never leave my harddisk. The >only person that has insight in my Code is Dann Corbit - simply I trust him >fully. > >Ah, some more statements: >You mean WCCC 2004... :))) Not WMCC and not 2006... :) I got totally confused because I was doing 3 things at once - you are correct. >I am looking forward to >Tel Aviv and hope to be there - at the moment the problem is my girlfriend, I >will only participate if she would like to go there with me - and for the moment >she thinks that it is to risky - which is understandable. I hope that Omid, Amir >and Shay can give me some good ideas how I can convince her... :) > >About the draw claim - Johannes reaction is understandable to me, it was very >fair. But on second sight it was uncorrect... I have no idea what I would have >done when I would have been in the same position. In this case I am quite happy >that Quark would have taken the decision away from me -> it would have claimed >the draw and would refuse to play on. Sometimes it is a good idea to use >WinBoard as UI... :) > >Besides: The TD did a good job in my opinion. In ALL their decisions. At first I >did not agree with Jaap about the draw, but he did explain it to me in a way >that makes it understandable to me. But we all know that for the future there >must be a clear rule how this should be handled in the future... Yes, what is done is done -- now is the time to make improvements for the future. The lack of written clarity regarding both of these issues put the TD in a tough spot - so I think more clarity will help a future TD no matter who that is. In both of these cases, I do not think the rules are well laid out. I think there should be more clarity to help the TD make the right decision. There should be no disqualification once the tournament starts - only afterwards or before. That would be change in the rules, that IMO, is needed. Then all games games either count or all games are thrown out. There should be no rush to judgement because a clock is ticking - there is always time afterwards to settle the issues and get it right. Best, Michael > >Greets, Thomas
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