Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 21:49:22 02/13/05
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On February 14, 2005 at 00:43:17, Peter Skinner wrote: >On February 13, 2005 at 23:58:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>The event went pretty smoothly, although I think we need more discussion about >_ZERO_ human intervention. Zero means ZERO, not almost-zero. > >This was raised before the tournament. > >I stated at the very beginning of the event that if someone wanted to manually >draw or resign a game, they should come to me, let me look at the game, and if >it was reasonable I would allow it. > >_Many_ people did this by the book. I even declined offers to draw due to >material on the board, time remaining, Schroer's comments on the board. As >jonnycomp knows, I asked him to play a few games out longer. He accepted my >decision, played on, and took whatever result came out of it. Many did. Out of >about 180 games, three incidents of not asking first happened. Not bad really. I >would have preferred _zero_. > >I missed the SOS incident, or rather what that was all about. I was busy >updating the results and uploading the webpages. There was a complaint made >after the next round started, and the pairings were made so I couldn't do >anything. In the next round Zappa offered a manual draw, and again there was a >complaint about operator interference. Due to me not ruling on the SOS game, and >the fact Zappa'a game was indeed a draw I decided that there was no harm done. I >did issue a warning. > >I made it _very_ specific in the last round that if anyone offered a manual draw >without coming to me first, I would forfeit the game. Some might have thought I >was being harsh, but I was only enforcing the rules that 41 out of 44 >participants followed by the book. > >Next year if I am allowed to be the TD, there will be much more strict rules >regarding this. The program plays. Not the operator. It is the participant and >should make all decisions regarding the game. Make it part of the sign-up agreement form. Spell it out clearly. Give examples of what's expected of each chess-playing system. Then, filling out the form will be the tacit agreement to those rules, which can be cited in such cases as happened, stifling the controversy before it even starts. :) > >That is only my opinion though... > >Peter
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