Author: Tim Mirabile
Date: 23:43:08 01/19/00
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On January 19, 2000 at 23:11:43, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On January 19, 2000 at 16:13:54, Tim Mirabile wrote: >>I've seen it happen twice in the same year in the open section of the World >>Open. Both involved the weaker side trying to claim a no-losing-chances draw in >>sudden death. In both cases a delay clock was inserted into the game, and the >>opponent went on to win. (as per the World Open rules, the TD's like to insert a >>delay clock rather than deny a claim outright). > >That's pretty impressive. I thought that the ending wasn't particularly easy to >win. In the one I witnessed directly, the king was already near the edge when the ending occurred, plus the defender was the one close to losing on time when the delay clock was put in.
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