Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 23:37:04 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 21:20:55, Steve Lim wrote: >This post will hopefully clear up some opinions about what actually happened in >round 5. > >#1 McRiley will no longer be able to run the tournament for the foreseeable >future. He will also not have internet access as far as I know. As such, I have >taken over as TD for the CCT for rounds 5/6. I intend to continue as TD for >rounds 7/8 if there are no violent objections. I have also acquired the pairing >software used by USCF. I will also run the GnuChess account from my 450mhz to >keep the pairings even. > >#2 Because I was unaware of McRiley's plight, I was only able to take over there >and then. I apologize for this on behalf of ICC. Since it has alot to do with >the delay and the mix up as discussed below (#3). > >#3 When I logged in I quickly learned about the situation concerning crafty(C) >and ban(C). All of this happened after I arrived unfortunately. That is great that Amir is back in! Can I assume that the tourney will be re shuffled somehow bringing Amir back in and would that mean that Amir and Crafty will meet. I am a little confused about the mechanics ! > >a) Crafty has been censoring ban for while now based on some personal dispute >that is of no relevance to the tourney. > > Hyatt tells you: at 11:45 crafty was playing diepx... I was involved in >stopping that, and discovered the censor... > > Hyatt tells you: someone reported at 11:50 that "crafty is censoring ban, so >he said he is not playing and left". > > Hyatt tells you: I immediately responded "I just fixed that problem.." > >You get an idea of what happened just from the above. Also note that since Hyatt >himself had a censor in his personal account, he missed any tells from ban both >in person and to the channel. > >I later spoke with Amir regarding the whole situation. > >It is important to note that Amir chose to leave, he was _not_ kicked out of the >tourney as I have seen some people say. > >He told me that in a conversation with Bruce (ferret) that he wanted one of 2 >things. #1 Bob to apologize on CCC or #2 That he forfeit and Crafty would get a >technical win. > >#2 Would have happened. However, the general feeling was that it would be unfair >to let the leader (crafty) get a full point for nothing. So a re-pairing was >done for round 5. > >Note that Amir never said he was quiting the entire tourney explicitly, he felt >insulted by even having to bring up the fact that his opponent was censoring him >and so chose to leave. > >Here, I must point out that he tried to contact McRiley who was the TD to >explain the situation. Since McRiley was not logged in, it was obviously very >frustrating. I must again apologize on behalf of ICC for a TD not being present. >It should be clear that Amir should not be expected to sort out problems with >censors and formulas etc. It is up to the TD to notify all parties involved. > >Amir has since agreed to continue with the tourney, which I think is wonderful. >Also, as I mentioned before, GnuChess is back too. > >I hope this has cleared up some things, and I look forward to last few rounds. >I do hope that we can have more of these tourneys. Best of luck to all. > >thanks for your time, > >Steve Lim
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