Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:30:14 02/06/00
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On February 06, 2000 at 12:04:27, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On February 06, 2000 at 04:19:15, Roger wrote: > >>On February 06, 2000 at 02:40:34, Dave Gomboc wrote: >> >>> >>>Yes, I can. What someone does on their own time is their own business, but this >>>was a public event. As much as it was possible for the people involved, the >>>personal stuff should have been checked at the door. >>> >>>When I direct a chess tournament, I don't remind every person to behave >>>themselves as I collect their entry fee, or at the beginning of each round. >>> >>>Dave >> >>I don't believe you can. The participants are there to PLAY, not love each >>other. If someone refused to remove the censor until after the time appointed >>for the game to start, then I think you would have a point. > >I don't expect participants to love each other. You may be reading something >into my post that isn't there. Read it with emphasis on "as much as it was >possible...", because I know that it is a tough thing for people (including me) >to do. > >Dave There are places where this matters, and places where it doesn't. In a computer chess event, over the internet, using automatic interfaces, how the operators get along is moot. In a karate event, if two participants don't like each other then things can get out of hand _quickly_. I was banned from tournaments in the late 1970's for one year because something got "out of hand" during a match. My opponent was banned too, however. :) And a few years later we were friends...
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