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Subject: Re: Some thoughts on internet based events....

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 19:07:30 02/17/00

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On February 17, 2000 at 11:35:31, Andrew Dados wrote:

>>In case of a OTB tourney what should an arbiter decide if, say, one player
>>(being "physically on time and in the place") got a heart attack? Which
>>certainly wouldn't be his fault...
>Then he's 'not ready'... while extreme and sad, but true.

Are you suggesting that if I'm playing in a tournament and I have a heart attack
on move 3, I forfeit the game?

Maybe my opponent should get a bye, but I have a hard time believing that I lost
the game on move 3. I mean, let people have a little bit of dignity.

-Tom



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