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

Author: Martin

Date: 04:27:47 02/18/00

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On February 17, 2000 at 22:07:30, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>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

I was not suggesting anything of that kind. The question I meant is: in the case
of a ko event, who should play the next round? I think the answer is clear.

Martin



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