Originally Posted by Il cavaliere inesistente
In the first round game in the reserves Flude - Beattie, Beattie arrives 45 minutes late and forfeits under the FIDE forfeit time rules.
Hi Il cavaliere inesistente,
Fide rule 6.6a states
a.
Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game. Thus the default time is 0 minutes. The rules of a competition may specify otherwise.
So under the rules the default time is 0 minutes. However, tournament organisers can set a default time for an event. This was set at 30 minutes for the Victorian reserves.
Originally Posted by Il cavaliere inesistente
He appeals, wins the appeal and wins the game. How can one win an appeal against a seemingly clear transgression of the rules? No reasons are published.
Beattie appealed because previous Victorian chess events, like last years reserves tournament, had a standard default time of 1 hour. There is some suggestion that the new default time was not advertised in advance for this tournament. Therefore Beattie argued that there was no way he could have known the new default time in advance. Given that it was the first round of the tournament.Since he was 45 minutes late for the game he missed the announcement of forfeit conditions.
As a postscript,there is another twist to the plot. Flude was a last minute entry for the event. That is, it is even possible that Beattie may not have even been aware that he was paired against Flude for the event.
I think the organisers ought to be congratulated for getting this decision right. A replay of the game seemed the fairest route. However, the reserves tournament seems to be suffering from a lack of information for the event. There appears to be a general feeling amongst the reserves players that they are not being treated with enough dignity.
cheers,