Originally Posted by Il cavaliere inesistente
Firegoat I am sure you can do better than that.
I jest, but as a watercolor painter, do you consider tone important?
Originally Posted by Il cavaliere inesistente
I am aware of Beattie's appalling record as a postponer or forfeiter of games.
Never been an issue at MCC.
Originally Posted by Il cavaliere inesistente
Beattie was fortunate in his appeals committee
Agreed. There are a couple of other considerations.
1) The tournament is a round robin
2) Flude was an extremely late entrant
3) Player numbers for the event were poor.
4) A player withdrawal would almost have wrecked the tournament
Originally Posted by Il cavaliere inesistente
Flude was disadvantaged through no fault of his own
In the standing of the tournament, yes of course. From a chessplaying perspective, no he wasn't.
cheers,