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Director's response to Michel Lamote (LONG)
Posted By: Barry Silliman In Response To: Director's response to Michel Lamote (LONG) (rory)
Date: Thursday, 9 June 2016, at 10:17 a.m.
from 4.3 (iv) in http://www.nordicopen.dk/fileadmin/nordicopen/images/format/Tournament_Rules_EUBGF_Feb16.pdf
MISTAKE AS TO CLOCK ACTIVATION - Where a player notices (or in the opinion of the Tournament Director it is obvious that he has or should have noticed) that his opponent has made a mistake such that his opponent’s time is activated without him being aware of it then the player is under a duty to inform his opponent of the fact. Failure to do so may result in addition back of the time so lost, a warning to such player, penalty points against such player, loss of the game by such player, loss of the match by such player or disqualification from the Tournament of such player. In exceptional circumstances the player involved may be temporarily or permanently barred from future Tournaments
Perhaps Michel's voluntary withdrawal from the tournament was a conciliatory gesture on his part in hopes of placating the authorities who evidently crave the power to permanently bar him from the game.
I just love the increasingly draconian penalties available to impose on the player who doesn't make the mistake.
I yearn for a return to the ethos that prevailed when a player who screwed up took responsibility for it, learned from it, and moved on.
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