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Better with better testimony

Posted By: sunny
Date: Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 3:30 a.m.

In Response To: Better with better testimony (Chuck Bower)

By happenstance I was close by as this exciting Championship division semi-finals match between Victor and John reached dmp. Observing that both players were dangerously close to time defaulting,I asked if they would want to continue the match without the clock (our tournament policy is "clocks on request", meaning that if either player in a match requests a clock, a clock must be used). Another TD director standing nearby affirmed that this was an acceptable action. Victor expressed a preference to continue with the clock - which I considered to be "on request"; therefore, the match continued with the clock in place.

I support a "live by the sword, die by the sword" attitude if a player chooses to impose a clock on his match and runs dangerously short of time. But in the case of these two outstanding players and intense competitors, it felt appropriate to at least offer them the opportunity to finish the match without the threat of time defaulting to a gut-wrenching loss, as well as the potential embarrassment of losing in this manner.

I have great admiration for the courage of both players in concluding their match under extremely tense conditions. They both showed a lot of class.

Messages In This Thread

• Peoria Clock Discussion
  Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 5:32 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 5:40 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 6:16 p.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 12:13 a.m.
  • Clock Discussion
    garyo -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 7:29 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 8:48 p.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 8:54 p.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        Victor Ashkenazi -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:22 p.m.
        • Peoria Clock Discussion
          Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:40 p.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Stick -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:45 p.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 10:20 p.m.
              • Peoria Clock Discussion
                Stick -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 10:23 p.m.
                • Peoria Clock Discussion
                  Victor Ashkenazi -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 10:40 p.m.
                  • Peoria Clock Discussion
                    Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 8:16 a.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Joe Russell -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 12:04 a.m.
              • Peoria Clock Discussion
                Stick -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 3:51 a.m.
              • Peoria Clock Discussion
                Stick -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 10:05 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:46 p.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 9:49 p.m.
        • Peoria Clock Discussion
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 2:39 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Stick -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 3:52 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 6:30 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Victor Ashkenazi -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 1:37 p.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 10:43 p.m.
              • Peoria Clock Discussion
                Victor Ashkenazi -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 3:23 a.m.
                • +1 *NM*
                  Ken Meng -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 7:31 p.m.
        • Peoria Clock Discussion
          neilkaz -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 6:34 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Tuesday, 9 October 2012, at 8:54 p.m.
  • Better with better testimony
    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 10 October 2012, at 11:30 p.m.
    • Better with better testimony
      sunny -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 3:30 a.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    David Rockwell -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 3:34 a.m.
    • Two Stage Timing
      Colin Owen -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 12:28 p.m.
      • Two Stage Timing
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 1:55 p.m.
        • Two Stage Timing
          Colin Owen -- Monday, 15 October 2012, at 5:02 a.m.
      • Two Stage Timing
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 5:51 p.m.
        • Two-Stage Timing
          Taper_Mike -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 6:03 p.m.
          • Two-Stage Timing
            Colin Owen -- Monday, 15 October 2012, at 5:54 a.m.
            • Two-Stage Timing
              Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 17 October 2012, at 10:47 a.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      Henrik Bukkjaer -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 1:27 p.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        Colin Owen -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 12:37 a.m.
    • Clocks that "give back" time
      Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 2:02 p.m.
      • Clocks that "give back" time
        Stick -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 2:15 p.m.
        • Clocks that "give back" time
          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 2:32 p.m.
      • Clocks that "give back" time
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 4:20 p.m.
        • Clocks that "give back" time
          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 5:17 p.m.
          • Clocks that "give back" time
            Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 7:27 p.m.
            • Clocks that "give back" time
              Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 7:48 p.m.
      • Clocks that "give back" time
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 4:22 p.m.
        • Clocks that "give back" time
          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 5:21 p.m.
      • -1
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 5:41 p.m.
      • Fischer time settings
        eXtreme Gammon -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 8:10 p.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 4:10 p.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 October 2012, at 4:18 p.m.
        • Peoria Clock Discussion
          Taper_Mike -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 6:25 p.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Michael Nielsen -- Saturday, 13 October 2012, at 8:41 a.m.
          • Peoria Clock Discussion
            Bob Koca -- Saturday, 13 October 2012, at 2:55 p.m.
            • Peoria Clock Discussion
              Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 17 October 2012, at 10:27 a.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      David Rockwell -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 2:24 a.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        neilkaz -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 3:34 p.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Stick -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 2:00 a.m.
    • Peoria Clock Discussion
      falafel -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 8:05 a.m.
      • Peoria Clock Discussion
        Stick -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 8:14 a.m.
  • Peoria Clock Discussion
    Sam Pottle -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 4:12 a.m.
  • peripheral issue?
    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 12 October 2012, at 5:08 p.m.