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Everyone is fond of "Lobster"

Posted By: Paul Weaver
Date: Friday, 30 July 2010, at 9:11 a.m.

In Response To: Article from June 2010 Chicago Point by Larry Leibster (Stick)

Larry (Lobster on GridGammon) is well liked by everyone. He is always friendly and pleasant. I hope we will continue to see him on the backgammon scene for a long time to come.

In Sante Fe in January 2010, a first-round 11pt match between Larry and Ed O'Laughlin (played without a clock) lasted three hours. As a result of this one long match, the tournament became a nightmare for Neil Kazaross, myself and possibly others. Neil and I finished playing our match at 12:45 AM. I had to play John O'Hagan at 10 AM and it was a frustrating experience for me not be able to play my best game because of lack of rest.

Neil, also was upset. I believe he had to play his consolation match at 9 AM.

At another tournament this year, my Saturday schedule did not end until 2:15 AM Sunday when my match with Linda Rockwell was completed. Linda was not the problem. The problem was other slow matches earlier in the day played without a clock. I had a three-hour wait from 8:15 to 11:15 PM.

The nightmare problems created by directors who falsely believe they can run a decent tournament without using clocks on every match are much greater than the problems described by Lobster of using clocks in his matches.

I hope Larry can understand that we have a very good reason for using clocks. Many directors have tried it without clocks and it just does not work.

The directors on other continents figured out years ago that clocks are necessary. Some American directors have also learned this lesson. Unfortunately, some American directors who have been running tournament for decades have not.

We want to accommodate Lobster, but not at the expense of forcing people to play until 1 AM or 2 AM or later Sunday morning.

I am proposing that the bgonliners who participate in ABT events rate each tournament on a scale of 0 to 10. We should compile, average and post this data. I volunteer to be the statistician.

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