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rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best

Posted By: Jake Jacobs
Date: Thursday, 5 May 2011, at 12:59 a.m.

In Response To: rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best (Phil Simborg)

I believe that in this specific situation the player is supposed to try to win, since his actions affect not only the match in question, but subsequent matches.

That's theory. In practice I would chalk it up to "director's discretion." There are times, like the Fernandez-Brown scandal some years back, or the Dwek-Genud finals, where one or both players are trying to fix the outcome of a match. But if I were the director, watching the sequence Chuck just described, I'd ignore it. Maybe both players suffered cranial flatulence.

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• rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
  Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 4 May 2011, at 5:39 p.m.
  • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
    Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 4 May 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
    • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
      Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 5 May 2011, at 12:59 a.m.
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    David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 4 May 2011, at 7:59 p.m.
    • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
      Stein Kulseth -- Thursday, 5 May 2011, at 5:45 a.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 4 May 2011, at 8:08 p.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 4 May 2011, at 11:53 p.m.
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    garyo -- Thursday, 5 May 2011, at 12:10 p.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Friday, 6 May 2011, at 4:47 p.m.
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      Chris Haviland -- Saturday, 7 May 2011, at 2:00 p.m.
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        TarHeelFan -- Saturday, 7 May 2011, at 2:34 p.m.
        • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
          Tom Keith -- Saturday, 7 May 2011, at 4:54 p.m.
          • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
            Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 7 May 2011, at 6:23 p.m.
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              Tom Keith -- Saturday, 7 May 2011, at 9:42 p.m.
              • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
                Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 7 May 2011, at 11:59 p.m.
                • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
                  Tom Keith -- Sunday, 8 May 2011, at 5:17 p.m.
                  • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
                    Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 8 May 2011, at 6:18 p.m.
                    • rules/ethics question: consciously playing your best
                      Tom Keith -- Sunday, 8 May 2011, at 6:59 p.m.
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                        Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 8 May 2011, at 8:55 p.m.
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                    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 8 May 2011, at 10:26 p.m.
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            Phil Simborg -- Saturday, 7 May 2011, at 8:06 p.m.
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          Chris Haviland -- Monday, 9 May 2011, at 3:18 a.m.