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The DMD Blues (comments) |
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Franklin Campbell |
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Jul 21, 06 - 5:10 PM |
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http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/ |
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Hi John,
You put your finger on it. My limerick wasn't meant to criticize my opponents in any way. It just expresses my personal feelings about the situation.
Players can't fairly be blamed for DMD behavior. Who wants to lose a game ... or even look at a lost position? Players may use their time any way they wish, within the rules. Right now the rules allow a player to accumulate a huge number of days (I will soon have over a year accumulated in one game) and then practically do a "silent withdrawal" but keep the result off the books till all their time has run out. The game ceases to be a sporting event. At least with the server a player is forced to make a move every 40 days (unless the TD allows more time).
I think the current rules encourage a player to slow down ... to be lazy ... when the game goes bad. There is simply no incentive to pay any attention to a lost game. For the player facing the DMD there is no recourse ... all he can do is try to ignore the game and be patient. Sure, as cc players we must have patience. Our game has never been one of great speed. But the DMD is another thing altogether.
There are many possible ways to remedy this situation with changes in the rules. These changes could be created in ways to avoid many of the objections we've heard to restricting time flexibility by strong players. It will be educational to see what the Dresden Congress does about this issue. I think we both expect that nothing will be done. It is certainly a challenge, one that was postponed last year with the simple change to 50/10 for the default time control. No one has come forward to answer the question about what we might expect in Dresden, so it seems apparent that the issue has been ignored for the last year. This isn't an issue that can be resolved by a few quick discussions after the delegates arrive at Congress. |
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