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The part that gets me is the punishment seems to be discretionary. Still they waited till round 9 and gave the point to a member of the appeals committee if I'm reading it correctly.
12.3 a. During play the players are forbidden to make use of any notes, sources of information or advice, or analyse on another chessboard
12.4 The scoresheet shall be used only for recording the moves, the times of the clocks, the offers of a draw, and matters relating to a claim and other relevant data.
12.6 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever.
12.7 Infraction of any part of Articles 12.1 to 12.6 shall lead to penalties in accordance with Article 13.4.
13.4 The arbiter can apply one or more of the following penalties:
a. warning
b. increasing the remaining time of the opponent
c. reducing the remaining time of the offending player
d. declaring the game to be lost
e. reducing the points scored in the game by the offending party
f. increasing the points scored in the game by the opponent to the maximum available for that game
g. expulsion from the event.
13.4 The arbiter can apply one or more of the following penalties:
a. warning
b. increasing the remaining time of the opponent
c. reducing the remaining time of the offending player
d. declaring the game to be lost
e. reducing the points scored in the game by the offending party
f. increasing the points scored in the game by the opponent to the maximum available for that game
g. expulsion from the event.
They wouldn't expel him because it would have a negative effect on the event at such a late stage. When you apply arbitrary rules you have to consider all the angles. A withdrawal would have a similar effect on the final standings. Another contender would get a free point.
Seems to me that not-with-standing all the debate on here, and just about every-where else, this guy was being extremely annoying to his opponent, and needed to be stopped. What am I missing?
Seems to me that not-with-standing all the debate on here, and just about every-where else, this guy was being extremely annoying to his opponent, and needed to be stopped. What am I missing?
More people should read this article Jack. I was in shock over the note taking forfeit of Wesley. Now there is a glimmer of understanding as there is an explanation of events surrounding. Wesley was under severe stress.
Wesley So forfeit. Troubling. Shocking. Why would he do this to himself? At least there was some clarity in the decision after I found he had been warned in the tournament officially twice AND several times before by many different people amongst them close friends. Rules have to be followed. As far as Wesley himself read the article above posted by Jack and you will see he was under severe stress. He has to recover and get on with his life. There is no question he is a brilliant player and superstar with a brilliant future in chess.
Maurice Ashleyism of round 9 (amongst many): with the ship sinking some people wont even reach out to grab a life raft in explaining not seeing a saving resource in one of the games.
I really, really enjoyed what GM Alejandro Ramirez added to the commentary this round. He is amazing and refreshing. Worth a trip to go down and hear him in person. I simply had no idea before this championship.
I was commenting about Daniel Naroditsky owning the cellar before this round and not being able to buy a win. Well he did it! His first win and I must add congratulations! Couldnt have happened to a nicer guy! All the commentators added there congratulations. And now he has an instructive endgame win to add to his endgame column.
Timur Gareev is showing how dangerous he could be with his funky openings as he got tournament leader Hikaru Nakamura into trouble on the board. In the final position he opted to take a drawing repetitive variation in a position where he was better.
Ray Robson and Sam Sevian battled it out both refusing to back down and maximising there use of their time which benefited the fans tremendously as they got the maximum juice from the tension of the game. It was the game most analysed by the commentators and generated the most discussion (of chess content).
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