22-11-2012, 04:46 PM
Alex McFarlane Wrote:In this case it is possible that the game shouldn't have started. It is possible that the Chief Arbiter had declared the game a win by default at 14.55. In such circumstances the 'game' would not be an official one and should therefore not count. In light of the content of the medical certificate this is a possible scenario. Of course it does not explain why an actual game was allowed to start. That could have been down to a lack of communication.
Thanks Alex. Given that the game was allowed to go on for 2.5 hours, questions would have had to be asked if that was the case and why their Head of Delegation was not wondering where their ill team member was. One wonders what would have happened if Liam had chucked a queen on move 6. :\
However as you point out, it's all ended up satisfactorily which is great.
Perhaps the biggest mystery of all is where the €100 for the appeal came from.
