Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 07:55:06 09/27/97
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On September 26, 1997 at 23:49:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >The only fact I know about the situation is that Mchess did *not* >enter > before the official deadline. Personally, I see no excuse in that. >At > more than one event in the past, I entered Cray Blitz with the proviso >that > I might not be able to arrange machine time... and on a couple of >occasions > I backed out. That is why there is a waiting list. Why Marty didn't >get an > application in on time is anybody's guess. But it was advertised in >plenty of > time, so I am basically unsympathetic. I'd like to see genius, mchess >and > rebel there. We likely won't see any. But trying to displace an >already > accepted program with a late arrival makes no sense. If anybody is to >blame, > it is Marty (or Richard or Ed) as the entry deadline was published in >several > different places. I told David clearly I wouldn't participate. Why would you blame me? - Ed - >Deadlines are deadlines. I don't see any issue here >of > being fair, or just, or anything else. Just following the written >letter of > the announcement precisely, which is all we can really ask of >anyone... >
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