I'm sorry, I know there aren't enough people playing chess these days, but if someone was going to be THAT petty, I wouldn't shed any tears if they withdrew and never played again. I'm all for...
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I'm sorry, I know there aren't enough people playing chess these days, but if someone was going to be THAT petty, I wouldn't shed any tears if they withdrew and never played again. I'm all for...
Personally, if someone told me I wasn't allowed to have my game put into the club's database because my opponent refused, I'd go put it up on my own personal website. Maybe even post it on Chesstalk....
Wasn't there also a compromise in an earlier Women's Closed where the games were not made public for a few months until after it finished, to maintain secrecy for the Olympiad? Was a couple of years...
It's simple. If there's no scoresheet, there was no game, so it's a double-forfeit. This is a common rule in larger events.