ICCF 2015-026: Penalty for Resuming a Tournament
Aziz Serhat Kural - ICCF Turkish Delegate
Penalty for resuming a tournament after forfeiting two or more games for any reason in any tournament.
Proposal
Any player who loses two or more games in a tournament under ICCF Playing Rules Section 3 – Failure to Reply -b or Section 6 – Time Allowed and Penalties – d should be removed from the tournament and only the games he has actually played and concluded should be evaluated for rating calculation.The finished games should NOT be evaluated for norm purposes and the norm requirement should be rearranged according to table ICCF Tournament Rules – International Correspondence Chess Title Regulations – Section 3 (The Norm Requirement Table) with one player deducted. In team tournaments the player should be considered as withdrawn from the tournament and ICCF Playing Rules Section 8 – Withdrawal, death [and Substitution] should be applied.
Rationale
It happened to me a few times and the general opinion of our players is in this direction. The player who loses maximum two games due to ICCF Playing Rules Section 3 – Failure to Reply - b or Section 6 – Time Allowed and Penalties – d in a tournament if let to play on causes an injustice. Two or more players have scored a win easily but the rest of the players have to claim a win by playing. Consider this situation where a player has forfeited six games due to time lapse suddenly starts playing again consistently his remaining games. Now the rest of the players are playing under injust conditions. In a time when Baumbach tie-break method is being implemented and the very few wins decide the outcome of a tournament this situation causes an injust playing atmosphere for the rest of the players.
Other Comments/Considerations
https://www.iccf.com/event?id=49780
Pls check the current Turkish Championship Final (link above). The player
(490471 Cakmak, Sarven) has lost 2 games due to ICCF Playing Rules Section 3 – Failure to Reply - b or Section 6 – Time Allowed and Penalties – d and he is continuing his remaining games. This has caused an injust situation for the other players who have to claim a win by playing.
Relevent Documentation
ICCF Playing Rules Section 3 – Failure to Reply -b or Section 6 – Time Allowed and Penalties – d in any tournament
Voting Summary
- A vote of Yes will mean the acceptance of the proposal mentioned above
- A vote of No will mean the decline of the proposal mentioned above
- A vote of ABSTAIN is not a vote but means the vote holder has no opinion and does not wish to represent the correspondence chess players of his or her federation in this matter.
Comments by Relevant Committees, Commissions, or ICCF Officers
Eric Ruch (EB)
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Eric Ruch (Rules)
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Frank Geider
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