Stephen Turner wrote: > > I wonder if the judges next month would consider starting the tournament at > a different time of day. I don't think it makes any difference to the > fairness of the play, but it does make a difference to the fairness of the > post-mortem! At the moment, all the Americans (and Canadians, and Mexicans, > and even Argentinians ONE-NIL! ONE-NIL! ONE-NIL! ONE-NIL! sorry, got a bit > carried away there) get to discuss the solutions 'overnight' and us poor > Europeans wake up in the morning with a great pile of email to plough > through already. >
I understand your point, but 00:00 GMT is such an obvious and universally-understood time, that I doubt you'll find agreement on a different time of day. Somebody has to suffer whatever time of day we choose. Plus, Dave Hoover is in CDT (GMT-5) so I think we want to keep him awake and available at the time of contest open and close, just in case. Maybe you should just set your alarm clock and dial in at 01:00 GMT. :-) Chris
