Stephen writes: > 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.
Personally, I don't think that's a big problem since the contest lasts for 7 days. If it were for only a few hours, then I would totally agree with you, but with it stretching over such a long period, then there's no real advantage for anybody over anybody else. IMHO, of course :) --/-\la
