| Vince Hart 2005-01-27, 5:48 pm |
|
Jeremy Spinrad wrote:
quote:
> In article <kcednY6bCunSpGTcRVn-qQ@rcn.net>, "Bill Smythe"
<chichess@beforeRCNafter.com> writes:
quote:
> |> "Vince Hart" wrote:
> |> > .... Here are my cards: ....
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |> Apparently, you are saying that some tournament crosstables, which
should be
quote:
> |> a matter of public record, have been hidden from view, even though
the
quote:
> |> results from those tournaments are still reflected in the players'
ratings.
quote:
> |> Is that correct?
>
> Clearly, from going to the rating history, these tournaments were
expunged. This
quote:
> seems offhand to be very bad, evidence of serious impropriety by
someone.
quote:
>
> Kevin, like it or not, the fact that your club allowed some
tournaments which
quote:
> were sufficiently dubious that you had them removed from ratings
history has come
quote:
> to light. I think it would be better to give at least an outline of
your version
quote:
> of what has occurred, or people are likely to assume that you are
guilty of
quote:
> covering up something quite serious.
>
> As an aside, I think it might be a good gesture to request a lowering
of your
quote:
> rating floor; this is what I would be happy to do to show that I was
not gaining
quote:
> any advantage from this sad mistake.
>
> Jerry Spinrad
>
>
In order to be fair to Kevin, I should note the fact that he me told
that "as soon as [he] became aware of the personal impact on [him] that
[he] voluntarily surrendered [his] floor and life master title."
I would note, however, that it seems to have taken him quite awhile to
become aware since he posted this on May 20, 2001: "I am a life
master, a long-time volunteer at adult chess clubs, a Senior TD, I
trained other TD's, a state association president, and a chess
volunteer in many ways."
Vince Hart
|