From: engelhardt <101536.1704 <at> COMPUSERVE <dot> COM>
Date: 3 nov 1996
Subject: Tournaments

I would like the opinion of the Shogi community about a problem we had at the
recent German Open tournament.
There were two players unhappy with the pairings sorted out by the computer
program They had to play against each other. They  voiced there discontentment,
declared one of the two as the winner and left the tournament without moving one
piece on the board. They returned the next day for the next rounds.
My questions are:
How do you deal with such a problem at your tournaments in your countries ?
What solution do you have for such a problem ?
What consequences do you suggest for such a behaviour ?
My personal opinion is, that  it is the privilege of each player to resign at
any moment of the game, even at the beginning . In this case the opponent is
winner.
If the two player refuse to play each other and just go, both have lost the
game.
If a player just does not show up, he lost the game.
Of course, such a behaviour is at the least bad manners and causes trouble for
the other players
and the tournament organisers.


alexander