From: Andrew Lipscomb <ewwa <at> CHATTANOOGA <dot> NET>
Date: 1 mar 2001
Subject: Re: Results from Stockholm Open 2001

> In fact,
> several
> tournament organizers strongly encourage players to participate
> during all rounds out of fairness to their opponents.

Also for the reason of possible dropouts, western-chess rules often
provide for "adjusted strength of schedule"--if one of your
opponents has an unplayed game (forfeit, bye, whatever), you count
him as having drawn (earned half a point in that round).  You still
get 0 for your own unplayed games, of course.