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> but I was talking about the incident between Carlsen and Niemann Indeed, and it seems pretty silly that you would claim that it is impossible to punish someo
by stale2002 4y ago
> but I was talking about the incident between Carlsen and Niemann
Indeed, and it seems pretty silly that you would claim that it is impossible to punish someone who resigned on move 1, in the way that he did, without punishing people who are deathly ill!
Surely you should understand how it is pretty easy to tell the difference between these two situations.
The fact that this was the context, is the exact reason why it is so silly to imply that punishing this behavior would also require punishing people who are very sick, and cannot play because of that.
- constantcrying 4y agoYou missed my point entirely. Any rule which would punish Carlsen would also inevitably punish the innocent, since Carlsen already did nothing wrong.
- stale2002 4y agoNo, actually sick people would not have to be punished. The rule would pretty easily be able to tell the difference between someone who withdrawals from the tournament because they are sick, and someone who resigned turn 1 and then goes to Twitter about it. Those are pretty easily distinguishable. And it is funny that you made it seem like it is impossible to tell the difference between these two scenarios. It was you who made it seem like this was difficult. You who brought up this sick person hypothetical, as if it was an unsolvable problem. And now, once I've pointed out the absurdity of this supposedly unsolvable problem, according to you, you don't want to admit that this was silly to bring up in the first place.