Thank you, and thank you! Lewis "Knightrider" -----Original Message----- From: R Dinger <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 10:13 AM To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [blind-chess] Re: ??? Tournament Rules Additions ??? Hi Lewis and others, That rule is not in effect for any blind-chess tournaments and I don't see any demand at this time to adopt it. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Lewis To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 9:08 PM Subject: [blind-chess] Re: ??? Tournament Rules Additions ??? Hi Richard, I was wondering if the Sunday reflection day of rest rule sttill applies for the two ongoing tournaments. Thank you, Lewis "Knightrider" -----Original Message----- From: R Dinger <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 4:04 PM To: chess <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [blind-chess] Tournament Rules Additions Hi All, This is just a reminder of our general rule that tournament players can request a reasonable amount of reflection time suspension for a vacation or holiday. The only restriction is that both the Tournament Director and your opponent be informed within two weeks of the scheduled absence (this was originally three weeks, but two seems plenty). Since many of you have family commitments or are traveling around the end of the year, you may want to take advantage of the rule. This will not affect game start dates, however so be careful. Another addition to the Fall-Winter Theme Tournament rules. If both players want to begin their scheduled game before the official first of each month starting date, that is permitted. I mention this because one game in the first round is already completed and others [The entire original message is not included]