He was 15 minutes late and the first round had already started. ICC does not allow latejoin in round robin tournaments (that was what the TD claimed).
I can see little reason for not allowing it, but perhaps it's a limitation of their Automato software.
Result Mainz Chess960 qualifier: 1) Sjeng 2) Rybka 3) Ikarus
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Re: Result Mainz Chess960 qualifier: 1) Sjeng 2) Rybka 3) Ik
Agreed. Quite bizarre.Harvey Williamson wrote: Rybka and Shredder are invited to Mainz anyway - Rybka should not have played in this prelim.