🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Jan 30, 2011 09:54 PM UTC:
I can understand why I withdrew, because I'm me, and I can understand why
Nicholas would withdraw with a divorce looming, but for you to suddenly
withdraw to devote yourself to play Chinese Checkers makes no sense. This
tournament was your idea, and you're the one who insisted on keeping its
take-it-or-leave-it format. I think your feelings got hurt, perhaps due to
the withdrawals or to criticism of Coherent Chess. Let me be clear, no one
has criticized you here, and no one has expressed any desire for you to
leave. You are welcome to stay here, and you are welcome to run this
tournament as you see fit. Likewise, I'm free not to participate, because
this just isn't the kind of tournament that interests me. But that is not
any reflection on you, and you should not let it concern you.