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"The Art of Strategy - III"

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Well, at least it's unclear to me.
Those who haven't played with him have played diligently with others.
Those who didn't play their games on time (not necessarily with Moz or someone else, by the way, it's unclear how to choose the one who didn't play with whom) have already received technical losses; where else can they be assigned? On what basis?
My opinion: a technical loss should be given to the player who didn't play the game on time; let's call him Player N (again, Moz or someone from those who didn't play with him is not relevant here). A technical win cannot be given here because it's unclear with whom exactly Player N didn't play.
It can't be done any other way in this format, unlike a round-robin scheme with pre-assigned pairs of players for each round.
Or, at worst: the second player in this hypothetical pair (that is, the one who receives the technical win) will be the player with whom Player N will not have time to play before the end of the tournament. And the number of these will be equal to the number of technical losses (maximum 2). But, in my opinion, this is not ideal...

There are no problems here at all – players who haven't played on time receive technical losses (let's call it a list of penalized players).
Let's consider Moz:
1) If Moz is on this list of players and he only has to play with someone from this list, then Moz receives a technical win, and the other player from the list (at the judges' discretion) receives a technical loss in the round with Moz.
2) If someone from the list here writes about wanting to play (and Moz also voiced this desire here), and the player with Moz cannot connect – they are assigned an ODD (presumably, an unscheduled game).
3) If Moz needs to play not only with players from the list of penalized players but also with other players who are on schedule – then this is purely Moz's problem. Simply writing here (like making an announcement) so that other diligent (in terms of deadlines) players suddenly start playing unscheduled (for themselves) games with Moz, just so that he fulfills the plan – that is really not ideal. Moz should, in theory, persuade someone from the diligent players to play with him on a weekday. Or take a day off from his country house and play a round with someone.

As Dex wrote before, it's better to have a reserve of games. And then, perhaps, the penalized players will weed themselves out (after two technical losses). And the problem may disappear altogether. As Nasruddin said, either the padishah or the donkey will die)).

P.S. By the way, here is a player who has already received a technical loss for not meeting the deadlines. This technical loss can easily be used in a round with Moz if Moz hasn't played with him. Yes, I agree, my post may have turned out to be a bit cumbersome, and the problem is not that simple, but this complexity stems from the free schedule of games – everyone plays with everyone at their own discretion. That is, it was initially assumed that diligent (in terms of deadlines) players would register for the tournament. Therefore, such freedom was allowed in the regulations.

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