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I arrived home at 11:30 PM after a 12-hour drive from Volgograd. Do you think I'm ready to sit down and play right away? And Kaschei is leaving tomorrow; he needs to pack his things, so he clearly doesn't have time for the game either. The issue about the CIS region was raised in advance, before registering for the tournament.
I'm on vacation until the 20th, so after the holidays, I can play at any time.

Darku has 400 km to travel from the city-hero to Saratov, while I have almost 1000 km. There's clearly a difference.

Adamych, don't get upset :) Maybe I didn't let you play right after the draw? Or am I sending Kaschei somewhere, and he announced it almost at the last moment? :) Because of the CIS region, I allocated an extra week for the first round, as I told you. The fact that you're on vacation until the 20th is good; it means there won't be any problems with the second round. How do you imagine a Swiss-system draw with one unplayed match? I'm not familiar with such methods. If you can't find a common time, schedule a draw, flip a coin, or play a blitz game tomorrow morning. I don't know. I'm leaving tomorrow evening and will probably disappear from the forum until the 12th-13th; it all depends on the internet there. Contact Palach; maybe he can come up with something. He's in charge of the draw for the second round.