Well I was up all night wrestling with Eminence's demand that I award him the win over Abraham and reinstate him in the tournament, replacing myself. It was a tough, very difficult decision. Not only did Eminence post his position against Abraham over 200 times in this thread last night, he also sent me a PM pleasantly titled "What the #### is your problem???" I haven't opened it.
In any case, having myself played both Eminence and Abraham, and having studied the position that Eminence posted (impossible to avoid it) I have reached the conclusion that it is a position that Eminence is, to be frank, incapable of reaching on the board of his own accord. This added to the information that he was making 2-3 moves a day leads me to the unfortunate conclusion which some of you have already reached: namely that Eminence decided that his only chance to win a game in this tournament was to cheat his way to victory.
So therefore I am unable to fulfill Eminence's request. For better or worse, I will have to remain in the tournament and Eminence will have to stay kicked out. I don't feel good about this, but sometimes we all have to make tough choices in life.
Takes so much preparation and I do have a high pressure job that makes studying some times impossible. My girlfriend hates me as I spend most Sundays locked in my office studying chess for 12 straight hours but that's what it takes to do well at some of these bigger events.
