From Mutambo:
"I'm sorry but I have no intention of playing against you. For me you can take even the match won, but continually interrupt the game for me is impossible. I go to sleep that is best. Also I have been struck by lightning and I can not play ......"
And so everyone knows, the choice of match start time was his.
Maybe we just let the other two matches play out and see what happens. I discussed at length with Mutambo what we should do if another disconnect happened on either side before the 2nd attempt. Conceding holes to get back to the same point in the match is very quick and easy, and I was happy to do this with him and will be with anyone else I might play in future.
Whatever is decided about the fate of this match, for the sake of the tournament I would strongly urge you to implement my 'finish at all costs' suggestion. If both players know they have to concede holes to get back to where they were in a match and carry on, there can be no issue or complaint and it only adds a few extra minutes.
I will load the play so far here shortly, as it was a very good quality match and will be a shame if we don't finish it at some point. I will also load the hole from the first match so he can see that the disconnection yesterday was WGT's doing. From his message, he seems to be under the impression that I have disconnected today from 2 up, probably going 3 up after 7, to delay him getting to sleep!
Yesterday's problems on the first hole
The match so far.... (includes CTTH I played as a warm up)
4 mins later after my router had rebooted
Apologies to the organisers for these unwanted issues. I wish fate would have just let things run smoothly for everyone!!