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RyanMK

Why is it that if you withdraw from a tournament you can still win it? That is happening to me right now. I am 1/2 point behind the leader but he withdrew so I thought I won. I think if you withdraw from a tournament you should forfeit any chance you have of winning that tournament. Any comments?

erik
can you please give a link to this tournament?
BirdsDaWord
Agreed - no further questions, your honor.
RyanMK
http://www.chess.com/tournament/tourney-for-learners
Sharukin
If you click on the Standings button (it looks like a medal) you will see you are top of the list and the apparent leader is actually bottom.
RyanMK
Well he said he was going to finish in 1st, so I thought that regardless of the fact that I'm on top he would win. I agreed with you Sharukin until he said that.
Sharukin
I suspect he hasn't looked at the standings but is just looking at the player table. If you don't know otherwise that table can be misleading.
RyanMK
Alright thanks for the help.
KevZho

Yes I think that he were just looking at the player table too.