I also aGREE THERE SHOULD BE NO VACATION TIME ALLOWED. eVEN IF A PERSON IS REALLY ON VACATION THE INNERNET IS AVALABAL ANYWHERE. mAKE THEM PLAY ANYWAY. Damm caps lock

it shouldnt

I think I am too old and grey to even comtemplate a tournament.  If one of you kind participants can advise me of the point and need to enter tournaments, then maybe I could be pursuaded to look more closely at the benefits.  It smacks of clandestine organisations, or is that too much of a give away to suggest that people entering tournaments are feeling they need to 'belong' .

I obsolutely agree that tournaments should be free of unnecessary vacations whichis disrupting the momentum of the games.......

i agree aswell.

The tournaments  go on for way to long this way  ,I won the 1st rnd in the 3rd chess.com tourny  but the 2nd rnd has not even started in the 2nd tournament .Its going to take years to finish . Many years .......

i agree too, after all in a real tournament how daft would it be if a contestant made his move and said "see you in a couple of weeks, i'm going on vacation" he would have to forfeit.

that is what has turned me off of tournaments.absolutely agree,,,,,,,,I will be hosting one soon with no vacation time allowed.............the site master has to figure a way that if u go on vacation in a tournament u forfeit that game,,,,

I agree .