More than 30 days of vacation ?

Is there someone who can explain how a member - in a chess game - can take more than 30 days of vacation?

My opponent took in january 2012 at least 25 days of vacation. Since then he hardly made a few moves and the game is still in progress. How is this possible?

In 2011 all players received a reset in their used vacation days. This means players could have used 40 (or 60 for members) days. In 2012 everything started from scratch and each player gets 20 (or 30) more days. If the game started in 2011, that's a lot of days.

King of Thebes is a slow player and a member so he has 30 days of vacation. I guess King of Thebes is just slower than kerremelle at entering the game into his computer for analysis

Yes, thanks to him, the LOA championship is still not finished. In one of the two remaining matches, it is currently 74 days since the last move was made!

If I remember well, I had more than 30 days or vacation in some years:

Being a member, 30 days at Jan-1st.

All gone by March (or April).

Membership ended in summer time.

Renewed membership again in October.

Surprise! (30 more days!)

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So, it may be that renewing membership gets your days to 30 again. If you have used some of the 20 (or 30 you had at Jan-1st) up to that point, good for you.