Sorry Ian but I'm with David here.
1) We've got so many chess events going on both locally and with 4NCL and the various Lichess events that I am with him in thinking that we really don't need another event!
2) I would appreciate it if you would make the intermittent Cornish gambit events RATED rather than unrated
3) and I would also be pleased if you would increase the default font size on this forum to something kinder to ageing eyes. As things stand you need to be wearing glasses to read the stuff on this site.
4) With regard to the Roger Grime and Under 135 Cups, I think that these should be played on different days over a weekend (or two if that is what is needed) over the board.
Gary T.
1) Let the people decide. It's their votes that count.
2) The thematic events are designed to allow people to practise unfamiliar openings without the inhibition of thinking about their ratings. To the extent that lichess ratings matter at all (which, in my view they don't), it wouldn't be fair for someones rating to be affected because they had to play a series of openings they knew nothing about. Discouraging people from entering would not be beneficial.
3) I'll see what I can do.
4) That's already being proposed.[/size]
Thanks for these very specific replies Ian and especially for increasing the font size! With regard to 2) above, in no wise am I discouraging people from entering but your remark about ratings not mattering seems to me disingenuous! Ratings give us the best objective data we have at any moment in time as to the relative strengths of various players and allow organisers to predict which players will probably do well in an event and which
will probably finish lower down in the final placings. So the gradings are important. Many players - not all admittedly - are very ratings conscious and I would opine that many of us are more motivated by ratings considerations than we would like to admit! If an event doesn't alter ratings depending upon results then honestly what is the incentive to play? That's like a chess event offering no prize-money! If ratings are not affected then basically you're just patzering around! People take their chess more seriously when ratings points are at stake and even though the point is arguable I feel that most of us play better when ratings can be affected. I also don't see that it is intrinsically unfair for people to play in an event that might affect their rating! We're all of us doing this every time we play! Let those who aren't willing to do this play something else instead, say, tiddlywinks, which might well suit them better. Chess is a MAN'S game and these people need to man up! Anyway, hold events by all means that allow those who wish to play non-graded events to do so - I suppose that it encourages weaker players and lets them get their teeth into something that ultimately benefits them - but also please be fair to those of us who much prefer playing proper graded chess.
Gary T.
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