Hi gang,

Is there any way to filter the tournaments list by eligibility? I've just attempted to join about 10 of them and it's only when I click Join that it tells me I can't for various reasons.

It'd be handy to be able to view only those I can actually join.

Cheers,

Mark

That would be a nice feature, but then seeing all the tournaments is a tempting lure for those of us (you and I) who haven't yet got a full membership. It's quite a handy way to remind people that they're only $30 away from joining as many tournaments as they'd like.

Ah, well that was one of my questions. If I subscribe, does that override the "you need to have played at least n games" type restrictions?

Mark

A Silver/Gold member is limited to 10 ongoing tournaments. You cannot bypass the "you need to have played at least n games" restriction in member-created tournaments. Why would you join a tournament where you are not welcome?

Official chess.com tournaments allow premium members to bypass the restriction. At least that was the last position on the subject that I am aware of, but the site rules may not be set in stone yet.

As I see it though your main problem is timeouts. The default for tournaments is less than 10%. Some tournament directors set this even lower to increase the chances the games have a non-timeout result.

You're right re the timeouts. When I first joined, I got sidetracked by other things and didn't have the time to visit as often as I wanted, but I'm now in the position where I can play more often, so I hope to reduce my average timeout.