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Aug 11, 2010
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As brfc said, such a small section with 5 rounds is a pain to manage.
Aug 11, 2010
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yes online is very different to OTB i've never been one to shy away from a battle but anyone that knows me knows i'm thinking it's a waste of time to jump into a tournament just to get hammered by experienced players. I'm telling you you'd attract more "new players" into OTB if you had a section for inexperienced players
Aug 11, 2010
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As you know Donna I manage a few OTB games a year
Aug 11, 2010
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hi donna, i am in the same boat as you :) only been to one OTB tournament. its not as bad as you think trust me. its good fun :)
Aug 11, 2010
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I have never played and will likely only ever play otb 5 times in my lifetime (its just a number I plucked up) I get no chance to play regularly otb so I want to be able to enjoy the experience not face a bunch of players who have that experience
Aug 11, 2010
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Same amount of time here, I began by losing many games to players graded 60-70 on club nights, eventually got invited to play a C-team match, and went on from there.
Aug 11, 2010
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about 2 years. NOt long compared to some
Aug 11, 2010
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And how long have you been playing otb?
Aug 11, 2010
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me at a start :D
Aug 11, 2010
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Tell me something ... how many of you players in this group play otb REGULARLY (as in 6 times or more a year)??
Aug 11, 2010
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If everybody thought like that Donna, no-one would ever START playing the game. Every one of us OTB players started by losing.
Aug 11, 2010
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I reckon a lot more players WOULD be interested in going if they actually stood a chance of winning something ...
Aug 11, 2010
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don't think like that! You're a decent player! And there's unfortunatly nothing we can do about the experience thing, unless there are lots of people who feel a seperate OPEN section for inexperienced players is right for this tournament. Opinions please guys!
Aug 11, 2010
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Yes but you are misunderstanding me ... these kinds of prizes will never be available to me because 1. I have n o experience and 2 I will be playing against players that are gonna thrash me ...
Aug 11, 2010
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donna: A nightmare for an arbiter is to have a group of 10 people in a 5 round swiss. This is my estimate for amount of chess.com members who have never played otb before. Another thing donnna, is that we have to all start playing otb somewhere. And even if you don't get a great score (my 1st 2 congresses i got 0/5) the experience you get is incredible. Besides, there will be membership and t-shirts for lots of grading prizes, that erik is donating, which means we could have a prize for best 1st
Aug 11, 2010
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Come on people I have never played otb how am I going to find it easier? I want the experience of trying but what use is it to me if I face continually higher rated players?
Aug 11, 2010
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From what I've heard, i reckon we might have 25 people per section. If we do get this amount of people, then sections will be decided based on chess.com rating and bottom half will player in lower section. Then top section will be the open. And Donna, OTB chess you'll find easier than online chess, you'll see a lot more tactics and plans OTB, and in swiss you play people who are doing as well as you, so later on you'll get some equal games. I'll be the arbiter, and remind people to hit their clo
Aug 11, 2010
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As far as getting 'thrown into the deep end', you should have no problems adjusting to OTB chess; you just have to remember to hit the clock!
Aug 11, 2010
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Probably more than 32, based on what these guys are saying, meaning with 5 rounds we pretty much MUST have sections of some sort.
Aug 11, 2010
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RR, by sections, we mean like in a Congress (which is typically Open, U160, U125, or something of the sort).
