I am interested to add comments regarding:
12 - Starting Position (could be a preset opening to be used in a thematic tournament.)
I would like to see included a choice of FENs:
which have been reached from a standard start position;
that have been declared equal opportunity for black and white, by the proposers;
that these positions have been named to indicate initial opening and proposer.
Usually thematic tournaments expose these FEN positions. This would allow analysts to declare the opening finished and the middle game started.
These could be called FEN tournaments, basically a middle game start tournament, or maybe someone could suggest a better name.
Popularity of the use of the FEN would determine the quality of the analyst.
This group is aimed primarily at Tournament Directors, hereafter referred to as TDs, to enhance the tournament experience for both the TDs and the players. Players are likely to be more satisfied and join a TDs future tournaments if the TD provide a positive experience.
I will be addressing these topics. The list is based on the options controlled by the Tournament Director.
1 - Days/Move (Tournament Time Control)
2 - Group Size
. Groups of two
. Byes in a tournament with groups of two - Added 2012 01 05
. Infinite Length Tournaments - Added 2012 01 15
. Decreasing maximum size after round one
3 - Max Players
. 90 day registration limit
. Three players where the group size is two
. Unlimited Players in a member created tournament
4 - Advance per Group
. Maximum 50% of a group advance
. No ties but more than the maximum 50% of a group advanced?
. Account closed: Who advances? - Added 2012 01 06 / Edit 2012 02 20 - Example fixed
. Account closed: Who gets the medal? - Added 2012 01 07
. Removing Players - Added 2012 01 08
5 - Ratings Range
. Official Site Tournaments
. Sandbagging - Added 2012 01 11
6 - Start Time (a suggestion, promise or hope)
7 - Concurrent Games per Opponent (both at the same time or one after the other) - Added Content 2012 01 17
8 - Minimum Games (finished by potential registrants.)
9 - Max Timeout %
10 - Player Move Speed (Player Statistic: maximum Time/move average of potential registrants.)
11 - Game Type (Standard or Chess960)
12 - Starting Position (could be a preset opening to be used in a thematic tournament.)
13 - Games are Rated (or unrated)
14 - Use Tie Breaks (or not)
15 - Auto-Start tournament when registration is full (or manually start at the discretion of the Tournament Director)
16 - Allow players to use Vacation Time (or do not allow)
17 - Only allow premium members to participate (or allow all levels of membership)
18 - This is an Invite Only tournament
19 - Use Custom Trophies (ribbons and bows)
I will include my thoughts, as a TD, so it is not too dry reading. Your opinion is as valid. Your comments may be used to enhance a topic.
There will be some overlap but I hope to be passing on information not included in the site's Tournament help. See http://www.chess.com/tournaments/help.html and here http://support.chess.com/
The site help is not necessarily accurate.
- Group Seeding
- Number of tournaments managed Added Content 2012 01 25
- Withdrawing from tournaments - Player has active games
Bugs
- Decreasing maximum size after round one
- Account closed: Who gets the medal?
- Maximum number of member tournaments allowed
- Tournament Points awarded to tied players - Added 2012 01 29