johnsmithson wrote:
Here's a hint:
Your college examination entrances are the same as everyone else's. Your chess games aren't. The idea that you can look on another chess game in progress and get ideass for your own is preposterous.
This.
Observing other matches during a tournament
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If you have to be seated for the whole game, chances are a bumcheek will go to sleep.
Every round of every tournament I've been in I look at the games of the competition. Aside from taking a quick break from my own game, I consider that information critical, as it gives me a look at their style/opening choices/ideas, etc. And there have been times where looking at the game of a higher-rated player gave me ideas in my game. What's so preposterous about it? I look for the same ideas when I play over master games. I don't care when or from where I get the good idea, so long as I get it in time to win/save my game.
May the rules not forced to me to do not what I like the help or assistance from the human
I agree with dashkee.
johnsmithson wrote:
Here's a hint:
Your college examination entrances are the same as everyone else's. Your chess games aren't. The idea that you can look on another chess game in progress and get ideass for your own is preposterous.
Actually, that is a trick I've seen used. Someone plays an opening move early on you are unfamiliar with -- quickly get up and see if anyone else has the same position.
Amazing what you can learn from Taiwanese chess players.
Hello! New chess hobbyist here.
I was watching the World Cup 2013 round 1, and saw many players getting out of their seats to walk around the room and observe other matches. May I know why they're allowed to do so? Wouldn't watching similar moves being made give them ideas for their own game?
Why can't there be a rule stating that players should be seated until the game ends, with the exception of toilet breaks? I have taken college examinations where we have to be seated for the entire 3 hours, and can only leave after we have finished our exam. Sometimes I have 2 exams a day, which means sitting for 6 hours with a half an hour interval.. Why can't a similar rule be enforced in chess tournaments?