I don't have much experience with vote chess, but our national team (Team Estonia) is playing in the Vote Chess World Cup and I've been reading about vote chess and organizing some games. It has been a fairly up and down experience, and I feel frustrated with "rogue voters" (people who think that "vote chess" means they look at the game and independently "vote" for what they think is the best move).
In fact, I think the name itself is problematic: "team chess" would be a better name than "vote chess" because "vote chess" is always going to bring to mind the ballot box.
But I have a question: Is there any role for lower-rated players in competitive vote chess? Seems like it would be best to just have one very strong player and encourage that player to lead the game.
It's hard for me to imagine that ten players rated in a range from 1200 to 1800 are going to have much luck against one strong player (e.g. 2300).
But I wonder if anyone has a different experience?
I don't have much experience with vote chess, but our national team (Team Estonia) is playing in the Vote Chess World Cup and I've been reading about vote chess and organizing some games. It has been a fairly up and down experience, and I feel frustrated with "rogue voters" (people who think that "vote chess" means they look at the game and independently "vote" for what they think is the best move).
In fact, I think the name itself is problematic: "team chess" would be a better name than "vote chess" because "vote chess" is always going to bring to mind the ballot box.
But I have a question: Is there any role for lower-rated players in competitive vote chess? Seems like it would be best to just have one very strong player and encourage that player to lead the game.
It's hard for me to imagine that ten players rated in a range from 1200 to 1800 are going to have much luck against one strong player (e.g. 2300).
But I wonder if anyone has a different experience?