[blind-chess] Re: Ladder Question
- From: jubieq@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:11:01 +0000 (UTC)
Hi Richard
Gosh, lets keep it simple! I think option 1 is a good one and simple.
Connie
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:56:53 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [blind-chess] Re: Ladder Question
Hi Connie,
Thanks for a good question. The current
ladder rules make no provision for long games or blocking someone's progress
because of a long game. Some ideas are as follows:
1) Early in the Ladder Tournament, Mike A. noted
that the FTP Ladder allowed you to challenge the first available player above
you at the time of the challenge. We can adopt that rule if most
agree.
2) Another solution that Nightrider and I were
discussing recently was to allow ignoring the two players on the ladder after a
game goes on for more than (say) 4 weeks. Something like the vacation mode
I proposed a month or so ago. Then others would "play around" those in the
long game.
3) Yet another approach to our Ladder would be to
allow challenging anyone on the ladder that is available, but (optionally?)
assess a penalty in position if you lose. So, for example, if you
challenge someone 5 rungs above you and lose, you would go down 3 rungs instead
of just remaining on your current position, because you challenged 3 rungs
higher than usual.
4) Another variation is for winner and loser in a
challenge to actually swap positions when the challenger wins instead of the
winner just moving over the loser.
5) At the same time I would like to propose that if
a player wants to challenge more than one available player it should be
allowed. The game load would remain at one game at a time if you want
since you cannot have any pending challenges, but if someone wants to have more
than one game going, that is their choice. Resolution of Ladder position
depends on the order in which the games are completed.
Any additional suggestions or comments on any of
these ideas?
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From:jubieq@xxxxxxxxxxx
To:blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:43
PM
Subject: [blind-chess] Ladder
Question
Hi Richard,
I was wondering...what happens to players
on the ladder when other players are taking a very long time playing their
game? This situation currently exists on the Ladder. How can players get past
those players in a very long game?
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