[blind-chess] Re: New Ladder Seeding Proposal
- From: "Chris C." <cchaffin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:30:12 -0400
Hi Richard,
I highly agree with you in that I think we should be more focused on education
and less on competition. That is the main reason i support the reverse order
proposal.
I think it is all in how we approach it.
Instead of looking at it as being "sitting ducks" or "targets", I look at it as
an opportunity to learn.
One thing I like about the list is the relaxed atmosphere, and I think this is
because we try to help one another, and that is the way it should be.
To much concentration on competition or rating points will take away from this.
There is nothing wrong with some fun competition, but we should never lose
sight of why we are all here, and that is to learn from each other and help
each other become better players.
Just my opinion.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: chess
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 12:01 PM
Subject: [blind-chess] New Ladder Seeding Proposal
Good Morning All,
I am trying to find a workable compromise between Mike's very good "festival
seeding" idea and the desire for a reverse seeding by some others.
I do not want to put the less skilled players in a situation where they
appear to only be there for target practice for the big guns.
I think this list will be more successful if our focus is less on competition
and more on education. Competition is, of course, how you demonstrate
achievement of that education, but competition has its destructive side as well.
That having been said, maybe the rules as stated already cover what to do:
Anyone that signs up for the ladder tournament prior to say Wednesday April
28 will be seeded in reverse order of their current Elo rating. Anyone signing
up after the tournament starts will be added to the bottom of the ladder as
their emails arrive.
Will this work for everyone?
Keep those ideas coming, they all have merit.
Richard
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