[blind-chess] Re: New Ladder Seeding Proposal
- From: "Chris C." <cchaffin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:57:42 -0400
Hi Mike and all,
Good question about posting games.
Some people might not feel comfortable with this, but for those games where
both players do not mind, I think it is a good idea.
I, for one, do not mind having my ladder games posted.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Gieschen
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 1:20 PM
Subject: [blind-chess] Re: New Ladder Seeding Proposal
Hi, Richard.
This sounds good to me.
And, maybe, if someone doesn't want to start at the top of the list, he or
she can leave now and rejoin so they can start at a bottom rung.
I also agree with Chris C.'s comments. When you play good players, you might
learn some new tricks.
The nice thing a bout a ladder tournament is that you eventually get a chance
to play people on your level, but you can also challenge up and try to improve
your game.
In addition, any new "good" player joins at the bottom and has to climb his
way up.
This way we all get a chance to play them.
One final thought.
How does everyone feel about posting some or all of the results of these
ladder games?
That way everyone can go through the moves and learn from them.
Mike
----- 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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