Hi, Jim Slagle, Jim Thoune, and all.
I agree. Standard classical chess with the time controls Jim Slagle
mentioned is perfect. Maybe, do a four or five round gig with two
weeks for each round. That seems to be working out well for the Summer
Team Tournament, so seems good here, too.
David
On 7/14/20, Jim Slagle <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I prefer an ordinary swiss tournament.
We could speed up the time rules as follows.
The first 30 moves must be made in 60 minutes.
The whole game must be finished in 120 minutes.
Best wishes,
Jim Slagle
On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 4:39:55 PM EDT, JT <hazelnutt2001@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Curtis, and all USBCAers,
The USBCA very definitely Does still have a Realtime, i.e. skype, division.
I am the Assistant TD in charge of it. Unfortunately, the last, what, three
months or so have been so chaotic in my life, not to mention so totally
overrun with more tournaments than most mortals can keep up with, that it
just didn’t seem feasible to try to organize yet another one.
Having said that, allow me to use this note to call for player interest. I
am considering a chess960 tournament, with a time control of 30/60
cumulative, or perhaps a normal Swiss with a somewhat compressed time
schedule. I’m thinking possibly game/60. If you are interested in one of
those, or if you have yet another suggestion, please let me know during the
next week.
I’m thinking that rounds will be two weeks in length. For reasons which I
won’t go into just yet, I’d like to have the tournament run from the
beginning of August through the end of September, keeping those last three
months clear for purposes to be named later.
Let me hear from you,
Jim T
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Subject: [usbca_chess] Real Time Division? Does it still exist?
Hello All,
A lot of people ask me, "Does the US BCA still have a Real Time (Skype)
Division?". I don't know the answer, so I am posting it to the list.
Curtis Cockayne
Email- BLUESKYS012@xxxxxxx
Skype ID- curtis.cockayne
