21-06-2015, 11:04 AM
Keith Rose Wrote:....Quote:the current arrangement gives unfair advantage to teams where players have similar ratingsCan you clarify what you mean? What arrangement and what is the advantage?
I just tried to explain my reasoning on this in the thread attached to the poll. Adam also gets it. I think all players in the 2000 and up get it. Those in the clubs that are gaining advantage from it often comment here to say there is no issue (what a surprise). Players at top end of the board order may be less bothered too as the probabilities of predicting opponents is easier as number of players above is less and so impact of 1 not playing is lessened.
In short, in 2015, in an FIDE event to be taken seriously there should be some effort on part of the organiser to ensure information available to players in advance of the game is equal. Publishing the team 24 hours in advance seems a pretty good starting point to me.