14-02-2012, 07:39 AM
For me the stars barred section was a good one to play in.
Simply because there were no mismatches throughout the tournament. As a chess player that's what I want 5 hard fought competitive games.
It is of course unfortunate on 2050 plus players who wanted to play. The number of such players who would be expected to enter an open is .... the number who did so last year.... is four.
This year the top section was much larger than the 8 player event last year - something like 14 players.
I don't want to see stars barred become the norm - variety though is good. Talking of variety this event did not increase the prize fund due to size of entry. It increased the prize fund due to size of entry.
Simply because there were no mismatches throughout the tournament. As a chess player that's what I want 5 hard fought competitive games.
It is of course unfortunate on 2050 plus players who wanted to play. The number of such players who would be expected to enter an open is .... the number who did so last year.... is four.
This year the top section was much larger than the 8 player event last year - something like 14 players.
I don't want to see stars barred become the norm - variety though is good. Talking of variety this event did not increase the prize fund due to size of entry. It increased the prize fund due to size of entry.