12-08-2016, 08:42 PM
The more domestic Fide tournaments the better as far as I'm concerned. It costs a lot of time and money to play abroad so it makes sense to me that ambitious players should have the chance to play for international rating without the expense. Ultimately though you have to go abroad to make serious gains, as Hamish said.
I'm not buying that a significant number of players are in favour of less. Edinburgh has been Fide rated for years and is consistently the strongest weekender in Scotland.
There is the two game a day argument which is a valid one, but this is really the only argument against and is a necessary evil. If you want to play a risky tournament how about Cappelle? I must have donated 100+ points there over the years. But really though, people need to lighten up about ratings - chess is not about rating.
On a personal level a Fide rapid rating is something that interests me as the European/World rapid and blitz events sometimes look quite tempting.
Incidentally, how many games do you have to play to get a rapid rating?
I'm not buying that a significant number of players are in favour of less. Edinburgh has been Fide rated for years and is consistently the strongest weekender in Scotland.
There is the two game a day argument which is a valid one, but this is really the only argument against and is a necessary evil. If you want to play a risky tournament how about Cappelle? I must have donated 100+ points there over the years. But really though, people need to lighten up about ratings - chess is not about rating.
On a personal level a Fide rapid rating is something that interests me as the European/World rapid and blitz events sometimes look quite tempting.
Incidentally, how many games do you have to play to get a rapid rating?