13-08-2016, 03:30 AM
I'm confused Steve. You say you are Mr. Consistent at the weekenders so surely it should be good for you to have them Fide rated?
No idea what the professional comment is about but given that my natural sleeping time is 5am I don't think I've ever felt fresh playing a weekend congress and occasionally even withdraw due to not having slept at all.
Let me ask you this: Does it benefit Scottish chess as a whole to have Fide rated weekend events?
Presumably as an IM your fear of losing Fide rating is based on selections and not appearance fees. Floating an idea out there, how about adding x points per game played on the Scottish circuit onto all players who are in with a shout of selection?
No idea what the professional comment is about but given that my natural sleeping time is 5am I don't think I've ever felt fresh playing a weekend congress and occasionally even withdraw due to not having slept at all.
Let me ask you this: Does it benefit Scottish chess as a whole to have Fide rated weekend events?
Presumably as an IM your fear of losing Fide rating is based on selections and not appearance fees. Floating an idea out there, how about adding x points per game played on the Scottish circuit onto all players who are in with a shout of selection?