31-08-2016, 10:41 PM
I'd like to offer what I believe is needed for (relatively) strong players:
In an ideal world training is best done for a period before you play.
As an example, Isle of Man starts on the 1st October and there are quite a few Scots playing. Does anyone care how these players do apart from the players themselves? We are left to our own devices which is the way it's always been, but how about CS hold rapid/training tournaments before big events. It is a well-known training technique to play practice games before a tournament and this is what serious players do.
In an ideal world training is best done for a period before you play.
As an example, Isle of Man starts on the 1st October and there are quite a few Scots playing. Does anyone care how these players do apart from the players themselves? We are left to our own devices which is the way it's always been, but how about CS hold rapid/training tournaments before big events. It is a well-known training technique to play practice games before a tournament and this is what serious players do.