08-09-2016, 09:32 AM
My own statistics against lower rated players bear this out.
I have played the Scottish Championship 21 times - my average opponent is lower rated than me - I would guess 17 or 18 times I have lost rating points - never beaten a GM.
Playing higher rated abroad - 3 IM norms - beaten 8 GMs - net gain of rating points.
The problem is people know me too well in Scotland, know my weaknesses, and therefore Largs/Edinburgh weekends are bad odds for me to gain points.
But I really wanted to play Largs - could we not have 2 sections ?
(a)FIDE rated (b) non-FIDE rated where the 2300s can play each other
I have played the Scottish Championship 21 times - my average opponent is lower rated than me - I would guess 17 or 18 times I have lost rating points - never beaten a GM.
Playing higher rated abroad - 3 IM norms - beaten 8 GMs - net gain of rating points.
The problem is people know me too well in Scotland, know my weaknesses, and therefore Largs/Edinburgh weekends are bad odds for me to gain points.
But I really wanted to play Largs - could we not have 2 sections ?
(a)FIDE rated (b) non-FIDE rated where the 2300s can play each other