12-09-2016, 12:16 PM
Thanks for the tournament and congratulations to Alex for winning it. Hopefully more people make it next year.
I would recommend having a think about the prizes for next year though. Both Alex and I won all our games, but came away with very different amounts, which was a lot especially as a student. In effect I was never playing for more than a grading prize, and I feel absolutely gutted not to win (even jointly) my first Open.
Fide rating it was good though, hopefully that continues. Apparently even top seeds can win points if they are good enough...
I would recommend having a think about the prizes for next year though. Both Alex and I won all our games, but came away with very different amounts, which was a lot especially as a student. In effect I was never playing for more than a grading prize, and I feel absolutely gutted not to win (even jointly) my first Open.
Fide rating it was good though, hopefully that continues. Apparently even top seeds can win points if they are good enough...