25-01-2017, 09:31 PM
Ian
I would like confirmation of the following points
1) Next Round of the Richardson is to be played by Sunday 19th March 2017. That weekend we have the Irvine congress. If one team insists on playing that weekend and the other says No, what happens? The team saying they must play, may make the excuse that they can't raise a team (even if they can) in order to weaken the other team who may want to play at Irvine. I can't work out why a clash like this is in the calendar.
2) I agree with Alan Tate. To have a serious Fide Rated event, you should know at least one hour before the game starts so you can prepare. The recent Cathcart - Hamilton match favoured Hamilton as Cathcart did not know which players they may play, whereas I managed to prepare for Alan Grant on board 2, with the right colour! Alan Grant was disadvantaged as he knew that I would have something ready, or instead as he did, play something that is not his regular, meaning he was on the back foot before he started.
From Alan Tate posting it sounds like he encountered the same problem.
3) Should increments be introduced to avoid Roddy McKay losing on time in the quick play finish(his opponent had 7 seconds). Roddy had Queen vs Queen + Pawn
Please get back to me ASAP
I would like confirmation of the following points
1) Next Round of the Richardson is to be played by Sunday 19th March 2017. That weekend we have the Irvine congress. If one team insists on playing that weekend and the other says No, what happens? The team saying they must play, may make the excuse that they can't raise a team (even if they can) in order to weaken the other team who may want to play at Irvine. I can't work out why a clash like this is in the calendar.
2) I agree with Alan Tate. To have a serious Fide Rated event, you should know at least one hour before the game starts so you can prepare. The recent Cathcart - Hamilton match favoured Hamilton as Cathcart did not know which players they may play, whereas I managed to prepare for Alan Grant on board 2, with the right colour! Alan Grant was disadvantaged as he knew that I would have something ready, or instead as he did, play something that is not his regular, meaning he was on the back foot before he started.
From Alan Tate posting it sounds like he encountered the same problem.
3) Should increments be introduced to avoid Roddy McKay losing on time in the quick play finish(his opponent had 7 seconds). Roddy had Queen vs Queen + Pawn
Please get back to me ASAP