19-03-2012, 10:25 AM
Just a wee question to get the rules clarified.
Board order, from the Richardson rules on the website
The order of players in each team shall be that of current playing strength.
Does this mean that teams can use the LIVE grading list (i.e. The updated grading list) or should it be the PUBLISHED list?
The problem with using the LIVE list is that, using myself as an example, 9 of my games this season (out of 11) have yet to be submitted for grading, so it may not reflect CURRENT playing strength.
On Saturday, we decided to follow the PUBLISHED grades exactly to avoid any possible problems/complaints (even though we might have preferred a different board order), but it appears that Edinburgh West played out of grading order'?!
Also, as the games are FIDE-rated, should we be playing in FIDE rating order? (maybe that's what Ed. West did?)
Anyway, not to make a big issue out of this, but it would be good to know what's-what before the final : )
Andy Burnett
Board order, from the Richardson rules on the website
The order of players in each team shall be that of current playing strength.
Does this mean that teams can use the LIVE grading list (i.e. The updated grading list) or should it be the PUBLISHED list?
The problem with using the LIVE list is that, using myself as an example, 9 of my games this season (out of 11) have yet to be submitted for grading, so it may not reflect CURRENT playing strength.
On Saturday, we decided to follow the PUBLISHED grades exactly to avoid any possible problems/complaints (even though we might have preferred a different board order), but it appears that Edinburgh West played out of grading order'?!
Also, as the games are FIDE-rated, should we be playing in FIDE rating order? (maybe that's what Ed. West did?)
Anyway, not to make a big issue out of this, but it would be good to know what's-what before the final : )
Andy Burnett