2012 Olympiad

[robin moore]

I don't wish anyone to think that the standards in our game are different because of incremental time controls. Of course it isn't, but a player who can use it to his/her advantage has a definite edge over someone who normally never uses it at all. If you combine the fact that Eastern European juniors have generally much better endgame technique than we do, they can be a very formidable opponent when that clock is ticking down and a lot of wood has been removed from the board. Time after time I am seeing the same things... opening fine... middle game fine.. then one or two loose moves and there is no way back at these top junior international events. If we are confident enough that this is a common problem, we need to address it and I accept there is no short term fix.

Edit- Steve's post above has great merit and needs to be considered closely.