30-09-2012, 02:12 PM
It might be appropriate for me to comment on this thread, if only because:
- I followed many of the Olympiad games live, both Open and Women. Although in the later stages I was away on holiday in France, I continued to do so as far as possible.
- I play almost all of my chess nowadays at incremental time controls and like many others I believe that these are the best way to encourage a higher standard of games.
- I also try to play as far as possible in FIDE-rated events myself and believe that all ‘national’ events should be FIDE-rated.
Because of the potential length of this reply, I will post it in instalments to make it more readable.
- I followed many of the Olympiad games live, both Open and Women. Although in the later stages I was away on holiday in France, I continued to do so as far as possible.
- I play almost all of my chess nowadays at incremental time controls and like many others I believe that these are the best way to encourage a higher standard of games.
- I also try to play as far as possible in FIDE-rated events myself and believe that all ‘national’ events should be FIDE-rated.
Because of the potential length of this reply, I will post it in instalments to make it more readable.