02-05-2013, 10:14 AM
With regards to the Megafinal I do think that there is a good case to be made - as put forward by JT - for not grading these events but against that I am not sure it is fair to deny the vast majority of getting some graded games under their belt just for the sake of the few 'seniors'. If an argument is made that the playing conditions (duration/use of clocks etc) are not sufficient/ good enough to grade then that would be fair enough, otherwise I am not sure it is right to cherry pick which thrash chess events that you grade.
I have not checked but I assume that the older sections i.e. secondary were graded as allegro?
One of the reasons the East event started to be graded was to try and encourage some of those '1 event a year players' to go on and play more events. I still think this is probably correct but requires more marketing afterwards to highlight future events to them and to link in with getting a published grade.
I have not checked but I assume that the older sections i.e. secondary were graded as allegro?
One of the reasons the East event started to be graded was to try and encourage some of those '1 event a year players' to go on and play more events. I still think this is probably correct but requires more marketing afterwards to highlight future events to them and to link in with getting a published grade.