Inverness Chess Congress

[David G Congalton]

David...

In counting the number of white wins is that the top section only? or is it the 3 sections combined?

Top section only Phil. 33 games today in the round 3 draw which is here -

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why David?

I think it was one of the e2e4 events that used an external event (football possibly) to determine board 1 colours. I liked the idea and used it for Ayr this year.

Entrants list will close on Wednesday, so players will have an idea of who they will possibly be drawn against and they will now know which colour they are likely to have. Of course random events such as late withdrawals can change things but I think it does allow players to prepare for their probable first round opponents, if they wish to do so.

I think there are other benefits of this such as building anticipation of an event, possible future advertising revenue and so on but the bottom line is I liked the idea.