Help with Crazy Lightning
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Help with Crazy Lightning
Hi
Can anyone assist me with how to run a Crazy Lightning Tournament for kids.
I want to run one this term and I'd like it to last no more than an hour.
I get the basics of it but how do you score it? What do you do when games end with checkmates etc - do you offer points? Do you repair immediately? What if no other games have finished?
Any help gratefully received.
Can anyone assist me with how to run a Crazy Lightning Tournament for kids.
I want to run one this term and I'd like it to last no more than an hour.
I get the basics of it but how do you score it? What do you do when games end with checkmates etc - do you offer points? Do you repair immediately? What if no other games have finished?
Any help gratefully received.
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Re: Help with Crazy Lightning
A manic game where kids have to make moves every ten seconds or so but every few moves, you pause the games and issue instructions.
Eg:
Take any piece of your opponent off the board
Change places with your opponent
etc - the madder the better.
Eg:
Take any piece of your opponent off the board
Change places with your opponent
etc - the madder the better.
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Re: Help with Crazy Lightning
Children like Buzzer Chess but I am struggling to find a suitable buzzer.
Am planning to visit Maplins: do any digital clocks have a loud enough buzzer?
John
Am planning to visit Maplins: do any digital clocks have a loud enough buzzer?
John
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Re: Help with Crazy Lightning
I presume this is where you stop every so often for a rule change i.e.
The board gets turned around, all the Bishops move like knights, Blacks rooks drop off, Black has two moves in a row.
I remember this being called crazy lightning chess, but did we use a buzzer or clocks? It seems easier to use a clock, so 5 rounds of 5 minutes each in an hour (assuming you are fairly cavalier with the accuracy of the pairings - and why not). I guess you need to specify that checkmate ends the game, otherwise you could wait after being 'checkmated' and hope for a favourable rule change. Of course there is nothing to stop you waiting the move before checkmate, but with 5 minutes each this will not be too long and shouldn't be too much of a problem.
The board gets turned around, all the Bishops move like knights, Blacks rooks drop off, Black has two moves in a row.
I remember this being called crazy lightning chess, but did we use a buzzer or clocks? It seems easier to use a clock, so 5 rounds of 5 minutes each in an hour (assuming you are fairly cavalier with the accuracy of the pairings - and why not). I guess you need to specify that checkmate ends the game, otherwise you could wait after being 'checkmated' and hope for a favourable rule change. Of course there is nothing to stop you waiting the move before checkmate, but with 5 minutes each this will not be too long and shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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Re: Help with Crazy Lightning
There was a Crazy Blitz at the British Championships, where Stewart Reuben was God. If you e-mail him, he might be able to send you some rule suggestions.
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Re: Help with Crazy Lightning
Thanks, good idea.
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Re: Help with Crazy Lightning
Why not make your own?John Upham wrote:Children like Buzzer Chess but I am struggling to find a suitable buzzer.
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We hold two lightning tournaments in Bradford every season.Ian Thompson wrote:Why not make your own?John Upham wrote:Children like Buzzer Chess but I am struggling to find a suitable buzzer.
When we had technical problems on year - a loud-voiced chess player stood on the stage and shouted "BUZZ" every ten seconds. This was one of the funniest experiences I've had as a chess player!
Fortunately we eventually got the technology working...
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Re: Help with Crazy Lightning
If you have a PC/Laptop with speakers its easy to use Audacity (free software) to generate the appropriate sound when you want.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Peter Purland has an entertaining set of rules if you don't care too much about winning... (change sides being one of them..!)
Mike
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Peter Purland has an entertaining set of rules if you don't care too much about winning... (change sides being one of them..!)
Mike