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by Roger de Coverly » Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:34 pm
Returning to the subject of club evenings, I was giving some thoughts to internal club competitions.
These are what I came up with.
Attendance is limited to six, but not the same six every meeting,
Meetings less frequently than weekly
Players have to pre-announce their intention to attend, first come first served up to a point.
Play is as usual for three hour sessions, 80 minutes with 10 second increments.
If there were, say, seven sessions, winner is whoever scores the most points over the seven rounds.
When the six attendees are known, pair them using colour alternation, haven't played before and top down by rating. Current score not generally taken into account.
If the rule of six, no mingling, is set aside during the duration of the competition it's scalable to more players.
For those who want to play on-line, there's plenty of Blitz and rapid out there.
It's a benchmark that Hastings has been postponed or cancelled, I would expect tournaments normally scheduled each year in January and February to follow suit. Will normal life resume in March 2021? It's difficult to be optimistic.