17 Sep 20
@trev33 said10 Slots still open. Should we consider crossposting into the tournament thread?
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17 Sep 20
@ponderable saidWhat is going on with these general forum people. There is no shame in being squashed by an orangutan. Get those entries in, you can do no worse than the Belgian truffles did (which admittedly still hurts a little).
10 Slots still open. Should we consider crossposting into the tournament thread?
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17 Sep 20
@ponderable saidMaybe debates? 😂
10 Slots still open. Should we consider crossposting into the tournament thread?
17 Sep 20
@great-big-stees saidHandicap tournaments would be interesting.
Is there any possibility that, like golf, there is a "handicap system" when players, of my chess abilities, play someone who has chess abilities?
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Maybe apply some enforced opening moves e.g. if your rating is more than 400 above your opponent you have to open by moving a knight out and then returning it to its starting position second move.
Maybe for 300 difference advance a pawn that nobody would normally chose. I guess somebody who knew a lot more about chess than me would have to match the weird openings to the rating difference, but I am sure you could handicap a player by obligating them to use a weird opening.
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17 Sep 20
@petewxyz saidYour first two suggestions sound a lot like most of my opening moves. 😉
Handicap tournaments would be interesting.
Maybe apply some enforced opening moves e.g. if your rating is more than 400 above your opponent you have to open by moving a knight out and then returning it to its starting position second move.
Maybe for 300 difference advance a pawn that nobody would normally chose. I guess somebody who knew a lot more about chess than m ...[text shortened]... ing difference, but I am sure you could handicap a player by obligating them to use a weird opening.
17 Sep 20
@great-big-stees saidWe can set up a Tournament with a handicap, say the higher rated Payer stats without an e-pawn. Those games wouldn't be rated of Course.
Is there any possibility that, like golf, there is a "handicap system" when players, of my chess abilities, play someone who has chess abilities?
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17 Sep 20
@ponderable saidI arranged a similar thing years ago except the handicap was amount of moves the higher rated player had to achieve checkmate. Think someone around 1400-1700 won it but I can't remember
We can set up a Tournament with a handicap, say the higher rated Payer stats without an e-pawn. Those games wouldn't be rated of Course.
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17 Sep 20
@very-rusty saidIf you enter a game thinking it is impossible to win, you have already lost.
I already know I wouldn't stand a chance, so why waste my energy on games I know would be impossible to win? I may learn new ways for losing! 😉
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17 Sep 20
@ghost-of-a-duke saidLike this one?
If you enter a game thinking it is impossible to win, you have already lost.
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17 Sep 20
@ghost-of-a-duke saidCorrect you are!
If you enter a game thinking it is impossible to win, you have already lost.
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