Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 01:05:31 03/25/05
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On March 25, 2005 at 03:07:29, Peter Skinner wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I was asked on ICC last night if I would be interested in TD'ing a CCT type >event at longer time controls. The basis of the request was the thought that the >longer the time control, the better the games will be. > >My question is how much better would the games be? Using the time control from >the last CCT of 45 3, I thought the level of play was very high. > >Would a time control like 90 0 or 120 0 improve the game all that much? Or would >it simply make the game more mudane in a "drawish" type game? > >Is there even interest in an event like this? > >I would like to hear opinions on the subject. > >Peter I thought the "Author's Only" thing was great when it was going on. It had desirable aspects of something like CCT, plus desirable aspects of all of the home tournaments like WBEC. I looked forward to it every week, even as a spectator, and I would have looked forward too it even more if I had participated. CCT always gets me motivated to make improvements, but not when it's 10 months away. Playing either a complete 15/5 event once every week or two, with cumulative results building up to some championship or playoff would be fun, or playing a single long game per week, also leading to some kind of championship/playoff. I think I'm more a fan of something more frequent and cumulative. I don't care so much whether it's G/15 or G/120. Once a year is too infrequent.
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