Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 09:13:20 03/25/05
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On March 25, 2005 at 04:05:31, Russell Reagan wrote: >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. Read my reply to Richard. I think you might like it. Peter
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