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Subject: Re: Proposal for next CCT or Author's Only event.

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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