23-11-2015, 05:07 PM
Hi Harry,
Thanks for the feedback and I understand the point you make and will pass them on.
We were struggling on numbers for the p6&7 Open section even before we went through the entries and it appeared likely that some had been entered into the wrong section. I am assuming that we ended up with too many for an all play all but not really enough for a Swiss. In that situation there are a number of options - 1 big section, force the top grades from the u500 to play up or force the lower grades in the open to play in the u500 section and run the open as an all play all. There clear and obvious disadvantages in each.
One must be fair and point out that Ritvik, like a number of the higher rated players, did suffer an early loss to one of the lower graded players and these results kept him and those players apart.
I do hope he enjoyed the day any way.
regards
Mike
Thanks for the feedback and I understand the point you make and will pass them on.
We were struggling on numbers for the p6&7 Open section even before we went through the entries and it appeared likely that some had been entered into the wrong section. I am assuming that we ended up with too many for an all play all but not really enough for a Swiss. In that situation there are a number of options - 1 big section, force the top grades from the u500 to play up or force the lower grades in the open to play in the u500 section and run the open as an all play all. There clear and obvious disadvantages in each.
One must be fair and point out that Ritvik, like a number of the higher rated players, did suffer an early loss to one of the lower graded players and these results kept him and those players apart.
I do hope he enjoyed the day any way.
regards
Mike