29-07-2013, 03:01 PM
Alan Tate Wrote:We have been hyping players up for years and what good has come of it? I haven't been following the results but the players should go and work very, very hard and come back and try again next year.
A tad harsh Alan. (Although I appreciate you are just stirring debate!)
I'm sure the players (especially the first timers) will work harder on their chess than they did before playing the event. Whether that change in attitude and application is sustained is less clear. Ultimately, I feel we need to encourage juniors to motivate them to work harder and saying you 'finished last try harder next time' would not be the approach to take.
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