09-07-2015, 12:44 PM
Hi Walter,
I've no idea what happened to it. It all ended in a friendly way.
The majority voted against it so that ended that one.
I've seeing on other forums players complaining about the cost of entering
the tournament. £100 is a lot of money This is on the Red Hot Pawn forum.
"Coming up is the the 122nd Scottish open championship. I take a look at the official site and with squinting eyes I quickly glance at the entry form. Perhaps for unrated patzers there is a section where i can go, pay forty quid, get my butt kicked and go and see some works of art in the National portrait gallery?
but nooooo, they want £90-100 entry fee and a membership for Scotland chess. I quickly calculate, 9 rounds, nine days off work, hmmm, 100 pound entry fee, diesel to Edinburgh and back in my gas guzzling truck and before I know it I am down roughly a grand just to get my A$$ kicked by some GM or IM who doesn't need to pay a single bean to get in! Clearly the Scottish open is not for me and the costs are simply prohibitive. Oh well so much for chess in Scotland."
Been thinking of a counter argument but cannot come up with anything.
The suggestion that he could recoup his loss by winning one of the minor sections has
been thwarted by someone else saying the minor sections are haunted by sandbaggers.
I've no idea what happened to it. It all ended in a friendly way.
The majority voted against it so that ended that one.
I've seeing on other forums players complaining about the cost of entering
the tournament. £100 is a lot of money This is on the Red Hot Pawn forum.
"Coming up is the the 122nd Scottish open championship. I take a look at the official site and with squinting eyes I quickly glance at the entry form. Perhaps for unrated patzers there is a section where i can go, pay forty quid, get my butt kicked and go and see some works of art in the National portrait gallery?
but nooooo, they want £90-100 entry fee and a membership for Scotland chess. I quickly calculate, 9 rounds, nine days off work, hmmm, 100 pound entry fee, diesel to Edinburgh and back in my gas guzzling truck and before I know it I am down roughly a grand just to get my A$$ kicked by some GM or IM who doesn't need to pay a single bean to get in! Clearly the Scottish open is not for me and the costs are simply prohibitive. Oh well so much for chess in Scotland."
Been thinking of a counter argument but cannot come up with anything.
The suggestion that he could recoup his loss by winning one of the minor sections has
been thwarted by someone else saying the minor sections are haunted by sandbaggers.