03-05-2015, 04:43 PM
Clement Sreeves Wrote:What I don't understand is why a 1499 regularly has chances to win a congress, while a 1950 ALWAYS has to play the Open and will very rarely win.
This. You are actively punished for improving. The logical thing is to sandbag and keep winning events. It's a very weird system.
Mike Truran Wrote:An inadequate response to Clement's point is that: (a) grading prizes help to mitigate that effect to some degree; (b) life is inherently unfair, and chess as a subset of life is no different.
(a) Grading prizes are pennies compared to the main prizes. (b) If you agree it's unfair, then why not change it for the better
