15-07-2013, 08:13 AM
amuir Wrote:He saved the embarrassment of a tie-break
I laughed at this as it was Andy who campaigned long and hard to have tie-breaks introduced!
I do however agree that TPR as used for norm calculations will be used in future. At the time the current method was introduced there were several different ways of counting TPR. ChessBase often produced a different calculation than other methods and there was whether the actual grade difference should be used or should the difference be capped at 400. As it stands Andy's suggestion does not deal with any of these complications.
May I suggest that any player who has any criticism of an event that I run should speak to me first before rushing to get a motion passed by the AGM. I doubt if there is anything which is more likely to force the resignation of any Director than to have their hands tied by a motion that is fatally flawed.