17-12-2013, 01:26 PM
Matt,
U300 sections are used at both Hamilton club and SJC organised events plus the other feeder events for the nationwide CFK finals
Generally speaking the players know how all the pieces move - it is rare to have to explain en passant or castled rules. Quite often though white starts the game by playing 1 h4 2Rh3 3 gxh3
In the lower half of the section mate with R +Q tends to be difficult for the players but tends to happen reasonably quickly for those with grade around 200- 300.
In addition to the points made by Derek of the reasons for success of this format is that the gap between rounds is kept down to 5 to 10 minutes. This leaves enough time to eat (No meal breaks scheduled) and not enough time to wander out of the venue to play football unsupervised - or other activites . Sometimes that policy results in playing 8 rounds in the day - players sometimes get a published grade on the Wednesday after their very first tournament.
U300 sections are used at both Hamilton club and SJC organised events plus the other feeder events for the nationwide CFK finals
Generally speaking the players know how all the pieces move - it is rare to have to explain en passant or castled rules. Quite often though white starts the game by playing 1 h4 2Rh3 3 gxh3
In the lower half of the section mate with R +Q tends to be difficult for the players but tends to happen reasonably quickly for those with grade around 200- 300.
In addition to the points made by Derek of the reasons for success of this format is that the gap between rounds is kept down to 5 to 10 minutes. This leaves enough time to eat (No meal breaks scheduled) and not enough time to wander out of the venue to play football unsupervised - or other activites . Sometimes that policy results in playing 8 rounds in the day - players sometimes get a published grade on the Wednesday after their very first tournament.