http://www.londonchess.org.uk/match_car ... n=20212022
I especially like the match comment from the WG captain:
Many thanks to Liam and colleagues for a challenging match.
Many thanks to Liam and colleagues for a challenging match.
An 1800 playing above high 1900s looks a little odd. Are there any rating restrictions for board order?John Upham wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:50 amThis recent London League match has interesting rating mismatches
http://www.londonchess.org.uk/match_car ... n=20212022
I especially like the match comment from the WG captain:
Many thanks to Liam and colleagues for a challenging match.
LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:58 amAn 1800 playing above high 1900s looks a little odd. Are there any rating restrictions for board order?John Upham wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:50 amThis recent London League match has interesting rating mismatches
http://www.londonchess.org.uk/match_car ... n=20212022
I especially like the match comment from the WG captain:
Many thanks to Liam and colleagues for a challenging match.
I believe that some of WGs opposing clubs have fielded obviously not their first team more than once in the past.J T Melsom wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:57 pmOf course there will always be mismatches in club matches and strong players shouldn't be prevented from playing,just because the opposition will be weaker ( some clubs don't have weak players to substitute in). But although there is the pleasure of playing a decent opponent and potentially learning from the experience its not everybody's idea of a good use of an evening. If I was in this situation (and I'm currently playing a higher board in Bucks than I'd like) I'd personally find the novelty wearing off after one or two seasons. Playing uncompetitive matches is less satisfactory. I wonder if the prospect of playing Wood Green or similar makes it easier to find a full side or not?
Historically there was a Wood Green club which competed in the Middlesex League and the North Circular League. Their name pops up several times in the honours board of the North circular.J T Melsom wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:49 pmAnd there is to the best of my knowledge no Wood Green club, so it doesn't support chess in the community from which it takes its name.
Some benefactors see part of what they do as supporting the incomes of professional players.John Upham wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:33 pmI believe that some of WGs opposing clubs have fielded obviously not their first team more than once in the past.J T Melsom wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:57 pmOf course there will always be mismatches in club matches and strong players shouldn't be prevented from playing,just because the opposition will be weaker ( some clubs don't have weak players to substitute in). But although there is the pleasure of playing a decent opponent and potentially learning from the experience its not everybody's idea of a good use of an evening. If I was in this situation (and I'm currently playing a higher board in Bucks than I'd like) I'd personally find the novelty wearing off after one or two seasons. Playing uncompetitive matches is less satisfactory. I wonder if the prospect of playing Wood Green or similar makes it easier to find a full side or not?
It used to be the end of season bank busting Drunken Knights vs Wood Green match that was in some way competitive.
Years ago when Sandhurst used a tranche of paid professionals to win the Berkshire and Border League I had a hand in selecting our third / fourth team players to play for the A team whilst we spent the evening having a jolly good time in the adjacent William IVth tavern (now a Co-Operative)
It was a pleasure to see the expression on their financial benefactors face as he realised he had shelled out 6 x £50 for no reason at all.
There was a snooker professional recently having a whinge about the presence of amateur players in "his" tournament.