38th St.Albans Congress
Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th April 2022.
St.Columba's College, King Harry Lane, St.Albans, AL3 4AW.
All moves in 90 minutes, plus 10 seconds per move from first move.
5 sections:
Open
Challengers 2050 & under
Major 1900 & under
Intermediate 1750 & under
Minor 1600 & under
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38th St.Albans Congress
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Simon Rogers
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Re: 38th St.Albans Congress
St.Albans Congress already has 61 entrants.
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James Toon
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Re: 38th St.Albans Congress
62 as of now, but only 3 in the Open. In contrast the Central London Chess Congress over the same weekend has only 14 entrants so far, also with 3 in the Open. The Sligo Spring Tournament the weekend after has 62 entrants, but only 5 in the top section (Over 1800).St.Albans Congress already has 61 entrants.
What happens to tournament sections with very few entrants? Do the organisers merge them with the section below, or simply cancel them?
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Brendan O'Gorman
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Re: 38th St.Albans Congress
I've seen three solutions: merging with another section is probably the most common, running the section as an all-play-all with the same players meeting more than once, and cancellation. Merging sections can be dangerous. Once done, it casts a shadow over future events by that organiser. Potential entrants for, say, an u1900 section may be put off by the fear they will find themselves playing in an Open.
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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: 38th St.Albans Congress
Lowering the rating limit for the section below the Open is surely one obvious option.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Brendan O'Gorman
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