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Maybe it's time for a change?
Posted By: Rick Janowski In Response To: Maybe it's time for a change? (Florin Popa)
Date: Saturday, 20 February 2016, at 7:44 p.m.
"Is true almost always for the moves, but not for the cube. Actually til now I haven't paid so much attention to the complessive PR of my live matches but I have always looked at the kind of my mistakes and to the MWC. One day I'll do a BMAB application but first I need to study more and also to try playing for PR only and see what happens with my game."
I agree that where there is a disparity in strength then there would sensibly be some need to adjust cube action. However, in practice the adjustments made are usually far too great and have the effect of reducing overall winning chances. The trouble is players normally only have two approaches - adjust against very weak player or do not adjust at all. The tendency is to treat all "weaker" players as if they are very weak. Also doubling late often makes cube decisions easier for the weaker players. A normal double which is a clear take is often passed by weaker players.
In BMAB tournaments and BMAB applications the prime motive is to win the event because this is where the winners receive by far the most prize money. In BMAB tournaments the event winner is the player who won the most matches, not the player with the lowest PR. All the players registered within BMAB have played under these conditions were it is very important to win, playing a wide range of opponents without any scope for cherry picking.
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