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How I wish I had more time to rant in general
Posted By: neilkaz In Response To: How I wish I had more time to rant in general (rew)
Date: Sunday, 5 December 2010, at 9:21 p.m.
rew "And I would probably prefer something like 2.30min/15sec"
This is OK for something like Monte Carlo where there's little time pressure and you don't have to play 55 pts of matches (sometimes 5 11's) on a single day like at some ABT's.
I once (post 2000) played 64 pts of matches in an ABT as the director screwed up and posted payouts of 1st 2nd and then top 4 in conso rather than Top 4 in main and top 2 in conso and he refused to change it to what he originally intended and to what is normal. Thus when I lost in the semis I had to play a late night conso match as well. (I begged not to, but he insisted)..and duh..I didn't return the next year.
I've also played four 11's and then two 9 pt conso matches more than once and also post 2000.
This is why I sound like a broken record pushing for fast TC's for ABT events. Yeah 2/12 is OK and anything faster would be hard on more than a few players and might drive some away.
We play too much BG on Saturday at a typical ABT, and the lateness is compounded by a Calcutta that takes too long and then slowness in getting the draw up and posted. More of Sunday needs to be used and some players need to book later flights home.
The usual weekend ABT event has very serious time constraints. This is the major reason I keep pushing for clock mandatory in Open and 2/12.
It is not a tragedy at all to me if players have to speed it up and if they may play 0.5 or even 1 PR worse than their best.
.. neilkaz ..
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