Planning on a tournament, need help

[Scud]

Hi Pat,

I only see two minor flaws. Often, at least in my experience, it's the fault of one player, not both, that a round isn't finished or is gruelingly slow. Therefore, if it went before the judges I would recommend players save their emails or a procedure put in place to follow turn play. If proven one player was inherently slow an additional penalty should be added. Just a thought. It's never happened to me in any of the tourny's I've been in.

The other isn't really a flaw, more of a consideration and that is I, for one, have always liked playing the stronger players. Only way to learn and it's what makes the tournaments challenging. I think a scoring modifier might be an idea worth looking at, rather than segregating players into two groups.

Regardless, any idea for a tournament is a good idea in my book and I'll play with the rules as is or modified.

Dave