If you are an organizer of a strong round robin international chess tournament, which 3 criteria are most important to you to select the invitees? Here are some examples:
– Rating
– Reputation
– Style of play
– Gender
– Nationality
– Age
– Other reasons
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I think personality and grace.
Nothing turns off chess fans more than a sore winner.
Think about that one, true believers!
If it’s a tournament run by by IA Patrick MacDonald, it’s automatically sectioned to assure that the low rated players will always be paired to unrateds, never allowing for potential rating climbing in an only 4 or 5 round tournament. Rating is DEFINITELY the last priority that he wishes to accurately estimate during pairings, & it makes IO Hal Bond’s tournaments look bad when they hire him for those pairings purposes.
You’re forgetting the most important criterion of them all: playing strength.
1. FIDE rating
2. Nationality
3. Reputation
“You’re forgetting the most important criterion of them all: playing strength.”
Not forgetted. See – ‘Other reasons’
Gender, age an nationality.
Only young (~20 to 25) mediterranean wemon are invited.
First price is a dinner with me.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. 🙂
If I had to do an event for winning sponsors and money ELO rating and degree of popularity would be the things to tell (Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen…).
If I had too much money and wanted to make a tournament for my fun I would invite the players with the most interesting style (with a least playing strength of course).
That would mean Morozevich, Topalov, Shirov….
Best regards
Jochen (still dreaming of tournament 1 ;))
Reputation
Style
Rating
In that order.
Who cares where they are from how old they are or what gender they are if they play exciting chess and aren’t complete jerks.
1. Rating
2. Chess Appeal of the Player
3. Player’s Behaviour
A.M.
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