Originally posted by steerpikethree possible stories:
What is the story here? Players ranked below 1200 are restricting an open invite to those between 1700 and 2500. Is this just delusions of grandeur?
The first such challenge was I believe a joke. You are meant to laugh.
A second reason may be that should a very fine player turn up, they may not have the desire to play out X 'low-ranking' games to reach the level they believe they are at. Can't say I've too much time for that approach but it is a feasible cause for the question posted.
The third is in a form a cheat: while provisional, your score is an average of the scores of the opponents you play (adjusted by win/draw/loss). Even loosing to high ranked players will bring your provisional score right up.
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Originally posted by ToeI'd go for joke with the current crop of high-rank only challenges. There are challenges from players who aren't provisional and are still sub-1300 so are unlikely to be elite.
three possible stories:
The first such challenge was I believe a joke. You are meant to laugh.
A second reason may be that should a very fine player turn up, they may not have the desire to play out X 'low-ranking' games to reach the le ...[text shortened]... to high ranked players will bring your provisional score right up.