A question regarding protocol if I may: When one finishes their OTB tournament game(s) is still normal practice for the 2 players to take the game to another room and analyze it together? This was pretty standard in my younger days, but 90% of my opponents today are ages 7 - 15. Once the game finishes, most simply scamper off without a word to chat with their friends or do handstands against a wall. I could hire a coach to help me with post-game analysis I suppose but was wondering if this was still common practice or am I just behind the times.
Hi mchill
I've noticed this as well, it's only the older generation that do this.
The modern players seem happy to leave the board and later possibly
go over the game with a computer.
Sometimes a player needs a wee bit of time to calm down after a loss
so any suggestion to go over the game may be refused.
You could post an OTB game here. There are quite who will give good advice
no need to add names, just what colour you were and any relevant details,
time trouble, played this person before, needed to win to pick up a prize....
@greenpawn34 saidI've noticed this as well, it's only the older generation that do this.
Hi mchill
I've noticed this as well, it's only the older generation that do this.
The modern players seem happy to leave the board and later possibly
go over the game with a computer.
Sometimes a player needs a wee bit of time to calm down after a loss
so any suggestion to go over the game may be refused.
You could post an OTB game here. There are quite who w ...[text shortened]... any relevant details,
time trouble, played this person before, needed to win to pick up a prize....
The modern players seem happy to leave the board and later possibly
go over the game with a computer.
Many thanks for this! 🙂
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@mchill saidAt my club, it was normal until two years ago. Unfortunately, the church where we played has closed down - only partly due to Corona - and our new venue just doesn't have the room away from the playing area. This means that unless you're very quiet about it, you're going to bother those who are still playing and trying to concentrate. (As pseudo-arbiter, I have to do noticeably more shushing than before.)
A question regarding protocol if I may: When one finishes their OTB tournament game(s) is still normal practice for the 2 players to take the game to another room and analyze it together? This was pretty standard in my younger days, but 90% of my opponents today are ages 7 - 15. Once the game finishes, most simply scamper off without a word to chat with their friends or do han ...[text shortened]... nalysis I suppose but was wondering if this was still common practice or am I just behind the times.
Adding compliment to injury, we've gained quite a few new members over the last year! I don't know, maybe people crave a bit of real-life social gathering after having been stuck behind Zoom and chess.commerce for two years? At any rate, it means we're doing well but we also have even less space to do next-to-chess things in, like drinking beer and talking about how we should've won.
So, no, at my club it's no longer usual, but that's for practical reasons. If we continue growing, we may need to look for yet another venue which does have the room for all of us and non-self catering and a side room to analyse and/or yak away in. If so, I fully expect the analysis to become normal again.
Then again, we're all adults. Except for one of our new members, he's 18 and his younger brother has been thinking about joining as well. They're both serious enough to probably want to analyse, though. The older guy has learnt by playing on-line, but he's a pretty decent club player already. Gives me hope for the future.