I've enjoyed my time out to write that book.
I played my first league game in 1975 I think 28 years of
giving up my Tuesday & Wednesday nights is enough.
I hated being Captain. Trying to get 6 chess players in the same
place at the same time is a nightmare. And all the other stuff,
grades, pin numbers, posting results, settting up the boards and
clocks, locking it ll back up again, solving disputes, pulling fighting
chess players apart, arguments about board order.....
......I just wanted to play chess.
I don't miss not playing in the league.
Originally posted by greenpawn34i would love to play the Gm, although i will as per Fischer, naturally offer her the odds of a queens knight, just to give her a chance! 🙂
G.P. does not stand for Great Patzer. It's Good Patzer.
I've not yet achived the greatness of patzership that you two have.😛
Robbie, Scottish Open is kicking off with a rolling simul.
v WGM Arakhamia-Grant. come through and rake through the
2nd hand cheapo books.
Don't think I'll play, my OTB grade is 2001 and that means I have to
play in th ...[text shortened]... efully will have new job then and cannot really get week off
when just through the door.
I heard the venue is awesome pawn dude, rival anywhere in the world, us villagers from Glasgow are always in a sense of awe when we witness the civility of Edinburgh.
sorry to hear about your job, something will surely turn up my friend.
this is what i mean, you pay £100 pounds to play, how much does the winner actually see of the thousands of pounds of generated revenue? 1%, mabye 2%, its scandalous!
There are numerous tournaments in the States with significant prize money even at Intermediate and lower levels. The Foxwoods Open was played in Connecticut on Easter weekend; 1st prize in the U1700 was $5,000. The Chicago Open is next week; the U1700 1st prize is $6,000. In June, the National Open in Vegas has a $5,000 1st in the U1600. If you can make it to Philly around the 4th of July and win the U1600 that's 12 grand in your pocket. And so on.
Originally posted by no1marauderI will be playing at the World Open in Philly and some of my chess friends also from university in the 5-day. Lots of good competition I'm sure. This year, probably need a score of at least 7/9 to be sure to get some money back!
If you can make it to Philly around the 4th of July.
Originally posted by no1marauderWow. If you manage to keep your rating under 1600 you can possibly win 28K a year (minus expenses). That would be a nice addition for all you 30K-50K a year folks out there.
There are numerous tournaments in the States with significant prize money even at Intermediate and lower levels. The Foxwoods Open was played in Connecticut on Easter weekend; 1st prize in the U1700 was $5,000. The Chicago Open is next week; the U1700 1st prize is $6,000. In June, the National Open in Vegas has a $5,000 1st in the U1600. If you can make ...[text shortened]... t to Philly around the 4th of July and win the U1600 that's 12 grand in your pocket. And so on.
Originally posted by no1marauderThose prizes are incredible compared with the UK.
There are numerous tournaments in the States with significant prize money even at Intermediate and lower levels. The Foxwoods Open was played in Connecticut on Easter weekend; 1st prize in the U1700 was $5,000. The Chicago Open is next week; the U1700 1st prize is $6,000. In June, the National Open in Vegas has a $5,000 1st in the U1600. If you can make ...[text shortened]... t to Philly around the 4th of July and win the U1600 that's 12 grand in your pocket. And so on.
A good prize for the u-1700 here is £200.
Won't that kind of money tempt some players to play in
local small events and shed grading points to score big?
Or is that just me and my chess playing paranoia surfacing.
Originally posted by tomtom232That’s what I’ve always wondered about big chess congresses in the USA.
Wow. If you manage to keep your rating under 1600 you can possibly win 28K a year (minus expenses). That would be a nice addition for all you 30K-50K a year folks out there.
Surley offering that amount of prize money in a section with a rating limit just encourages sandbagging? I can see some taking advantage of this by losing their rated games when no money is at stake, and cleaning up in their section when money is.
Do chess organisers take any steps to stop this?
If so, what?
Originally posted by greenpawn34The USCF does have rating floors (generally 200 points below highest rating achieved and the last two digits to zero). Also if you win a prize over $1,000 in an UnderX, your floor becomes X (so if you won the U1700 at Foxwoods, your floor would be 1700 meaning you couldn't compete in another U1700).
Those prizes are incredible compared with the UK.
A good prize for the u-1700 here is £200.
Won't that kind of money tempt some players to play in
local small events and shed grading points to score big?
Or is that just me and my chess playing paranoia surfacing.
Originally posted by ectzaticI thought that this was rather funny when it came out; the USCF site had a story on an IM being paid $5000 for a game when it was pocket change to the professional poker player on the other side.
There's other ways to make money than winning tournaments. Tom Dwan, one of the best poker players in the world, once bet $50k that he could beat a GM in a best of 3 game as long as the GM started down a rook. His friend David Benefield (also a poker pro) promptly took the bet and paid an IM $5000 to play Dwan, with the rook handicap. Of course the IM won the first two games easily. Not a bad job if you can get it.
Originally posted by no1marauderThanks, you answered gp’s and my question. Because I never seen gp’s post(slow I am), I asked pretty much the same thing. 😳
The USCF does have rating floors (generally 200 points below highest rating achieved and the last two digits to zero). Also if you win a prize over $1,000 in an UnderX, your floor becomes X (so if you won the U1700 at Foxwoods, your floor would be 1700 meaning you couldn't compete in another U1700).
Originally posted by no1marauderI like it - they do not have anything like that here in the UK.
The USCF does have rating floors (generally 200 points below highest rating achieved and the last two digits to zero). Also if you win a prize over $1,000 in an UnderX, your floor becomes X (so if you won the U1700 at Foxwoods, your floor would be 1700 meaning you couldn't compete in another U1700).
It's always down to the organisers disgrection and they are so pleased
to get an entry they accept everyone.
They have the power to bump up but that rarely happens.
Think I'll take this one to the Scottish Chess Forum, it's been a while
since I rattled their cages.
Cheers Boys.
Yeah, I agree. To play chess at the GM level is probably as difficult as becoming a doctor or getting a PhD. I doubt it requires any less time (~10 years of intense study and practice), dedication or ability. It's unfortunate and a bit backwards that there should be so little money to reward so much skill. The problem is that the necessity of skill just to understand what's going on automatically restricts the audience.
On the other hand, there are some good money tournaments: http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/natlopen/ (this June)