Banded

Looks like the Banded's are becoming less popular with group size 8.

http://www.timeforchess.com/tournament/index.php?view=open

I think that more banded duels, with 128 or 256 entry limit would be more popular.

I like banded tournaments a lot, but an occasional big one (in group size) is more than enough besides a lot of small ones. 14 games with just one tournament is a bit too much for a periodical habit, but I know I can stand a handful of games suddenly increasing my game load.




(More banded duels I want!!!)

Need to have a start time dead line. I find many of the tournaments sit around for quite a bit before they start. Maybe the functionality would be to have an automatic start time (say 2 weeks from initiation by default - this is a correspondence site after all). That would allow people to manage the pile of new games more effectively.

Originally posted by rhb
Looks like the Banded's are becoming less popular with group size 8.

http://www.timeforchess.com/tournament/index.php?view=open

I think that more banded duels, with 128 or 256 entry limit would be more popular.

I think it's more a thing of time controls that's keeping people away.