Hamilton Chess Club

Richard Dare says:

I did not lose to Alex Treat i had a draw with him while playing white according to the Ladder if you lose to someone or draw with someone while playing white who was ranked lower than you in the ladder you swap places i understand the losing part but not the drawing part lol just because your playing white against a lower ranked player does not give you a decisive advantage also the issue i have with the ladder is you can be first for the ladder and never play in the club again and no one can ever take away your spot as no one can beat you as your not coming to tournaments as long as you keep playing the yearly chess club fee you will be first for the ladder forever. A more fair ladder would be biased on points you make so your ranking is biased on your points not on the latest game you played and to make it fair for people who have not been playing for long in the club every year the club ladder can reset so for every night of the chess club you tally up the points of each player add it to their total for the club ladder so you can see more accurately how players are doing per week i would happily record all the data of the results of all players on the tuesday night sort out all the points together and put players in order biased on points (if tie in points put them in alphabetical order) and send all the information to Ian so all he would have to do is copy and paste it on to the site the best thing about this potential new ladder is that no one can just not show up and be first forever as every night you do not show up others can overtake you as they will be gaining points and you won’t be by not showing up that my opinion feel free to reply i am open to suggestions. 🙂