I play up whenever I play in a tournament. The reason is psychological. Around 75% of my games if I play in my own section will be against people who played up to my section. You have to consider. If you are in 'your own section', everyone around your rating will have played up, and you are stuck playing low rated people, which is the opposite of productive.
Example, if you are 1200, playing in 1200-1399 section, you will be playing a bunch of 1000's and 1100's who played up.
However, if you play up to 1400-1699, you will be playing other 1200's (and possibly higher rated players) who also played up. In fact, most of the high rated players you expected to play against in 1400-1699, like 1500's or something, will be in a higher section, like 1700-1999 or even Open/Masters. Which is why you should play it safe and play up. As well as the fact that your rating will stick to what it is if you keep playing people around your rating, if you have an estimated 50% win rate.
Example, if you are 1200, playing in 1200-1399 section, you will be playing a bunch of 1000's and 1100's who played up.
However, if you play up to 1400-1699, you will be playing other 1200's (and possibly higher rated players) who also played up. In fact, most of the high rated players you expected to play against in 1400-1699, like 1500's or something, will be in a higher section, like 1700-1999 or even Open/Masters. Which is why you should play it safe and play up. As well as the fact that your rating will stick to what it is if you keep playing people around your rating, if you have an estimated 50% win rate.
I see less and less tournaments allowing this nowadays. I don’t know the reason for sure - maybe it’s to stop underrated juniors taking points off established players? But I don’t know for sure.
It’s certainly not as simple as saying “oh I’m 1850 FIDE, I think I’ll play up in the O1900 section.
In the National Championships they do have a couple of wildcard spots that can be applied for - where performance and trajectory are taking into account if you don’t meet the rating requirement.
Some tournaments offer concessions if you’re maybe 20/30 points below or if National rating is significantly higher than FIDE but other than that it’s extremely rare and difficult to just enter a higher section.
It’s certainly not as simple as saying “oh I’m 1850 FIDE, I think I’ll play up in the O1900 section.
In the National Championships they do have a couple of wildcard spots that can be applied for - where performance and trajectory are taking into account if you don’t meet the rating requirement.
Some tournaments offer concessions if you’re maybe 20/30 points below or if National rating is significantly higher than FIDE but other than that it’s extremely rare and difficult to just enter a higher section.
@userfriendly2 said in #3:
> I see less and less tournaments allowing this nowadays. I don’t know the reason for sure - maybe it’s to stop underrated juniors taking points off established players? But I don’t know for sure.
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> It’s certainly not as simple as saying “oh I’m 1850 FIDE, I think I’ll play up in the O1900 section.
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> In the National Championships they do have a couple of wildcard spots that can be applied for - where performance and trajectory are taking into account if you don’t meet the rating requirement.
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> Some tournaments offer concessions if you’re maybe 20/30 points below or if National rating is significantly higher than FIDE but other than that it’s extremely rare and difficult to just enter a higher section.
True.
> I see less and less tournaments allowing this nowadays. I don’t know the reason for sure - maybe it’s to stop underrated juniors taking points off established players? But I don’t know for sure.
>
> It’s certainly not as simple as saying “oh I’m 1850 FIDE, I think I’ll play up in the O1900 section.
>
> In the National Championships they do have a couple of wildcard spots that can be applied for - where performance and trajectory are taking into account if you don’t meet the rating requirement.
>
> Some tournaments offer concessions if you’re maybe 20/30 points below or if National rating is significantly higher than FIDE but other than that it’s extremely rare and difficult to just enter a higher section.
True.
you can send this but in spanish
Hi , like chess Olympiad do we have battle of team feature in Lichess ?
Like team a ,b,c,d has 4 players and every team will play every team like swiss ?
Like team a ,b,c,d has 4 players and every team will play every team like swiss ?
I don't know
No.?
What's the conclusion to this debate?