Thanks, Thibault, for introducing the official chess960 tournaments!
I would like to suggest a slight change of the times of these tournaments, to make them even better.
I think it would be natural to have the daily chess960 at the time of the day when there are most players online. Having looked at the number of players at different times, I think the highest number is around 8 pm CET. Is this correct? I think it makes sense, because this time of the day is prime time for Europe, but also I assume a lot of players from North and South America are active at this time of the day. So I think 8 pm would be a better time than 10 pm, which is too late for many European players (especially from East Europe). Please also have in mind that there are classical blitz tournaments all day, but chess960 only once a day, so it is even more important that it is arranged when there are most active players online.
Also I think the daily chess960 and the weekly chess960 should not take place at the exact same time on Saturdays. The weekly chess960 could be moved to an earlier part of the Saturdays, for example 3 pm CET. This would make it possible to participate both in the weekly and the daily on a specific Saturday, and also on Saturdays many people from around the globe are probably active at 3 pm CET.
I also think there could be a monthly chess960 tournament, and I suggest this could be on the first Sunday each month. This would make it possible to arrange it earlier on the day without losing too many players who are otherwise at school or at work.
So to make it short, here are my suggestions:
1) Daily chess960 at 8 pm CET
2) Weekly chess960 at 3 pm CET Saturdays
3) Montly chess 960 at 3 pm CET on the first Sunday each month
Maybe you disagree with me on some of these suggestions, and maybe you agree with me on some of them. Please feel free to implement only one or two of the suggestions if you don't agree with them all.
Thanks again.
I would like to suggest a slight change of the times of these tournaments, to make them even better.
I think it would be natural to have the daily chess960 at the time of the day when there are most players online. Having looked at the number of players at different times, I think the highest number is around 8 pm CET. Is this correct? I think it makes sense, because this time of the day is prime time for Europe, but also I assume a lot of players from North and South America are active at this time of the day. So I think 8 pm would be a better time than 10 pm, which is too late for many European players (especially from East Europe). Please also have in mind that there are classical blitz tournaments all day, but chess960 only once a day, so it is even more important that it is arranged when there are most active players online.
Also I think the daily chess960 and the weekly chess960 should not take place at the exact same time on Saturdays. The weekly chess960 could be moved to an earlier part of the Saturdays, for example 3 pm CET. This would make it possible to participate both in the weekly and the daily on a specific Saturday, and also on Saturdays many people from around the globe are probably active at 3 pm CET.
I also think there could be a monthly chess960 tournament, and I suggest this could be on the first Sunday each month. This would make it possible to arrange it earlier on the day without losing too many players who are otherwise at school or at work.
So to make it short, here are my suggestions:
1) Daily chess960 at 8 pm CET
2) Weekly chess960 at 3 pm CET Saturdays
3) Montly chess 960 at 3 pm CET on the first Sunday each month
Maybe you disagree with me on some of these suggestions, and maybe you agree with me on some of them. Please feel free to implement only one or two of the suggestions if you don't agree with them all.
Thanks again.