Sure. I believe we may more or less conclude the following: round-robin is great solution for a limited number of players (of similar rating) and a swiss is great, too, and it doesn't need a limitatio…
Well, both berger AND swiss have their appealing points, but as I understood about present situation, organizers are having some difficulties organizing a swiss as it requires a well organized softwar…
I agree with NoTimeWasters; keeping a 1 min/game with 8 or 10 players max in a round-robin (or even double round-robin) would be quite acceptable option. For a, say 8-players round-robin (Berger) it m…
Talking about the principles of the game of chess, we could go further to conserve its spirit and, led by the very same principle, forbid the "pre-moving", too. As mentioned before, when playing the "…
First of all, the purpose of my topic is not arguing with anyone, but to try to get the truth, as much it's in our own powers. Your example is quite artificial and it could be practically be applied t…
Quote: I've already explained how smart move finds a legal move for you instead of you finding it. That is the spirit of "displaying legal moves." If you please provide me with a real example, i.e. a …
I quote again: Either way, clicking piece or square, the chess server is finding a legal move for you rather than you finding it. A chess server cannot "find a legal move". It cannot reveal anything f…