Originally posted by MathurineWhat happened there is that Akizy resigned all his games in round 2 of the tournament in order to cut down on his game load. He resigned before any moves had been played so that he wouldn't lose any rating points.
[b]I lose a lot of games, largely through horrid mistakes. I have always learnt much from studying the games of truly great players, though.
What can I learn from these two matches, I wonder?
the hard-fought:
Game 1503321
and the impressive:
Game 1503327
???
I'd really like to improve my rating. If this be the way forward, perhaps even I have a chance.
Thoughts, members???[/b]
I would have preferred to have played the games. I'm sure Xanthos, Quirine, David G and his other opponents would also have preferred to play.
It always surprises and disappoints me when an intelligent and capable person has to resort to resigning a bunch of games in order to manage their game load.
Edit - whilst I was writing this NicklasPersson posted a similar explanation.
Originally posted by David TebbThere isn't a mechanism to withdraw from a tournament once you've entered it. Resigning at the start of the next round is the only way to do it without rating penalty.
It always surprises and disappoints me when an intelligent and capable person has to resort to resigning a bunch of a games in order to manage their game load.
Remembering that a new round for a tournament can start at any time within a couple of years of you first joining the tournament, your game requirements may be very different than when you joined the tournament in the first place.
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