Steem Time odds Arena

Today’ Steem Chess Tournament was very interesting and I believe a very nice success. @schamangerbert made today tournament very interesting with a “Time odds Handicap”.

Because of my past chess history I personally could not accept any handicap from the other chess tournament players. Especially since my rating most of the time is the lowest. I initially didn’t think I could play the tournament but as always @schamangerbert had advise. That advice was to just let my clock run down the same as my opponent. Well I was happy with that because I was looking forward to the tournament.

However when I join the tournament I had an even better Idea; I would go berserk on all the player with a hundred point higher rating. I discovered that my play may be a little better with less time to think and just playing on mostly instinct.

One thing that didn’t change was my ability to throw away a game at the very end and to lose focus or go blank at the end. I look forward to other opinions on the new Time odds Arena format.

The initial field started out slow but ended with ten players. The strength of field today was a little lower than normal but it still was a strong field. The time between games appears longer, I am sure because the higher rated player had to expend more of their time according to the rules.

@rodrook