Too many groups for tourneys

  

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George Jempty    (2025-12-04)
Too many groups for tourneys

The very highest groups take forever to fill up. I think the low bound for the higher groups, rapid or standard, should be 2300.


Scott Ligon    (2025-12-04 18:31:57)
Too many groups for tourneys

I agree, though I may be biased. My rating has never been high enough to get into the 2400+ tourneys, and currently isn't high enough for 2350+, unless maybe I could get a ticket once it fills up most of the way, or however that works. Seems like there just aren't enough active players at those rating levels. Interestingly, I noticed that two of the four players currently signed up for the 2400+ Rapid have never played a game on this site.

I wonder if there were more players a long time ago when the current tournament structures were set up, so those tourneys were getting filled regularly. But over the past few years the fields have thinned.


George Jempty    (2025-12-04 21:54:41)
Too many groups for tourneys

Yeah I'm a little biased too. I'm probably headed to 2250+ in the next couple of cycles and therefore too might be able to get a ticket into the 2300 tourneys, though I highly doubt I'll ever reach 2300.