WBCCC 2012 Binding Poll

  

WBCCC 2012 Binding Poll:


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Garvin Gray    (2011-12-29)
WBCCC 2012 Binding Poll:

Over at www.rybkaforum.net, World Blitz Correspondence Chess Championship begins in a couple of weeks.

There is now a poll out at http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=23854 which is to decide how many rounds will be played (10 or 12) and also when round times will be announced (start of tournament or near end of a round).

For those players who are thinking of entering, played last year or are interested and knowledgeable spectators, you can vote as per the instructions below.

The four options are:

1) 10 games, 30 days initial time plus 1 hr increment AND all scheduled round times are confirmed before the start of the tournament
2) 10 games, 30 days initial time plus 1 hr increment AND all scheduled round times are confirmed a few days before the end of a round
3) 12 games, 30 days initial time plus 1 hr increment AND all scheduled round times are confirmed before the start of the tournament
4) 12 games, 30 days initial time plus 1 hr increment AND all scheduled round times are confirmed a few days before the end of a round

As this preferential poll covers both options and will be binding, as in the final vote will be what format we will be using for WBCCC 2012, I am going to ask all voters to write in their votes.
As a write in system is be used, everyone has the option of choosing only one option if they want, or can allocate as many preferences as they want, up to 4 numbers in total.

So if a person only wants to vote for one number and does not want to allocate a preference, that is acceptable.

The reason for using write-in votes is three-fold:

1) All twenty four different options are evenly allocated
2) A voter can choose to allocate only one preference
3) It gives me the opportunity to see if all votes are genuine, rather than possibly the results being skewed by people who have no interest in playing in the tournament.

If a person does not feel comfortable posting their vote in public, but does want to record a vote, they can send me a private message, which will be counted in the total votes.

Voting will close Thursday January 5.