Hi,
In a chess club the players are put on a ladder in reverse rating order. The players then challange a player above them usually limited to a set number of places, if the challenger wins they swap places with the challanged player if they lose or draw they stay put. This continues for a time and you can move up the ladder or stay top by winning games. Easy and fun to play.
Bob
Sounds like a great idea! I have no knowledge of how to do it though. So as I understand it you could have this:
Player A (1200)
Player B (1300)
Player C (1400)
Player D (1500)
Player E (1600)
Player F (2000)
If player A plays player E and wins, neither of them changes position in the ladder. However if player E wins then he/she will swap with player A. However if player F was at the top of the ladder and player A was at the bottom when their match began and player A were to beat player F then what would happen? Seeing as there are 6 players in this example and a player can only move up 5 places at a time?
William,
The ladder now has 46 members so it has grown and developed a bit since I first posted :-)
If you go to: http://www.chess.com/news/tfk-ladder-rules-turn-based-amended-16072012-7918 you will see the rules and if you go to : http://www.chess.com/news/tfk-turn-based-ladder-2013-8436 you will see the ladder. If you want to join just post a note.
Cheers
Bob
Hi all, I am looking for some advice from anyone who has been part of a ‘Turn based chess’ ladder tournament. Our team has come up with a set of rules that we think will work and we would like to know if anyone has tried a ladder on chess.com If you have any ideas that you think might help us, or you would like to try it with us, we are ‘The friendly Knights’.
Cheers
Bob