Author: Marc Smith

This week, we join another new event, the Alt Swiss IMP Teams-Pairs. This is effectively IMP Pairs, where results in head-to-head matches are compared to a datum result, calculated by dropping the top and bottom scores and averaging the remaining results on the board. The main difference is that each ‘pair’ consists of a team…

Last week, we left the first heat of the monthly Alt ‘NewCo’ (or New Competition) with two matches to play. To remind you, in this first heat, the field is divided into three divisions. Group 1A and Group 1B, each consisting of six selected teams, are playing a complete double round robin of ten 16-board…

Marc Smith visits the first heat of the 2021 Alt NewCo tournament Last week, we saw the action from the early stages of the first heat of the monthly Alt ‘NewCo’ (or New Competition). To remind you, in this first heat, the field is divided into three divisions. Group 1A and Group 1B, each consisting…