Czuch Chuckers: Don't be daft, Czuch. "high rated backgammon players who try to protect their rating by avoiding games against low rated players" would fail in both cases because the ratings loss is punitive. "High rated backgammon players who protest the stupid formula but would be happy to play anybody for any length of match if there were a proper formula" would probably not play in either tournament unless it was for players within, ooh, let's see, 50 points of their rating.