I have some questions regarding fellowship tournaments. Not sure if this is the right forum but since it's probably a feature topic, I hope this is fine.
I am a chess team captain. Players range in playing strength from beginners to seasoned vets. In order to build a strong team and be competitive, one probably wants to place strong players on ones team. Here are some questions I have:
*How will the fellowship tournaments work? Will all team members of one team play all members of another or will play be done via board assignments?
*Is there going to be a limit to the number of players allowed per team?
*I am told that Captains can boot off players. I've not figured out how to do this. :)
*Is it possible (and even a good idea) to have teams assigned according to rating? What I'm thinking is that there could be divisions such as U1500 division, U2000 and Open (for all but for 2000 and above. Other ideas are just a U1600 and then an Open section. The idea here is to give players of lower ratings a chance to play against people of like rating.
*I'd suggest that unrated players need a rating before they are allowed to play fellowship games.
*Just some thoughts and questions I have for now. I'd appreciate feedback and would like to get some dialogue going (maybe this has been discussed already and I've missed it??) regarding tournaments and what can be expected. No hurries. Just putting the feelers out. :)