Saturday, 17 January 2026

By The Numbers

THIS year's Mariánské Lázně festival has four tournaments at classic time controls.
There will also be a rapid and a blitz, but it is interesting to look at the number of entries for the 'big' four.
Two of them are all-play-all norm events, so each has 10 players, and the open has 65 players, but all three together are outnumbered by the 97-player 50+ seniors.
Meanwhile, the view from my hotel room may help explain why I am glad I remembered to bring a walking pole

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