Enter Your Reply

This is an interesting idea. I played in the Kasparov vs the World event and got to see what that was like. Irina Krush gave excellent advice and there was a dispute at the end when her advice did not get posted at a very important point. In protest she withdrew.

Anyway, that aside, for a CV event it would likely be best to take one who appears to be the best at a given game and have them play in the event. Certain games are not easy for me at all. Alice Chess is one example. Joe Joyce's very large games would be another. For me to attempt to play those games against a large group (or even an individual) would likely prove embarrassing.

As for needing to be a GM, I'd have to agree with George Duke that it is not that important in long duration events where there is a lot of time to analyze. Purdy, the former world champion postal chess player makes that point clear in his writings. In fact, when he began postal play he was losing postal games to a much weaker player; then he realized that deep correspondence analysis was much different than that seen quickly over-the-board.

When one individual plays a large group of people [where each member submits a move each turn - there is a resulting bell curve with middle-of-the road moves being played by the group.

With advisers suggesting moves we have a different scenario entirely. For instance, with three advisers, each is likely to continually submit very good moves. In that scenario the group has a relatively good chance of beating the individual.