In an article appearing today on the stevegiddinschessblog.blogspot.com), writing, "I am not sure why the organisers have decided to return to the honourable tradition of adjournments, but I welcome it wholeheartedly. Adjournments were abolished pretty universally some 20 years ago, at the behest of idiots and cultural vandals, who employed the absurd argument that the advent of computers meant that “the player with the best computer will win”.
I read Mr Giddins blog regularly and wish he would not hold back and tell us how he really feels.
One swallow does not a summer make, and one tournament with adjournments does not a return to the “good old days” make. That’s just wishful thinking on the part of a handful of old-timers.
The claim is that the rating was removed from the equation to take away lifeless draws. I think the draws will still be lifeless. There will be no creativity. There is no incentive. The players will continue going down the path of least resistance, take the draws, and split the prizes.
