In Oregon we currently have an overall State Championship that has two sections, both of which are ten players invitational round robins. The top section is called the “Championship” or the “Closed” and the second section is called the “Invitational”. I don’t really like one section being called “Closed” and the other being called “Invitational” since they are both closed and by invitation. Any suggestions on better names?
Championship and Challengers - particularly if the winner of the second section is seeded into the next year’s championship.
In golf they often refer to events with multiple independent groups as ‘first flight’, ‘second flight’, etc.
What about Group A & Group B? Like some of the big European invitational events use.
Larry S. Cohen
How about Championship and Aspiring? or Championship and Candidates?
Championship is fine. Just find an appropriate (and positive-sounding) name for the second group.
Bill Smythe
My club’s round robins are Knights and Squires.
Maybe Champions and Knights would work for you.
Our club calls the second group the “Class” Championship.
-Matt
Championship/Challenger or Championship/Reserve
There is, however, precedent for having Championship/First. (Consider English soccer, where they actually have Premier/Championship/First/Second, i.e. the “First” division is actually the 3rd). The old Soviet chess championships (back in the RR days) had the Highest (probably sounds better in Russian)/First.
The winner of the second section does get into the Championship section the following year. Out of all the names suggested here so far, “Challengers” is the one I like the most but what does “Challengers” even mean? Any ideas for other names?
“someone who tries to win a competition and achieve a position, esp. in politics or sports, against someone who has won it and now has that position”
which would make sense if the winner earns a spot in the higher section the next year. Chess has the “candidates” tournament for people who are playing for the right to challenge.
Fred and Barney.
Bert and Ernie.
Stan and Ollie.