No matter how we look at it, this year's staging of the PGMA International Chess Cup seemed to slowdown - if not take a step backward.
Let's make the comparisons:
No. of 2600-rated players
3rd PGMA Cup: 3
4th PGMA Cup: 1
No. of titled players
3rd PGMA Cup: 37
4th PGMA Cup: 30
No. of foreign players
3rd PGMA Cup: 33 (Chinese, 15; Viets, 5)
4th PGMA Cup: 15 (Chinese, 1; Viets, 2)
Total number of participants
3rd PGMA Cup: 72
4th PGMA Cup: 56
Average rating
3rd PGMA Cup: 2353
4th PGMA Cup: 2248
Live broadcast of top-board games
3rd PGMA Cup: YES
4th PGMA Cup: NO
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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