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Ask The Stronger Player For A Game
   

If a weaker player wants to play a game against a stronger one, he should simply ask for one and not wait until the stronger one makes the first step.

Any opinions ?

--DieterVerhofstadt



My opinion is, that this holds in general, not just for weaker players.

--AndreEngels



Yes, I would say that it is in general a good habit to ask for games rather than to linger around - whether your opponent is stronger or weaker than you. (And sometimes you don't know in advance :-)

--MortenPahle



All right, you have a point. I was thinking of the case where kyu players whine "Our Dans never show up, they hang around at IGS. How can we possibly improve."

Then the Dan shows up and nobody asks her to play a game. Either because they are too afraid too ask, or they think it's fancy to be "chosen" by the Dan, or they prefer not to get crushed.

I've seen it happen, the 4Dan who looks around, doesn't know who to play - THEY should benefit from the occasion - and finally chooses at random. "You want to play ?" And the kyu player (shrugging his shoulders) "Well ... yes, why not." Maybe this happens only in Belgium.

--Dieter (no Dan)



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