No matter how many games you play, you never get into the same pattern. Pointe was watching the game near its climax. Ananiadis attacks the right side of the board. Rasp counters, seizing a pawn left unprotected. Just like a tournament.
Time moves a lot slower there, however.
Players are allowed two hours to complete at least 50 moves. Four members of each team compete against an equal number of players on another team. The team that garners at least two wins and a draw takes the match and is credited with a single point. In the 1995 tournament, Stetson again finished in the middle of the 40-plus competing schools, beating out, among others, MIT and the University of Florida. Still, that was enough to tie Davidson for the small-college championship.