Changing The Rules of The Games .....……. Changing The Rules of The Games Between 2009 Group A and 2009 选拔赛 ..... In the first place, we do not have the rule to cancel 2009 Group A due to less than 20 players and to introduce 2009 选拔赛 instead, this is a serious matter. Tonight is the closing date of registration for 2009 Singapore Xiangqi open, if it is too late to change any rule now, I hope that we can do better in future years. Even if we have at least 20 players for this year Group A to proceed, I still wish to list down some of my observations here for considerations in future : (1) To stop the 2009 Group A due to less than 20 players or to proceed with 2009 Group A with lower prizes, who are the most critical persons to be consulted ? Of course, should be the group of 14 or more players but not others. You are taking away the chance for this group of 14 to 19 players to represent Singapore or at least to join the 选拔赛. A better arrangement is to add on, say the Top 6 of last 5 years Group (more...)