Early Winter Swiss starts Wed 11/5

New tournament starting this week, all the usual details - G100d5, 4 round swiss in two sections, Open and Reserve (U1000), $5 EF with almost all beyond rating fees going back to prizes.

First rounds are always a pain, and there's a board meeting on Wed as well, so please do pre-register by sending me an email or text, or just replying to this message below.  I'll update the post as I see entries, so you know I've seen it.  I do pride myself on getting first rounds started no later than 7:15, and I'm shooting for even earlier.  Help by pre-registering.

Two quick things before you leave:

• The board is considering running events beyond our 1-game-per-night-Swiss events.  The goal of this is to have more competitive games at the club.  For many players our 4 round system means you either play well above (or below) your level for a round or two and only have 1-2 competitive games per month.  Would love for YOU (yes, YOU) to take a minute and tell me what you think about these two kinds of events in particular:
• Round Robin (quads or larger) where everyone plays everyone else in a section.  One option for quads would be, playing white and black against one player each week for 3 weeks, each G60 d5 or so.  Another is our normal G100d5, one game/week for six weeks.  How would you like us to deal with no-shows / forfeits, which affects RRs more than Swiss events?
• A "ladder" system - We start with all members ranked by rating, then for 1 or 2 weeks between our normal rated events, you play someone near to you on the ladder.  The winner keeps or advances his position, and the loser drops down (final rules TBD, but you get the idea - play a competitive (and rated) game with someone near your skill level).  The ladder will likely diverge somewhat from actual ratings over time, but will reflect your actual performance.
• Also, what other ideas do you have that might work well??
• I just checked and the new US Chess "Muir" system for handling memberships and tournaments just came up and running, replacing the old ancient system, so don't bother Kevin, I'm sure he'll get last week's event rated shortly.

Thanks!

John D 

(to enter REPLY TO THIS POST (best) or email me directly or all of the WCC TDs or text me at 312-952-6495)

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Open section

John D and Robin G so far

Reserve

so many empty...