Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

[Gordon Gooding]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Hey its game day, 7am. COme on down if you still want to play! There are door prizes. Free lunch raffle (max $20 for one registered player) and the chance to play some good chess! How can you miss out on this??!! Bad move people if you do abstain. Seize the moment/tempo! There is still time. I will be checking email on site. If you cant make for round one , email me and I'll give you a frist rd bye then get here and pay before for round two. Remember, parking is free and the food at the chophouse restaurant tastes good! You can leave a reply here to this thread or email me at miltonchess@hotmail.com to register rd one bye, etc, at this precious time.



Play well!

[Gordon Gooding]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

We are at 53 as of Nov 28, 19:50. Do I hear 60 registrants.

Gord!

Play well.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Pre registration list is on post #1 of this thread.
To date: 50 players registered.
Please email by midnight if you want to play.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Pre registration list is on post #1 of this thread.
To date: 48 players registered.
Still lots of time to register, check out our website at www.miltonchess.ca for some new door prizes!

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Pre registration list is on post #1 of this thread.
To date: 42 players registered.
Still lots of time to register, but the early bird special with food voucher has expired. :(

But, check out our website at www.miltonchess.ca for some new door prizes!

[Gordon Gooding]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

I thank you for your encouragement. I like experimenting with tournaments as my associate, Mr. Gillanders has also voiced. You never know what can be done better, give better results, leave a better experience for the majority of the chess players and/or organizers until you try. I see a lot of talk of how things can be made better. I have also seen a lot of people not willing to risk anything to find out if it is true. I havent lost my shirt yet on these tournaments yet so I can afford to keep trying/experimenting. Fortune favours the brave. Play well.

[Gordon Gooding]

PRE REG LIST: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Pre reg list is up on first page/post.

Time is ticking away for that $10 chophouse voucher.

[Mark Kamenskiy]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Great location for Campbellville tournament, right beside the HWY 401, from GTA, Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Guelph, Kitchener, Straford etc...all within 100KM, covered more than half of the Ontario population. Wish more players to join, and more success than last year!

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Hey Bob,

It`s long overdue.....when can we see the list, please.....

Gord is taking the registrations! He has the list.
I am just as curious as you.

[Gary Hua]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Gord, how about a pre registration list?
Do you think we will surpass last year of 80 players?

Hey Bob,

It`s long overdue.....when can we see the list, please.....

[Mark Kamenskiy]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Come on Bob, we did not see player(s) support new idea, but you did see player did not like the idea, why not even consider to change it? Or change to 90+30 for Sunday games? Or change 90+30 for Open sections only, similar to Hart House or Ontario Open that gave different TC for Open and non Open sections if they really want more time for food.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Why keep changing without reason?

Mark, I did explain the reason.
Besides, where would we be if we didn't explore new ideas?
"But that's the way we have always done it" is not sufficient reason not to try and improve things. Yes, not all "serious" players will like it, but I'm betting most players will welcome the change. Maybe, not all right away, but eventually. It will mean more rounds will start on time. Many players already take a bye simply to avoid 3 games in a day. Maybe they will be more willing to play all 3 if their games start on time and they have a little more time for food.

Embrace the change!

[Mark Kamenskiy]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

No, not everyone happy with 90+10, I heard from several serious players about the concern of 90+10, Guelph and Aurora are all 5 games with 90+30, players enjoyed their tournaments very much. Last year, Campbellvie Open was very successful, thank you Bob and Garvin. It was also 90+30 too. Why keep changing without reason? If you have concern about 3 games in Sat, then you can consider a bit short for the 1st game ( I believe some tournaments went that way), no reason to put all 5 games as 90+10. Players come to play and enjoy games, not for 10 or 15 minutes earlier going home, instead, they hope they can have proper time to think about their moves.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Can you make time control as 90+30 instead of 90+10? That may boost players to register.

We changed it to 90+10 to help boost registration. Saturday is 3 games, and if rounds are delayed because of long endgames played on the increment, well, "why should a hundred people have to wait for just 2?"

With only a 10 second increment, we have a better chance to stay on schedule and keep everyone happy.

[Mark Kamenskiy]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Can you make time control as 90+30 instead of 90+10? That may boost players to register.