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I, John Erickson will post a final recap later this week. I had knee surgery on Tuesday. I am in pain and this is tough for me to do. Razvan Preotu finished first with a perfect 5-0 score.
I, John Erickson will post a final recap later this week. I had knee surgery on Tuesday. I am in pain and this is tough for me to do. Razvan Preotu finished first with a perfect 5-0 score.
John Erickson
TD
Hello John
Welcome to the club of knee surgery
One question were you awake or asleep when they did it!
Normally they give you a choice to watch it, however my surgeon didn't
which total sucked would have liked to been awake lol
I, John Erickson will post a final recap later this week. I had knee surgery on Tuesday. I am in pain and this is tough for me to do. Razvan Preotu finished first with a perfect 5-0 score.
John Erickson
TD
Long overdue for that week. Can you please post the crosstable?!
Long overdue for that week. Can you please post the crosstable?!
The crosstable WAS up on the CFC website last week (I looked on Wednesday), but the rating website seems to be down again... As a general rule, you can find crosstables on the CFC website within a week or two of the event, assuming the organizer is prompt in sending the results to the CFC (which John obviously was).
The crosstable WAS up on the CFC website last week (I looked on Wednesday), but the rating website seems to be down again... As a general rule, you can find crosstables on the CFC website within a week or two of the event, assuming the organizer is prompt in sending the results to the CFC (which John obviously was).
I don't go to check the CFC website anymore since I quit playing chess tournaments. I frequently check updates on chesstalk.com as much as I could. I am not the only one who nags tournament results after the tournament is over. It should be a commitment to chess organizers to update tournament results as soon as possible because I knew from a friend of mine that it does not take even minutes to copy and paste tournament results in this forum unless you are not using a pairing software.
I don't go to check the CFC website anymore since I quit playing chess tournaments. I frequently check updates on chesstalk.com as much as I could. I am not the only one who nags tournament results after the tournament is over. It should be a commitment to chess organizers to update tournament results as soon as possible because I knew from a friend of mine that it does not take even minutes to copy and paste tournament results in this forum unless you are not using a pairing software.
Mark I have discovered that chess players demand too much on organizers. We are not obligated to post anything on chess talk. Those who do, do it because they want to.
John should have labeled this post "early leaders after 3 Rounds." If you gave up playing chess then why not come out to Niagara Falls next year and start playing again.
Last edited by John Brown; Wednesday, 6 May, 2015, 08:11 PM.
Reason: error typing
While on the topic of nagging organizers, why are so few posting any games from their events? for instance, lots of people would like to see the IM's games from this event.
I have discovered that chess players demand too much on organizers...
I disagree, partly because no one ever demands anything from me. I always report round results the same day, but usually leave the crosstables until the CFC ratings are done. I don't report results on Chesstalk, because only local players are interested in my events.
Mark I have discovered that chess players demand too much on organizers. .....
Posting a crosstable promptly (one day or at most two days after, the same day as the end of the tournament is even better) along with prizewinners is not demanding too much of an organizer.
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