Re: Starting Rd. 1 ON TIME???
Before there were pre registrations by emails........................
The one old way was to send a cheque with your entry, by a certain date lets call it the (cut off) date. This gives organizers time to deposit your cheque and heaven forbid it bounces but you can always get the guy to pay cash at site with a late fee added for the inconvenience.
This would cut down on mega collections of money and also gives organizers some cash flow at the start. Hey you are offered a discount to enter early why not cement it by paying by cheque.
If you don't send a cheque then you are not pre-registered and you have to pay the late fee at the site.
I think this would make registration run smoother.
However in this tournament it was not clear where the site was two of my friends waited 40 mins at the wrong Church so if the right church was found then we may have started on time. But even with the problems Round 1 still got started shortly after 10 :30 which is not that bad.
I think that only solutions for a five round tournament is to not use increments on day 1. It is too late finishing.
If you want day 2 for the prize contenders to play better chess give increments but that is an organizer's choice.
Before there were pre registrations by emails........................
The one old way was to send a cheque with your entry, by a certain date lets call it the (cut off) date. This gives organizers time to deposit your cheque and heaven forbid it bounces but you can always get the guy to pay cash at site with a late fee added for the inconvenience.
This would cut down on mega collections of money and also gives organizers some cash flow at the start. Hey you are offered a discount to enter early why not cement it by paying by cheque.
If you don't send a cheque then you are not pre-registered and you have to pay the late fee at the site.
I think this would make registration run smoother.
However in this tournament it was not clear where the site was two of my friends waited 40 mins at the wrong Church so if the right church was found then we may have started on time. But even with the problems Round 1 still got started shortly after 10 :30 which is not that bad.
I think that only solutions for a five round tournament is to not use increments on day 1. It is too late finishing.
If you want day 2 for the prize contenders to play better chess give increments but that is an organizer's choice.
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