"On a related note, a tournament held this weekend in Lincoln lost the
principal organizer over $200.00 as the turnout was only 10." (Bruce
Draney)
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10 players... is that a Frankenswiss in Nebraska?

RSHaas

You'll laugh but this was actually three tournaments that drew a
total of 10 players. One was the Lincoln City Championship which drew
4 players and the other was the Class and Amateur championships which
drew the other 6.

The organizer made some mistakes in anticipating the turnout. He's
a friend of mine, but unfortunately he's very generous and probably
didn't realize just how bad turnout would be. It didn't help that NU
was playing Texas on network TV on that day, I'm sure.

All of these things are just symptoms of dying adult chess in
Nebraska. Not all of this is USCF's fault, but USCF is mostly
responsible for starving the locals to feed its own insatiable greed
and wasteful spending.

Unrated chess is moving in the opposite direction. Unrated events
now draw over 100. No extra fees to send to New Windsor to waste.
Trophies primarily, low entry fees, no pressure to play for deflated
rating points.

USCF is now mostly irrelevant to all but the children around here.
Don't think of it as a bad thing though, just think of it as a new
business opportunity for Bill Goichberg.

Best Regards,

Bruce