2) Lengthy Opens. They always seem to run for days, usually on holiday
weekends. When you have a family, it's very tough to justify blowing them
off all Memorial Day weekend just to play chess. Sometimes you can enter
late, but it's still a long two-day commitment.

Flipping through the TLA shows a large number (if not the majority) of
the 1 day events as being G/30. I had to crack open the rulebook to
be sure they hadn't made a mistake by not showing them as "QC". Geez,
how many decades have I been away?

How do one day swisses with 3 games work out? I would consider G/75
or G/60 games, but G/30 games just seem too foreign to me. Why not
make them G/25 or G/20 and have them be QC rated?

adults: one-day tournaments, no cash prizes (I'll take a trophy or a
certificate over 40 bucks anyday), low entry fees, and a "season:" let's

Small one day tournaments and one-game-a-week quads certainly would
work for me, the G/30 doesn't. I'd rather have a multi-way tie for
first place with some good games than a clear winner of a bunch of
blunder-laden games I'd rather not analyze.

focus on bundling tournaments in a six-month piece of the year, with the
idea that the other half of the year is for practice, study, and clubs.

I'm unclear on this. Why can't clubs, one day events, and
uber-swisses co-exist at the same time? Is there that much
competition for weekend slots?

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Charles Allen