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nattysis
I want to organise a chess tournament at my school for an afternoon, making it open for everyone who wants to join, Have you got any pointers of what I should think about when organising or ideas of what would make people interested in it? I've got the local chess club interested and got a few ideas of who would be able to sponsor with prizes.
Creg
The first thing is how to pair it. Is this rated or unrated? I'll assume unrated, in which case pair them by grade level.
If you want to increase interest within the school create some flyers and post them wherever you can.
Oh, and if this is your first time running a tournament it may be a good idea to see if you can find someone from the local club who has experience to help out.
Another pairing option is alphabetical, by last name. Probably the simplest as you may not know everybody's level of playing strength.
Since this is an unrated event, try to maintain an upbeat/positive environment. Make sure everyone is having a good time, and you will want to be a little lenient on tournament rules especially with younger, or first time players. Make sure experienced players understand that you may not enforce touch move with beginners. However, you will want to explain the importance of this rule to newcomers, so they don't abuse it in the future.
Redwall
No problem with the chess interest:-) Who said chess was dead! But your idea is a very good one.
I've already got 50 people interested in playing, and even then I haven't gone out to the whole school
The organising is working out well, Now just trying to fix sponsors for prizes, any ideas? The technical university isn't interested, but I could maybe try the whole university. Who else is usually interested in reaching out to clever youths in their later teens?
Darth_Rabidus
Thanks! Has given me many ideas of how I'm going to get prizes Of course I'm not going to tell them what the prizes are, it's supposed to be a surprise
More tips are always welcome, not only for me, but for anyone else who wants to start a tournament...
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