Help! Starting a Local USCF Chess Club

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I am considering starting a local, rated club in my town since the nearest chess location is almost 2 hours away.  I understand you need to register your club with the USCF each year with a fee and then you also need to become a certified tournament director through USCF to host tournaments. Has anyone else gone through this process and found success?  There is a large college in our community which I think could help bring in a good number of players.

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I became a local club level TD so I could run rated tornaments, 30 years ago, it was no big deal. I ran a club at the local college called The Mystic Knights Of The Sea and had tourneys called Knights Of the Living Dead, etc...it was great. 

By the way you suck. 

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good luck! chess spreads because of people like you!!

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Dodger111 wrote:

I became a local club level TD so I could run rated tornaments, 30 years ago, it was no big deal. I ran a club at the local college called The Mystic Knights Of The Sea and had tourneys called Knights Of the Living Dead, etc...it was great. 

By the way you suck. 

 

Hey Dodge, 

That's great. I'm glad it worked out for you. As for your coda,your screen name still seems to suit you.  Still 1 - 0, sport.

Clever idea also to block your account and than comment on an unrelated thread for me to see. But typical thats a Baby Boomer, I suppose. Takes all kinds.

Cheers,

-CC