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What ever became of normal tournaments?

What ever became of normal tournaments?

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Girls events, scholastic events, blitz, closed championships, large events with heavy GM participation, G 15, G 20, G 30, G 45, G 60.

This represents 95% of the OTB tournaments in my area. All well and good, but - what about mid level adults who want to play with normal time controls i.e. G 90 or longer? Are they gone because of COVID? Have they gone the way of the buggy whip, and high buttoned shoes? Just wondering...

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@mchill said
Girls events, scholastic events, blitz, closed championships, large events with heavy GM participation, G 15, G 20, G 30, G 45, G 60.

This represents 95% of the OTB tournaments in my area. All well and good, but - what about mid level adults who want to play with normal time controls i.e. G 90 or longer? Are they gone because of COVID? Have they gone the way of the buggy whip, and high buttoned shoes? Just wondering...
I don't play otb, but I suggest chess in general is leaning towards the quicker forms of the game.
In today's world everything has to be "instant" it seems.
What youngster today would wait 7 minutes for a spectrum or commodore 64 game to load from a cassette?
I don't think it's anything to do with covid

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@mchill

You're lucky to have OTB tournaments near you.

I think one hour for each player is the perfect time control in my opinion 🤔

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@mchill said
Girls events, scholastic events, blitz, closed championships, large events with heavy GM participation, G 15, G 20, G 30, G 45, G 60.

This represents 95% of the OTB tournaments in my area. All well and good, but - what about mid level adults who want to play with normal time controls i.e. G 90 or longer? Are they gone because of COVID? Have they gone the way of the buggy whip, and high buttoned shoes? Just wondering...
Ish. In my country, the Hoogovens - sorry, TaTa - had an amateur section up until two years ago. There were several less serious, but still worth participating in, tournaments in my province. Corona has indeed killed them all for the now, but they still did exist before, and I can only hope they will resurge in... 2027?

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Normal has pretty much become a thing of the past.

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@mchill said
Girls events, scholastic events, blitz, closed championships, large events with heavy GM participation, G 15, G 20, G 30, G 45, G 60.

This represents 95% of the OTB tournaments in my area. All well and good, but - what about mid level adults who want to play with normal time controls i.e. G 90 or longer? Are they gone because of COVID? Have they gone the way of the buggy whip, and high buttoned shoes? Just wondering...
Not sure where in the Pacific Northwest you live but there's this in Spokane next month: https://new.uschess.org/29th-collyer-memorial

g/115 d5.

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@no1marauder said
Not sure where in the Pacific Northwest you live but there's this in Spokane next month: https://new.uschess.org/29th-collyer-memorial

g/115 d5.
It's about 300 miles away, and over some mountain passes. Not a bad idea though considering it will be months before the next one.

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@mchill Florida USA has plenty. If nothing else, check out the Continental Chess Association tournaments at chesstour.com

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@paul-leggett said
@mchill Florida USA has plenty. If nothing else, check out the Continental Chess Association tournaments at chesstour.com
I played in those tournaments way back in the day.

Sturbridge Massachusetts. 😉

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I dont know. I originally signed up as CaptainMorphy took
me a whole year or more to figure out who these English People were.
finally at last where is Itude?

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chess.com is schizophrenia btw

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My stupidity amazes me

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