What we are hoping to build over time with this event is a chess festival. For this year, we have 2 side events planned, a blitz event and a poker event. Which brings me to a question, as a player, what types of side events would you like to see? Simuls? Lectures? Fischer Random Chess? We are pretty open to trying different events, so fire away with what you would like to see.
The poker event will be on Thursday evening at 7pm. The format is Texas Hold'em with a $55 EF, and prizes based on the amount of entries. There are so many chess players playing poker these days that we thought chess players may enjoy the opportunity to play poker against other chess players. It will be interesting to see if higher or lower rated players fare better.
Our blitz event will take place on Saturday evening. One of the nice things about the Game/12o time control is that the games will be over earlier leaving time for players to enjoy activities in addition to the main tournament.
Glenn
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