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August 31 at Proctor's FREE Chess for Youth in the Capital District Guest Book What's New

Number of Players attending events in 2008 & 2009

The Right Move Chess

June 11, 2009

Summary of Two years of FREE Scholastic Chess Serving the Greater Capital District

2008-2009 Numbers of Players Per Section, With Totals

Rated Players (A + B + C + D) = 300

Non-Members (E + F + G) = 409 *NB-- Quite a few have joined the USCF, so non-members may become members later in the year.

	TRM 27 Oct. 11 New Cov	TRM 28 Nov. 22 ML King	TRM 29 Dec. 6 New Cov	TRM 30 Jan. 10 Albany HS	TRM 31 Feb. 7 Albany HS	TRM 32 Mar. 7 Albany HS	TRM 33 Apr. 4 Menands CSD	TRM 36 Apr. 25 St. Pius X	TRM 34 May 2 NYS Library	TRM 35 June 6 Montessori	Totals
A	5	4	7	7	6	6	9	3	8	5	60
B	5	4	3	6	6	6	9	5	5	4	53
C	10	9	10	13	11	16	10	8	6	6	79
D	7	10	11	11	22	12	8	9	22	8	108
E	9	9	12	23	11	10	4	1	6	0	85
F	14	19	20	12	12	22	9	4	19	7	138
G	13	18	23	16	17	21	31	14	19	14	186
Totals	63	73	86	88	85	93	80	44	85	44	709

2007-2008 Numbers of Players Per Section, With Totals

The average number of players at the College of St Rose in Albany = (244/2) 122.

The average number of players at Proctors in Schenectady = (469/6) 78.3

The average number of players at NYS Library = 99

The average number of players at Menands = 58

The Average number of players at ML King = 56

	16 Oct6 College of St Rose	17 Oct27 College of St Rose	18 Dec3 Proctor's	19 Jan10 Proctor's	20 Feb3 Proctor's	21 Mar1 Proctor's	22 Apr5 Proctor's	23 May3 Proctor's	24 May31 ML King	25 Apr12 NYS Library	26 Apr26 Menands	Totals / Comments


A	8	8	8	4	0	0	4	0	0	7	1	40 Open
B	11	17	6	8	13	15	8	15	7	12	10	131 Under 1200
C	21	24	16	11	7	0	13	13	13	15	11	144 Under 800
D	11	9	11	16	10	17	21	14	9	18	15	172 Under 500
E	28	20	8	4	10	8	15	9	13	10	0	125 Jr HS and HS, Gr 7-12
F	19	25	26	17	23	15	22	14	26	29	9	225 Elem, Gr 4-6
G	12	14	13	7	8	10	19	6	15	8	12	124 Prim, Gr K-3
Tot	110	134	88	67	71	65	102	71	56	99	58	921 Total Entries all categories

These three questions need a response from our players, parents and coaches who are involved in our Greater Albany area chess scholastic performance...
1. Are the number of tournaments adequate? (www.maketherightmove.org currently is planning nine monthly free chess tournaments, one per month, at various sites)
2. Should the sections be changed? (There are currently seven sections, and some of these sections must be combined due to too few players)
3. Are rewards (trophies, medals) at the correct level? (Currently the top four players in each section receive Shields, while all players with 2.5 or more points receive medals.)

Please address your response to Br. John via email: brjohn@juno.com

Ken Evans Comments in Response

To answer your specific three questions: I would say the number of events is good enough. Having them on the same weekend (first of each month) is helpful for parents to plan ahead. Some sites are better than others, of course, and moving locations does attract some who don't travel far, so a poll of coaches might suggest ways to get the best attendance throughout a year. I know when one person did frequent tournaments at one location (Albany HS) about four to five times a year, he got many regulars, but perhaps that was before the current phase of playing games on computers.
    Trophies do please the age group which come to our events, and even the adult tournaments I take part in. Medals, ribbons, etc may only satisfy the younger beginners, but are still a worthwhile sign of recognizing those who finish in the middle. What about something for the real beginner who wins his/her first game ?
     I would encourage you to start with fewer sections, so that the stronger players have a chance to "show off" against the weaker players for one round or two. A normal swiss can accomodate about 30 players of all levels, and it is easier on the TD when pairing. Upsets will still occur, and class awards can still be given for those who are of lower rating. If suddenly you start to swell back to 40 or more in a section, you can always split things at the start.
     Only you would probably be able to determine numbers of advance entries and last-minute ones who show up at the door, but that info could be useful in planning.
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