Just noted that the NM Class Championship and a Santa Fe Rooks tournement are both scheduled for July 15. How could this happen? NM ia not such a powerhouse of chess that we will benefit from conflicting tournaments.
It happens, we make all tournaments visible on the website as soon as we have the details and while NMCO will avoid scheduling tournaments on dates that other organizers in NM have scheduled their events on that we've been informed of, we will not stop anyone from scheduling their events on days we have already published events on. Events that are physically far apart and different formats like this can benefit chess players who live closer to one or the other, who have travel hardships, enjoy different formats, or wish to commit more or less of their weekend to playing chess.
I understand the rationale. It seems, however, that an underlying assumption is that there are enough players to support multiple tournaments on the same day. Which may indeed be the case.
I hope both tournaments draw enough numbers to prosper.
Per my comment above, I think it is nice that players are offered multiple options. I do wonder if one or both events might suffer by the competition drawing players that otherwise would attend both tournaments.
Perhaps the efforts of the NMCO have energized more players to participate OTB. Which is good for all.
It happens, we make all tournaments visible on the website as soon as we have the details and while NMCO will avoid scheduling tournaments on dates that other organizers in NM have scheduled their events on that we've been informed of, we will not stop anyone from scheduling their events on days we have already published events on. Events that are physically far apart and different formats like this can benefit chess players who live closer to one or the other, who have travel hardships, enjoy different formats, or wish to commit more or less of their weekend to playing chess.
-Willow LeTard
NMCO President
Affiliates can run tournaments at their discretion; this is not considered a conflict. Having multiple options gives players flexibility.