Charity Tournament

[Andy Howie]

Morning Folks

I am looking to organise a combined World Record attempt and Charity Chess Tournament later in the year (Sept / Oct/ Nov) and would like to hear your view on it.

During the world record attempt we are thinking of running a 2 day congress, 5 Rounds. Entry would be a donation to the charity fund.

Prizes would most likely be trophies and donated spot prizes.

Would there be an appetite to play in something like this?

Thoughts?

[Matthew Turner]

Andy,
This isn't quite the same

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but I Think it at least suggests combining a chess event with a charitable cause can be pretty popular and successful.

[Jonathan Livingstone]

Like most others I would need to wait for more detail on the general idea to emerge, such as location, dates etc.

But a good idea, and I'd compete in this and support it.

[Calum McGillivray]

I would be interested in playing in this.

How many people would there need to be for the world record attempt?

[Andrew McHarg]

Might be missing something, but what actually is the world record attempt going to be? Is it related to the number of competitors, as Calum alluded to above?