One of the ideas to create this blog was the focus for organizers to create chess courses, workshops, seminars, schools and of course to make events like tournaments and festivals.
Most readers who contacted me are interested in enrolling in my courses or acquire material, whether books in PDF, or Chess Base format files, videos or software for training or study chess. Only six times in recent years have asked me to make a planning an event, book fees, directory of players, creating websites, prospects for funding, business plan, management of in-kind sponsorships, negotiating prices and booking of hotels and food, etc., and hopefully in four of the six were managed more than 120% of expected background and only one was not reached 100% (97% was achieved), and in all economic gain was above 18%, and six got a fee sucesso over 33% of the amount by which I had been hired initially. Only two were made in Mexico and these were among the most successful, despite being made for a closed sector players (union championships), and not general population, although I worked in four events at the Delegation Iztacalco open in 2010, but in a single day. With the delegation involved in organizing a cultural event unrelated to chess, to expect a large attendance, but were broken all expectations and took nearly twice as expected. Unfortunately there was no sucesso fee, it would have earned a good additional amount.
The fact is that several events that recently made some experiments in teaching chess, watch a lot of mistakes that were easily solved and that they had improved a lot and playing conditions have improved in much the event attendance and profits economic for organizers.
I was more concentrated in the experiments on chess, trying to prove certain methods for playing in a position, say at least a little uncomfortable, but I could not help noticing that the level of organization of chess tournaments in Mexico has fallen sharply as compared to 2005 and 2006, which was the year he played frequently in the Mexican circuit Chess. Ironically there sponsorship funds and much higher in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 events were made with more oversight and has grown by an uncritical familiarity among the players participating in the events, almost casually to the low quality of playing conditions.
Curiosity collect calls for chess events in the past five years, and is not following the successful models of other countries, for example, the United States and compared them with calls for other Latin American countries and is a clear delay, Moreover, with the awards, and the number of attendees. Nothing to name two countries, the events organized and held in Peru and Colombia in 2010 were more successful from the economic point than those in Mexico. Winning players were much better prizes, the organizers received more entries and certainly much more dividends, although the level of players, based on international rating was higher in Mexican tournaments, thanks to the intervention of strong foreign players.
Just do a cost likely to believe that the organizers of other countries are outpacing the Mexican entrepreneurs. Except for a couple of events that was not important what money came in enrollment, but were supported by 80% for very large sponsorships, but it is assumed that there was corruption business. Witness the accountability that became the Internet with very inflated prices, as some LCD screens to move game to the public that charged a $ 32 000.00, triple its normal cost in the retail trade, especially since of quantity you should have gotten a discounted price. But plenty of work. These cases do not matter, as they were to hit the budget under the pretext of chess. What really look for is well adapted successful models to Mexico to have more events than leave money and encourage fans to organize chess events to make more power and thus better, with more activity, the national chess life. It is important that the organizers know how to do a business plan.
I got a copy of a recent course and at the meeting which discussed the organization of events and management of what is meant by a business plan, the issue was minimally treated. Only raised some ideas, but even got a notebook full charges, but only the fraction that was published on the Internet, which is namely to the tables, chairs and computers are required to make a small chess tournament, and even there. This leads to the conclusion that if there is deficiency in the training of coaches, the critical thing is among the organizers. There are exceptions, and would have to make some awards, it also must consider that usually devoted to something else and eventually just made an event and without much support or help from those who should be volunteers. But if they had to take left hand, but requests for advice this aspect has been virtually nil. Meanwhile, if you want to participate in an event, should not be very demanding and expect to suffer some discomfort for organizational shortcomings and be tolerant easily remedied by taking into account that things get a little bad, but it works good faith.
are memories of underdevelopment, there has been very good times with organizations and others with very bad cycle is like a Ferris wheel, where sometimes the quality is on the rise and sometimes low, almost touching the bottom. This time it has lasted many years, but we must not lose hope.
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