Warm-up Tournament
This was an unrated tournament, and yet was still treated seriously by the players. With no realistic prospect of any tournaments soon, due to the covid, I voted to have this tournament be un-rated, largely to avoid renewing my membership. Though there were only enough accommodations for two boards, it still bothered me a bit that there had been no advertised tournaments, which had actually taken place in Colorado, since the pandemic. To me, not listing or giving a notice of a tournament somewhere, during the pandemic, makes it seem a bit undercover. That being said, I see nothing wrong with holding chess tournaments, and I believe that it is high time to go back to the past way of doing things; air elbow-bumps are cute, but no cigar. It still didn't feel like this tournament was real, was really going to happen until the clocks started; it was a last second vote to agree on time-controls, and whether or not it would be rated. One thing I'll say about ratings is that w