March of Kings live games

[Vlad Rekhson]

A small weekend tournament by the name of March of Kings is taking place in Calgary. We are currently broadcasting the top 2 games online.

http://www.albertachess.org/2011MOK.html

[Bob Armstrong]

Hi Vlad:

Broadcasting of smaller Canadian weekend tournaments is a nice advance. I know you will get a viewership of class players interested in watching Canadian games.

I know that in Alberta, a club has even broadcast from time to time, the top boards of their in-club tournament. I think this is an idea who's day will come. Local players would love to be able to watch the top tournament games of the larger local clubs in the area. They will likely know some of the players, and as well, club members who might not be able to make it that night for some reason, could tune in to see a few of their clubmates games.

The Scarborough CC Executive considered a submission that would have seen the top board in all club tournaments throughout the year, broadcast on a regular weekly basis. But after some consideration, they rejected the submission. Maybe some day in the not too distant future, the idea will surface again, successfully.

Do you think it is worth the effort for a club to try to institute such a program?

Bob