Four Things You Didn’t Know About Affiliates Our rulebook has scant wording regarding chess tournament organizers. In contrast, Tournament Directors (TDs) get an entire chapter to themselves. But organizers only get Rule 23.
No fancy studies are needed. No complicated math is necessary. All that is necessary is for us to see something time after time before we make it a generalized “getting along in life” rule. For example: way more often than we would like, we buy something only to see it go on sale a week late for a lot less moola. Here is a list of chess tournament generalizations that seem to occur over and over again.