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Archive for September 18th, 2002

Largest Tournament Ever?

Wednesday, September 18th, 2002

The question was asked: Was the recently concluded NJHS championship event the largest chess tournament ever conducted in the state of Wisconsin? At the time we weren’t sure; the registered attendence was probably higher than the the 1961 tournament, the previous largest we were sure of, but USCF’s story on it (in the Sep 1961 [...]