Rather than start a separate thread for each “The TD Show” episode, I figured I would just have this one where we can make announcements about upcoming shows and gather feedback on things you would like to see included.
This week’s topic will be “Illegal Moves” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, May 7 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess. Our special guest will be NTD Ken Ballou, Chair of the US Chess Rules Committee.
We will discuss illegal moves, predominantly Chapter 1, Section 11 of the US Chess Rules, when TDs should and should not get involved in claiming them, and what the actions to take and applicable penalties are. We’ll also touch on the slight wording revision to Rule 11D that came into effect on January 1, 2020.
Is there any way to view this video after the fact? I tried the link, and it crashed my computer. I couldn’t even reboot. I had to power off and back on.
All episodes will be added to the US Chess YouTube Channel and we’ve created a Playlist called “TD Videos” for this and other useful videos at youtube.com/watch?v=j4NXnlH … 5EaWOHWBvn
This week’s topic will be “Triple Occurrence of Position" and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, May 14 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess. Our special guest will be NTD Brian Yang.
We’ll go over the claims procedure, understanding when a valid claim is being made, verifying the claim and many other important aspects along with providing some examples of valid and invalid claims.
This week’s “The TD Show” topic will be “Tim Just’s Top 10 TD Tips” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, May 21 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.
Tim will be providing a list of his top 10 general tips for Tournament Directors to hopefully make you a better TD and make the experience of participating in one of your events much better for everyone.
This week’s “The TD Show” topic will be “The TD” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, May 28 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.
This week’s guest will be NTD Alan Losoff and we will discuss the responsibilities of the Chief TD and his or her TD staff, where and when a TD should get involved in games and when they should not. We’ll also talk about the playing TD and since Alan is the long-time organizer of the National Open, we’ll briefly touch on the relationship between the TD and the organizer.
This week’s “The TD Show” topic will be “Understanding Ratable Time Controls” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, June 4 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.
This week’s guest will be NTD Korey Kormick and we will discuss rules 5A through 5E which cover time controls, specifically understanding what they mean and terms such as sudden death, multiple time periods, increment and delay. We’ll also be discussing which time controls can be used to run tournaments and what rating system is used to rate those games.
We’ve also published a schedule of the next few upcoming The TD Shows:
June 11 – Clock Times for Starting Game with NTD Bob Messenger
June 18 – Touch Move with NTD Harold Stenzel
June 25 – Tie-Breaks (non monetary) with NTD Enrique Huerta
July 2 – Determination and Completion of move with ANTD Steve Lampkin
July 9 – Spectators with NTD Tom Brownscombe
July 16 – Scoresheets with ANTD Alan Hodge
July 23 – 50-move Rule with NTD Mike Regan
July 30 – Player Conduct – Behavior with NTD Mike Hoffpauir
August 6 – Player Conduct – Using Additional Resources with ANTD Jim Hodina
Thanks to everyone who has already volunteered to be a guest and to future volunteers too.
This week’s “The TD Show” topic will be “Starting Games: The Clock” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, June 11 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.
This week’s guest will be NTD Bob Messenger and we will discuss the various rules surrounding setting your clock at the beginning of the game such as which type of clock takes priority, who gets to choose which clock is used and where to put it, what do you do if one or both players are late and how does this affect the previous issues and who is responsible for setting the clock. Please note that we will not actually be setting clocks and running through how to set the various models!
This week’s “The TD Show” topic will be “Touch Move” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, June 18 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.
This week’s guest will be NTD Harold Stenzel and we will discuss the various rules surrounding touch move, what does touch move mean, when can a claim be made, how do you handle such claims, how do you determine touch move versus accidental piece touches and any special rules for castling and pawn promotion.
We need a show (perhaps lengthier; i.e., 1 hour) with a tutorial on using pairing software. Perhaps Tom Doan (or Tim Just) would like to lead off with something on WinTD??
PS) Also, maybe Tom could reply to my support message sometime?
I know SwissSys has some tutorial videos on its website regarding use and Tim Just has done some YouTube videos on WinTD, just search YouTube for WinTD and some will populate. I’m not sure using a 3rd party software is best done by US Chess, this should be something the software itself should be interested in doing for its users.
This week’s “The TD Show” topic will be “Non-Monetary Tie-Breaks” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, June 18 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.
This week’s guest will be NTD Enrique Huerta and we will provide a quick overview of the main individual Swiss non-monetary tie-break methods, Modified Median (including Median), Solkoff, Cumulative and Cumulative Scores of Opposition. We’ll provide you with the details on how to calculate these tie-breaks and show some examples of them in use.
This week’s “The TD Show” topic will be “Determination and Completion of Moves” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, July 2 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.
This week’s guest will be ANTD Steve Lampkin and we will provide an overview of the rules relating to determination and completion of moves, why it is important to know the difference and what can happen in this phase between determining and completing a move.
This week’s “The TD Show” topic will be “Scoresheets” and will air at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific on Thursday, July 16 on the US Chess Twitch channel at twitch.tv/uschess.
This week’s guest will be ANTD Alan Hodge and we will provide an overview of the rules relating to scoresheets such as how and when the players need to keep score in a game and when they can and cannot be used to validate claims.
Is there a “The TD Show” episode tonight? I confess to having been distracted by town halls to prepare for the recent special delegates’ meeting, so I’ve lost track.
