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We know some of the traditional
“Summer Sizzler”
“Fire Cracker Open”
Or those named after a city or city’s theme (Space City - Huntsville)
And so on but provide some names.
But what about non-traditional
Like for August: Meteor Shower Open
or for March: Corn Beef Open (mine).
Maybe for a Kansas Tournament: Toto Memorial (Wizard of Oz)
Just a fun topic
Mid-Summer Knights Dream
how about a senior tournament??
The Golden Oldies !
Or ‘Silver Haired Knights’ for a seniors event?
I like Colley’s “Reward the Class Player” series, being a class player. And the Boylston Chess Club names a series of Swiss opens after famous players. I played in the Efim Bogoljubov.
“Stop The Insanity!”
You already did. 
I’m having a tournament with free entries, prizes, lots of family activities for non-players, and I’m furnishing meals for the players and their families. (planned for the Saturday before Labor Day)
I’d call it the “Free Lunch Open”, but I’m afraid people woudn’t “get it” unless they knew what “tanstaafl” meant.
As Robert a. Heinlein said in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress novel.
There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
Gee, is that what it means?
Another mystery solved!
Chessnuts Roasting
Getting Sloan and others back on topic:
I have had tournament names like:
Tax Free Chess Tournament - around April 15th
Ides of March Chess Tournament - Obviously in the middle of March
Snowflake Chess Tournament, Winter Freeze Chess Tournament and The Ice Slide Chess Tournament - January
It’s Too Darn Hot Chess Tournament, Midsummer Knight’s Dream Chess Tournament, School’s Out Chess Tournament and the Summer Heat Chess Tournament - All in Summer
Labor Hard Chess Tournament - around Labor Day
Scary Chess Tournament and the Spooky Chess Tournament around Halloween
Turkey Time Chess Tournament and the Thanks for Chess Tournament - around Thanksgiving
The Leaves Are Falling Chess Tournament and the Changing Colors Chess Tournament - in the Autumn
Christmas Gift Chess Tournament, Holiday Tournament and the Yule Chess Tournament - in December
Spring is Sprung Chess Tournament - In the Spring
There was a long series of “Insanity Opens” - I think it was in Minnesota - where the games continued virtually around the clock all weekend long. If memory serves, they began in the mid-'70s or so, and continued at least into the '80s.
I organized a tournament called the Non-Compos Mentis Open, a juridical term from Latin meaning “not of sound mind” since you had to have that state to play in my event which was a 24-round, G/10 event, with double Swiss pairings, with payment based on number of wins only (everybody gets something, the house wins on a draw). That was a blast to bring together.
My favorite event name though goes to my friends in Lexington, KY, who named their event the “U2700 Open” after a certain local GM was winning every event within spitting distance. I think it was just a joke, but I fell out of my chair laughing when I read that one in Chess Life (back in the mid-early 90s).
More ideas.
For Appalachia area “Fire on the Mountain Open”. That will work on the Big Island of Hawaii.
For former whaling towns; “Captain Ahab Open/Memorial”. “Moby’s Invite”. “Call Me Ishmael Open” .
Actually those people have lots of possibility.
Edgar Allan Poe Open for Boston or around Oct 31. He also died on Oct 7.
I liked the Chess Nuts Open. Particularly good for Christmas. “Chestnuts Roasting on Open Fire”
A few years back, the Michigan Chess Association instituted the Bottom Half Class Championships. This is a class tournament that has class sections at the “odd numbered” ratings levels, e.g. U1900, U1700, U1500, etc.
The original insanity was Momodoneck Marathon in New Hampshire. I’ve probably have mangled the spelling of the town. Hal Terrie or Alex Reylea could probably give the correct spelling. It started some time back in the 70s and they played all night. People would bring sleeping bags and sleep on the gym floor to catch a few zzzzz between round.
Steve Immitt ran insanities at both the Manhattan and Marshall Chess Clubs. I think his last one was a couple of years ago.
I believe the original term was “Instant Insanity” (named after the popular puzzle). I played in at least one in Rochester, NY in 1977-81.
Here in Sacramento, where summer highs often top out well above 100 degrees, we had a tournament named ‘Hot Summer Days’ in August. That was one of the coolest weekends of the summer, with highs in the low or mid 80s.
Michael Aigner
There was a series of monthly tournaments that used to be held on a college campus in North Carolina that had my favorite tournament name which was
“Phi Kappa Blanca”