We had 15 to 17 players show up last night. I lost count.
Normally I try to "direct traffic" a little at the chess club. For example, if I see a couple of people standing around, I likely will suggest that they play each other. Sometimes people don't play because they are not aware that there is a chess set available. Likewise, I might suggest that two similarly strength players start a game.
However, there seems to a be a magic number, which is around 12 players, where things suddenly become chaotic and I lose any sense of control. That's not a problem, but things happen more organically, which is to say randomly. I don't even know for sure how many we had last night, because people were coming and going at all times
For example, I try to speak with new players and get contact information for them. However, we had three new players last night, and I only had a chance to speak to two of them.
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