When the weather is good, the outdoor play at the Parc des Bastions is a great experience. Without any rain and with very pleasant temperatures, we were able to make the best use of the place, playing there until very late in the night both on Sunday and Monday.
Sunday's traditional bughouse on giant boards did not last as long as usual, with all players already exhausted after a few games ; the population of the gathering seems to be aging ! The ping-pong was not very intensive either : now that there are pre-set nets on the three tables of the park, there are really a lot of people playing and it requires patience to get access to a table. Still, we managed some games both on Sunday and Monday.
But the straight bughouse was excellent ! As often, some bypassers took part to the game, so that we were clearly more numerous than when playing the tournament. Unlike the swiss reputation, chess players in Geneva do not seem to like fixed schedules.
As usual, Sunday and Monday are my personal best times, with the organisational work mostly behind, and this time no blocking bug or last-minute change. Ah well, we had forgotten to take the chess sets and clocks with us on Saturday night, but arranging to take them on Sunday morning was no headache.