I’m surprised to not see the results of last weekends National Youth Action held in Brownsville, TX.
At last years tournament in St. Louis they actually announced the tournament was rated while they were giving out the trophies.
I haven’t even seen any place finishes.
Different organizers.
Phil Smith usually runs the back room for national scholastic events when the USCF is the organizer, he was not in Brownsville as the USCF was not the organizer (even though they are shown as the sponsoring affiliate on MSA.)
Phil has become a fanatic about trying to get the event rated as soon as possible after the last round ends.
Phil also takes care of posting round-by-round standings and pairings when he runs the back room, I don’t know if anyone on the staff in Brownsville took on that task.