Tim Just

Tim Just is a National Tournament Director and the chief editor of both the fifth and sixth editions of the Official Rules of Chess. He is the co-author of My Opponent Is Eating a Doughnut (available from Amazon and US Chess as a paperback and from Amazon as an e-book). He is the longtime chair of the Tournament Director Certification Committee, current vice-chair of the TDCC, and a longtime Rules Committee member. His byline has appeared on TD Corner and Rulebook Tactics columns. His work has...See more

Tim Just is a National Tournament Director and the chief editor of both the fifth and sixth editions of the Official Rules of Chess. He is the co-author of My Opponent Is Eating a Doughnut (available from Amazon and US Chess as a paperback and from Amazon as an e-book). He is the longtime chair of the Tournament Director Certification Committee, current vice-chair of the TDCC, and a longtime Rules Committee member. His byline has appeared on TD Corner and Rulebook Tactics columns. His work has appeared in Chess Life. He facilitates both rules and tournament director workshops. He has performed countless stints as a staff member or chief TD at national, state, and local scholastic and adult tournaments. He is a longtime US Chess Delegate and recipient of the US Chess Outstanding Career Achievement, US Chess Tournament Director of the Year, and US Chess Committee of the Year awards. See less