Going into the last round, Ernie Johnson leads with 3.5 points (he has won all his games, taking a draw in the 3rd round in order to play in the USATE). Ayman and Darius have 3 points each, followed by … Continue reading
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The USCF is planning to roll out another rating system, for Blitz events, starting March 1st. The rule update document (link to PDF) outlines the new rating: Blitz rating system: Blitz has its own rating system. To be rated, the … Continue reading
Below are the standings after three rounds of the 2013 Dutchess County Championship. Ayman Haoula tops the list with the only perfect score, followed by Ernie and Darius (who is riding a hot streak), with 2.5 points each. The penultimate … Continue reading
Once again Vassar-Chadwick sent multiple teams to one of the most enjoyable tournaments of the year, the US Amateur Team East. Participants included the following (with their final score and rating change in parenthesis): Vassar-Chadwick.com (3.5) Board 1: Ernie Johnson (2, … Continue reading
Frequent visitors (they exist, right?) may have noticed that our site went off-line for a couple weeks. Our hosting provider suffered from a server failure, and our webmaster suffered from a lack of a reliable backup. But after some frantic … Continue reading