Author: Craig Fisher

Ernie Johnson scored an impressive 3 wins, no draws and no losses to win the Vassar-Chadwick May Quick tournament.  Leo Freyvert (2035), Michael Mendez (1626) and Will Karafelis (1252) tied for 2nd-4th with 2 points. Wall Chart.    VASSAR  MAY Quick  Name/Rtng/ID        Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3    Tot 1 Leonid Freyvert     B 5  W 7  W 4…

Leo Freyvert defeated Craig Fisher; Michael O’Connor defeated Richard Whearty and Trevor Brooks defeated Will Karafelis in the Equalized Pairings set of matches held at Vassar College Monday night May 23, 2016.  Congratulations to our winners! NOTICE:  The club will not Meet on Memorial Day but will resume on June 6 at Dyson Hall, room…

3 experts played in this nice tournament but Leo prevailed again with a perfect 4 wins, no losses and no draws.  The tournament finished last night and the wall chart and ratings are posted on the USCF Web site.

Leo Freyvert and Ernie Johnson each scored 2.5 points in the 3 round Vassar-Chadwick April Quick Swiss but Leo won top honors with on  tie breaks.  See wall chart below                              —————————————————————– 1 | LEONID FREYVERT    |2.5  |W   6|D   2|W   3| NY | 15388062 / Q: 2023   ->2034 —————————————————————– 2 | ERNEST JOHNSON     |2.5 |W 7|D 1|W…

Ernie Johnson scored 3 wins and 1 draw to take sole possession of first place   He was followed closely by Scott Strattner (2nd place) and Rudy van Dommele (top A Class) both scored 3 points. Nicholas Piaquadio and Darius Jafary tied for the Top B award with the trophy going to Nicholas on tie breaks.  …

Perhaps it was the snow or the NCAA Championship game but we had a low turnout for the equalized pairing matches.   The 4 who played had a great time with some very exciting games.. 1 | ROBERT A SIMMONS                  |1.0  |W  3| NY | 10104424 / R: 1807   ->1819 —————————————————– 2 | TREVOR WILLIAM BROOKS        |1.0  |W  4|…

VASSAR –CHADWICK MEMORIAL CHESS TOURNAMENT!! Saturday April 9, 2016 TIME CONTROL: G/50;d5 REGISTRATION: 9:00AM-9:25AM EF: $10.00;    USCF MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED ROUNDS: 9:30AM, 11:30AM, 2:00PM AND 4:00 PM TROPHIES: FIRST, SECOND, TOP IN EACH CLASS WITH >=4 entrants. See www.uschess.org for USCF membership information Coldenham Reformed Presbyterian Church,  469 Coldenham Rd. Walden,NY 12586 DIRECTIONS: (From route 84,…

35 members participated in the Grand Prix which ran at the Vassar-Chadwick Chess Club from September until the completion of the 38th Annual Dutchess County Championship.  Leo Freyvet topped all comers with 85 points while Chris Brooks finished 2nd with 68 points.  Mike Mendez who played in every tournament for a whole year capped the…

The results are :   http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201603214142-10124743 Here are the prize winners: Dutchess County Champion:    Mark Courtney Second Place:                           Ernie Johnson Expert Class Prize:                    Chris Brooks Class A Prize:                            Ayman Haoula Class B Prize:                           George Oliveras Class C Prize:                            Tom Marvullo Under 1200 Prize:                      Trevor Brooks

SwissSys Wall Chart. DCC2016  Name/Rtng/ID      Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4  Tot  1 Leonid Freyvert W 2   B 7   W 18 B11 2054   15388062  1.0   1.0     2.0   3.0    3.0  2 Chris Brooks      bye   B 11  W16 B 4 2052   12666518   0.5  1.5     2.5   3.0    3.0 3 Scott Strattner   W16  B 18    —-   —- 2026   12524932   0.5   0.5     0.5  0.5    0.5  4 Colin Denniston  B14  W 8    B 6…