Author: Chris Brooks

John Weigand easily swept through the field at the inaugural East Coast Open just west of Philadelphia with a perfect 7-0 in the u1300, netting $1200 in the process!  Chris Brooks recovered from a rough 1-2 start in the u2200 to end up with a respectable 4/7, drawing former NM Chris Welcome and the section…

Four players tied for 1st in the Poughkeepsie May Action.  2018 DCC Champion Rudy Van Dommele, Ayman Haoula, JJ Oracz and John Weigand all scored 3/4.  Trevor Brooks and Darius Jafary followed with 2/4.  John Weigand’s rating jumped 114 points from 1517 to 1631.  Thanks to all who participated, and to Craig Fisher and Michael…

Our summer schedule has been posted, with play commencing on June 4.  We will remain at Vassar College in room 104 (only) unless noted otherwise.  A note on a booster prize has been added to our FAQ.

John Weigand (3.5) beat Trevor Brooks (3.0) to capture clear first in the Poughkeepsie Spring Open!  Trevor, JJ Oracz and Leo Freyvert all tied for 2nd, with Trevor edging out the others on tiebreaks.  Trevor also officially wins this year’s Chadwick Grand Prix, and his name will be enshrined on the GP plaque on May…

Round 4, the final round, will consist of a showdown between Trevor Brooks (3/3) and John Weigand (2.5/3) for 1st.  Five others have scored 2/3 so far. [pdf-embedder url=”http://vassar-chadwick.com/club/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Rd-3-STANDINGS-2018.pdf” title=”Rd 3 STANDINGS 2018″]

NM Dore Sheppard swept through the field at the Coldenham Memorial with a perfect 3/3.  We hope to have another event this fall.

Here is the wall chart for the Poughkeepsie Spring Open: Wall Chart. Poughkeepsie Spring Open after Round 2 # Name/ /ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rtng Results 1 Leonid Freyvert     W 10 B 6 2077 1.0 1.5 2 Scott Strattner       B 11 W 9 1966 1.0 2.0 3 Ernest Johnson     bye W15 1908 0.5 1.0…

Wall Chart: Poughkeepsie Spring Open #          Name  /Rtng/ID         Rd 1 1          Leonid Freyvert           W 10 2077   15388062   (1978)         1.0 2          Scott Strattner             B 11 1966   12524932   (1986)         1.0 3          Ernest Johnson            bye 1908   10089115   (1960)         0.5 4          Rasit Topaloglu           W 12 1825   14724540   (1639)         0.0 5          Craig W Fisher            …

Ernie Johnson and Darius Jafary tied for 1st in our April Action, both with a score of 3/4!  Ron Holland and Trevor Brooks tied for the u1900, with 2/4.  Ori got the u1500 by himself with 1.5/4.  All prizes for this tournament were Grand Prix pts.  Congrats to our winners.  The Poughkeepsie Spring Open starts…

The Grand Prix has been updated, and everyone has been color coded into class “sections”.  Prizes will be announced soon, and again this year’s GP ends with games on May 7.  Prizes will be distributed on May 21.