Author: Chris Brooks

We have leftover shirts for sale from the Amateur Team East!  They are $15 apiece (what we paid for each of them), and sizes include L, XL and 2X while supplies last.

Our annual club meeting will take place on March 5 at 645p.  We will elect new club officers to one year terms.  President, Vice President, Treasurer titles return, Online Manager and Assistant Chief TD will be new titles.  The Secretary will be abolished.  The online manager will oversee operations with social media, club contacts, and…

Our flagship tournament begins next Monday!  Please be there by 715p for registration.  Will Colin Denniston defend his title.  Is this the year young upstarts Trevor Brooks and John Weigand finally make noise for the club’s biggest prize?  Stay tuned to find out – or better yet participate!

ATE 2018 final:   VC’s Brook Endings ended the tournament with 3.5/6, a half point out of tying for first u2000. Trevor Brooks lost in the final round in his bid for a 6-0 tournament and a prize. Chris Brooks powered his way to a win over NM Sandi Hutama, finishing 2-2 against masters in…

Darius Jafary won the Amateur East Warmup, winning both his games, including an upset win against Bob Simmons last Monday.  We had two new kids show up to play, welcome Joshua Park and Konner Johnson!  A reminder that the club is closed next Monday, February 19 due to the Amateur Team East.  The Dutchess County…

The tournament schedule for the rest of the Spring has been posted.  By popular demand, we will make an effort to finish all rounds by 10pm starting in April.

Due to low turnout the last few weeks and overwhelming requests for earlier finish times to tournaments, the last Quad and 4 Rated Games Tonight have been cancelled.  We will have a special Amateur Team East Warmup in its place.  Its a couple rounds of G60 d10, starting at 730p and will be all finished…

Hey all!  Just a reminder that Vassar College is back in session, so arrive early for the best spots for our quads.  We also have room 104 back for the remainder of the season (104 is the room next to the club locker).  We will also try to play the games in 104 as much…

Ernie Johnson (6.5) upset Chris Brooks’ (9) run at a perfect tournament by splitting in the last round of this double round robin.  Trevor Brooks scored 5/10, while JJ Oracz chipped in with 4/10.

Today was our 4 games event tonight, shortened to three games as almost everyone took a last round bye.  Everyone seems to like having things wrapped up before 10…something to think about.  Back to the tournament, we had our first upset of the year as Trevor Brooks drew club champion Chris Brooks in round 2. …