Author: Chris Brooks

A few players ventured on down to Stamford to play in last weekend’s open tournament.  In the Open Section, 2017 DCC Champion Colin Denniston scored two nice wins against IM Justin Sarkar and NM Nathan Resika, and finished with 2.5/5 overall.  Meanwhile down in the Under 1710 section  JJ Oracz finished in a three-way tie…

Here are the results from the latest round at our club championship (white listed first): (2106) Leo Freyvert 0.5-0.5 Chris Brooks (2053) (2071) Colin Denniston 1-0 Ernie Johnson (1924) (1987) Robert Fanshel 1-0 Michael O’Connor (1739) (1872) Rasit Topaloglu 1-0 JJ Oracz (1638) (1783) Darius Jafary 0-1 Peter Barkman (1872) (1218) Taylor Dean 0-1 Robert…

Below are the results from round 2: (1872) Peter Barkman 0-1 Leo Freyvert (2114) (2053) Chris Brooks1-0 Rasit Topaloglu (1872) (1924) Ernie Johnson 1-0 Darius Jafary (1783) (1811) Robert Simmons 0-1 Colin Denniston (2071) (902) Sandhva Sudarsanam 0-1 Robert Fanshel (1987) (1237) Ori Raz 0-1 Chris Keefe (1840) (1739) Michael O’Connor 1-0 Shreva Sudarsanam (852)…

Here are the round 1 results for our inaugural Club Championship: (2114) Leo Freyvert 1-0 Harry Stenger (1744) (1626) Seamus Gould 0-1 Chris Brooks (2053) (1987) Robert Fanshel 0.5-0.5 Ori Raz (1237) (1924) Ernie Johnson 1-0 Taylor Dean (1218) (unr) Michael Guse 0-1 Peter Barkman (1872) (1872) Rasit Topaloglu 1-0 Shivansh Patel (1065) (unr) David…

Our club is looking for willing participants to represent us in the 2018 Amateur Team East over President’s Day weekend.  We would like to bring at least two teams of four down to Parsippany.  This year, the club is willing to pay the entry fee for each team, leaving each participant with just hotel, food…

On the eve of our first club championship, I would like to share some thoughts on the relaunch so far: Attendance jumped 35% during our Poughkeepsie Fall Open compared to the Turning Leaves from years past with several first time players showing up.  However, we did not draw any current masters with our free promotion…

Our Chadwick Grand Prix has been updated with the latest results, and this year’s rule changes.  Our schedule has been updated through the Dutchess County Championship, with some minor bonus GP point prizes changes from the schedule distributed last week to most events.  Trophies from the Poughkeepsie Fall Open should be ready next Monday.

John Maxwell Weigand (286[!]) won the inaugural Poughkeepsie Fall Open with a final score of 3.5/4, drawing only expert Chris Brooks (2062).  JJ Oracz (1638) won the u1900 with a score of 3/4, edging out Trevor Brooks (1697) on tiebreaks after drawing Leo Freyvert (2106) in the final round.  Newcomer Taylor Dean (1218) edged out…

As usual, many of our club players make the trip up to Albany for the annual New York State Championship hosted by CCA.  Brandon Wang scored a respectable 2.5/6 in the Open section, with little change to his post rating.  Bobby Sulman finished with 1.5/4 before dropping out. Meanwhile in the u2100 section, Ernie Johnson…

After our summer vacation at Marist (and our first time at Donnelly Hall), the club will relaunch with new events, time controls and prizes.  A lot of time, thought and feelings (some hurt) were put into this overhaul to ensure the club’s survival over 80+ years, and we intend to be here for the Hudson…