Happy Thanksgiving from the club leadership to all our members!  The Grand Prix has been updated to reflect results of the recently completed Falling Leaves Swiss.  The next update will arrive somewhere between Christmas and New Years.

Trevor Brooks completed an undefeated tournament, winning our Club Championship with a final score of 4.5/5.  Very well done for our youngest champion ever!  Ayman Haoula secured a draw with Trevor in the final round to lock up the Class … Continue reading →

Published four times a year, Empire Chess is the official magazine for the New York State Chess Association. The current issue, Fall 2018 (click here), has a story on recently held NY State Championship. As our very own Chris Brooks … Continue reading →

E. Johnson      1989 W13  1.0 M. Courtney    1984 W14 1.0 A. Haoula       1984 W15 1.0 R.Simmons    1833 W16 1.0 T. Brooks        1819 W17 1.0 C. Fisher        1805 W18 1.0 R. Topaloglu   1792 W19 1.0 J. Oracz         1765 W20 1.0 J. … Continue reading →

John Weigand won the Poughkeepsie Fall Blitz with 12/13, only losing to Ernie Johnson, who managed 11/13.  Welcome to all our newcomers, we’re here almost every Monday (except holiday Mondays) from 7-11, with players arriving starting around 6:30 for skittles.  … Continue reading →