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Happy New Year to all our members! The Grand Prix has been updated, check it out here. A reminder that next Monday, January 7 is a club holiday, no meeting scheduled.

Bob Simmons completed a perfect 4-0 tournament (!) by upsetting Ernie Johnson in the last round. Trevor Brooks and Darius Jafary tied for 2nd with 3.0/4 each. Congratulations to our winners. The Grand Prix will be updated soon after the official results come in from the TD. So Bob Simmons wins the First Place Trophy…

Many years ago the powers that be in the USCF went into agreement with a publishing company, giving them exclusive rights to the rules of the game (and all of the related standards, policies and procedures) as codified by US Chess. Which meant a Tournament Director (or any active player wanting to avoid issues) had…

We are passing along information from the Westchester Chess Club: We are saddened by the loss of our friend Joe and extend our condolences to family and friends. The WCC will host a memorial tournament in Joe’s honor. Thanks to Lou Saltaformaggio for the idea and the name – the Joe Guads. It will be…

The Winter and Spring schedule has been posted.  View it here.

Our Chadwick Grand Prix has been updated to a easier to view standings sort, and we were able to dig up final results for previous champions.  View them here

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.

Peter Barkman won the shorter than usual Falling Leaves Swiss with a score of 2.5/3.  Ernie Johnson, Trevor Brooks, Craig Fisher, and Harold Stenger followed with 2/3 each.  Our next event is the Holiday Leaves Swiss which features a normal four rounds.  Thanks to all who participated.

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 A prize with 4/5.  John Weigand and Hernan Salazar-Chala both finished up with 3/5 to…

I# Name/Rtng/1D Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 1 Ernest Tr Johnson 1989 10089115 (1922) W16 bye B   8 B 11 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 2 Mark G Courtney 1984 11403387 (1888) B17 w  9 B    7 w  8 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 3 Ayman Haoula 1984 14624013 (1849) W18 B10 W11 bye 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5…