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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 shared first place honors in the Under 2100 section, it was nice to see his…

The Keith Delia Memorial tournament has been added.  It will run on (Saturday) October 20 starting at 9:30 AM.  It will not be played at Vassar College, Rockefeller Hall.  Instead, it will run at Secretary Ernie’s church at 469 Coldenham Rd, Walden, NY 12586.  Thanks to Ernie Johnson for the space to run the event. …

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. Weigand     1753 W21 1.0 H. Salazar      1738 W22 1.0 B. Topczylko   unr   W12 1.0…

I would like to put a quick blurb on our parking situation near Rockefeller Hall (especially for the club championship/DCC weeks).  Our directions page is here to get to the area.  Once on that side road on campus, across from Rockefeller is a rectangular parking lot with about a half dozen spots (driving south its…

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.  A complete rundown of the event is below (out of a max score of 13):…

Several current and former members at our club (and neighboring Middletown) participated in this year’s NYS Championship up in Albany.  Here’s a rundown of the results (with prizes if any): U1500: Howard Jacobus, 4.0/6 U1500: Monroe Steindorf, 3.0/6 U1800: John Weigand, 4.0/6 U1800: Darius Jafary, 2.5/6 U2100: Chris Brooks, 5.0/6, T-1st U2100: Ernie Johnson, 4.0/6…

Our Autumn schedule has been added, and it will “kick off” on September 10.  Some events have been omitted temporarily but will be added soon!

John Weigand finished with a disappointing 3/4 in the u1800 section at the recently completed Bradley Open in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.  The upcoming NYS Championship over Labor Day weekend should feature quite a few regulars.  A reminder that the club will have a three week hiatus, with no meetings on Aug 20, 27 and Sept…

Ten players competed in the dual-rated (G/30 + 10 sec delay) Action Swiss. While the playing area at Vassar was hotter than a Native American sweat lodge, the action at the boards was even hotter. Well, at least that’s what I imagine a professional journalist writing. I’ll keep the hyperbole to a minimum from here…

Leo Freyvert won last week’s quick chess event with a perfect 3/3!  Ernie Johnson, Mark Courtney and Trevor Brooks finshed with 2/3 apiece.  We move on to an action event, details on results coming soon!