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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
The final results for the Equalized Match Pairings last night are as follows: Rasit vs George 1-1 JJ vs Darius 1-1 Steven v Ori 1-1 Our winners for the 2016-2017 Chadwick Grand Prix: 1st – Leo Freyvert 2nd – Trevor … Continue reading
Leo Freyvert wins 4 straight games to take the “Growing Leaves” tournament by storm. In the final round Bob Simmons mounted a mating attack that fell short and Leo prevailed. Rasit Topaloglu won the U1900 prize. Notably Trevor Brooks crossed … Continue reading
NM Dore Sheppard (3.5/4) went through the field, capturing first by winning all games except a final round draw against runner up Albert Lawrence (3/4). Peter Barkman (2.5/4) and Howard Jacobus (1/4) also won prizes. Turnout did disappoint this year due … Continue reading
GM Joel Benjamin gave an interesting endgame lecture than played nearly 30 players simultaneously. Players all played with the black pieces, but were allowed to “play” Mr. Benjamin’s first move (1.e4, 1.d4, or 1.c4). Colin Denniston (2081) secured the only … Continue reading
Standings. Chadwick Growing Leaves: Growing Leaves SWISS Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot 1. Rasit Topaloglu 14724540 1834 W10 W7 2.0 2. Leonid Freyvert 15388062 2065 W15 W6 2.0 3. Trevor Brooks 15363983 1636 W12 D8 … Continue reading