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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…

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 Brooks 3rd – Craig Fisher Top Class A – George Oliveras Top Class B –…

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 the 1700 rating line achieving his new high of 1731. See the wall chart at…

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 to other schedule commitments and conflicts on Saturday, but those things will be ironed out by…

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 win in a Caro-Kann, while GM Benjamin’s Amateur Team East teammate Ernie Johnson (2011) managed…