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  • Status of Growing Leaves Swiss after 2 Rounds

    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        1.5 4.      Bob Simmons     10104424            1800      W9         H—        1.5 5.      Bill McGreevy…

  • Congratulations to Colin Denniston, Dutchess County Chess Champion!

    Colin is most likely the youngest champion in club history, and he earned his victory by beating 2014 champion (and club president) Chris Brooks in the final round to take the crown. An impressive performance from the young man. Trophy winners (final score): First Place                  Colin Denniston (4.5) Second Place             Chris Brooks (4.0) Under…

  • DCC After Round 4

    [pdf-embedder url=”http://vassar-chadwick.com/club/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DCC_Round_4.pdf”] As shown above, Chris Brooks stands alone at 4, with Colin Denniston right behind with 3.5 points. One round remains in this year’s DCC!

  • DCC after Round 3

    [pdf-embedder url=”http://vassar-chadwick.com/club/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DCC_Round_3.pdf”] Round 4 is next Monday, March 20!  A couple showdowns on the first two boards will be likely. The Grand Prix will be updated again after the conclusion of the tournament.

  • Grand Prix as of March 6

    Updated Vassar Chadwick Grand Prix Current Standings of March 6: Leo Freyvert – 67 Craig Fisher – 60 Trevor Brooks – 59 George Oliveras – 48 JJ Oracz – 41 Michael Mendez – 32 Chris Brooks – 30 Ernie Johnson – 28 Colin Denniston – 23 Rasit Topaloglu – 22 Ori Raz – 21 Seamus…

  • 2017 Annual Club Meeting Results

    Annual Meeting Results: Chris Brooks retained his role as President for 2017. Craig Fisher did the same for Vice President. Ditto for Ernie Johnson as Secretary and Michael O’Connor for Treasurer. Ernie Johnson and Bob Simmons were added as tournament directors. Some cost saving measures introduced last fall allowed us to roughly break even even while…

  • Wall chart after Rd 2 of 2017 DCC

        Name/Rtng/lD Rd 1 Rd 2 1 Chris Brooks 2114 1266518 B  13 W  12 1.0 2.0 2 Leo Freyvert 2065  15388062 W 15 B   5 1.0 1.0 3 Colin Denniston 2027 14196285 B 16 W 22 1.0 2.0 4 Ernie Johnson 2005 10089115 W  17 B 24 1.0 2.0 5 Mark Courtney 2000…

  • Club meeting and 2nd round DCC update

    Full disclosure: The writer of this post was not able to attend the 2nd round and annual club meeting, so everything here is a matter of hearsay. From trusted sources, but still…. Before the round, club business was discussed. There will perhaps be a more in-depth report on that. For now, we just have the…

  • Updated Vassar Chadwick Grand Prix

    Updated Vassar Chadwick Grand Prix Current Standings of February 20: Leo Freyvert – 63 Trevor Brooks – 55 Craig Fisher – 55 George Oliveras – 46 JJ Oracz – 36 Michael Mendez – 29 Chris Brooks – 24 Ernie Johnson – 22 Ori Raz – 20 Rasit Topaloglu – 18 Seamus Gould – 17 Colin…

  • Winter Blitz Final

    NM Max Lu won our Winter Blitz with a score of 7/8. Chris Brooks came in second with 6/8, losing in a last second time scramble to Max (therefore only gaining a split). Archie Dore came in third with 5/8. Thanks to all for came and showing the world our club is more than just…