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The recently completed Bradley Open, which took place July 17-19 in Windsor Locks, CT, featured a couple members from our club. ‘Featured’ in an understatement, as one of them just missed placing in the money. Yes, 2014 Vassar-Chadwick Champion Chris Brooks finished with 4 out of 5 and just outside a share of 1st in…

Ernst T. Johnson, Jr. won 5 games and drew 1 out of a possible 7 games to win this challenging Round Robin.  Eight players competed with three rated  experts, two A Players, and three B players. A very nice competitive tournament!  Brandon Wang qualifies to win the Booster Trophy and the Biggest Upset Trophy.  However our club policy…

Will Fisher scored a perfect score of 4 – 0 to win the heralded Summer Solstice Swiss Chess tournament held at Marist College.  Special congratulations to Richard Whearty for winning the Booster Section with a score of 2 wins and 2 losses.  Will Karafelis is making a habit of winning the biggest upset trophy by defeating…

Once again Marist College has agreed to host us for the summer!  We are very thankful! Please join us for some exciting tournament chess this summer in room DYSON 113.  The first tournament is listed below but the whole schedule is listed under the SCHEDULE tab. June 1, 8, 15, & 22  Four  Round Swiss.  …

William had a strong 3 wins and 0 losses performance in the Vassar-Chadwick May 2015 3-round Swiss.  Leo Freyvert was second place with a 2 – 1 mark.  Goerge Oliveras won the Booster section trophy on tie breaks and Will Karafelis won the biggest upset trophy.

In a strong field of 3 experts, 3 A-players, and 4 others, Eric Horsboll stood all alone with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.  Alqi “Archie” Dore won the Booster Section with 2 wins and 2 draws and Mike Mendez won the BIGGEST Upset!  Everyone who played said they had a great time.  🙂 The…

Congratulations to Ernie Johnson who had a perfect 3 – 0 score on the way to becoming the 2015 Memorial Chess Champion.  Three people tied for 2nd place with 2 points.  Leonid Freyvert took the 2nd place trophy home based on tiebreaks over Lonnie Kwartler and Peter Barkman. A 4-round Quick, G/15 d3 tournament  will be…

After three postponements due to SNOW we finally completed the Year of the Goat Swiss! Yea! William Fisher scored 3 wins and no losses taking first place.  A tremendous battle took place between Ernie Johnson and Leo Freyvert, two top experts, which, while ending in a draw, provided much exciting chess to watch!. Darius Jafary won the “Booster”…

COLDENHAM VASSAR –CHADWICK MEMORIAL CHESS TOURNAMENT!! SATURDAY APRIL 25,2015 TIME CONTROL: G/40;d5 REGISTRATION: 9:30AM-10AM EF: $8.00   USCF MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED* ROUNDS: 10AM, 11:45AM, 1:45PM AND 3:30PM TROPHIES: FIRST, SECOND, TOP IN EACH CLASS WITH 4  or more entrants. See www.vassar-chadwick.com for details See www.uschess.org for USCF membership info* Coldenham Reformed Presbyterian Church 469 Coldenham Rd. Walden,NY…