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David Antonucci finished on top of an 8 man field with a perfect score of 7 wins and no losses.  Newcomer Alqi ‘Archie’ Dore won the “Booster class” with a score of 5.5 – 1.5.  George Oliveras won the biggest upset prize with a win over perennial Blitz guru Eric Horsboll.  Thanks for participating everyone! …

Ernie Johnson graciously agreed to host this 4 Round Swiss tournament at his church in Walden, NY on Saturday April 25. Time Control: G/40; d5. Registration: 9:30 AM – 10 AM.  Entry Fee: $8.00 Rounds:  10 AM,  11:45 AM,  1:45 PM, and 3:30 PM. Trophies:  First, Second, Top in each class with 4 or more…

More information (including entire wallchart/standings and official trophy results) to follow later, but here are the top standings, by class: Will Fisher 1st Mark Courtney 2nd Leonid Freyvert Top Expert Colin Denniston Top A Michael O’connor Top B Hernan Salazar Top C Thanks to Michael O’Connor for running the event.

2015 DCC – Standings After Round 4      # Name                                        I Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd4 Tot 1 Mark Courtney 1866 W26 W11 W5 W4 4.0 2 ColinDenniston 1980 W14 W12 D3 W9 3.5 3 William Fisher 2433 W23 W19 D2 W8 3.5 4 Hernan Salazar 1565 W20 W10 W18 L1…

DCC 2015  Wall Chart after completion of Round 4 Name/Rtng/ID   Rd 1  Rd 2   Rd 3   Rd 4 1 William Fisher B  17 W  11 B    7 W    5 2433 12910347   1.0   2.0     2.5       3.5 2 Leonid Freyvert B  18 W  27 W  19 B  14 2039   15388062   0.0  1.0     2.0      3.0 3 Ayman Haoula W  19 W  24 B  26 B  23 2019   14624013   0.5  0.5     1.5      2.5 4 Ernie Johnson B …

Want to know the standings so far? Here you go! Mark Courtney (1866) and Hernan Salazar (1565) share first place, with a perfect 3.0 Colin Denniston (1980), Chris Brooks (2003), William Fisher (2433), and Craig Fisher (1840) each have 2.5 Michael O’Connor (1653), Ernie Johnson (2013), Robert Simmons (1800), Keith D’Elia (1668), Seamus Gould (1580),…

Before the 2nd round of the 2015 Dutchess County Chess Championship, the annual club meeting was held. The agenda covered election of club officers, a summary of the member survey, overview of suggestions, the treasurer’s report, and an open discussion of ideas. A. Election After announcing the end of his 2nd term, the outgoing president…

If you can only attend a few major chess tournaments a year, you would do well to put the US Amateur Team East (USATE) on your short list. A unique team event, where a scrub has a chance to play against a GM, and where if you are willing to humiliate yourself by performing a skit…

According to the evil meteorologists, this Monday may be yet another snowy mess, with a Winter Storm Warning until Tuesday morning. The ill-fated Year of the Goat Swiss was originally a three round G/75 event, but that turned into a two round Swiss, which was also cancelled, and now hopes are on a one day…

Due to the inclement weather we have not been able to host chess the last two weeks (tonight the Vassar campus is essentially shut down), which means no Year of the Goat Swiss. Sorry. Instead, the intrepid (or unlucky) TD, Dr. Craig Fisher, will look to run a 4 round Quick Swiss next Monday. Details…