Ernie has been providing regular updates, so I uploaded the pictures to our gallery. I’ll be adding to them as I get more in. Visit it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vassar-chadwick/sets/72157641081711055/ Team B in action … Continue reading
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A total of 20 players participated in the Year of the Horse Swiss. Although a short affair with only three rounds, there was plenty of action. The leader after 2 rounds, Colin, was unfortunately not able to play in the … Continue reading
And by blurry I am just poking fun at Ernie’s cell phone pictures. I hope Craig sees the smothered mate threat! Round 1 Report: Team A drew and Team B (paired up), lost a close match Better luck to … Continue reading
After two rounds, Colin Denniston has the only perfect score, and sits alone in first place (2/2). A logjam follows at 1.5, with Chris Brooks, Scott Strattner, Courtney Denniston, Ernie Johnson, and David Antonucci. It was a very nice turnout … Continue reading
The fourth annual generational battle, Young vs Old, was played on Monday (Jan 20th). Twelve players, split up based on birth date into 6 player teams, competed in a one G/75 match to determine whether the decrepit elders could hold … Continue reading
Fourteen players competed in the first tournament of 2014. A welcome harbinger of a fruitful year? Or did people just want to get out of the cold and warm up by the radiators in room 104 of Rockefeller Hall? In … Continue reading
After two rounds of the Deep Freeze Swiss (G/25 + 3 sec delay), top seed Ernie Johnson and Dr. Craig Fisher are the only ones with a perfect score. Eleven players are participating (so far); new players are welcome to … Continue reading
Not much to say, except that the 2014 schedule (covering January through March, including the Dutchess County Championship) is now posted. You know where to find it, right? Copies of the schedule will be available at the club, for those … Continue reading
Seventeen players participated in the last tournament of the year, the three round (G/75 + d/5) Winter Swiss. Among the players were two newcomers to USCF chess, Seamus Gould and Gautam Mekkat. Welcome to tournament chess and Vassar-Chadwick, and I … Continue reading
It was a small turnout, but just enough to field a quad. Scott, David, George, and Michael Mendez participated. When the dust had settled, there was a 3-way tie for first place (Scott, David, Michael), with 2 point apiece. None … Continue reading