Please CLICK HERE to read the obituary of a good friend of the club (and three time Dutchess County Chess Champion) who passed away earlier this month. As mentioned in the obit, there is an Eric Horsboll Memorial Fund, part … Continue reading
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Newcomer “Untapped_Potential” didn’t leave much untapped, as he cruised through the 5 round Swiss – winning all games, and boasting a 2260 performance rating! The real person behind Untapped_Potential, Nick, is eager to play OTB once that becomes possible again. … Continue reading
This upcoming Monday, the first online tournament of 2021 for our club, will take place starting at 8pm. A 5 round 10min + 5sec increment event. On lichess.org as always – if you are not a member of our club … Continue reading
The Fabiano Caruana Swiss (6 round, 10 min + 5/sec inc) is scheduled for Monday 12/21, starting at 8pm. Hope to see you there!Link to Tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/FAsWoVel … Continue reading
The Wesley So Swiss took place on Monday night – not in the illustrious halls of Vassar College, but online, lichess.org to be precise. Seven players participated, and it was a strong field (over 1900 average rating). After six rounds, … Continue reading
The second lichess event for our club will take place Monday 12/14, starting at 7pm. It is a 6 round Swiss, Game 10 + 5 second increment.The only requirement is that you are a member of our club. Link to … Continue reading
Trevor Brooks captured first place (4/5, 2247 performance) in the first online club tournament that finished less than an hour ago. Seven players participated in the 5 round (G/15) event. Second place went to Robert Wehrli (3.5, 2177 performance) and … Continue reading
No, it isn’t at Vassar, but on lichess.org. If you are already a member of the Vassar-Chadwick team page, you will see the tournament listed on the page. It was created by Ernie, is a 4 round swiss (15 min … Continue reading
Direct link to tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/C78IVATEStarts at 8pm. Each club should have at least 10 members participating (as the top 10 scores from each club are used to calculate the winning team).You need to register on lichess.org (if you have not … Continue reading
Sad news to report. Andrew Lawson, who played in over a dozen events at Vassar-Chadwick between 2000 and 2017, passed away earlier this month. You can find his obituary on Poughkeepsie Journal. If any of you have games where you … Continue reading