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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 played against Andrew that you’d like to share, please let me know (contact via Facebook).

If you haven’t joined lichess and the Vassar-Chadwick club yet, welcome back to the world as you must have been living under a rock for the last couple months! If you do want to join now – please, please, give your real name in the request, so I know who you are. We want to…

The third Hudson Valley match is scheduled to take place on lichess.org. for 8pm on Thursday September 3rd. If you haven’t joined lichess.org yet, please do so – it is entirely free. And once you do, head over to the Team page and request to join. Provide your real name in the request (only I…

The USCF recently voted to provide Chapter 10 of the latest rule book, which covers online play, available for free download. Lot of important information for tournament directors and those interested in played rated chess online. Get it here. [PDF document]

Bob Simmon’s brave experiment in bringing back over-the-board chess completed this weekend, and while only five people attended they all enjoyed the experience. Bob should be commended for trying to bring a semblance of normalcy to the game we all love. Trevor Brooks won the event with a perfect score (3-0), defeating Sean Russell, Mark…

The Westchester and Rockland chess clubs have invited us again for the monthly Hudson Valley Team Battle on lichess.org. Reminder that you need to sign up at lichess – it is free – and then request to join the Vassar-Chadwick team page (when making your request to join please let me know your real name,…

No, this is not a typo or an April Fool’s joke. The Millerton Chess Club is holding the 5th annual Millerton Chess Open, to be held outdoors at the Amenia Fish and Game club. The tournament takes place August 16th, with registration starting at 9am. It is a three round G/75 Swiss, first round starting…

Reminder: Those interested in playing online as a club (not USCF rated), please join our team here: https://lichess.org/team/vassar-chadwick-chess-club (when you request to join, please share your real name so that we know you are a member). The Westchester chess club has been running tournaments with neighboring clubs online, and last month invited us to our…

The following is being shared on behalf of NM Natan Prilleltensky, an invitation to participate in what looks to be an incredible chess camp experience: I am working with some of the best-known coaches in the country to offer two sessions of online summer chess camp: The first session is August 3rd to 7th, the…

We were recently invited to join a multi-club online tournament, and will be playing members of the Westchester and Rockland clubs on lichess.org. The tournament is scheduled for Thursday June 4th starting at 8pm. Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/1Q1JOwr1 If you have not joined lichess yet, please do so – and just as importantly, you…