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With a last round victory over previously undefeated Mark Courtney, NM Matan Prilleltensky has won the 2019 Dutchess County Chess Championship with 4.5 out of 5. Mark takes 2nd on tiebreaks (4/5), followed by Trevor Brooks (who defeated Ernie) and JJ Oracz (1737 pre-tournament rating) with an impressive last round win over Rudy. See below…

The Memorial Tournament will be hosted this year at the Coldenham-Newburgh RP Church on April 13th. 3 Round G60 d5Rounds10:00 12:30 2:45  EF $8.00Trophies 1st, 2nd and Top BoosterTD Ernie Johnson (for questions, 845 926-0804, or at the day of the tournament, 845 564-3924) 469 Coldenham Rd Walden NY 12586

A few current and past club members ventured up to Rochester this St. Patty’s weekend to participate in this year’s Marchand Open. FM Bobby Sulman finished up with 4.0/5, which was good enough to tie for 3rd with five others, including GM Shabalov and current DCC top rated NM Matan Prilleltensky. Mat also played to…

With one round to go, Mark Courtney leads the DCC with a perfect score. On his tail, with 3.5, is NM Matan Prilleltensky. Mark and Matan are destined to meet next week. A four way tie for third place, with 3/4, are Rudolf Van Dommele, Ernie Johnson, Trevor Brooks and JJ Oracz. See below for…

Sharing info on our neighbor scholastic chess organization to the South… Haldane Spring Chess Tournament Saturday, March 30th, 2019 15 Craigside Drive, Cold Spring, NY (Haldane High School) Haldane’s parking lot available! Come support Haldane Chess! Haldane’s Chess Team is going to Dallas this year for the Junior High School Nationals in April. The purpose…

The results of the elections are as follows   President Ernie Johnson   Vice President Bob Simmons   Treasurer Mike O’Connor   Secretary Ernie Johnson   Web Master Scott Strattner Suggestions included 1.Promoting Women chess locally 2.Perhaps introducing more Saturday tournaments 3.Move start of DCC from late February to late March 4.Talk of a simul.…

Name ID Rtng Rd I Rd2 Rd 3 Tot 1 Matan Prilleltensky 12893934 2271 W17 W6 W5 3 2 Mark Courtney 11403387 1992 W16 W8 W7 3 3 JJ Oracz 16069823 1737 H- W22 W13 2.5 4 Ayman Haoula 14624013 1993 W18 W19 H- 2.5 5 Rudolf  Van Dommele 12615632 2013 W15 W10 L1 2.0…

—————————————————————–  Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|     1 | ERNEST TRAINOR JOHNSON          |3.0  |W   4|W   8|W   3|       2 | MARK G COURTNEY                 |2.5  |H    |W   9|W   7|       3 | TREVOR WILLIAM BROOKS           |2.0  |W   9|W   7|L   1|       4 | THOMAS MARVULLO                 |1.5  |L   1|H    |W  10|       5…

On a cold night in January 5 players competed in a double round blitz with Trevor Brooks winning first place and Mark Courtney winning 2nd place. Trevor Brooks     6 1/2; Mark Courtney   5 1/2; Rasit Topaloglu   4; Darius Jaffary   2; JJ Oracz    2.

Three players finished with 3 points out of a possible 4. Congratulations to Bob Wehrli who won first place on tie breaks over Leo Freyvert and Mark Courtney. And congratulations to Tom Marvullo who won the Top booster prize with a score of 2.5. ———————————————————————–              Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|           | Pts |  1 …