The tournament schedule for the rest of the Spring has been posted. By popular demand, we will make an effort to finish all rounds by 10pm starting in April.
Due to low turnout the last few weeks and overwhelming requests for earlier finish times to tournaments, the last Quad and 4 Rated Games Tonight have been cancelled. We will have a special Amateur Team East Warmup in its place. Its a couple rounds of G60 d10, starting at 730p and will be all finished before 10p.
Hey all! Just a reminder that Vassar College is back in session, so arrive early for the best spots for our quads. We also have room 104 back for the remainder of the season (104 is the room next to the club locker). We will also try to play the games in 104 as much we can to avoid disturbing the professor next to 101 between now and next month’s DCC. 104 also happens to be a slightly brighter room than 101 as well.
Ernie Johnson (6.5) upset Chris Brooks’ (9) run at a perfect tournament by splitting in the last round of this double round robin. Trevor Brooks scored 5/10, while JJ Oracz chipped in with 4/10.
Today was our 4 games event tonight, shortened to three games as almost everyone took a last round bye. Everyone seems to like having things wrapped up before 10…something to think about. Back to the tournament, we had our first upset of the year as Trevor Brooks drew club champion Chris Brooks in round 2. They ended up tying for 1st with 2.5/3 while Michael Mendez scored 2/3. Next week is our blitz, its back to G5.
Our 4 Games @ Poughkeepsie tournament (G20 d10) has two start times:
4-SS, Registration at 630, Round 1 at 7. 3-SS, Registration at 730, Round 2 at 8.
Happy New Year to our members and followers! A reminder that we will return on January 8 at 630 PM for our four rated games tournament! Also, the blitz on January 15 has a time control of Game 5, no delay. It will still be a double swiss, double round robin if there are six or less players.
Merry Christmas from the Vassar-Chadwick Chess Club staff to our family, friends, members and followers! See you on January 8.
Our inaugural 4 Games @ Poughkeepsie got off to a slow start, with only four players showing up for the 7 PM start. Relative newcomer Rudolph Van Dommele won the converted quad with 2.5/3 total. Ernie Johnson finished with 2/3. Our next 4-game event is January 8, again starting at 7.
For those that might be confused by this new pilot format, we start these 4-game events at 7. If you cannot make it for 7, you can come at regular time and still play three games (1/2 point bye for round 1). Those that have to leave early (parents with kids) can do so after round 3, which finished today at 9:45 PM. The time control for all rounds is Game 20 with 10 second delay.
Chris Brooks and Sandhya Sudarsanam won their respective quads with perfect 3-0 scores! Sandhya upset newcomer Joshua Chapman in the final round to take 1st in that quad. I apologize for the incorrect post last week, but next week the first round will begin at 7PM. Registration will get going around 6:30. A bye is available for the first or last round.