Congratulations to Colin Denniston, Dutchess County Chess Champion!

Posted on by April 3, 2017

Colin is most likely the youngest champion in club history, and he earned his victory by beating 2014 champion (and club president) Chris Brooks in the final round to take the crown. An impressive performance from the young man.

Trophy winners (final score):

First Place                  Colin Denniston (4.5)
Second Place             Chris Brooks (4.0)
Under 1900                Michael Mendez (3.5)
Under 1600                 Tom Marvullo (2.0)

DCC is always tough, but this year featured 5 players with a pre-tournament rating of 2000 or higher – making Colin’s achievement (and those of the other trophy winners) even more impressive.

Trophies will be presented some time in April. See below for final standings, and Click Here for the USCF crosstable.

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Grand Prix as of March 6

Posted on by March 17, 2017

Updated Vassar Chadwick Grand Prix
Current Standings of March 6:
Leo Freyvert – 67
Craig Fisher – 60
Trevor Brooks – 59
George Oliveras – 48
JJ Oracz – 41
Michael Mendez – 32
Chris Brooks – 30
Ernie Johnson – 28
Colin Denniston – 23
Rasit Topaloglu – 22
Ori Raz – 21
Seamus Gould – 21
Bob Simmons – 21
Thomas Marvullo – 18
Courtney Denniston – 14
Keith D’Elia – 12
Richard Whearty – 12
Ayman Haoula – 10
Mitch Barden – 9
Alqi Dore – 9
John Dermgrdichian – 8
Wil Karafelis – 7
Ian Remsen – 7
Mark Courtney – 6
Tyler Landsman – 5
Eric Horsboll – 5
Steven Strocchia-Rivera – 4
Scott Strattner – 3
Jack Barnum – 2
Gavin Briggs – 2
Ken Evans – 2
Darius Jafary – 2
Monroe Steindorf – 1
Harold Stenger – 1
John Williams – 1

The prize structure for this year’s Grand Prix is as follows:

  • 1st – Trophy and name on plaque
  • 2nd – Trophy
  • Class A, B, C – Trophy

Class prizes will be based upon the maximum live rating from Labor Day through the final Equalized Match Pairings on May 15.  We will have a ceremony on May 22, and perhaps a small party (before or after the blitz tournament).

2017 Annual Club Meeting Results

Posted on by March 17, 2017

Annual Meeting Results:

Chris Brooks retained his role as President for 2017. Craig Fisher did the same for Vice President. Ditto for Ernie Johnson as Secretary and Michael O’Connor for Treasurer. Ernie Johnson and Bob Simmons were added as tournament directors.

Some cost saving measures introduced last fall allowed us to roughly break even even while subsidizing last year’s Michael Rohde lecture and simul. From the Growing Leaves Swiss forward, all “significant” tournaments will appear in the TLA.

Wall chart after Rd 2 of 2017 DCC

Posted on by March 10, 2017
 

  Name/Rtng/lD Rd 1 Rd 2
1 Chris Brooks 2114 1266518 B  13 W  12
1.0 2.0
2 Leo Freyvert 2065  15388062 W 15 B   5
1.0 1.0
3 Colin Denniston 2027 14196285 B 16 W 22
1.0 2.0
4 Ernie Johnson 2005 10089115 W  17 B 24
1.0 2.0
5 Mark Courtney 2000 11403387 B 18 w  2
1.0 2.0
6 Scott Strattner 1993 12524932 W  19 bye
1.0 1.5
7 Ayman Haoula 1979  14624013 B 20 bye
1.0 1.5
8 Eric Horsboll 1940  10661935 W  21 B 23
0.5 1.5
9 Bob Simmons 1814 10104424 B 22 W  18
0.0 1.0
10 Craig Fisher 1800  10124743 W  23 B 25
0.5 1.5
11 Ken  Evans 1800  10122627 B 24 W  20
0.0 0.0
12 Rasit Topaloglu 1787  14724540 W  26 B    1
1.0 1.0
13 George Oliveras 1768 12520533 w  1 B 19
0.0 0.0
14 Michael O’Connor 1758  12592786 bye bye
0.5 1.0
15 Harold Stenger 1718 12458408 B   2 bye
0.0 0.5
16 Mitchell Barden 1700 12398185 w  3 B 26
0.0 0.0

 

 

 

17 Courtney Denniston 1683 14196270 B   4 bye
0.0 0.5
18 Darius Jafary 1675  14321073 w  5 B   9
0.0 0.0
19 Seamus Gould 1660 15321555 B   6 W  13
0.0 1.0
20 Trevor Brooks 1659 15363983 w  7 B 11
0.0 1.0
21 Jurij   Oracz 1654  16069823 B 8 W  27
0.5 1.5
22 Tom Marvullo 1575 12505825 w  9 B   3
1.0 1.0
23 Mike Mendez 1500  12495089 B 10 w  8
0.5 0.5
  24 Richard Whearty 1470   13468991 W 11 w  4  
  1.0 1.0  
  25 Ori Raz

1321   15447060

 bye W 10  
  0.5 0.5  
  26 Stephen Strocchia-Rivera 494  12736542 B 12 W  16  
  0.0 1.0  
  27 John Williams

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 bye B 21  
  0.5 0.5  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Club meeting and 2nd round DCC update

Posted on by March 9, 2017

Full disclosure: The writer of this post was not able to attend the 2nd round and annual club meeting, so everything here is a matter of hearsay. From trusted sources, but still….

Before the round, club business was discussed. There will perhaps be a more in-depth report on that. For now, we just have the results of the election.

No change in the officers. Chris Brooks returns for his 2nd term as President (unlike the POTUS, he can serve for as long as he’s willing, which hopefully will be for 10-20 years). Also returning as Vice-President, Dr. Craig Fisher. Ernie Johnson stays on as Secretary (and hopefully simul organizer), and Michael O’Connor keeps the money secure as Treasurer. After a year absence, Scott Strattner comes back as co-webmaster (or “Social Media” something or other), sharing duties with Chris.

Standings after round 2, by score group (sorted within group by rating):

2.0

Chris Brooks

Colin Denniston

Ernie Johnson

Mark Courtney

1.5

Scott Strattner

Ayman Haoula

Eric Horsboll

Craig Fisher

Jurij Oracz

Followed by 9 people with 1 point, 5 with .5, and 4 with 0.

 

Updated Vassar Chadwick Grand Prix

Posted on by February 26, 2017

Updated Vassar Chadwick Grand Prix
Current Standings of February 20:
Leo Freyvert – 63
Trevor Brooks – 55
Craig Fisher – 55
George Oliveras – 46
JJ Oracz – 36
Michael Mendez – 29
Chris Brooks – 24
Ernie Johnson – 22
Ori Raz – 20
Rasit Topaloglu – 18
Seamus Gould – 17
Colin Denniston – 17
Bob Simmons – 17
Thomas Marvullo – 14
Courtney Denniston – 13
Keith D’Elia – 12
Alqi Dore – 9
Richard Whearty – 8
John Dermgrdichian – 8
Mitch Barden – 7
Wil Karafelis – 7
Ian Remsen – 7
Ayman Haoula – 7
Tyler Landsman – 5
Jack Barnum – 2
Gavin Briggs – 2
Monroe Steindorf – 1

Winter Blitz Final

Posted on by February 26, 2017

NM Max Lu won our Winter Blitz with a score of 7/8. Chris Brooks came in second with 6/8, losing in a last second time scramble to Max (therefore only gaining a split). Archie Dore came in third with 5/8. Thanks to all for came and showing the world our club is more than just the longtime regulars (most of who were in Parsippany this holiday weekend) who have been here for decades!