The club didn’t fare well during this year’s 138th Annual NYS Championship in Albany. The following were the results for our affiliated players:
Good luck to current and former Vassar-Chadwick Chess Club players participating in this year’s NYS Chess Championship: FM Robert Sulman (2232, Open), Brandon Wang (2107, Open), Chris Brooks (2094, u2100), Craig Fisher (1800, u2100), Monroe Steindorf (1621, u1800). Trophies for those that won them this summer will also be in Albany this weekend. Results from this tournament to be posted next week. A friendly reminder that the club returns to Vassar College on September 12 for the Turning Leaves Swiss.
Brandon Wang won a strong August Blitz, beating out three other experts for 1st with 12.5 points. Craig Fisher and JJ Oracz both finished with 4.5 points.
Ernie Johnson captured first place in the inaugural Dog Days trio of quick tournaments with a combined 7-1 score! George Oliveras also had an excellent showing, edging out Craig Fisher with 5.5 points, and earning the top u1900 prize in the process.
Final Standings:
Thank you to all the players for participating!
Congratulations to Ernie Johnson, who swept through the field at the Doggiest Days Quick with a perfect 3-0 score! Leo Freyvert, Craig Fisher, and George Oliveras each scored 2-1.
Click HERE for CrossTable Doggiest
This new format event, in which scores from three consecutive individually rated tournaments are combined for prize distribution, has been a massive hit. Click HERE for CrossTable Doggier. Here are the combined standings and updated quick ratings after the Doggier Days Quick:
August 15 will be the final tournament in the sequence (Doggiest!) after which prizes will be awarded as follows: 1st, u1900.
As you have probably heard, and as reported in the Poughkeepsie Journal, our very own Brandon Wang tied for first in the Bradley Open. Along with way he defeated FM Christopher Chase (2402) and GM Alexandar Ivanov (2546). It is difficult to overstate just how impressive this accomplishment is. If an Expert level player is honest with themselves, they might believe that once in their life, if they play the game of their life, they might have a chance to take a GM to the limit. And if the stars align and they have banked enough karma, maybe even win. Well Brandon performed this feat before age 12. It’s safe to say his star is on the rise, and we will be hearing a lot more from him in the near future.
His rating also shot up above 2100 thanks to this performance, and I doubt it will stop there. I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but Master Wang does have a nice ring to it.
His father was kind enough to share Brandon’s aforementioned wins. I’ve added some analysis and commentary (with the help of the computer engines, I certainly am not capable of critiquing Brandon’s play on my own).
CONGRATULATIONS to Leo Freyvert and Ernie Johnson who both scored 2 full points in 2 games in this dog days Quick tournament. Click HERE for CrossTable. See results below:
RESULTS. Dog Days August 2016
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot TBrk[M]/TBrk[S]
1 Leonid Freyvert 2019 W5 W4 2.0 1 2
2 Ernest Johnson 1997 W7 W3 2.0 1 1
3 Craig W Fisher 1800 W6 L2 1.0 0 3
4 George Oliveras 1683 W8 L1 1.0 0 2
5 Ori Raz 1279 L1 W8 1.0 0 2
6 Jurij Josep Oracz unr. L3 W7 1.0 0 1
7 Trevor Wil Brooks 886 L2 L6 0.0 1 3
8 James Bellucci unr. L4 L5 0.0 1 2
See new schedule posted under 2016 Schedule, or click here