Leo Freyvert wins Inaugural Grand Prix

Posted on by March 31, 2016

35 members participated in the Grand Prix which ran at the Vassar-Chadwick Chess Club from September until the completion of the 38th Annual Dutchess County Championship.  Leo Freyvet topped all comers with 85 points while Chris Brooks finished 2nd with 68 points.  Mike Mendez who played in every tournament for a whole year capped the Under 1800 trophy with 50 points.  Points are awarded as follows: a Win nets 3 points, a draw nets 2 points and a played loss nets 1 point.  These are accumulated and participation is a virtue..

VASSAR Chadwick GP 2016
Grand Prix
V-C Grand Prix Wins Draws Losses TOTAL
1 Freyvert, L. 69 10 5 84 1st
2 Brooks, C. 57 8 3 68 2nd
3 Johnson, E. 42 6 5 53
4 Mendez, M. 21 8 21 50 Top U1800
5 Oliveras, G. 30 2 10 42
6 Fisher, C 24 8 9 41
7 Jafary, D. 21 2 10 33
8 Haoula, A. 24 2 4 30
9 Courtney, M. 24 0 2 26
10 Strattner, S. 18 6 2 26
11 Gould, S. 15 4 7 26
12 Barden, M. 0 8 15 23
13 Dore, Archie 15 2 5 22
14 Simmons, R. 12 4 6 22
15 Denniston, Colin 18 4 1 23
16 Whearty, R. 9 4 7 20
17 Denniston, Courtney 12 2 2 16
18 Evans, K. 9 0 6 15
19 Norris, T. 6 2 4 12
20 Brooks, Trevor 3 4 2 9
21 Wang, B. 6 0 3 9
22 Karafelis, W. 6 0 2 8
23 Saxe-Smith, Morris 3 4 0 7
24 Marvullo, Tom 3 2 2 7
25 Jedlicke, Jed 3 0 4 7
26 Pederson, Roger 6 0 1 7
27 McGreevy, Bill 3 0 4 7
28 Patel, Shivanish 3 0 3 6
29 O’Connor, M. 3 2 0 5
30 Pellegrino, J. 0 0 5 5
31 Landsman, Tyler 0 0 4 4
32 Antonucci, D. 0 2 1 3
33 Webster, Jeremy 0 0 3 3
34 Dobbins, R. 0 0 1 1
35 Simmons, Louis 0 0 1 1

Mark Courtney wins 38th Annual Dutchess County Championship

Posted on by March 24, 2016
Here are the prize winners:
Dutchess County Champion:    Mark Courtney
Second Place:                           Ernie Johnson
Expert Class Prize:                    Chris Brooks
Class A Prize:                            Ayman Haoula
Class B Prize:                           George Oliveras
Class C Prize:                            Tom Marvullo
Under 1200 Prize:                      Trevor Brooks

Mark Courtney leads DCC 4 – 0

Posted on by March 16, 2016

SwissSys Wall Chart. DCC2016
 Name/Rtng/ID      Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4  Tot 
1 Leonid Freyvert W 2   B 7   W 18 B11
2054   15388062  1.0   1.0     2.0   3.0    3.0 
2 Chris Brooks      bye   B 11  W16 B 4
2052   12666518   0.5  1.5     2.5   3.0    3.0
3 Scott Strattner   W16  B 18    —-   —-
2026   12524932   0.5   0.5     0.5  0.5    0.5 
4 Colin Denniston  B14  W 8    B 6  W2
2022   14196285    1.0  2.0     2.0  2.5    2.5 
5 Ernie Johnson    B15   W 9   B 7  W14
2021   10089115   1.0   2.0    2.0    3.0   3.0
6 Ayman Haoula   W17  B10   W4   W 7
1963   14624013    1.0  2.0    3.0    3.0    3.0
7 Mark Courtney    B19  W1    W5   B6
1948   11403387    1.0  2.0     3.0   4.0    4.0
8 Roger Pedersen  W20  B4    W12 —-
1929   10092990     1.0  1.0     2.0   2.0   2.0
9 Craig Fisher        W23  B 5    W17 bye
1828   10124743      1.0  1.0    1.0  1.5    1.5 
11 Bob Simmons    B22  W 2    B19  W1
1800   10104424     1.0  1.0      2.0  2.0    2.0 
10 Ken Evans         B25  W 6    B14  bye
1800   10122627     1.0  1.0    1.0  1.5      1.5
12 Darius Jafary     B1    W  24 B  8 B 23
1770   14321073     0.0  1.0     1.0  1.5     1.5
13 Michael O’Connor bye B21  W23 B17
1767   12592786       0.5  1.0    1.5   2.5    2.5 
14 George Oliveras   W 4  B20 W10  B 5
1651   12520533        0.0  1.0   2.0   2.0    2.0
15 Michael Mendez   W 5  B23   B26 W19
1645   12495089        0.0  0.0    1.0   1.5    1.5 
16 Courtney DennistonB3  W 26 B2  W18
1629   14196270        0.5  1.5    1.5   2.5    2.5
17 Seamus Gould      B6   W22   B 9  W13
1626   15321555        0.0  1.0     2.0   2.0   2.0 
18 Tom Marvullo         bye W 3    B1   B16
1573   12505825        0.5  1.5     1.5  1.5    1.5 
19 Richard Whearty   W 7  B25   W 11 B15
1562   13468991        0.0  1.0     1.0    1.5  1.5 
20 Bill McGreevy        B 8   W14   B22 —-
1548   12321140        0.0  0.0     1.0    1.0  1.0 
21 Morris Saxe-Smith bye  W13   B 24 —-
1529   13428967        0.5  1.0     2.0    2.0   2.0 
22 Robert Jedlicke      W11 B17   W20  W25
1136   15388077        0.0  0.0      0.0   1.0   1.0 
23 Trevor Brooks        B 9   W15   B13  W12
587   12769214        0.0    1.0     1.5    2.0  2.0 
24 Shivansh Patel      bye   B12    W 21 B26
564   15917398        0.5    0.5     0.5    1.5  1.5
25 Tyler Landsman    W10  W19   —-   B22
341   15418146        0.0    0.0     0.0    0.0  0.0 
26 Jeremy Webster   bye   B16    W15  W24
unr.   15950151        0.5    0.5      0.5    0.5   0.5 

Dutchess County Championship thru Round 3

Posted on by March 9, 2016

SwissSys Wall Chart. DCC2016 (Team rating)
Name/Rtng/ID         Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot 
1 Leonid Freyvert     W12 B7 W18
2054   15388062        1.0  1.0  2.0  2.0
2 Chris Brooks         bye   B11 W16
2052   12666518        0.5  1.5  2.5  2.5
3 Scott Strattner       W16 B18 —-
2026   12524932        0.5  0.5  0.5  0.5 
4 Colin Denniston    B14 W8 B6
2022   14196285        1.0  2.0  2.0  2.0 
5 Ernie Johnson       B15 W9 B7
2021   10089115        1.0  2.0  2.0  2.0   

6 Ayman Haoula      W17 B10 W 4
1963   14624013        1.0  2.0  3.0  3.0

7 Mark Courtney      B19 W1 W5
1948   11403387        1.0  2.0  3.0  3.0
8 Roger Pedersen   W20 B4 W12
1929   10092990       1.0  1.0  2.0  2.0
9 Craig Fisher         W23 B5 W17
1828   10124743       1.0  1.0  1.0   1.0
10 Ken Evans         B25 W6 B14
1800   10122627        1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0

11 Bob Simmons     B22 W2 B19
1800   10104424       1.0  1.0  2.0  2.0

12 Darius Jafary       B1 W24 B8
1770   14321073        0.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
13 M. O’Connor        bye  B21 W23
1767   12592786        0.5  1.0  1.5  1.5
14 George Oliveras   W4 B20 W10
1651   12520533        0.0  1.0  2.0  2.0
15 Michael Mendez   W5 B23 B26
1645   12495089        0.0  0.0  1.0  1.0
16 C. Denniston         B3 W26 B2
1629   14196270        0.5  1.5  1.5  1.5
17 Seamus Gould      B6 W22 B9
1626   15321555        0.0  1.0  2.0  2.0
18 Tom Marvullo        bye   W3 B1
1573   12505825        0.5  1.5  1.5  1.5
19 Richard Whearty   W7 B25 W11
1562   13468991         0.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
20 Bill McGreevy        B8 W14 B22
1548   12321140        0.0  0.0  1.0  1.0
21 M. Saxe-Smith      bye W13 B24
1529   13428967         0.5  1.0  2.0  2.0
22 Robert Jedlicke     W11 B17 W20
1136   15388077        0.0  0.0  0.0   0.0
23 Trevor Brooks       B9 W15 B13
587   12769214           0.0  1.0  1.5  1.5
24 Shivansh Patel      bye  B12 W21
564   15917398          0.5  0.5  0.5   0.5
25 Tyler Landsman     W  10 W  19 —-
341   15418146           0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
26 Jeremy Webster     bye  B16 W15
unr.   15950151            0.5  0.5  0.5  0.5

Grandmaster Michael Rohde to visit Poughkeepsie

Posted on by March 22, 2016

Michael Rohde, chess grandmaster (GM), will visit Poughkeepsie on Saturday April 30, 2016 from noon until 4:00PM. We will meet in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) on the 2nd floor of the College Center at Vassar College.  After a 1 hour talk, GM Rohde will play up to 40 chess players simultaneously.

  • International Grandmaster- Highest title in the world!
  • USCF peak rating: 2676 (In the top .07% of chess players in the USA)
  • Professional chess player, teacher and coach
  • National High School Champion 1974
  • New York State Champion       4 times
  • Won brilliancy prize in three consecutive US Championships
  • US Open Champion 1991, 2007
  • Marshall and Manhattan Chess Club Champion
  • Wrote game of the month column in Chess Life magazine 1991 – 1996
  • Wrote 2 books: “Play the Sveshnikov” & “The Great Evans Gambit Debate”
  • Winner of numerous other chess tournaments

 

The fee to play GM Rohde is $10 however there is free admission for Vassar College students, faculty and staff. While we have no limit to the number of spectators we are limited to 40 players competing.  Seats to play may be reserved in advance as follows:  20 seats for Vassar-Chadwick Chess Club members; 10 seats for Vassar students, staff and faculty and 10 seats for the general public.

A check for $10 should be received by Michael O’Connor[1]  by April 21 to reserve a seat.   (Vassar students, staff and faculty may just send an email to Michael O’Connor at ocnnr@aol.com.).

Michael J. O’Connor, Attorney at Law, 224 Church Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Dutchess County Championship Wallchart thru Round 2

Posted on by March 2, 2016

Dutchess County Championship Wall Chart After 2 rounds.

                Name/Rtng/ID                  Rd 1       Rd 2       Tot

1              Leonid Freyvert                 W  12     B    7

1              2054   15388062                1.0         1.0         1.0

2              Chris Brooks                       bye       B  11

2              2052   12666518                0.5         1.5         1.5

3              Scott Strattner                    W  16     B  18

3              2026   12524932                0.5         0.5         0.5

4              Colin Denniston                 B 14        W    8

4             2022   14196285                1.0         2.0         2.0

5              Ernie Johnson                    B  15       W    9

5               2021   10089115                1.0         2.0         2.0

6              Ayman Haoula                   W  17     B  10

6              1963   14624013                1.0         2.0         2.0

7              Mark Courtney                  B  19       W    1

7             1948   11403387                 1.0       2.0         2.0

8              Roger Pedersen                W  20     B    4

8              1929   10092990                1.0         1.0         1.0

9              Craig Fisher                         W  23     B    5

9              1828   10124743                1.0         1.0         1.0

10            Ken Evans                           B  25       W    6

10            1800   10122627                1.0         1.0         1.0

11           Bob Simmons                    B  22       W    2

11             1800   10104424                1.0         1.0         1.0

12           Darius Jafary                      B    1       W  24

12             1770   14321073                0.0         1.0         1.0

13           Michael O’Connor               bye       B  21

13            1767   12592786                0.5         1.0         1.0

14           George Oliveras                  W    4     B  20

14            1651   12520533                0.0         1.0         1.0

15           Michael Mendez                W    5     B  23

15            1645   12495089                0.0         0.0         0.0

16           Courtney Denniston            B    3       W  26

16            1629   14196270                0.5         1.5         1.5

17           Seamus Gould                   B    6       W  22

17              1626   15321555                0.0         1.0         1.0

18           Tom Marvullo                    bye       W    3

18           1573   12505825                0.5         1.5         1.5

19           Richard Whearty               W    7     B  25

19            1562   13468991                0.0         1.0         1.0

20           Bill McGreevy                     B    8       W  14

20           1548   12321140                0.0         0.0         0.0

21           Morris Saxe-Smith              bye       W  13

21             1529   13428967                0.5         1.0         1.0

22           Robert Jedlicke                   W  11     B  17

22            1136   15388077                0.0         0.0         0.0

23           Trevor Brooks                     B    9       W  15

23             587   12769214                 0.0         1.0         1.0

24           Shivansh Patel                   bye       B  12

24             564   15917398                 0.5         0.5         0.5

25           Tyler Landsman                W  10     W  19

25             341   15418146                 0.0         0.0         0.0

26           Jeremy Webster                bye       B  16

26              unr.   15950151                 0.5         0.5         0.5

Brooks wins Deep Freeze Swiss with a perfect 3 – 0

Posted on by February 11, 2016

Chris Brooks (2075) won 3 straight games including wins over two experts to take the coveted Deep Freeze Championship.  Expert Leo Freyvert (2066) and George Oliveras (1695) tied for 2nd place.  Ten year old Shivanish Patel (501P) had the biggest upset with a crafty win over Michael Mendez (1608).  See Cross table below.

Leo Freyvert maintains a strong lead in the Vassar-Chadwick GRAND PRIX with a score of 74.  Chris Brooks is in second place with only 1 tournament of 5 games remaining.  Michael Mendez is in the lead for Top Under 1800 prize.  See Table 2 below.

NOTICES:  the Premier Dutchess County Championship begins February 22!

GM Michael Rhodes will be here Saturday April 30 at noon. Mark your calendars. More information to follow shortly.

VASSAR-CHADWICK DEEP FREEZE SWISS Jan-Feb 2016

 Num  | USCF ID /  Post Rating      | Tot.|  1  |  2  |  3  | 

    1 | CHRIS BROOKS     2075          |3.0  |W  14|W   8|W   2|

    2 | LEONID FREYVERT  2066        |2.0  |W   9|W   7|L   1|

    3 | GEORGE OLIVERAS  1695       |2.0  |L   8|W  14|W   9|

    4 | CRAIG W FISHER    1821          |1.5  |W  13|H    |U    |

    5 | ROBERT A SIMMONS   1800    |1.5  |W   6|D  10|U    |

    6 | SHIVANSH J PATEL   601P10   |1.5  |L   5|H    |W  14|

    7 | ERNEST JOHNSON JR   2012   |1.0  |W  11|L   2|U    |

    8 | ANTHONY NORRIS  1966           |1.0  |W   3|L   1|U    |

    9 | DARIUS JAFARY   1753              |1.0  |L   2|W  12|L   3|

  10 | MORRIS R SAXE-SMITH  1529   |1.0  |H    |D   5|U    |

  11 | SEAMUS J GOULD 1604             |0.5  |L   7|H    |U    |

  12 | BILL MCGREEVY  1538               |0.5  |H    |L   9|U    |

  13 | LOUIS A SIMMONS   1300P1      |0.5  |L   4|H    |U    |

  14 | MICHAEL MENDEZ    1608          |0.0  |L   1|L   3|L   6|

  

Vassar-Chadwick Grand Prix 2/10/2016
V-C Grand Prix Wins Draws Losses TOTAL
Freyvert, L. 60 10 4 74
Brooks, C. 45 8 3 56
Mendez, M. 18 6 18 42
Johnson, E. 30 6 4 40
Fisher, C 21 6 7 34
Oliveras, G. 21 2 8 31
Jafary, D. 15 2 7 24
Strattner, S. 18 4 1 23
Barden, M. 0 8 15 23
Dore, Archie 15 2 5 22
Gould, S. 9 2 5 16
Haoula, A. 12 0 3 15
Simmons, R. 6 4 4 14
Whearty, R. 6 4 3 13
Denniston, Colin 12 0 0 12
Norris, T. 6 2 4 12
Courtney, M. 9 0 1 10
Wang, B. 6 0 3 9
Karafelis, W. 6 0 2 8
Evans, K. 3 0 4 7
Denniston, Courtney 6 0 0 6
Pellegrino, J. 0 0 5 5
Patel, Shivanish 3 0 1 4
Antonucci, D. 0 2 1 3
O’Connor, M. 0 2 0 2
Saxe-Smith, Morris 0 2 0 2
Dobbins, R. 0 0 1 1
Simmons, Louis 0 0 1 1
McGreevy, Bill 0 0 1 1

Freyvert wins 3rd straight tournament

Posted on by January 12, 2016

Leo Freyvert wins the Vassar-Chadwick Winter Quick Swiss by defeating Fisher, Oliveras and Karafelis while drawing Ernie Johnson.  Leo has also extended his lead to 17 points in the Vassar-Chadwick Grand Prix.  With only two tournaments left and one Match to go it will be difficult to catch Leo, but it can be done.  So all members should come out for the upcoming tournaments to give Leo a run for the inaugural title of 2016 VASSAR-CHADWICK GRAND PRIX Champion!

Meanwhile Mike Mendez has quietly taken a good lead of 12 points for the Vassar Chadwick Grand Prix U1800 Trophy..

Standings. WinterQuick: VassarChadwickWinterQuick

#              Name    ID            Rtng       Rd 1       Rd 2       Rd 3       Rd 4       Tot

1              Leonid Freyvert  2036     W3         D2           W5         W6         3.5

2              Ernest Johnson   1945    W4         D1           W7         D5           3.0

3              George Oliveras  1687     L1            W4         H—        U—        1.5

4              Michael Mendez  1678    L2            L3            L6            W7       1.0

5              Craig W Fisher     1818     H—        U—        L1            D2          1.0

6              Will Karafelis        1154     U—        U—        W4         L1            1.0

7              Darius Jafary         1633     U—        U—        L2            L4           0.0

 

Vassar-Chadwick Grand Prix 1/12/2016
V-C Grand Prix Wins Draws Losses TOTAL
Freyvert, L. 51 10 3 64
Brooks, C. 36 8 3 47
Johnson, E. 27 6 3 36
Mendez, M. 15 6 15 36
Fisher, C 18 6 6 30
Oliveras, G. 15 2 7 24
Strattner, S. 18 4 1 23
Barden, M. 0 8 15 23
Dore, Archie 15 2 5 22
Jafary, D. 12 2 5 19
Haoula, A. 12 0 3 15
Gould, S. 9 2 2 13
Whearty, R. 6 4 3 13
Courtney, M. 9 0 1 10
Wang, B. 6 0 3 9
Denniston, Colin 9 0 0 9
Simmons, R. 3 2 4 9
Karafelis, W. 6 0 2 8
Norris, T. 3 2 2 7
Evans, K. 3 0 4 7
Denniston, Courtney 6 0 0 6
Pellegrino, J. 0 0 5 5
Antonucci, D. 0 2 1 3
O’Connor, M. 0 2 0 2
Dobbins, R. 0 0 1 1

Leo Freyvert wins Vassar December Swiss

Posted on by January 5, 2016

Leo is making a habit of winning but that doesn’t mean it has been easy!  His 3.5 points put him a mere .5 ahead of Ernie Johnson (2020), Chris Brooks (2060), and Mark Courtney (1940).  His lone draw came at the hands of new comer Tony Norris (2047) who held on to a N+3p vs. N+3p ending for the draw.

Leo continues to lead the season long Vassar-Chadwick Grand Prix.  See table below.  Several players are doing well just by being there and playing!  If you play you get points!

A G/24, d5 QUICK TOURNAMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR Jan 4 and Jan 11  Hope to see you there.  Stay Warm!

Grand Prix 1/04/2016
 points for  pts for  pts for
V-C Grand Prix Wins Draws Losses TOTAL
Freyvert, L. 42 8 3 53
Brooks, C. 36 8 3 47
Mendez, M. 12 6 12 30
Fisher, C 18 4 5 27
Johnson, E. 21 2 3 26
Strattner, S. 18 4 1 23
Barden, M. 0 8 15 23
Dore, Archie 15 2 5 22
Oliveras, G. 12 2 6 20
Jafary, D. 12 2 3 17
Haoula, A. 12 0 3 15
Gould, S. 9 2 2 13
Whearty, R. 6 4 3 13
Courtney, M. 9 0 1 10
Wang, B. 6 0 3 9
Denniston, Colin 9 0 0 9
Simmons, R. 3 2 4 9
Norris, T. 3 2 2 7
Evans, K. 3 0 4 7
Denniston, Courtney 6 0 0 6
Pellegrino, J. 0 0 5 5
Karafelis, W. 3 0 1 4
Antonucci, D. 0 2 1 3
O’Connor, M. 0 2 0 2
Dobbins, R. 0 0 1 1

Freyvert Undefeated in Falling Leaves Swiss

Posted on by December 11, 2015

Leo Freyvert won 4 straight games against 0 losses and 0 draws to claim the coveted Falling Leaves First Place trophy.  His rating jumped 40 points up to 2073!   Richard Whearty wins the Booster with 2 points. Go to URL  http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201512071202-10124743 to see all players and ratings.  The field of 14 players thoroughly enjoyed the tournament led by tournament director, Chris Brooks.

With these 4 wins, Leo has taken the lead in the Vassar-Chadwick Grand Prix.

Grand Prix  11/7/2015
V-C Grand Prix Wins Draws Losses TOTAL
Freyvert, L. 33 6 3 42
Brooks, C. 27 8 2 37
Mendez, M. 9 6 9 24
Strattner, S. 18 4 1 23
Fisher, C 15 4 4 23
Dore, Archie 15 2 5 22
Barden, M. 0 8 11 19
Jafary, D. 12 2 3 17
Johnson, E. 12 2 2 16
Oliveras, G. 9 2 5 16
Haoula, A. 12 0 3 15
Gould, S. 9 2 2 13
Whearty, R. 6 4 3 13
Wang, B. 6 0 3 9
Denniston, Colin 9 0 0 9
Simmons, R. 3 2 4 9
Denniston, Courtney 6 0 0 6
Evans, K. 3 0 2 5
Pellegrino, J. 0 0 5 5
Antonucci, D. 0 2 1 3
O’Connor, M. 0 2 0 2
Dobbins, R. 0 0 1 1