Returning to Vassar College on Monday Sept 14 at 7PM

Posted on by August 11, 2015

We start the new chess season at Vassar in Rockefeller Hall, rooms 101 and 104, at 7PM on Sept. 14 with an exciting round robin Blitz tournament planned.

We are also beginning a new concept, to us, of a VASSAR-CHADWICK Grand PRIX as follows:

INTRODUCING the VASSAR-CHADWICK GRAND PRIX ! The basic idea is that playing in our Rated tournaments (with the exception of blitz round robin tourneys) will earn you Grand Prix GP points from Sept 21 to the last day of the Duchess County Championship in Spring 2016. The winner who accumulates the most points will get his/her name on a plaque similar to our 37 names (1 for each of 37 years) on the DCC plaques! Also an additional prize will be given.   Points are awarded as follows: For each tournament game you lose, you get 1 GP point; for each tournament game you draw, you get 2 GP points; and for each tournament game you win, you get 3 GP points. The running totals will be posted after each tournament all year long.

ALSO, Please see our new fall scheduled published under the SCHEDULE tab on the top right side of our home page.

 

Bradley Open 2015

Posted on by July 23, 2015

The recently completed Bradley Open, which took place July 17-19 in Windsor Locks, CT, featured a couple members from our club. ‘Featured’ in an understatement, as one of them just missed placing in the money.

bradley_open_brooksYes, 2014 Vassar-Chadwick Champion Chris Brooks finished with 4 out of 5 and just outside a share of 1st in the under 2010 section. Congrats!

Another member whom you all know and love wasn’t able to play the last round, but also had a respectable tournament, with 2.5 points in 4 rounds of play.

bradley_open_fisherNot only is he the president of the club and primary TD, he still finds time to play in major tournaments. Way to go, Dr. Fisher!

Thanks to Ernie for the email tip; I looked through all the other sections but did not notice any other member. If I missed one, let me know.

Ernie Johnson wins the Walter Browne Memorial RR Blitz

Posted on by June 30, 2015

Ernst T. Johnson, Jr. won 5 games and drew 1 out of a possible 7 games to win this challenging Round Robin.  Eight players competed with three rated  experts, two A Players, and three B players. A very nice competitive tournament!  Brandon Wang qualifies to win the Booster Trophy and the Biggest Upset Trophy.  However our club policy is that in any one tournament, a player can only win one trophy.  He will decide which prize he most covets over the next couple of weeks.

** Note the USCF Ratings Report can be found at

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Will Fisher Wins Summer Solstice!

Posted on by June 27, 2015

Will Fisher scored a perfect score of 4 – 0 to win the heralded Summer Solstice Swiss Chess tournament held at Marist College.  Special congratulations to Richard Whearty for winning the Booster Section with a score of 2 wins and 2 losses.  Will Karafelis is making a habit of winning the biggest upset trophy by defeating Booster champ Richard.

On Monday June 29th there will be a one day Round Robin (RR) Blitz tournament with a time control of 5 mins and 0 delay. Once again there are ample chances to win trophies at any level as there is a Booster Section and a Biggest Upset prize. So please come and join the fun.  No byes in the Blitz RR. $5 entry fee. We continue at Marist, Dyson Bldg. room 113, until after Labor Day.

 

Chess club closed Memorial Day, resumes June1 at MARIST in DYSON building room 113

Posted on by May 19, 2015

Once again Marist College has agreed to host us for the summer!  We are very thankful!

Please join us for some exciting tournament chess this summer in room DYSON 113.  The first tournament is listed below but the whole schedule is listed under the SCHEDULE tab.

June 1, 8, 15, & 22  Four  Round Swiss.   (see SCHEDULE for more tournaments)
Poughkeepsie Summer Solstice. Game 60, d10.
Regular Pairings if less than 12 players; Accelerated pairings for round 1 if over 12 players.  PRIZES: Trophies to first place, Top Booster and to biggest upset.  (Marist College)

Eric Horsboll wins Vassar Spring Quick

Posted on by April 28, 2015

In a strong field of 3 experts, 3 A-players, and 4 others, Eric Horsboll stood all alone with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.  Alqi “Archie” Dore won the Booster Section with 2 wins and 2 draws and Mike Mendez won the BIGGEST Upset!  Everyone who played said they had a great time.  🙂

The next event is a 3-round Swiss, G/75, d10 and it starts Monday May 4th.  See SCHEDULE for details. 

Coldenham Vassar Memorial Tournament 2015

Posted on by April 27, 2015

Congratulations to Ernie Johnson who had a perfect 3 – 0 score on the way to becoming the 2015 Memorial Chess Champion.  Three people tied for 2nd place with 2 points.  Leonid Freyvert took the 2nd place trophy home based on tiebreaks over Lonnie Kwartler and Peter Barkman.

A 4-round Quick, G/15 d3 tournament  will be played tonight April 27. Please come and enjoy the fun! Double check the SCHEDULE section on our web page for details.

Year of the Goat Swiss Tournament completed!

Posted on by April 21, 2015

After three postponements due to SNOW we finally completed the Year of the Goat Swiss! Yea! William Fisher scored 3 wins and no losses taking first place.  A tremendous battle took place between Ernie Johnson and Leo Freyvert, two top experts, which, while ending in a draw, provided much exciting chess to watch!. Darius Jafary won the “Booster” Trophy.  He scored 2 wins and only lost to William Fisher after an exciting game.   Richard Whearty won the biggest upset by a narrow margin.