Vassar-Chadwick Chess Club

Please CLICK HERE to read the obituary of a good friend of the club (and three time Dutchess County Chess Champion) who passed away earlier this month.

As mentioned in the obit, there is an Eric Horsboll Memorial Fund, part of which will go to support young chess players. From the fund page:

This fund will help keep his spirit alive by celebrating the following things he was passionate about: The Vassar Chadwick Chess Club through scholarships for young chess players (the club is already planning a Memorial Tournament in his name); a memorial bench in front of P&Gs Restaurant where we can sit and remember him, and memorial recognition on the New Paltz campus. Donations are very much appreciated, and additionally reflections of a story of remembrance would be great.  Reflections will be distributed electronically and at a memorial to be scheduled when we can gather together again, hopefully in the summer of fall.

This upcoming Monday, the first online tournament of 2021 for our club, will take place starting at 8pm. A 5 round 10min + 5sec increment event. On lichess.org as always – if you are not a member of our club yet, please request to join and give your name so we know who you are.

Link to tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/Qwkr2TwQ

Link to team page to request to join: https://lichess.org/team/vassar-chadwick-chess-club

The Wesley So Swiss took place on Monday night – not in the illustrious halls of Vassar College, but online, lichess.org to be precise. Seven players participated, and it was a strong field (over 1900 average rating). After six rounds, the virtual dust had cleared, and Trevor Brooks captured first place (5/6), followed by Mark Courtney (4.5) and NM Alan Cantor (3.5)

Tournament results (you can also view games): https://lichess.org/swiss/6TGNs1NV

Hopefully we will have more of these events in the near future. Stay tuned!

Trevor Brooks captured first place (4/5, 2247 performance) in the first online club tournament that finished less than an hour ago. Seven players participated in the 5 round (G/15) event.

Second place went to Robert Wehrli (3.5, 2177 performance) and Ernie Johnson (who set up this tournament) took 3rd place with 3 points – and was the only one to win a game from Trevor.

Congrats to everyone for participating, and keep a look out for more tournaments like this in the near future!

Direct link to tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/C78IVATE
Starts at 8pm. Each club should have at least 10 members participating (as the top 10 scores from each club are used to calculate the winning team).
You need to register on lichess.org (if you have not done so already) and then request to join the Vassar-Chadwick club – please provide your real name in the request so we know who it is. See you then!