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Want to know the standings so far? Here you go! Mark Courtney (1866) and Hernan Salazar (1565) share first place, with a perfect 3.0 Colin Denniston (1980), Chris Brooks (2003), […]

Before the 2nd round of the 2015 Dutchess County Chess Championship, the annual club meeting was held. The agenda covered election of club officers, a summary of the member survey, […]

If you can only attend a few major chess tournaments a year, you would do well to put the US Amateur Team East (USATE) on your short list. A unique team […]

According to the evil meteorologists, this Monday may be yet another snowy mess, with a Winter Storm Warning until Tuesday morning. The ill-fated Year of the Goat Swiss was originally […]

Due to the inclement weather we have not been able to host chess the last two weeks (tonight the Vassar campus is essentially shut down), which means no Year of […]

Just like Tom Brady against Andrew Luck (minus the psi controversy), the Old triumphed over the Young last Monday, winning 3.5 to 2.5. Young took first blood on board 1, […]

Nine players participated in our first Quick event of the year, a 4 round Swiss (G/25 + 3 sec delay). The winner was Leonid Freyvert, the favorite by rating, who […]

Help determine the future direction of the club. All you need to do is click the link below and answer the 7 simple (but important) questions. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LGW763T

It was the expected result, although he didn’t clinch until the last round. FIDE Master William Fisher wins the Turning Leaves Swiss with 3 out of 4 points. Ken Evans […]

FIDE Master William Fisher (2497 USCF) graciously agreed to come up to Vassar on Saturday (November 15th) to give a simul. Nine players took up the challenge. Pictures of the […]