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Published four times a year, Empire Chess is the official magazine for the New York State Chess Association. The current issue, Fall 2018 (click here), has a story on recently […]

The Keith Delia Memorial tournament has been added.  It will run on (Saturday) October 20 starting at 9:30 AM.  It will not be played at Vassar College, Rockefeller Hall.  Instead, […]

E. Johnson      1989 W13  1.0 M. Courtney    1984 W14 1.0 A. Haoula       1984 W15 1.0 R.Simmons    1833 W16 1.0 T. Brooks        1819 W17 1.0 C. Fisher        1805 W18 1.0 R. […]

I would like to put a quick blurb on our parking situation near Rockefeller Hall (especially for the club championship/DCC weeks).  Our directions page is here to get to the […]

John Weigand won the Poughkeepsie Fall Blitz with 12/13, only losing to Ernie Johnson, who managed 11/13.  Welcome to all our newcomers, we’re here almost every Monday (except holiday Mondays) […]

Several current and former members at our club (and neighboring Middletown) participated in this year’s NYS Championship up in Albany.  Here’s a rundown of the results (with prizes if any): […]

Our Autumn schedule has been added, and it will “kick off” on September 10.  Some events have been omitted temporarily but will be added soon!

John Weigand finished with a disappointing 3/4 in the u1800 section at the recently completed Bradley Open in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.  The upcoming NYS Championship over Labor Day weekend should […]

Ten players competed in the dual-rated (G/30 + 10 sec delay) Action Swiss. While the playing area at Vassar was hotter than a Native American sweat lodge, the action at […]

Leo Freyvert won last week’s quick chess event with a perfect 3/3!  Ernie Johnson, Mark Courtney and Trevor Brooks finshed with 2/3 apiece.  We move on to an action event, […]