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Our club is looking for willing participants to represent us in the 2018 Amateur Team East over President’s Day weekend.  We would like to bring at least two teams of […]

On the eve of our first club championship, I would like to share some thoughts on the relaunch so far: Attendance jumped 35% during our Poughkeepsie Fall Open compared to […]

Our Chadwick Grand Prix has been updated with the latest results, and this year’s rule changes.  Our schedule has been updated through the Dutchess County Championship, with some minor bonus […]

John Maxwell Weigand (286[!]) won the inaugural Poughkeepsie Fall Open with a final score of 3.5/4, drawing only expert Chris Brooks (2062).  JJ Oracz (1638) won the u1900 with a […]

As usual, many of our club players make the trip up to Albany for the annual New York State Championship hosted by CCA.  Brandon Wang scored a respectable 2.5/6 in […]

After our summer vacation at Marist (and our first time at Donnelly Hall), the club will relaunch with new events, time controls and prizes.  A lot of time, thought and […]

The final results for the Equalized Match Pairings last night are as follows: Rasit vs George 1-1 JJ vs Darius 1-1 Steven v Ori 1-1 Our winners for the 2016-2017 […]

Leo Freyvert wins 4 straight games to take the “Growing Leaves” tournament by storm. In the final round Bob Simmons mounted a mating attack that fell short and Leo prevailed. […]

NM Dore Sheppard (3.5/4) went through the field, capturing first by winning all games except a final round draw against runner up Albert Lawrence (3/4).  Peter Barkman (2.5/4) and Howard Jacobus […]

GM Joel Benjamin gave an interesting endgame lecture than played nearly 30 players simultaneously.  Players all played with the black pieces, but were allowed to “play” Mr. Benjamin’s first move […]