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Ten (technically eleven) players decided to put aside concerns for rating points and compete for the love of chess (plus some bragging rights) in Monday’s Unrated Blitz event. Being unrated, the nine round event did feature a highly illegal mid-tournament substitution, making any truly fair ranking impossible. Still, regardless of objectivity, people want to know…

Colin is most likely the youngest champion in club history, and he earned his victory by beating 2014 champion (and club president) Chris Brooks in the final round to take the crown. An impressive performance from the young man. Trophy winners (final score): First Place                  Colin Denniston (4.5) Second Place             Chris Brooks (4.0) Under…

Full disclosure: The writer of this post was not able to attend the 2nd round and annual club meeting, so everything here is a matter of hearsay. From trusted sources, but still…. Before the round, club business was discussed. There will perhaps be a more in-depth report on that. For now, we just have the…

Brandon Wang recently had the honor and privilege of qualifying for and participating in the World Cadets – part of the World Youth Chess Championship and featuring the best chess players in the world under 12 years old (broken into 3 sections of U8, U10 and U12, for boys and girls). Brandon was part of…

As you have probably heard, and as reported in the Poughkeepsie Journal, our very own Brandon Wang tied for first in the Bradley Open. Along with way he defeated FM Christopher Chase (2402) and GM Alexandar Ivanov (2546). It is difficult to overstate just how impressive this accomplishment is. If an Expert level player is honest…

Four dedicated souls attended the July 18th Equalized Match Pairing tournament at Marist. Roger Pedersen (Black) held Leo Freyvert to a draw, while George Oliveras (White) took down young up and comer, Trevor Brooks. A fifth player, name withheld, also showed up, but had a lapsed USCF membership. This provided the perfect opportunity for the…

Congratulations to Brandon Wang, who recently passed the 2000 rating mark at the Fairfield County Chess Club Friday Night Action tournament, defeating a 2100 player along the way and joining the ranks of Expert. Did I mention he just turned 11? I don’t know how up to date USCF’s top rating lists are, but if…

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. Yes, 2014 Vassar-Chadwick Champion Chris Brooks finished with 4 out of 5 and just outside a share of 1st in…

More information (including entire wallchart/standings and official trophy results) to follow later, but here are the top standings, by class: Will Fisher 1st Mark Courtney 2nd Leonid Freyvert Top Expert Colin Denniston Top A Michael O’connor Top B Hernan Salazar Top C Thanks to Michael O’Connor for running the event.