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Eleven players competed in the Deep Freeze Swiss, held over 3 Mondays – a three round, G/60 + 5/sec delay tournament. Ernie Johnson was the TD. With three class A players and two Experts, it was a strong field, and the winner was the pre-tournament favorite (rating-wise), Mark Courtney, with 2.5 points. Mark was held…

Jan 20th featured an unrated blitz event at the club, where the pressure of holding on to precious rating points could be set aside, if only for one night. Nine players participated, with Mark Courtney helping to run the event. In the end, Rudy Van Dommele (no rated blitz rating!) took clear first, with 7…

Check the Event Schedule page for list of events through the middle of May. Plenty of chess action, including the Dutchess County Chess Championship and the club’s favorite out of state event, the United States Amateur Team East (USATE). This year is special, being the 50th anniversary of the tournament. Speaking of which, there are…

Due to the inclement weather, the club will not be meeting and the first round of the December Swiss will not take place tonight. Please do not come to Vassar, stay off the roads unless you need to travel for other reasons – but not for the chess club. As to whether the tournament will…

Nine players participated in the 4 round, 2 day event (11/11, 11/18), a G/25 + d4 affair (quick rated). Ernie, acting as the TD and being the highest rated player, directed his own domination of the event, winning all 4 rounds and capturing sole first. Mark Courtney (3/4) took second, losing only to Ernie. Michael…

One of the premier club tournaments was held over October and early November, 5 rounds of G/90 + 5d to determine the Vassar-Chadwick club champion. Twenty-one players battled it out over the course of 5 weeks, and when the dust had settled two players found themselves at the top of the hill with 4 points…

Eight players competed in this year’s Memorial tournament, held in Coldenham on October 19th. While there were less than 10 participants, the field was very strong, with 3 players over 2000 and 3 others rated at least 1800. After three rounds, Dore Sheppard and Mark Courtney topped the field with 2.5 points apiece. They both…

Ten players participated in the three round, G/75 + 5d tournament held in September, and NM MATAN PRILLELTENSKY took first with 3 wins. Mark Courtney and James Reap finished with 2 points (with Mark winning the head-to-head match-up). This past Monday featured an unrated double round-robin Blitz event, won by Mark Courtney Next Monday starts…

The third annual Peter Henner memorial was held this past weekend, featuring 43 players and 3 sections. Dr. Craig Fisher went undefeated and took clear 2nd (3.5 out of 5) in the under 1850 section. Very nice! If you (or others) have participated in chess tournaments, please let me know so that I can share…

Eight players decided to leave air conditioning behind and venture into the stifling heat, for three Mondays in a row, to compete in the Poughkeepsie Dog Days Swiss (G/75, d5). The heat outside was nothing compared to the fire generated by the play of Bob Simmons, who took first place with an undefeated score –…