Suffern Chess Club

Entries from November 2008

Upcoming Schedule / Thanksgiving Swiss

November 8, 2008 · No Comments

sorry_we_are_closedAs we approach the holiday season, I’d like to remind everybody of the few days that the club will not be meeting between today and the end of the year.  The club will NOT meet on the following days:

  • 11/19/08 - closed
  • 12/17/08 - closed
  • 12/24/08* (No rated play - but we will have “skittles with Fred” so feel free to come out if you wish) 
  • 12/31/08 - closed

Now the good news - we do meet just about every Wednesday during the year.  In fact, the “Thanksgiving Swiss” is currently underway.  Feel free to pay a visit if you want to come out next week for Round 2.

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Anand Remains The Champ / New Links

November 1, 2008 · No Comments

Check out our news section for a new article on the results of the recent world championship in Bonn Germany.

On another note, we have also added The House of Staunton as a new link in our chess resources section. Click here

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Happy Halloween

November 1, 2008 · 1 Comment

As we celebrate another Halloween we can give a free plug to the coolest book cover that has nothing to do with chess!  In a recent Chess Life article they note that the book “Breaking Dawn” is actually the third book in a wildly popular vampire saga.  The over 700 page tome doesn’t even allude to strategy or have a single mention of the royal game.

I came across this book at the end of the summer while on a family vacation in Nantucket.  I was intrigued by the cover and was wondering what this new chess book was all about.  As I leafed through the pages, I realized that this wasn’t a chess book at all!

I’m not sure what the author Stephanie Meyer was thinking when she agreed to this design, but it is a really striking image and a cool cover.  So for all you vampire lovers out there - you might want to check this one out for yourself.

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