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As 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.
Categories: Club Info · Tournaments · chess
Tagged: chess, Events, Suffern, Winter Schedule
The Internet Chess Academy is having their Fall 2008 Championship on October 12, 2008. All players over 1400 are welcome to enter the tournament.
The tournament will be held in Hackensack, NJ. The format is a 4 round Swiss System, Game 60. Entry fee is $40 if you pre-enter by October 8. The fee is $45 if you choose to enter on the day of event.
For more details, click the link to ICA and go to the tournaments section.
Categories: Tournaments · chess
Tagged: chess, chess tournaments, Hackensack, New Jersey
The 7th Annual New Yorker Open has come and gone. A total of 73 players braved the commute and the weather for five rounds of game 50 action. Our own Arthur Feurstein was part of the open section and finished with a respectable 2.5 points in five rounds of play against a strong group of players (8 of 33 entries were rated 2200+). New York tournament regular - IM Jay Bonin won the open section with a score of 4.5 points.
In the under 1800 section, William Dubinsky won the tournament with 4.5 points. Your reporter, had an up and down event, ending up with 2.5 points against lower rated competition (ironically, the exact same score as last year).
The good news was this annual event is always well organized, with an easy to reach central location, plenty of space and a well lit main room. The nearby bookstore and kibitz room is a great place to kill time between rounds. As I raced back to my car in the late afternoon deluge, with lightning and thunder echoing down the canyons of Manhattan, I was already thinking about next year’s event … (word of advice, take the bus or the train - parking costs $20 for up to 10 hours, but $49 if you go over!)
Link to crosstable : http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200806149331 
Categories: Tournaments · chess
Tagged: chess, Tournaments, new york, NYC events, new yorker hotel
As 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:
