At the beginning of each year, it is interesting to take a look back at the results from our tournaments to see who had the best performances at our Wednesday night events. There are some surprises to report this year. For the first time in a long while, the winner of the most events was [...]
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The 2011 Unofficial Club Champion
Posted: January 3, 2012 in chess, TournamentsTags: 2011 Results, Stats, Suffern Chess
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Hey dudes. If you’re looking for some more groovy locations to play chess, we have the skinny on where to take a road trip. So load up your VW Bus with your boards, pieces and clocks and follow the positive vibrations to the following locations: Eastern Team Championship, Sheraton Hotel, Stamford, CT (11/4-11/6 or 11/5-11/6): [...]
Garry Kasparov: “Would not it be Cool to Play in Suffern?”
Posted: April 1, 2011 in chess, Grandmasters, TournamentsTags: chess, Garry Kasparov, Sidd Finch, Simul
Garry Kasparov the former world champion is close to agreeing to terms to play a simul in Suffern. The negotiations were a long and arduous process which occurred over many months. How did this come to pass? Sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction. (Or fiction is a lot like truth). One of the Suffern [...]
Thanks for coming out tonight for Round 3 of the Almost Summer Swiss. Per my announcement tonight, Gerry and I will not be available next week, so we’ll take a week off. Round 4 will be played on 4/13/11. (For those of you too young to remember life before 24 hour TV – channels used [...]
Due to the impending snow storm tonight, the chess club will be closed. A new tournament will start next week on February 2. The last tournament – “Suffern Snowflake Swiss” has been rated and can be viewed on the USCF website. For your convenience, we’ve added a link here - Suffern Snowflake Link
Louis XVIII Open and Other Tournaments
Posted: November 19, 2010 in chess, Tournaments, TriviaTags: Tournaments
The last Suffern Tournament of 2010 is underway. As I was looking for a unique name for the tournament, I thought it would be interesting to look up famous birthdays for 11/17 and with apologies to Danny DeVito, I decided to honor Louis XVIII who was the last French monarch to die while reigning. Since [...]
Chess Analogies
Posted: July 10, 2010 in TournamentsTags: Analogies, chess, Moving, Patience, Relocation, Suffern, Tournaments
My family and I recently closed on a new house and though the process took a number of months, in the end it was worthwhile. Over the past few weeks, as we drew nearer to the final closing date, I naturally didn’t have time to devote to chess study, tournament matches, or site updates. Of [...]
Odds & Ends
Posted: May 26, 2010 in chess, TournamentsTags: Facebook, ICA, LinkedIn, Networking, Suffern Chess
ICA Summer Open Our friends at the International Chess Academy are hosting their “2010 Open Championship” this Sunday, June 6. The tournament is a 4 Round Swiss event. The only requirement to enter is a rating over 1400. Entry fee is $40 in advance and $45 at the door. If you’re interested, click the local [...]
International Chess Academy Tournament
Posted: April 17, 2010 in chess, TournamentsTags: Hackensack, ICA, Spring Open
If you’re looking for local tournament to participate in, the ICA (International Chess Academy) is having a four round tournament on April 25. A few members of our club have participated in past tournaments and tell me that it’s a great place to play. I’m tempted to go myself, except the date coincides with my [...]
World Championship
Posted: April 17, 2010 in chess, Grandmasters, TournamentsTags: Anand, Bulgaria, Championship, Sofia, Topalov
The world championship match between Anand and Topalov starts next Friday in Sofia Bulgeria. The highly anticipated match will be played in a two and a half week timespan in late April to mid May. A prize fund of 2 million Euros is at stake. The winner will receive 1.8 million Euros and the loser [...]
