As any frequent visitor to this site knows, we’re all about promoting the love of the game – in all its quirky iterations. We also like to give a shout out to local clubs and provide information on upcoming tournaments. That said, one of the oldest organizations promoting the game is the Contiental Chess Association. Though [...]
Archive for the ‘Tournaments’ Category
A Splendid Time is Guaranteed For All
Posted: March 5, 2010 in chess, TournamentsTags: Beatles, Continental Chess Association, Lonely Hearts, Suffern Chess
0
We’re Closed – Snowed Out on 2/10/2010
Posted: February 9, 2010 in chess, TournamentsTags: Snow, Suffern, Suffern Chess Club
Hello everybody. Based on the current forecast (as of 6:30 pm on 2/9/10), it looks like we’re in for a whale of a storm. Since there’s no way of knowing if this one will miss us like last week’s storm, we’re erring on the side of caution and cancelling the matches scheduled for tomorrow night. [...]
2009 Tournament Recap
Posted: February 7, 2010 in chess, TournamentsTags: Arthur Feuerstein, Champion, Suffern Chess Club
I know it’s February already, but as I was making the latest updates to old tournament links, I felt we should take one last look in the rear view mirror to recap 2009 Suffern Chess Club results. Though we don’t currently have an official “club championship” at year end, it’s pretty easy to figure out who [...]
Suffern Lonely Hearts Club Swiss
Posted: January 31, 2010 in TournamentsTags: Chess Clubs, Poughkeepsie, Top 10 Lists, Tournaments, Vassar
A new tournament will be starting on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010. Feel free to come on out and join the action. On another note, we’ve made a couple of updates to the site. Per a reader’s suggestion, we’ve added a link to the Vassar-Chadwick Chess Club in Poughkeepsie, NY. The club has a lot of [...]
A Day at the Marshall
Posted: January 8, 2010 in TournamentsTags: Chess Tournament, Greenwich Village, Marshall Chess Club, New York City
A couple of times a year, I like to break out of the same old routine at our local club in the suburbs and venture into the city to play with the big boys at the Marshall Chess Club. Anybody who aspires to be a chess player should get out to the Marshall at least once in [...]
Last Tournament of the Decade
Posted: November 21, 2009 in chess, TournamentsTags: chess, Quads, Tournaments
This past Wednesday, we had a change of pace with a Game 30 quad event. We split the members into two groups and played 3 matches in one night. It was certainly an interesting event – and a bit nerve-racking getting used to the 30 minute time limit since we usually play Game 90 events. [...]
ICA Fall Open on 10/25/09
Posted: October 21, 2009 in TournamentsTags: ICA, International Chess Academy, Tournaments
I don’t have time for fancy notes or witty comments, but I just received an email from our friends at the International Chess Academy. They will be holding their first tournament of the season on 10/25 in Hackensack. Please see the link below for details: http://www.icanj.net/chess_class_in_nj/ica_chess_tournaments/445/index.html
New Tournament Starts on 10/14/09
Posted: October 12, 2009 in Analysis, News, TournamentsTags: bishops, Chess Tournament, News, Solodovnichenko, Suffern, Tkachiev
We have a new tournament starting on Wednesday the 14th. After much deliberation, we’ve decided to call it the Suffern “Bishops of October” Swiss. Of course, that’s not all, the website has been updated with a bunch of new content. Look around for the following items: A new post on where to find cool chess [...]
Back in Black
Posted: September 11, 2009 in chess, TournamentsTags: Back in Black, Black Chess Pieces, Chess Tournament, Suffern
The new Suffern “Goodbye to Summer Swiss” is underway. This weeks theme song could have been “Back in Black” as those with the black pieces scored an amazing 6.5 out of 8 points! Roger Pedersen had an impressive performance, finishing off two players simultaneously with the black pieces – all with less than 3 minutes remaining [...]
Upcoming Blindfold Exhibition at Panera
Posted: August 20, 2009 in chess, TournamentsTags: Blindfold, chess, Exhibition, Panera, Suffern, West Orange
One of our members asked me to post information on a special event sponsored by www.chessforlife.us. On August 29, 2009 there will be a blindfold exhibition match at the Panera Bread at the Essex Green Mall in West Orange, NJ. The flyer states that an international master will perform a blindfold simul against multiple players. [...]
