Make The Right Move

FREE CHESS FOR YOUTH

Make The Right Move, in association with the Eastern New York Chess Association, offers opportunities for kids of all ages and levels of ability to enjoy chess learning and competition. We host 10 FREE tournaments a year around the Capital Region, and through this website and our Facebook page, provide info on lots of additional opportunities to compete, learn and have fun.

2011-2012 Tournament Schedule – All Dates Confirmed!

Results for the 2012 MLK tournament in Kingston posted here.

TRM 58 at Albany High School INDIVIDUAL RESULTS. Also, updated TEAM RESULTS and LEADERBOARD.

NOTE: A special USCF Open section has been added for TRM 59 at Albany High School. For this section only, players will compete in 3 games, each 60-minutes long, at 10:00, 12:30 and 2:40. All other sections will follow normal times. Details here.

New photos from TRM #55 and TRM #56 (Giffen and Henry Johnson CS) now on Flickr.

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TournamentDateLocationEntry FeeRegister
MLK #18 (Details)Jan. 16, 2012St. Joseph's School, Kingston (map) $15 USCF, $10 all othersRegister
EXTRA SaratogaCANCELLED
#59 Albany Put-DownFeb. 11, 2012Albany HS (map)FREERegister
#64 Rensselaer RocksFeb. 18, 2012Rensselaer Boys' & Girls' Club (map)FREERegister
EXTRA WoodcrestMar. 3, 2012Woodcrest in Rifton (map)FREERegister
#60 King SupremeMar. 10, 2012Martin Luther King MS, Schenectady (map)FREERegister
#61 Search & AdventureMar. 31, 2012Albany NYS Museum/Library (map)FREERegister
#62 Johnson Hold 'emMay 5, 2012Henry Johnson CS (map)FREERegister
#63 Montessori MixJun. 2, 2012Montessori MS (map)FREERegister
#65 Aurora at Dana ParkJun. 16, 2012Dana Park, Albany (map)FREERegister

Registration TRM 59 February 11 Albany HS Put-Down

January 25, 2012 (7:30 AM) Hurry, hurry, step right up! The first entries are in (see sections below).
Register here.

USCF Open: Koushik Pernati, Shaker (11)

USCF King 1000-1799:

USCF Queen 600-999:

USCF Rook Under 600:

Awe Adults Welcome: Peter Sharp AHS (13) 1200

Knight Grades 6-12: Alex Sharp AHS (10) 450

Bishop Grades 3-5: Ryan Beardsley Voor (3) 450, Brooks Jahcor  Sac (5)   539

Pawn Grades K-2:

Three Tournaments at Albany’s Dana Park

The Aurora Foundation, with the help of Price Chopper, Dunkin’ Donuts and Make the Right Move, is sponsoring three chess tournaments, outdoors at Albany’s Dana Park.

Tournament Dates: May 19, 2012, June 16,2012 and July 21,2012
Where: Dana Park (Madison, Lark and Delaware Ave. Junction), Albany  (Inclement weather/ Rain – Community Room at Knox and Dana)
Prizes: $$$ certificates from area merchants valued to $50.
EF: $6.00  4 games, G/45 starting at 10:00 AM ending at 4:30 PM  (Not USCF certified. No membership requirements.)
Sponsors: Aurora Foundation (501.3 c non-profit)
TD: Charles Eson. Sets, Boards, Clocks provided for players’ use during the tournament by Make The Right Move.
Sponsors: Price Chopper, Dunkin’ Donuts, …

Saratoga Jan 28 cancelled (Middletown Simul)

Due to problems with preparation and planning the Saratoga chess tournament scheduled for January 28 has been cancelled.

On Saturday, January 28, 2012, Middletown High School will be holding a simul with 40 players taking on candidate master Deepak Aaron, starting at 1:00.  Contact Luis Garcia for more details.

Woodcrest to host March 3 Chess Tournament

Woodcrest in Rifton is soon to announce plans for the second Chess tournament held on their campus on the afternoon of March 3, 2012. Details to follow soon. You will find info here, and it will be kept up to date.

All results – 2012MLK (Jan. 16, 2012)

Results for the 2012 MLK tournament in Kingston posted here.

Team Results 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Chess Tournament (Jan. 16, 2012)

Alphabetical list of students on roster sheet followed by (grade) and individual points. Congratulations to all.  Great tournament!

1st  19 Points: Woodcrest, 2032 Rt. 213,PO Box 903, Rifton (Tim Keiderling): Zane Arnold (7) 5,  Colin Boller (8) 5, Andrew Maendal (6) 5, Roseanne Mow (7) 4, BaxterWareham (8) 4, Kyle Wipf (8) 4.

2nd 17 Points (tb): Rockin’ Rooks, Rhinebeck (Cathy Young): Ian Anderson 2.5, Solomon Bloch 1, Jake Buch 4, Quentin Carlaw 2,  Dylan Cho 3, Ian Cho 2, Henry Dalu 3, Miles DeMartino 3, Lucas Dentico 5, Andrew Gauspohl 4, McCready Kearney 4, Roland Lipscomb 2, Eitan Neustadt 2.5, Isaac Neustadt 1, Mike Oberly 2, Oliver Pflaun 4, Devin Pozza 3.5, Jonathan Rhea 2.5,  Jason Swart 4.

3rd 17 Points (tb): Mighty Pawns,St. Joseph’s,235 Wall St., Kingston (Karen Merker): Austin Black, Colin Blanchard, Daniel Brucker, Mia Buford, Tahl Buford, Vinny Castaldo, Ron Calixto, Uriel Calixto, Adam Cherian, Emma Conner, Adam Dachenhausen, Johnathan Davidson, Henry Delissio, Anthony Devlin, Peter Dong, Steven Dong, Bethanie Gardner, Brady Gardner,  Devin Gardner, Joseph Garozzo, Josh Grossbohlin, Omari Hobson, Isabella Jankowski, Abbey-Gayle Kelly, Alex Lomasney (5), Daniel Malinoski,  Joey Manginelli, DJ Masterson, Jair Mautone, Jax Mautone, Max Maughan, Mickey Moughan, Maitu Murphy, Patrick Murphy, Gabrielle Salese, Gary Salese, Vaughn Seninde, Christopher Smith,  Matthew Smith, Angelina Turner, Seth Turner, Dylan Watzka, Zachary Wesolowski

4th 15.5 Points: Woodstock Day School, PO Box 1, Woodstock 12498 (Janis Perri): Macky Bowman (4) 2, Will Cullen (6) 2, Willem Dougan (1) 2, Max Gabrielle (1) 2, Harry Lang (5) 2, Lucca Lofaro (3) 1, Lucian McMenemy (4) 3.5, Alexander Ober (2) 4,  Gavin Perri (4) 5, Alex Treloar (8) 3, Maxwell Verspyck (5) 3.

5th 15 Points: Putnam Valley Elem,Oscawana Lake Rd.,Putnam Valley10579 (Stephan Gerzadowicz): Frank Bubbico (4) 3, Ivan Caposito (5) 5, Chicotka (4) 3.5, Casey Dath (5) 2, Kelby Dath (2) 3.5, Remy Eppner (2) 2.5, Sam France (4) 3, Joseph Raetzer (4) 3, Eric Rein (4) 2.5, Lenny Rein (2) 2, Serhiy Solovyou (3) 3.

6th  14 Points: Simsbury Library, CT. (Gert Hilhorst): JP Dumont (5) 3, Eric Farmer (5) 3.5, Ben Fitzsimmons (5) 2, Sean Henderson (6) 3, Eric Hilhorst (7) 4.5, Luke Medeika (5) 2, Andrew Oken (4) 2.5, Josh Oken (6) 2, Kate Travis (6) 2, Falcon Yule (3) 1.5.

7th 13.5 Points: Saratoga,Box 3306Saratoga Springs,NY12866 (Samantha Giknis): Phillip Anderson (5) 1.5, Bryce Coss (5) 3, Jonathan D’Alonzo (3) 4, Joseph D’Alonzo (6) 3.5, Jovanna D’Alonzo (8) 3.

8th 13 Points(tb): Haldane, Criagside Drive, Cold Spring, NY (Rudolf Vandommele): Andrew Vandommele (6) 3, Luca Vandommele (1) 2.5, Gabriel Keller (4) 2,  George Leiter (6) 3, Andrew Nachamkin (4) 3.5, Matthew Nachamkin (K) 1.5, Luke Perella (2) 3.5, Sam Sewaro (4) 2.5, Evan Tighe (2) 3,  Louie Weber (6) 2.

9th 13 Points (tb): Noble Knights of Saugerties: Jr. High/Mt.Marion, Call Box A,Saugerties,NY12477 (Larry Mautone): Blake Friedman 2, Kaleb Friedman 4, Giona Kleinberg 4, Jaea Kleinberg 1.5, Arick Manocha 3, Michael McIntyre 1, Christian Novotny 0.

10th 10 Points (tb): Miller MS,KingstonNY. (Niel Lynch): Joseph Lynch (7) 3, Mark McSpeden- Havir (7) 2, Finnegan Pike (7) 2.5, Nick Vincent (7) 2.5.

11th 10 Points (tb): Mid-Hudson Chinese School,167 Myers Corner Rd,Wappingers, NY 12590 (Tainwen Gu): Brandon Cheung (2) 2, Alex Zhu (K) 3, Robert Zhu (2) 2.5.

New Section Feb 11 Only

Make The Right Move is offering a special section, USCF rated Open 3SS, G/60, at the Feb. 11, 2012 chess tournament, hoping to attract  the right audience to take advantage of this opportunity. Due to the outstanding possibilities of space and time at Albany High School chessplayers, young and old,  can compete for rating points without undue stress from game in 30 minutes per player. Yes, it’s totally free.  Newburgh, Kingston,  Schenectady, Saratoga: all are invited.  Games at 10:00, 12:30 and 2:40.  Trophies and medals for prizes.  We need a minimum of 8 players for this section, and you must sign up in advance (by Feb. 9). Section will be listed as Open on the web.  You must be a current USCF members to participate in this section.  (Posted Jan. 10, 2012, so get the word out now!!!)

Nitin Wins Capitol District Championship Prize

Nitin Obla defeated Joseph D’Alonzo (King Section) to share in the Best Game Award with Dilip Aaron (for his win over Carlos Varela, Awe Section).  Bill Townsend has decided to split the award for best game from the Nov. 5, 2011 TRM 56 held at Henry Johnson Charter School.  Here is the game from Nitin:

Nitin Obla (1115)
Joseph D’Alonzo (1014) C47

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Qc6?? 11. Bb5!! Qxb5 12. Nxc7+ Ke7 13. Nxb5 Rb8 14. Qd6+ Ke8 15. Nc7# (1-0)

Win Ca$h with Townsend

Bill Townsend well remembers the Capital District Championships, held for many years at Coxsackie.  Each year he would give a $40 cash prize to the best scholastic recorded game. This year on November 5 at Henry Johnson Charter School Bill brings back that fantastic tradition.  He provides scoresheets with double pages so you keep one copy of your game while he collects the other.  (Each player is limited to handing in only one best game scoresheet from among the four games played that day.) The winner wiil be announced in the Schenectady Gazette at at later date, after he gets a chance to go over all entries.

National Chess Day – Saturday, October 8, 2011

National Chess Day                                                                        Saturday, October 8, 2011

Thoughts for Schools: (Contests, Bulletin Boards, etc)—

1) Which of our founding Fathers played chess?

2) Draw a map showing the countries where chess originated.

3) Conduct a survey of parents / schoolchildren who play chess. Correlate the results.

4) Designate a “Learn Chess” Center to introduce the game to parents / schoolchildren.
5) Project a “chess ladder” among the players in your school. Keep progress up-to-date.

Additional Possibilities:

-Hold a Chess Tournament at your school.

-Establish a chess club.

-Invite players to participate in outside chess competition, e.g., visit
www.maketherightmove.org “FREE Chess for Youth” Next
tournament will be on November 5, 2011 at Henry Johnson Charter School, 30
Watervliet Ave., Albany.

Brother John McManus

Make The Right Move

391 Western Ave.

Albany, NY 12203

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