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:

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, …

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 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.

Results for the 2012 MLK tournament in Kingston posted here.

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

1^st  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.

2^nd 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.

3^rd 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

4^th 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.

5^th 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.

6^th  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.

7^th 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.

8^th 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.

9^th 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.

10^th 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.

11^th 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.

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 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)

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

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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