Schedule for the 2025-2026 School Year

The Right Move Chess Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation which serves scholastic chess players in New York City and the Greater Capital District of Albany, New York by providing a series of free chess tournaments during the school year.

For information about our tournaments click here, and for tournament rules click here.

Tournament	Location	Sponsor	Tournament Info	Registration
TRM 192 October 10th 2026 (National Chess Day)	Bethlehem Central Middle School		Standard TRM	USCF Report Event Completed
TRM 193 (Date TBD)			Standard TRM	Registration not open yet

TRM Officers 2026-2027 School Year

TRM Officers for 2026-2027 School Year

Executive Director/CEO – Hector Rodriguez [2024 to Present] (Oversees and approves all other operations; Development of Tournament Directors; Safe storage of materials for tournaments; Transport materials to site for tournament; trophies and awards ceremony at tournament; etc.)
President – Thihansa Waduthanthree [2025 to Present] (Encourages development; organizes tournamnets; trophies and awards ceremony at tournament); Past Presidents: Aarush Iyengar 2024 -2025, Thilina Dayanga 2020 – 2024, Mary Ann Sorrentino 2019 – 2020, Sandeep Alampalli 2014-2018, Dr. Christine Whyte 2013-2014; Dr. Sreenivas Alampalli 2011-2013
Vice President – Thilina Dayanga [2025 to Present] (Coordinates with schools on program, works with President and CEO for continuity of operations); Past Vice Presidents – Thihansa Waduthanthree 2024 – 2025, Aarush Iyengar 2023 – 2024, Dr. Christine Zhou 2018-19, Santhosh Abraham 2017-18, Dr. Laurie E. Miroff 2016-2017; Dr. Liz Gialanella 2014-2016
Secretary – Open – looking for volunteers (In charge of Advertising / Marketing / Recruiting); Past Secretaries: Michael (Walter) Mockler 2019 -2020 Dr. Christine Zhao 2017-18, Dr. Laurie E. Miroff 2015-16, Dr. Laurie E. Miroff/Santhosh Abraham 2014-15 and Part of 2016-17, Samantha Giknis 2011-2014
Treasurer – Hector Rodriguez [2024 to Present] (Maintains records and inspects all finances related to Make The Right Move); Past treasurers: Brother John McManus 2020 – 2024, Mary Ann Sorrentino 2019 – 2020, Dr. Mahadevan Balasubramaniam, 2016-2018, Santhosh Abraham 2015-2016, Santhosh Abraham/Joseph Whyte 2014-2015, Paul Wilson
Chief Tournamnet Director– Jon Leisner [2018 to Present] (Direct all TRM events, In charge of USCF memberships & Develops new tournamnet directors); Other Tournamnet Diretors: Thihansa Waduthanthree, Aarush Iyengar, Krishna Maddali, Thilina Dayanga

The TRM Board

TRM 159 Results

TRM159 Over-the-Board tournament went well. Results can be found under Tournament Results menu. It was nice to see all the players, parents, and coaches after a long time. Thanks to Dr. Michael Klugman and his Bethlehem Central Middle School team for giving us the venue to conduct the tournament. We also thank volunteers Shah Maulik, Vishal Sood, Cathy Young , D. Suris , and Michael (Walter) Mockler for their help during the tournament.