On November 16 the East Greenbush Chess Club is sponsoring a fund raising chess tournament at the Hanner Building (CCC building) of LaSalle School. Games begin at 10:00. Contact Bill Matters for registration and details. Martha Samadashvili, 9-year old US Youth Champion, has been selected by USCF Jerry Nash to represent the United States in the World Youth Chess championships in the United Arab Emirates in December.
Team Standings 2013-2014
| Team Standings: | totals through two tournaments– | |||||||||
| Place | Oct. 21, 2013 | 90 | 91 | 92 | Totals | |||||
| 1 | East Greenbush | 13 | 13 | 26 | ||||||
| 2 | Albany Community | 6 | 6.5 | 12.5 | ||||||
| 3 | Albany Academy | 5.5 | 7 | 12.5 | ||||||
| 4 | SouthSide Acad | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| 5 | Consortium | 0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | ||||||
| 6 | Montessori Magnet | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
| 7 | Saratoga Springs | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 8 | Delaware Commun | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||
| 9 | Albany High School | 9.5 | 0 | 9.5 | ||||||
| 10 | Chinese Community | 8.5 | 0 | 8.5 | ||||||
| 11 | Hacket Middle | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| 12 | Menands | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| 13 | Woodstock Day | 2.5 | 2 | 4.5 | ||||||
| 14 | Loya Bainbridge | 0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||||||
| 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Standings: | Oct. 12, 2013 | TRM90 | National Chess Day | |||||||
| 1. East Greenbush 13 (Rodriguez 4, Koblensky 3, Salisbury 3, Wargacki 3) | ||||||||||
| 2. Saratoga Springs 10 (Ackerman 3, Jon D’Alonzo 2.5, Jos D’Alonzo 2.5, M Sherlock 2) | ||||||||||
| 3. Albany HS 9.5 (Rafferty 4, McTague 2, Polanco 2, Benson 1.5) | ||||||||||
| 4. Chinese Community Center 8.5 (Xue, Li 2.5, Wang 2, Huang 1) | ||||||||||
| 5. Southside Acad (Syracuse) 7 (Jalynn Regner 3, Jade 2, Justin 2) | ||||||||||
| 6. Albany Community CS 6 (Xavier 2, Jordan 1.5, Kemoya 1.5, Destin 1) | ||||||||||
| 7. Delaware Community CS 6 (Lamont 4, H Calderon 2) | ||||||||||
| 8. Albany Academy 5.5 (K Whyte 3, San Alampalli 2.5) | ||||||||||
| 9. Hacket 3 (Aleksic 3) | ||||||||||
| 10. Woodstock Day School 2.5 (Perri 2.5) | ||||||||||
| 11. Montessori Magnet School 2 (Lia Nevo 1, Liv Nevo 1) | ||||||||||
| 12. Menands (Pranav 2) | ||||||||||
| Team Standings: | Oct. 19, 2013 | TRM91 | Montessori Magnet | |||||||
| 1. East Greenbush 13 ( Gabriel 4, Deon 3, Collin 3, Martha 3 ) | ||||||||||
| 2. Consortium 11.5 (Ollie 4, Carlos Jr 3, Catalina 3, Tatiana 1.5) | ||||||||||
| 3. Montessori Magnet School 9 (Jacob 4, Keenan 2, Lia 1.5, Liv 1.5) | ||||||||||
| 4. Albany Academy 7 (Sandeep 3, Killian 3, Joseph 1, Christine 0) | ||||||||||
| 5. Albany Community Charter School 6.5 (Xavier 2.5, Haki 2, Kemoya 1, Naheelah 1) | ||||||||||
| 6. Loya, Bainbridge 5.5 (Blaise 3, Melodie 2.5) | ||||||||||
| 7. Southside Academy Charter, Syracuse 5 (Jade 2, Jalynn 2, Justin 1) | ||||||||||
| 8. Menands 4 (Pradham 2, John 2) | ||||||||||
| 9. Delaware Community Charter School 4 (John 4) | ||||||||||
| 10. Hackett Middle School 3 (Adam 3) | ||||||||||
| 11. Woodstock Day School 2 (Gavin 2) | ||||||||||