RCC Saturday tournament results for December 28, 2013

Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings:
1st: Arianna Kharroubi with 3.5 points
2nd: Aidan Kharroubi with 3 points (Trophy winner)
3rd: Jason Niu with 2.5 points
4th: Joshua Iosevich, Nathan Girnius and Meka Revathi with 1 point each

Today, we also celebrate the 90th birthday 

of local chess player and chess teacher

Adam DeSantis

Happy Birthday "Mr. Chess"!

Rounding out the week, here are the Final Standings from this past week's Community Chess Club of Rochester's (CCCR) games played on Thursday, Dec. 26th:

Ken McBride lost to Sherman Cunningham
Mike Lionti lost to Alex Iosevich
Doug Spencer won against NM Laszlo Tapaszto
Jim Attaya won against David Worl

Reminders:

The Community Chess Club of Rochester (CCCR) will be having their USCF-rated G/80d5 game on THURSDAY (Jan. 2nd) because the regular Wednesday schedule falls on New Years Day. The Chess Center is also open for chess and store sales on the Saturday during the upcoming holiday.



  CHESS CAMP is taking place this week at the Rochester Chess Center! Aquire chess skills from their excellent teachers and have lots of fun too!
Call 585-442-2430 for more information. 

Here are two FIDE chess games that Jamshed Ahmed submitted to the Community Chess Club of Rochester for our viewing enjoyment:

RCC Saturday tournament results for December 21, 2013

Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings: 
1st: Arianna Kharroubi and Thomas Kwon with 2 points each
3rd: Aidan Kharroubi

Saturday Afternoon Adult Tournament Final Standings:
Open Section:
1st and 2nd place  tie: Jacob Chen and Sherm Cunningham with 2.5 points each
U2000: David Phelps with 2 points
U1876: Doug Spencer with 2 points

U1700 Section:
1st: Ethan Yung with 2.5 points
2nd: Patrick Chernjavsky, Mike Lionti, Samuel Liu, and Michael David with 2 points each

Before the Adult chess tournament, we celebrated Sherman Cunningham's 58th birthday and had a party with pizza, cookies and cake. Sherman had a wonderful day over the chess board finishing with 2.5 in a tie for 1st place in the Open section.

Reminder:

The Community Chess Club of Rochester (CCCR) will be having their USCF-rated G/80d5 game on THURSDAY this week (Dec. 26th) and next THURSDAY (Jan. 2nd) because the regular Wednesday schedule falls on Christmas Day and New Years Day. The Chess Center is also open for chess and store sales on the Saturdays during the upcoming holidays.

RCC Saturday tournament results for December 14, 2013

Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings: 
1st: Arianna Kharroubi with 3 points
2nd: Achutha Ramesh with 1.5 points
3rd: Anirudh Ramesh with 0.5 point

(Left to Right) Arianna Kharroubi, Anirudh Ramesh and Achutha Ramesh at the Youth Tournament. Arianna won the trophy last week, so this week Achutha won the trophy.

Michael Miller (left, 1746) from Syracuse lost to Jacob Chen (1888) in an interesting game.

 

NY Scholastic & RCC Saturday tournament results for December 7, 2013

Pioneer High School Western New York Scholastic: 
Congratulations to all these fine chess players!
K-12:
1st (of 28): Lev Paciorkowski
2nd: Owen Shriver
12th: Patrick Chernjavsky
K-8:
1st (of 14): Wendell Lambert
2nd: Anoop Sunkara
K-4:
1st (of 17): Arjun Patel

Anoop Sunkara (left) and Wendell Lambert hold their individual trophies and team trophy for the K-8 Section.

NM Laszlo Tapaszto (at right, 2200) visiting from Caracas Venezula defeated Richard Motroni (1712) in a beautiful game in round 2 of the Chess Center's Saturday afternoon Adult tournament.

Pahz Cherelin (left, 1285) played a magnificent game against John Manning (1815), but lost in a close end-game.

Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings: 
1st: Arianna Kharroubi with 2 points
2nd: Aidan Kharroubi with 2 points
3rd: Toby Thompson and Joshua Iosevich with 1 point each
4th: Nathan Girnius

Arianna Kharroubi (right) won her game against Joshua Iosevich in the Chess Center's Saturday morning youth tournament. Arianna went on to win the 1st place trophy.

The Youth tournament is every Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
The Adult tournament is every Saturday from 2pm-8pm, 3 Rds G/60d5 with registration by 1:45pm.

Chess Center is open for chess on Wed. Nov. 27 and Sat. Nov. 30

 

The Community Chess Club of Rochester (CCCR) is open for chess at the Rochester Chess Center this Wednesday night, Nov. 27th. Registration is 6:45pm-7:25pm, with games starting at 7:30pm. (USCF-rated, G/80d5). Visitors always welcome!

The Rochester Chess Center's Saturday tournaments will be held on Nov. 30th. That includes the Youth tournament at 10am which runs until 1pm (USCF not required, G30d5), followed by the Adult tournament at 2pm (USCF-rated, G/60d5). Visitors always welcome!

221 Norris Drive, Rochester, NY 14610. 585-442-2430.

RCC Saturday tournament results for November 23, 2013

Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings:
1st: Achutha Ramesh, Joshua Iosevich, and Erich Snell with 2.5 points each
4th: Arianna Kharroubi and Natalie Prezhdo with 2 points each
6th: Nathan Girnius and Anirudh Ramesh with 1 point each
8th: Kai Patrone with .5 points
9th: Ben Buyer

The Youth tournament is every Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
The Adult tournament is every Saturday from 2pm-8pm, 3 Rds G/60d5 with registration by 1:45pm.

Weekend Chess Tournament Results: Local, Geneseo, World!

Saturday Afternoon Adult Tournament Final Standings:
1st: Tom Liu with 3 points
2nd: Jeffrey Shi with 2.5 points
U1800: Rich Motroni and Thomas McElmurry with 1.5 points each

Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings:
1st: Arianna Kharroubi and Erich Snell with 3 points each
3rd: Aidan Kharroubi and Natalie Prezhdo with 1.5 points each
5th: Robert Hong

The 2nd SUNY Geneseo tournament was a great success. There were 3 sections: Open, U1400 and un-rated with a total of 71 players. Details/photos/games will be coming shortly. Results below are incomplete at this time, but will be added shortly. Thanks to James Hiltunen and Nicholas Sortisio for organizing a terrific tournament!

Note: Prizes below are in the form of Amazon.com gift cards.

U1400:
1st: Peter Carter (1284) 4-0-0 ($125)
2nd: Thomas Brock, Mike Lionti (1356) 3-1-0 ($25), Thomas Brock (Geneseo student) (1131) 3-1-0 ($25) and Micah Wiesner (Geneseo student) 3-1-0 ($25)
U1000: Nathan Saint Ours (874) 3-1-0 ($50)


Peter Carter (right) won the 4th round game and the U1400 Section title against Nathan Saint Ours at the SUNY Geneseo Fall Chess Tournament on Saturday, November 16th, 2013.

Unrated:
1st: Marcus Elia 4.0 ($60)
2nd: Michael Pilosov 3.5 ($50)
3rd-7th (Tie) with 3 points each: Dan Macaluso ($30), Samir Farooq ($30), Nicholas Charles ($30), Joe McMahon ($30) and Uddhi Stowell ($30)
8th (Tie): Kyle Morgan ($7.50) and Gabrielle Kosoy ($7.50)

2013 World Chess Championship: Carlsen winning 4-2

Click the photo to go to the official World Championship web site

This Saturday, Nov. 16th: SUNY Geneseo tournament organized by James Hiltunen

This is an excellent tournament.  Great prizes, a rated and unrated section, and great food provided free for all participating chess players. 

Click here for the USCF-rated section tournament information.

Click here for the Unrated section tournament information - All skill levels welcome!

Click here for a map of the campus.
Click here for the SUNY Geneseo Chess Club web site.

This is the 2nd SUNY Geneseo tournament!

 The Rochester Chess Center is providing a van to shuttle players to and from the tournament. The van will be leaving promptly at 9:30am on Saturday morning, Nov. 16th. Call 585-442-2430 if you would like to reserve a seat.

Play in the unrated section or the USCF-member section!

The tournament will be on Saturday November 16th. There will be $500 of catered food and more than $700 for prizes. 50% of the profits will go to the Salvation Army Adopt-A-Child and we will accepting donations of chess sets, boards, books to give to Adobt-A-Family for Christmas gifts.The tournament is organized by James Hiltunen. The Spring tournament was fantastic. Mark your calendars! The Rochester Chess Center Saturday tournament will still be held for players unable to attend the Geneseo tournament.  However, we hope you will support James Hiltunen and his tournament this Saturday in Geneseo!

Tournament Announcements

New FIDE Tournaments Coming to Rochester Chess Center, meeting Nov. 7th

Ron Lohrman is setting up separate FIDE tournaments for Thursday nights, Friday nights and Sunday afternoons, beginning November 7th. All interest players should meet at 6pm at the Rochester Chess Center at 6pm Wednesday Nov. 6th  to discuss the format, game time, etc. After the meeting, all players are welcome to play in the Community Chess Club G/80d5 rated games at 7:30pm.
Click here or on the image above for the official tournament announcement.

Fall 2013 Geneseo Chess Open - Nov. 16th

The tournament will be on Saturday November 16th. There will be $500 of catered food and more than $700 for prizes. 50% of the profits will go to the Salvation Army Adopt-A-Child and we will accepting donations of chess sets, boards, books to give to Adopt-A-Family for Christmas gifts.The tournament is organized by James Hiltunen. The Spring tournament was fantastic. Mark your calendars! This is a great tournament!  The Rochester Chess Center Saturday tournament will still be held for players unable to attend the Geneseo tournament. The Rochester Chess Center van will be taking players to the Geneseo tournament. Add your name on the signup sheet to reserve your seat.
Click here or on either of the images above for the official tournament announcement.

36th Annual Marchand Open - March 8-9, 2014 
Click here or on the image above for the official tournament announcement.

Abraham Glasser Wins the 2013 Club Championship! Petty 2nd, Campbell 3rd and McBride 4th

The Community Chess Club of Rochester - 2013 Championship

Congratulations to our 2013 Community Chess Club Champion

 Abraham Glasser!

 

Round 4: David Campbell (left, black pieces) played a magnificent game against defending Community Chess Club Champion Abraham Glasser.  In a very close game with many complications, Abraham Glasser found a win in the end-game and finished with a perfect score (4-0) in the tournament.

The game below was provided by Abraham Glasser.

Final Standings:

1st - Abraham Glasser

2nd - David Petty

3rd - David Campbell
4th - Ken McBride

U2000 - David Phelps

U1800 - Patrick Phillips

U1500 - Michael Lionti

U1200 - Spencer Dewey

U1000 - Guy Fuhrman

The 17 Annual Community Chess Club Championship was held at the Rochester Chess Center in Rochester, New York on four consecutive Wednesday evenings from October 2 - October 23, 2013.  

There were 37 players participating in this very competitive and prestigious chess tournament.  The tournament director was Ron Lohrman.  Sixty six games were played in 1 section.  

 

PRIZES will be awarded on Wednesday, Nov. 6th at 7:30pm before the regular chess games begin.

Join us on Nov. 6th for the awards ceremony and cake/coffee. Visitors welcome! 

17 Annual Community Chess Club Championship Results: Round #4 Rochester Chess Center, Rochester NY USA Oct 23, 2013 7:30pm     G/80d5    USCF ratings are from October 2013 Supplement
Board	Rating	White	Result	Rating	Black
1	2156	Abraham Glasser (2012 defending champion)	1-0	2017	David Campbell
2	1889	Webster Kehoe	0-1	2156	David Petty
3	1834	Connor Wagner	0-1	2028	Ken McBride
4	1802	Don Stubblebine	0-1	1983	David Phelps
5	1616	Michael Trent	0-1	1809	Jamshed Ahmed
6	1537	David Worl	0-1	1890	Tony Badamo
7	1361	Michael Lionti	1-0	1660	John Frearson
8	1562	Rene Vecka	½-½	1358	Anoop Sunkara
9	1505	Jim Trowebridge	0-1	1340	Patrick Phillips
10	1201	Peter Carter	½-½	1400	Kenn Scullin
11	1534	Sam Cherin	½-½	1450	Jim Attaya
12	1300	Gerry Birmingham	0-1F	1513	Chuck Saweikis
13	976	Guy Fuhrman	0-1	1483	Daniel Chadwick
14	1225	Jim Carter	0-1	846	Spencer Dewey
15	1218	Michael Runnells	1-0	1002	Michael Connelly
16	1140	Theo Chapman	1-0	249	Bill Raymond

Click Here for the USCF-rated Cross-table

Click Here to see the Championship Photo Gallery

Games and more pictures will be uploaded soon.

  This blog entry will be updated shortly.

RCC Saturday tournament results for October 19, 2013

Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings:
1st place tie - Arianna Kharroubi and Artem Goncharov with 3 points each
2nd place - Aidan Kharroubi with 1 point
3rd place - Natalie Prezhdo

Youth Tournament: "Bobby Fischer" (left front) plays against Aidan Kharroubi.

The Youth tournament is every Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
The Adult tournament is every Saturday from 2pm-8pm, 3 Rds G/60d5 with registration by 1:45pm.

Chess Movie "Brooklyn Castle" - Watch free on PBS

Brooklyn Castle

• Aired: 10/07/2013
• 01:22:22
• Expires: 11/06/2013
• Rating: NR

This public-school powerhouse in junior high chess competitions has won more than 30 national championships, the most of any school in the country. Its squad boasts so many strong players that the late Albert Einstein, would rank fourth if he were on the team. Most astoundingly, I.S. 318 is a Brooklyn school that serves mostly minority students from families living below the poverty line.

(Summary copied from PBS.org)

CCCR Championship Results: Round #3

The 17th Annual Community Chess Club Championship continued with round 3 on Wednesday evening, October 16th.

Chess player Guy Fuhrman is dressed for chess! Nice hat!

Abraham Glasser is on the road to successfully defending his title as 2012 Community Chess Club Champion by defeating David Phelps in round #3 in a complex tactical chess game.

The game analysis below was provided by Abraham Glasser.

Round 3: David Phelps (rear left) was defeated by Abraham Glasser (2012 defending champion). Ken McBride (front left) was defeated by David Campbell. In the last round, Abraham will defend his title against David Campbell.

17 Annual Community Chess Club Championship Results: Round #3 Rochester Chess Center, Rochester NY USA Oct 16, 2013 7:30pm     G/80d5    USCF ratings are from October 2013 Supplement
Board	Rating	White	Result	Rating	Black
1	1983	David Phelps	0-1	2156	Abraham Glasser (2012 defending champion)
2	2028	Ken McBride	0-1	2017	David Campbell
3	2156	David Petty	1-0	1900	Sherman Cunningham
4	1890	Tony Badamo	0-1	1834	Connor Wagner
5	1361	Michael Lionti	0-1	1889	Webster Kehoe
6	1875	Doug Spencer	1-0	1201	Peter Carter
7	1809	Jamshed Ahmed	1-0	1534	Sam Cherin
8	1483	Daniel Chadwick	0-1	1802	Don Stubblebine
9	1616	Michael Trent	1-0	1450	Jim Attaya
10	1537	David Worl	1-0	1300	Gerry Birmingham
11	846	Spencer Dewey	0-1	1358	Anoop Sunkara
12	1340	Patrick Phillips	1-0	1218	Michael Runnells
13	1513	Chuck Saweikis	1-0	1210	Howard Decker
14	1140	Theodore Chapman	½-½	1225	Jim Carter
15	692	Adam DeSantis (house)	0-1	976	Guy Fuhrman

17th Annual CCCR Championship Provisional Round #4 Pairings for October 23rd at 7:30pm:
Board	Game
1	Abraham Glasser (defending 2012 champion) vs David Campbell
2	Webster Kehoe vs David Petty
3	Connor Wagner vs Ken McBride
4	Don Stubblebine vs David Phelps
5	Michael Trent vs Jamshed Ahmed
6	David Worl vs Tony Badamo
7	Michael Lionti vs John Frearson
8	Rene Vecka vs Anoop Sunkara
9	Jim Trowbridge vs Patrick Phillips
10	Peter Carter vs Kenn Scullin
11	Sam Cherin vs Jim Attaya
12	Gerry Birmingham vs Chuck Saweikis
13	Guy Fuhrman vs Daniel Chadwick
14	Michael Runnells vs Michael Connelly
15	Theodore Chapman vs Bill Raymond