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.
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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.
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36th Annual Marchand Open - March 8-9, 2014 
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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