41st Marchand Open March 16 & 17, 2019

The 41st Annual Marchand Open was held in downtown Rochester, NY at the Strong Museum of Play on March 16-17, 2019. Fortunately, there was not too much snow for participants travelling from far-away locations, but it was a cold weekend. This year's Marchand had a record-breaking 177 players including a large contingent from Canada! In the OPEN Section, GM Alexander Fishbein and GM Bryan Smith tied for first place. Our NYS Champion, Lev Paciorkowski, will be posting games and analysis in the near future.  Thank you to all the participants and spectators who attended the tournament.  Due to construction at the Strong Museum of Play, next year's Marchand will be held at a different location in Rochester.

The Chess Center hopes to see you again next year for the 42nd Annual Marchand Open.  

Click here for the 41st Marchand Open Photo Gallery

Click here to open the USCF Cross Table.

GM Alexander Fishbein (left) and Jason Liang

Round 3 - March 16th, 2019

GM Bryan Smith (left) and GM Alexander Shabalov

Round 4 - March 17th, 2019

Here are the Prize Winners of the 41st Marchand:

OPEN Section

1st place tie: GM Alexander Fishbein, GM Bryan Smith

2nd place tie: GM Alexander Shabalov, Eugene Hua, Daniel He, Matt Prilleltensky, Robert Sulman, Justing Arnold

U2200

1st place tie: David Phelps, Terry Luo, Chris Brooks

U2000

1st place: Joey Orozco

2nd place: Michael Opaska

U1800 Section

1st place: Ferdinand Supsup

2nd place tie: Chris Darling, Joseph Bello, Justin King, Jon-Paul Dyson, Ben Chernjavsky

U1600

1st place tie: Patrick Philips, Vincent Gagliano, Michael McGinnis

1400 Section

1st place tie: Joseph Hall, Erich Snell

3rd place: Jason Liu, Eric Addabbo

U1200

1st place: Grant Glor

2nd place: Sebastian Dankner

U1000 Section

1st place tie: Kevin Zou, Sam Lugar, Joseph Orozco

U800 

1st place tie: Ryan Shaffer, Ryan Beh, Brandon Norris

Please Click Here to visit the Rochester Chess Center's web site for more information!

Portrait of Dr. Erich Watkinson Marchand displayed at the Rochester Chess Center

The NEXT big Event coming this Spring to Rochester, NY

 will be the Annual CCCR Simultaneous with our

Club Champion Lev Paciorkowski.