Mike Laverty, one of our veteran members, will hold a quad on Saturday, June 6 near Shawnee-on-Delaware, just across the NJ/PA state border in the foothills of...
Thanks to Rich Buschgans for obtaining permission to store club equipment at the community center and a lock to secure it. Thanks to Angelo DePalma for...
Updated info: 4-COUNTY OPEN ON Sunday JULY 26TH 2009. http://www.EntryFeesRUs.com/efru01.html CHESS IS RETURNING TO MT ARLINGTON NJ. 4-COUNTY OPEN IS ON SUNDAY...
Attached is the latest tweak in spreadsheets, thanks to Clayton. It gives round-by-round scores, rather than cumulative. What do you think of this way of...
I posted an update of the recent Smithfield Township Quads here http://www.hackettstownchess.blogspot.com/...
Paul Joseph
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Jun 17, 2009 3:59 am
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For those who missed it, here are the last-round pairings for the Summer Holland prelims. FINAL TENTATIVE PAIRINGS, Round 5 (Deliberately unorthodox) Rich...
The Summer Holland prelims finished Monday night. The Holland Finals will start on July 6. Tom Ostrosky 'won' the Holland prelims, with 4/5. Rich Buschgans and...
Tournament updates are also published on the Hackettstown Chess Club web site here http://www.hackettstownchess.blogspot.com/ _____ From:...
Paul Joseph
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Jun 30, 2009 1:24 pm
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See first-round pairings for the Summer Holland Finals below. Please pick up a contact sheet on Monday, if you do not already have one. Full pairings for the...
We need to decide very soon if we will hold a Fall Team tournament, as scheduled, or replace the Fall Team with another format. The deadline for the TLA in...
I'll run the team tournament. There will be one Monday, and I don't know which one it will be, that I will not be able to be there do to work. Most likely...
I am sure we can improve on the format. We can try to restore the Team in Team Tournament. The closest I came to what Harold was trying to do is the...
Paul Joseph
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Jul 2, 2009 3:37 am
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The Summer Holland prelim has been rated: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200906297521-12119310 The fill-in games Dawley----Mike Laverty and Kilian...
Attached is the excellent pairings spreadsheet Clayton cobbled together for the Summer Holland Finals. July ratings are used, except for Lightner Miller; we...
Mike Laverty will hold another quad and chess fest on Saturday, July 18 at the usual excellent site just across the state line in PA, near Shawnee. This time...
What could be a more natural combination than chess and baseball? The two greatest games around.... The following is from Mark Zaiger, of the Lakewood Blue...
Hi Lou, Thanks for your message. Everyone is welcome at our club any time. Here is a list of "quick facts": * Our club has (for the time being) no dues or fees...
Angelo DePalma
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Jul 15, 2009 8:00 pm
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Here is your chance to be a county chess champion. The Viking 4-County Open will be held on Sunday, July 26 at the Holiday Inn Express, in Mt. Arlington....
The Smithfield July 18 Quads results are posted here http://hackettstownchess.blogspot.com/...
Paul Joseph
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Jul 22, 2009 4:00 am
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As most of you know, Ed Koss---long-time Monday night poet-warrior and one of the strongest regular players in club history---suffered a stroke last year. Ed's...
The Smithfield July 18 Quads Photo Report is posted here: http://hackettstownchess.blogspot.com/2009/07/smithfield-quads-results.html...
Paul Joseph
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Aug 1, 2009 2:58 pm
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Mike Laverty will hold another in his award-winning series of chess events on Saturday, Aug. 8 at the usual excellent site in Smithfield Twp., PA, near Shawnee...
Sometimes we forget that our club is lucky to have new members/players in our tournaments. This is a good thing; we hope the trend continues. However, now and...
And now, something new: We will hold a one-night Quick Chess-rated G/10 tournament on Monday, Aug. 31 if at least four players show up at the Community Center...
Good idea, Tom. We will make it so. I had hoped to impress on folks that Quick Chess, even at 'warp-speed,' is tournament chess and not Blitz chess. Perhaps...
USCF annual dues for Regular Adult (the non-Chess Life option) will increase to $34 per year as of Dec. 1, 2009. Till then the Regular Adult rate, online, is...
Reminder: We will hold a one-night Quick Chess-rated G/10 tournament on Monday, Aug. 31 if at least four players show up at the Community Center by 7:30 p.m. ...