Connecticut Chess History
by CSCA Historian Robert Cyr
The following data was compiled by Fred Townsend and Rob Roy, two former CSCA presidents. Bob Cyr is the CSCA historian and has worked with both of these longtime chess advocates to preserve chess history in our state.
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The CSCA (on behalf of the NBCC) has been granted copyright authorization from the following state and local newspapers to republish the hundreds of articles that have been written about chess in our state. The publishers and authors are the sole owners of these articles, and they must receive full full credit for them.
These articles are being republished on this website for the sole purpose of promoting chess throughout our community. Republication of these articles by the CSCA for commercial use or for any other purpose than the aforementioned will be considered a violation of copyright law.
More data will be forthcoming, so please check back frequently.
The New Britain Herald
The Hartford Courant
The Republican-American (based in Waterbury)
The Southington Observer
The Record-Journal (based in Meriden)
The Newtown Bee
The New Haven Register
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TOP WINNERS 2018 USCF TOURNAMENTS - COVENTRY CHESS CLUB
12-15 Holiday Party Derek Meredith
11-17 Yankee Peddler Derek Meredith and Joe Bihlmeyer
10-27 Conn Harvest Joe Bihlmeyer
9-30 Charter Oak Abe Mondal
8-11 Nutmeg State Nathan Chang
7-14 Conn Yankee Nelson Castaneda
6-23 Coventry Summer Rick Bauer and Derek Meredith
5-19 Constitution State Dan Smith
4-21 Nathan Hale Suhas Kodali and Jithu Sajeevan
3-17 Greater Hartford Suhas Kodali, Joe Bihlmeyer, and Jon Smucker
2-24 Eastern Conn Derek Meredith and Joe Bihlmeyer
1-13 2018 Coventry Open Joe Bihlmeyer
Top Players at the
Coventry Chess Club:
13 Rob Roy
11 Art Nagel
10 Mark Bourque
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