Tuesday, April 23, 2019

25 YEARS AGO - CONNECTICUT CHESS

CONNECTICUT CHESS TOURNAMENTS WITH ROB ROY TD

08 1998-10-17  1998 NAUGATUCK RIVER OPEN
04 1998-10-17  1998 CONNECTICUT JR QUICK #5
12 1998-10-10  1998 QUINNIPIAC RIVER OPEN
04 1998-10-10  1998 CONNECTICUT JR QUICK #4
04 1998-10-03  1998 CONNECTICUT JR QUICK #3
08 1998-10-03  1998 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEMORIAL
22 1998-09-27  1998 CONNECTICUT FALL OPEN
04 1998-09-19  1998 CONNECTICUT JR QUICK #1
12 1998-09-19  1998 MAD RIVER OPEN
14 1998-09-12  4TH SOUTHINGTON OPEN
19 1998-08-29  1ST DANBURY OPEN
09 1998-08-22  18TH WATERBURY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
18 1998-08-15  3RD SOUTHINGTON OPEN
06 1998-08-08  1998 CALUMET OPEN
19 1998-07-18  1998 CONNECTICUT SUMMER OPEN
12 1998-06-20  1998 WESTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN
08 1998-05-16  1998 BRASS CITY OPEN
12 1998-04-18  1998 APRIL MADNESS
57 1998-03-29  1998 CONNECTICUT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
13 1998-03-21  1998 JOE HODDY MEMORIAL
12 1998-02-21  1998 WATERBURY WINTER OPEN
29 1998-02-01  1998 CONNECTICUT WINTER CLASSIC
06 1998-01-17  1998 EARLY BIRD OPEN
MICHAEL STANGO WAS CSCA PRESIDENT 1997
36 1996-03-17  1996 CONNECTICUT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
20 1996-01-20  1996 CONNECTICUT WINTER CLASSIC
18 1996-01-14  1996 CONNECTICUT QUICK CHAMPIONSHIPS
06 1995-12-17  1998 MICKEY MANTLE MEMORIAL
02 1995-11-19  1998 LOU GEHRIG MEMORIAL
26 1995-10-15  1995 CONNECTICUT AMATEUR
58 1995-03-12  1995 CONNECTICUT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
35 1995-01-22  1995 CONNECTICUT WINTER CLASSIC
11 1994-10-16  1994 CONNECTICUT CLOSED
30 1994-10-16  1994 CONNECTICUT AMATEUR
59 1994-03-06  1994 CONNECTICUT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
LEONARD ROBINSON WAS CSCA PRESIDENT 1993
JULIUS FUSTER WAS CSCA PRESIDENT 1992
ROB ROY WAS PRESIDENT 1985-1991, 1994-95-96, 1998-2000.
ROB ROY TRAINED 12 TD'S WHO PASSED TEST AND BECAME CERTIFIED.
AVE TURNOUT FOR 30 TOURNAMENTS ABOVE 20.5
WATERBURY - 16, MIDDLETOWN - 8, SOUTHINGTON - 5, DANBURY -1.

ROB ROY RAN 46 USCF TOURNEYS FROM OCT 1998 THRU AUG 2000

 

MOST RECENT POSTINGS - CONNECTICUT CHESS MAGAZINE 


CONNECTICUT CHESS TWENTY YEARS AGO 67 4/20/19

REPORT - NATHAN HALE OPEN (Apr 13) 111 4/15/19

2019 CONSTITUTION STATE OPEN to be MAY 18 125 4/7/19

REPORT - GREATER HARTFORD OPEN (Mar 16) 121 3/22/19

REPORT - EASTERN CONNECTICUT OPEN (Feb 23) 236 3/9/19

CONNECTICUT HAS 36 TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS 214 2/16/19

TCEC SUPERFINAL 100 game match Stockfish Vs. LCZero 212 2/9/19

NEW BRITAIN CHESS CLUB STORY - by Bob Cyr 288 1/27/19

REPORT - 2019 CT GRADE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Jan 19) 183 1/21/19

TOP WINNERS AT COVENTRY CHESS CLUB 274 1/16/19

REPORT - 2019 COVENTRY OPEN (Jan12) 226 1/14/19

CONN CHESS SURPASSES 100+ READERS PER DAY 355 1/5/19

CHESS HIGHLIGHTS OF 2018 by Bob Cyr 341 1/2/19

CSCA ELECTS NEW BOARD AND PRESIDENT 404 1/1/19

USCF TOURNAMENTS EACH MONTH IN COVENTRY 246 12/31/18

ALAN LASSER AND HIS WILD SNAIL OPENING 199 12/29/18

CONNECTICUT CHESS HISTORY by Bob Cyr 244 12/27/18

WESTON CONN. DIG TEAM MAKES HISTORY 302 12/25/18

CONNECTICUTCHESS.BLOGSPOT.COM 252 12/22/18

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES - COVENTRY CHESS 272 12/19/18

REPORT - 2018 HOLIDAY PARTY OPEN (Dec 15) 393 12/15/18

USCF CHESS EVERY MONTH IN COVENTRY 225 12/13/18

PROGRESS REPORT  -  COVENTRY CHESS CLUB  197 12/9/18

TOP POSTINGS FROM CSCA WEBSITE 207 12/7/18

GAME OF THE WEEK, by Alan Lasser 240 12/2/18

GAME OF THE WEEK, by Alan Lasser 396 11/26/18

REPORT - 2018 YANKEE PEDDLER OPEN (Nov 17) 637 11/18/18

NEARBY RESTAURANTS IN COVENTRY 279 11/13/18

UCONN VS. SIMSBURY MATCH, by Bob Cyr 231 11/12/18

 

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Aug 25  NBCC Summer Open  Wickham Park, Manchester

Sept 28  2019 Charter Oak Open  Coventry CT

Oct 19  2019 Connecticut Harvest Open  Coventry CT

Nov 16  2019 Yankee Peddler Open  Coventry CT

Dec 14  2019 Holiday Party Open  Coventry CT

 

News from CSCA's website

4/21
The 2019 Foxwoods Open took place April 17-21 with many players from Connecticut participating. With 5,5/9 State High School Champion Zachary Tanenbaum was the best performing player from Connecticut in the Open, tying for 1st for the U2250 (FIDE-rating) prize playing higher rated opponents in all his games except one. Also in the money were high school student Daniel Zhou from Storrs, winning $3,000 for a first-place tie in the U2000, David Labriola tying for 10th also in the U2000, Craig Moffitt and Peter Wolfe tying for 6th in the U1800, Joshua Taht tying for 7th in the U1600, Mikhail Bilokin tying for 8th in the U1400, high school student Wyn Veiga from Hamden taking clear 1st and $1,100 in the U1100 and Hans Niemann winning the blitz with a perfect 10-0. 17-year-old John Burke from New Jersey won the Open and $7,650.  Go to CSCAs website for links to Final Standings and US Chess crosstable.

4/14
Results of the CCFC K-12 Scholastic Championships held in Norwalk.

4/13
UConn student Roman Rychkov wins the 2019 Nathan Hale Open in Coventry; crosstable.

 

 

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Mark Bourque of Stafford Springs

We salute Mark because he has been

a strong player on the Connecticut

scene for 40 years.  Mark also ran

a weekly chess club in his hometown.