57th annual New Britain Summer Open Chess Championship
CT’s BIGGEST Chess Outing of the Year!
A MUST-ATTEND EVENT!
Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Wickham Park
Under the Large Wickham Pavilion - Rain or Shine
Currently, we have 44 players pre-registered for this heritage event; the record is 78! Can we break it?!
Arkadijs Strazdins and FM Richard Bauer tie the record for the most wins or ties for first place in this historic tournament (10 each).
Winners of this tournament follow.
I hope to see you next Sunday. Get out and play some chess with your friends at the beautiful Wickham Park with a BBQ lunch! You can't beat it!
Wickham Park has been the host site of this event since 2012 (except for last year, when the park closed due to Tropical Storm Henri, and then we had to reschedule the event to the Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection (our home) a week later.
Bob Cyr
NBCC Historian and Lifetime Member
USCF Local Tournament Director
Former NBCC Vice President and Librarian
3 SECTIONS: OPEN, UNDER 1622, SCHOLASTIC
Barbecue Lunch included for all players (Extra Lunch $10 advance, $15 On-site)
Entry Fees: $50 by 8/27 8pm, $60 Cash On-site by 9:45)
Entries To: (payable to New Britain Chess Club)
Norman Burtness: 46 Brookmoor Rd, West Hartford, CT 06107
Online entries: Register on CaissaChess - https://caissachess.net/online-registration/index/1800
Sets will be provided. Please bring a digital clock. Weekend park entry = $9 per car
Byes: One 1/2 point bye permitted. No final round byes.
Rounds: First Round is 10 AM, Lunch around 11:30. Subsequent rounds will start at 12:30 and then ASAP
E-mail: newbritainchessclub@gmail.com
Directions: I-84 Exit 60, West at end of ramp, park entrance is 200yds on your right, follow cars inside to Wickham Pavilion.
Open (Minimum rating of 1422)
Prizes: Trophies to Top 2 places, Top U1900
Format: 4 Round Swiss, G/45;d5 (Affects both Quick and Regular rating.)
Schedule: Rounds 10, Lunch,12:30, 2, 3:30
Under 1622
Prizes: Trophies to Top 2, Top Under-1200
Biggest Upset Trophy (combined with Scholastic Section)
Format: 5 Round Swiss, G/25;d5 (Affects both Quick and Regular rating.)
Schedule: Rounds 10, 11, Lunch, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30
Scholastic (Maximum Rating of 1122)
Prizes: Trophies to Top 2, Top U900, U600
Biggest Upset Trophy (combined with U1622 Section)
Format: 5 Round Swiss, G/25;d5 Affects both Quick and Regular rating.
Schedule: Rounds 10, 11, Lunch, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30
The New Britain Summer Open Chess Champions
The Summer Open is the NBCC's annual outdoor event, which generally attracts an average of fifty to sixty players from around the Northeast.
2022: Open: CAN IT BE YOU?!, U1622: CAN IT BE YOU?!, Scholastic: CAN IT BE YOU?!
2021: Open: Richard Bauer and Derek Meredith, U1621: Elizabeth Smith and Carter Clayton, Scholastic: Zachary Lacava
2020: Open: Gaetano Bompastore and Michael Pascetta, U1620: Elizabeth Smith
2019: Open: Mark Bourque and Joseph Hricko, U1619: Kyle Triplett, U919: Ethan Shemo
2018: Open: Richard Bauer, Nelson Castaneda, Jake Wang, and Charles Hua, U1618: Isaish Glessner and Theordoros Theodoropoulos, U918: Michael Boisselle
2017: Open: Hongtao Lau, U1617: Erin Strauts, U917: Jordan Lefkowitz, Aditya Kurra, Vedanta Bhargava, Peter Wolfe, and Yifan Jiang
2016: Open: Andrew Cowell, U1616: Luis Delgado, U916: Daniel Hoffman
2015: Open: Richard Bauer, U1815: Eric Hilhorst, U1415: James Kolega
2014: Open: Alexander Polak and Nelson Castaneda, U1814: John Sentilles and Robert Cyr, U1414: Avery Hood
2013: Open: Nelson Castaneda, U1813 Jozef Madej, U1413: Miguel Purgatorio
2012: Open: Richard Bauer and Nelson Castaneda, U1812: Jozef Madej, U1412: William Adamson
2011: Open: Alex Fikiet, U1811: Robert McDaniel, U1411: Ben Siegel and Shawn Andrews
2010: Open: Richard Bauer, U1700: Brian Kosnoff, U1300: David Fournier
2009: Open: Dennis Prawira, David Herscovici, Andres Castaneda, U1700: Justin Huguenin
2008: Open: Dennis Prawira and Jason Lenore, U1600: David Gaston
2007: Andres Castaneda and Gert Hilhorst
2006: Yogesh Raghunathan, Seth Neel, and Douglas Fiske
2005: Andres Castaneda
2004: Mark Wilkin and Anthony Diaz
2003: Nelson Castaneda
2002: James Wilkin
2001: Mark Wilkin
2000: Ronald Bourassa
1999: William Grzesiak and Richard Bauer
1998: John Baclawski
1997: James Bolton
1996: James Bolton
1995: Arkadijs Strazdins, James Bolton, and Richard Bauer
1994: Richard Bauer
1993: Arkadijs Strazdins
1992: Zimel Livshits
1991: Douglas Fiske and Richard Bauer
1990: Richard Bauer
1989: Eric Godin
1988: Roger Paul
1987: Scott Gunderman
1986: Scott Gunderman
1985: Eric Godin
1984: John Pires
1983: Arkadijs Strazdins
1982: Peter Thau and Eric Godin
1981: Matthew Coulombe
1980: Thomas Little and John Baclawski
1979: Ronald Bourassa
1978: Steven Strogatz
1977: Jerome Crawford
1976: Julius Fuster, Mary Conlon, and Arkadijs Strazdins
1975: James Bolton
1974: James Baker
1973: Arkadijs Strazdins and William Mammen
1972: Arkadijs Strazdins and Parker Montgomery
1971: Arkadijs Strazdins and Loren Lomasky
1970: William Edwards
1969: Peter Kloskowski
1968: Arkadijs Strazdins
1967: Arkadijs Strazdins
1966: Arkadijs Strazdins
