U1250 Spring Scholastic Winners

Trophy winners from the U1250 section of today's Westfield Spring Scholastic:

From L-R: Edward Hu (1st place), Tony Zhang (2nd), Ronak Bhatia (3rd),

Avi Patel (4th), Peter Fotis (5th)

U750 Spring Scholastic Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 section of today's Westfield Spring Scholastic:

From L-R: Nicholas Wang (1st), Pranav Thota (2nd), Ian Sava (4th)

Not pictured: Aziz Kodirov (3rd), Michael Sun-Huang (5th)

Spring Scholastic Results

Sriram Kumar (1576), Edward Hu (1077) and Nicholas Wang (639) were section winners in today's Westfield Spring Scholastic.

The full list of trophy recipients and some photos will follow.

Please Arrive Early For The Sunday Quads

In view of the very large attendance we've been having recently (67 players on March 17 and a record-breaking 70 on March 24th), we kindly ask that you:

1. Make sure your USCF membership is current.
2. Bring your USCF ID card, if you have never played at the Westfield Chess Club or played your first USCF tournament less than 1 month ago.
3. Bring a chess clock if you own one. If you are worried about losing it, you can leave the clock in your car and retrieve it only if we run short.
4. Arrive early, preferably before 1:45 p.m. This is especially important if you want to join our club or use your current rating.
5. Form an orderly, single-file line if there are people ahead of you.
6. Pay your entry fee to our treasurer, Patrick Mazzillo, then move away from directors' table and desk. If you crowd us, the likelihood of mistakes and a delayed start is increased.
7. Once registered (by Pat) you should

• proceed to room 109 if your rating is over 1600.
• move to the far end of rooms 107-108 if your rating is 1200-1600.
• go to the middle of rooms 107-108 if your rating is under 1200 or if you are unrated.

If these guidelines are followed, our efficiency should improve and your experience should be more pleasant.

Policy On Late Arrivals

4 players arrived late for today's 2:15 p.m. Quads. If the first pair had stayed-around, all would have been incorporated into two existing sections.

To repeat, our policy, which has been in effect for some 9 or 10 months, is if you are not registered by 2:08 p.m., you risk missing out.

New Look For Our Website

John Moldovan has re-built our web site. Although there is still some work to be done (like putting-up a larger, clearer map on the Directions page), we believe it is a big improvement upon the original design and hope you like it, as well.

Take a look here.

Winter Scholastic: Open Section Winners

The top 5 finishers in the Westfield Winter Scholastic's open section were:

1. Ryan Feng
2. Nikhil Vaddepally
3. Albert Tang
4. Sikata Sengupta
5. Merric Hu

We don't have a photo of the winners. They didn't hang around for one.

U1250 Winter Scholastic Winners

Trophy Winners from the U1250 section of the recent Westfield Winter Scholastic

From L-R: Adam D'Souza (1st place), Edward Wang (2nd), Sanjana Vittal (3rd), Piush Sarkar (4th), Ronak Bhatia (5th)

In a snafu, the U750 trophies were mixed with the U1250s and some recipients received wrongly-labeled hardware. If you'd like us to replace the plate, we will do that for you.

U750 Winter Scholastic Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 section of the recent Westfield Winter Scholastic

From L-R: Marco Rodriguez (2nd place), Philip Ding (3rd), Boti Kovacs (tie 5th), Nicholas Wang (4th), Eric Song (1st place).

Not shown: Aziz Kodirov (tie 5th) 

Winter Scholastic Results

Ryan Feng (1480), Adam D'Souza (840) and Eric Song (631p) were section-winners in Sunday's Westfield Winter Scholastic.

The full list of trophy recipients and some photos will follow when the latter can be uploaded.

Kernighan & Camejo Win Holiday Blitz

LM Mark Kernighan and expert Mauricio Camejo won the Westfield Holiday Blitz tournament.

Juan Tica was 3rd. Anthony Norris earned U1900 honors. Steven Feng and David Zhurbinsky split the U1600 prize.

15 players participated.