Spring Scholastic Winners

Aaron Jacobson (2146), Max Gorbaty (1050) and Dina Brustein (730) were section winners in Sunday's Westfield Spring Scholastic, which featured 45 participants.

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

Westfield Spring Scholastic

On April 13 (Palm Sunday), the Westfield Chess Club will be running its Spring Scholastic tournament.

You can still register at the advance rate ($15 for club members and $20 for non-members) by sending us an email.

For more information click here.

If your child needs to join the USCF, please do so before Sunday or arrive early.

Rating Request Policy

Effective immediately, we will no longer accept rating requests from players or their parents.

Published ratings for the current month will be used for all tournaments, unless we state otherwise. Where allowed by rule, the Chief TD may assign a rating.

E. Singh & Chatsky Win Quick Swiss

Errol Singh and Sam Chatsky won the Westfield Quick Swiss held on Super Bowl Sunday.

Mauricio Camejo, Aaron Jacobson and Tom Polese tied for 3rd.

Jonathan Qi and Ramneek Singh earned the U1700 prize.

Riaan Sheth and Anurag Shetty had the best U1000 scores.

With a larger than expected turnout, we added $100 to the prize fund and 2 class prizes.

Open Section Winners

Trophy winners from the Open Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:

From L-R: Jayadeep Boya (1st place), Jonathan Qi (3rd), Nikhil Arayath (4th), Yuvanshu Agarwal (5th).

Not pictured: Brandon Ng (2nd).

Congratulations to the 15 trophy winners and thanks to all 41 who participated.

Our next Scholastic Event will be on April 13th, 2014.

U1250 Winners

Trophy winners from the U1250 Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:

Above, from L-R: Nikhil Kalyanraman (1st place), Sujeeth Shanmugam (2nd) and Warren Bu (5th).

Winson Zhu (3rd), at right, was absent when the first photo was taken.

 Not pictured: Aayush Ajith (4th).

U750 Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:

From L-R: Warren Sunada-Wong (5th place), Bhaskar Jain (2nd), Dina Brustein (1st), Vpharri Ramanujan (4th) and Navya Thatigutla (3rd).

Updated 1/21 @ 1:50 p.m.

Winter Scholastic Winners

Jayadeep Boya (1625), Nikhil Kalyanraman (1023) and Dina Brustein (280) were section winners in yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic, which featured 41 participants.

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

Higher Entry Fee Reminder

A reminder: Starting today, the entry fee for our Quads & Octos is $20 for Westfield CC members and $25 for non-members.

The prize-fund for each quad has been increased as well, to $60.

Happy Holidays

The Westfield Chess Club wishes its members and patrons the happiest of holidays.

We will be closed on December 29th. Our next event will be the January 5th Quads.

Zilbermintz Wins Holiday Blitz

Lev Zilbermintz won the Westfield Holiday Blitz, held on Sunday, December 22.

NM Mauricio Camejo and Alex Schwartzberg tied for 2nd.

Leonid Fleysher (1913), Thomas Arvin (1675), Brandon Ng (1532) and Ramneek Singh (1466) were tops among U2000s.

Eric Song (1181), Jessica Lee (939) and Mark Schwartzberg (872) split the U1200 prize.

Here are the complete standings:

1. Zilbermintz 6.0/7
= 2-3. Camejo, A. Schwartzberg 5.5
= 4-9. Errol Singh, Fleysher, Arvin, Ng, R. Singh 4.0
10. Justin Lee 3.5
= 11-15. Samuil Chatsky, John Cartier, Jun Tang, Song, Jes. Lee, M. Schwartzberg 3.0
16. Albert Tang 2.0
17. Anthony Tang 1.5
18. Sujeeth Shanmugam 1.0

Note: Regular December ratings were used to determine pairings and prize-groups.