In yesterday's Spring Scholastic, we misread/mis-entered the ID# for Julian Clark.
Our apologies to the player and his opponents. A correction has been sent to the USCF.
A report on the event will follow later today.
Monday, April 20, 2015
Monday, April 13, 2015
Thank You For Supporting Our New Events
To our patrons: Thank you for the positive feedback about our recent G/60 Quads & $-Per-Point Quads.
We will certainly run the G/60 again but, since an earlier start time in late June or early July is not possible, plans to hold another have been pushed back a month.
As for the $-Per-Point format... We'll try it within an Octos tournament in late-summer. To be honest, I'm kicking myself for not thinking of this tweak earlier.
The G/80 Quads?... They deserve another shot. Look for it in late-September, if the YMCA gives us the green light.
John Moldovan
We will certainly run the G/60 again but, since an earlier start time in late June or early July is not possible, plans to hold another have been pushed back a month.
As for the $-Per-Point format... We'll try it within an Octos tournament in late-summer. To be honest, I'm kicking myself for not thinking of this tweak earlier.
The G/80 Quads?... They deserve another shot. Look for it in late-September, if the YMCA gives us the green light.
John Moldovan
Friday, March 27, 2015
Future YMCA Construction & Our TLA
Construction at the Westfield YMCA in the coming months will make rooms
107-109 unavailable to the club. At present, the Y cannot tell us when
the construction is to begin or guarantee us use of the Kellogg Room (or
anywhere else) when it does.
Thus, we have decided not to place TLA for our June 21-July 12 events in May's Chess Life. We will list them in the June issue, place online TLAs and await developments.
If the Y can give us a guarantee by April 10th, we will return to the usual 2-issue advertising for July 19-August 9. If not, we will continue going month to month.
Thus, we have decided not to place TLA for our June 21-July 12 events in May's Chess Life. We will list them in the June issue, place online TLAs and await developments.
If the Y can give us a guarantee by April 10th, we will return to the usual 2-issue advertising for July 19-August 9. If not, we will continue going month to month.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Open Section Winners
Trophy winners from the Open Section of today's Westfield Winter Scholastic:
From L-R: Miguel Ramirez (Honorable Mention), Ramneek Singh (4th), Shikhar Ahuja (Honorable Mention), Marcello Berger (1st) and Aayush Ajith (2nd).
Not
pictured: Steven Feng (3rd), Dilsher Maini (5th), Sumer Maini (5th) and Baron Wu (Honorable Mention).
Final Open Section Standings, in tie-break order.
Congratulations to the 23 trophy winners and thanks to all 35 who participated.
Our next Scholastic event will be on April 19th, 2015.
Our next Scholastic event will be on April 19th, 2015.
U1250 Winners
Trophy winners from the U1250 Section of today's Westfield Winter Scholastic:
Tied with 3.0/4: Neil Samant (2nd place) and David Zhao (1st).
Tied with 2.5/3: Winston Li (5th), Alexander Chen (4th) and Aiden Lu (3rd).
The final U1250 standings, in tie-break order.
U750 Winners
1st
thru 5th places, from
L-R (with trophies): Alec Choi (2nd), Siddarth Lal (4th), Pranav
Sitaraman (1st) and Kris Sethi (3rd). Not pictured: Raghav Krishnan
(5th).
Honorable Mention trophy recipients: Justin Liu (back row), Riaan Sheth, Aryan Nair, Arjun Nair (front row may not be in L-R order).
Final U750 Standings, in tiebreak-order.
Honorable Mention trophy recipients: Justin Liu (back row), Riaan Sheth, Aryan Nair, Arjun Nair (front row may not be in L-R order).
Final U750 Standings, in tiebreak-order.
Winter Scholastic Winners
Marcello Berger (1771), David Zhao (1159) and Pranav Sitaraman (690) were section winners in today's Westfield Winter Scholastic, which featured 35 participants.
The full list of trophy recipients and some additional photos will follow.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Garden State Chess League Quads: FYI
The Garden State Chess League Quads we are running on January 25th are just a longer version of the G/45 Westfield Quads. The EF & prizes are the same. The event is open to everyone.
As a GS official, I believe the league needs to expand and find a weekend venue to prosper. Hopefully, the 1/25 promotion will help do that & give the Westfield CC staffers a chance to push some wood.
If there is sufficient interest, Westfield could field a GSCL team in 2015-16 and host matches every month or two, prior to the G/45 Quads or Octos.
John Moldovan
Member of the 2013-14 GSCL Champion Kenilworth CC Team
As a GS official, I believe the league needs to expand and find a weekend venue to prosper. Hopefully, the 1/25 promotion will help do that & give the Westfield CC staffers a chance to push some wood.
If there is sufficient interest, Westfield could field a GSCL team in 2015-16 and host matches every month or two, prior to the G/45 Quads or Octos.
John Moldovan
Member of the 2013-14 GSCL Champion Kenilworth CC Team
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Happy Holidays
The Westfield Chess Club wishes its members and patrons the happiest of holidays.
We will be closed on December 28th. Our next event will be the January 4th Quads.
E. Singh Wins Holiday Blitz
Errol Singh won the Westfield Chess Club's annual Holiday Blitz tournament, which took place on Sunday, December 21st and featured 24 participants.
To view a crosstable of the event, click here.
Westfield
Holiday Blitz
December 21, 2014
Rank
|
Player
|
Pts
|
1
|
Errol Singh
|
6.0
|
2
|
FM Boris Privman
|
5.5
|
3
|
Lev Zilbermintz
|
5.0
|
= 4
|
LM Peter Radomskyj
|
4.5
|
= 4
|
David Zhurbinsky
|
4.5
|
= 6
|
NM Ken Chieu
|
4.0
|
= 6
|
Roshan Idnani
|
4.0
|
= 6
|
Jevon O'Neal
|
4.0
|
= 9
|
Taran Idnani
|
3.5
|
= 9
|
Leonid Fleysher
|
3.5
|
= 9
|
Ramneek Singh
|
3.5
|
= 9
|
Merric Hu
|
3.5
|
= 9
|
Albert Tang
|
3.5
|
= 14
|
Ilya Zhurbinskiy
|
3.0
|
= 14
|
Brandon Ng
|
3.0
|
= 14
|
Sam Chatsky
|
3.0
|
= 14
|
Justin Lee
|
3.0
|
= 14
|
Eric Song
|
3.0
|
19
|
Jonathan Qi
|
2.5
|
= 20
|
John Moldovan
|
2.0
|
= 20
|
Jun Tang
|
2.0
|
= 20
|
Jessica Lee
|
2.0
|
23
|
Mina Awad
|
1.5
|
24
|
Alex Chen
|
1.0
|
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Holiday Party & Blitz Tournament
On Sunday afternoon (12/21), the Westfield Chess Club is having its
annual Holiday Party and Blitz Tournament.
The club will be providing pizza, snacks and beverages. Members may bring food, as well. Alcohol is not permitted.
The day's full schedule is:
The club will be providing pizza, snacks and beverages. Members may bring food, as well. Alcohol is not permitted.
The day's full schedule is:
12:30 p.m. - Staff Meeting.
1 p.m. - Members' Meeting (should be brief) followed the party.
4-6 p.m. - Blitz Tournament
Tournament Details
Non-rated. 7-SS. G/5; d2. Register: 3:45-3:55 p.m. Rounds: 4:00 p.m. then ASAP. EF: Free.
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