Spring Scholastic Winners

Gregory Pylypovych (1436),  Grant Carlsen (1081) and Audrey Hu (652) were section winners in yesterday's Westfield Spring Scholastic, which featured a record 58 participants.

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

Spring Scholastic This Sunday!

A reminder: On Sunday afternoon (April 17), the Westfield Chess Club will be running its Spring Scholastic tournament.

Registration is from 1:15-1:45 p.m. The 1st round is at 2:00.

For more information click here.

If your child needs to join the USCF, please sign him up today, tomorrow or arrive early (before 1:30).

YMCA Announcement

YMCA Announcement For Adult Chess Players, Parents & Visitors

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If you are not playing in, bringing your child to play in or coming to watch the 1/24 or 1/31 tournaments, you will be required to go through the screening on your next visit to the club.

Scholastic Wrap-Up

Congratulations to the 20 trophy winners, thanks to all 49 who took part in yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic



and apologies to Assistant TD Ramneek Singh, who we neglected to fully credit in our USCF report.

We will correct the error.

Finally... a reminder: Our next Scholastic event will be on April 17th, 2016.

Open Section Winners

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

1st thru 5th place, from L-R: Sriram Kumar (1st place), Aayush Ajith (2nd), Jack Silver (3rd) and Albert Tang (4th).

Not pictured: Steven Feng (5th).

Honorable Mention, from L-R: Alec Touhey, Andy Xin and Baron Wu.

Not pictured: Eric Li and Anthony Tang.

Final Open Section Standings, in tiebreak-order.

U1250 Winners

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

From L-R: Alan Weintraub (3rd place), Mythrea Dharani (2nd), Benjamin Kamen (1st), Rohan Narayanan (4th) and Aiden Lu (5th).

Final U1250 Standings, in tiebreak-order.

U750 Winners

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

From L-R: Anish Reemala (5th place), Benjamin Liang (4th), Vishak Mahesh (3rd), Alan Hu (2nd) and Daniel Klymchuk (1st).

Final U750 Standings, in tiebreak-order.

Winter Scholastic Winners

Sriram Kumar (1771),  Benjamin Kamen (1174) and Daniel Klymchuk (529) were section winners in yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic, which featured 49 participants.

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

Winter Scholastic This Sunday!

On Sunday afternoon (Jan. 17), the Westfield Chess Club will be running its Winter Scholastic tournament.

Registration is from 1:15-1:45 p.m. The 1st round is at 2:00.

For more information click here.

If your child needs to join the USCF, please sign him up today, tomorrow or arrive early (before 1:30).

Quad Pairings Change

Beginning on January 3rd, we will be using WIN-TD generated pairings for our Quads, instead of the Crenshaw-Berger table.

Players will still be grouped by rating-order (1-4, 5-8, 9-12, etc.) and the 3rd round will remain "toss for color".

The reasons for switching to the new system are:

1. It is far-less labor-intensive & more accurate.
2. It will make our new TDs' task less daunting.
3. It will give our veteran TDs a chance to play occasionally.

Happy Holidays

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

We will be closed on Sunday, December 27th.

Our next tournament will be the G/45 Quads on Sunday, January 3rd, 2016.