Westfield CC Closed Tomorrow

The Westfield YMCA & Westfield Chess Club will be closed tomorrow April 1st, as it is Easter Sunday.

Our next tournament will be G/50 Quads on Sunday, April 8th, 2018, at 1:30 p.m.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

If you are playing in the Westfield G/60 Quads on March 25th please bring the exact entry fee: $20 for club members, $25 for non-members.

Also: If your USCF membership has expired please renew it before coming to the Y.

Thanks.

Rating Report Delayed (Again)

The rating report on today's Westfield Quads, which attracted 75 players is being delayed due to a membership issue.

Rating Report Delayed

The rating report on today's Westfield Quads, which attracted 83 players is being delayed due to membership issues.

We will resolve them ASAP.

Thank you for attending the event & being patient.

Westfield Chess Club Closed Tomorrow

The Westfield Chess Club will be closed tomorrow, Sunday, February 18th.

Our next tournament will be G/60 Quads on Sunday, February 25th, 2018, at 12:30 p.m.

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If you are not playing in the U.S. Amateur Team East tournament at the Parsippany Hilton this weekend, stop by to visit. It is a great event with more than 1000 participants, including many Westfield members.

Michael O'Connor & his band Mikell's Plot will be performing today from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Today's games are at 1:00 & 7:30 p.m. Sunday's are at 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Monday's are at 9 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.

Chess4Less & the Rochester Chess Center will have books & equipment for sale all 3 days.

Early Start For Tomorrow's Quads

 

A reminder: Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday.

So, the Westfield Quads will be starting at 10:35 a.m.

Registration begins at 10.

Westfield CC Policy On ChessNoteЯ

The USCF has approved another electronic scoresheet device: The ChessNoteЯ by Black Mirror Studio, LLC, which runs exclusively on Nexus phones.

In our opinion, letting players record games with phones is a bad decision. It creates cheating opportunities & places additional burdens on TDs. Monroi, eNotate & PlyCount devices are easily identifiable. Now, we need to know what brand phone people are using, ascertain who is using ChessNoter or an unapproved app & deal with opponents or their parents who are disturbed by, or jealous of, the new product.

Thus, the Westfield CC is setting the following rules re: ChessNoter, effective 1/1/2018:

1. A player must inform the Chief TD of his/her intent to use ChessNoter before round one.
2. Your device must remain at the board during the game.
3. Any player violating rules 1 or 2, using other phones or other chess apps is subject to immediate forfeit & ban.

New Year's Eve Quads In Rahway

We invite you to play in Sunday's New Year's Eve Quads at Chess Mates Academy:

Dec. 31   New Year’s Eve Quads

3-RR. G/40 d5. Chess Mates Academy, 75 E. Cherry St., Suite 11, Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $25, $20 Westfield CC members. Prizes: $60 to first in each section. Register: 12:00-12:25 p.m. Rounds: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00 p.m. Contact: jpmoldovan@gmail.com. Note: Please bring a chess clock.

This event, which should end by 5:30 p.m., was designed to give our players a low-cost, 1-day alternative to the tournaments being run in Manhattan & Cherry Hill this week/weekend.

Parking in the lot across the street (behind The Waiting Room) is free on Sundays.

Westfield CC Closed Today & Next Sunday

The Westfield Chess Club will be closed today, Sunday, December 24th, & next Sunday, December 31st. Our next tournament will be G/45 Quads on Sunday, January 7th, 2018, at 1 p.m.

If you are looking to play before then, we suggest Chess Mates' New Year's Eve Quads on Sunday, December 31st. The event starts at 12:30 p.m. & should be done at 5:30. Bring a clock.

Happy Holidays

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

We thank you for making 2017 our best year to date!

Grasso Wins Westfield Championship

NM David Grasso won the Westfield Club Championship held December 3rd-10th.

LM James West, Merric Hu, Steve Hrop, & Boyang Zhao split the 2nd, 3rd, U2200 & U2000 prizes.


Bowen Liu won the U1800 Section.

Benjamin Liang was the U1200 Section winner.

52 players participated in the 3 sections.

Thanks to all for playing!