A Game From the AACC Event
Today I want to return to the AACC Championship and the saga of Cory Northrup. The day before wresting a half-point from Carl Adamec in the Schenectady Championship, Cory had a chance to upend David...
View ArticleT”was the Night Before Thanksgiving and Chess was Played
T’was the night before Thanksgiving and the Albany Area Chess Club met for next round of the Championship tourney. Well, most of them met. However, Howard, Henner, Lack and Caravaty postponed their...
View ArticleAn Update on the Club Title Races and a Game
On Wednesday February 20th the Albany Area Chess Club Championship for 2012-13 finished with a draw in the game between Jon Lack and Peter Henner. As I drove to the Club, I wonder if the game would be...
View ArticleNews of the Schenectady Consolation Tourney
On Thursday, the last day of February, all of the action at Schenectady was in the Consolation tournament. Dilip Aaron from the Finals showed up to play, but his opponent, Peter Henner did not. In the...
View ArticleThe CDCL Season Begins
I don’t know if the CDCL Match between the Cap. Region team and RPI is the first match of the season or not. I’ve heard of no others played yet. In any event, the Cap Region team won it this … Continue...
View ArticleSpeed is Important in Chess
Wednesday November 20th saw the next round of play at the Albany Club. The results were: Howard 1-0 Magat in a c3 Sicilian ended quickly and badly for Gordon. White played 7 Nc3, and Mr. Magat seemed...
View ArticleBerman wins Another at Albany
Today’s game might be titled “The Further Adventures of Cory.” In it Cory Northrup comes close to making nearly as big an impact on the Albany Championship as he did in this year’s Schenectady event....
View ArticleSome Casual Excitement at Albany
One of the things that has worked to the advantage of the Albany Club is enough folks show up on meeting nights making getting in a skittles game easy to do. A few weeks ago Denham and Northrup played...
View ArticleThe Promised Report on the 22nd NY Open
On Thursday May 15, 2014 the Schenectady Geezers faced the Capital Region team. The Cap Region side had a last minute problem with their second board, Joe Jones was ill. Once again the Geezers had the...
View ArticleSchenectady Club Championship, Upset Alert
This year’s Schenectady Club Championship is a top-heavy event. Fourteen contestants, five former club champions. Today’s game features a major upset of one of the favorites by a rising player. The 368...
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