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Miscellaneous News & Other Chess Events of Interest:

2019 WORLD AMATEUR TEAM & U.S. TEAM EAST
A HERITAGE EVENT FEB 16-18 NEW JERSEY
WORLD AMATEUR TEAM & U.S. TEAM EAST. 6SS, 40/2, SD/30 delay 5.
Parsippany Hilton 1 Hilton Ct., Parsippany,N.J. 07054. Chess Rate valid until 1/17.
Reserve early 973-267-7373 or 1- 800-HILTONS. Morris/Essex train to Morris Plains 1.5 miles.
Open to 4- player teams with one optional alternate. Team average (4 highest ratings-2019 January Rating list) must be under 2200.

EF: $199 postmarked by 2/5/19. ALL-$240 after or at door. - all teams, any changes at site $25 charge. ENTRY MAXIMUM IS 325 TEAMS. Enter early!

Check out official website www.njscf.org.

Prizes: 1-5th Place teams, plaque and 4 digital clocks;
Top Team (Denis Barry Award) U2100, 2000, 1900, 1800, 1700, 1600, 1500, 1400, 1300, 1200, 1000
each plaque and 4 Digital Clocks;
Top college team (same school) 4 Digital Clocks & plaque ;
Top HS team (grades 9-12 same school), Top Middle School (grades 5-9 same school),
Top Elementary School (grades K-6 same school), Top 2 Scholastic Teams (mixed schools okay) (Collins Award),
Mixed Doubles (2 males, 2 females-no alternates),
Seniors (all players over age 50),
Military, each plaque & 4 Digital Clocks to top team;

Company Team (same employer),
Family (4 family members),
State teams - CT, DE, MD, MA, NJ, NY (Benjamin Award), PA, VA, each plaque top team;
Special Plaque: Top Future team, (all players under age 10),

Top Military College,
Top Parent/Child (2 pairs, one parent, one child),
Best Player 1-4 and top alternate,
All 6-0 scores each Digital clock.

Biggest Individual upset each round Engraved Cross pen;

Entry fee refunded to team with Best "Chess related" name,

Sunday night: Best "Chess Related costumes or gimmick"
1st-gourmet dinner for four, 2nd-Gourmet dinner for 4.

Reg. 9-12 Sat 2/16: Rds. 1-7:30, 11-6, 9-3:30.
Surprises and special give-aways each round.

Sunday night - Bughouse $20 per team. Cash prizes.

HR: Parsippany Hilton NEWLY RENOVATED! NEW LIGHTS! HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING!
Chess rates expire 1/17/2019.
Rates $123(single double) $125 (Triple, Quad)
2nd hotel attached to Hilton $130 per night (single-double) $132 (triple, Quad) - Hampton Inn includes breakfast each day.

For help forming teams and more information contact: noreenchess@gmail.com.
Chks payable to NJSCF, mail by 2/05/19 to: NJSCF, 17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960.
(Include Team name, Captain, players full names, USCF Expiration, ID numbers and ratings in board order).

No team can include more than two GM's. Include SASE for confirmation if wanted, No registered or certified mail accepted. NS, NC, W

♗ MACA Event Calendar of Tournaments throughout Massachusetts

♘ NHCA Event Calendar of Tournaments throughout New Hampshire

♖ Relyea Event Calendar of Open & Invitational Tournaments

♜ Continental Chess Association Tournament Schedule for All States

♙ SENECA Southeast New England Chess Association Tournament Schedule

♘ Connecticut Chess Magazine by Rob Roy blog.

♔ US Chess upcoming Tournament Schedule: ♔ Massachusetts, ♛ New Hampshire, ♖ Rhode Island, ♝ Connecticut, ♘ Maine ♟ Vermont

♝ Billerica Chess Club weekly results are now available on this site as part of the Other Organizations section.

♘ Keene, NH Chess Club events calendar

♞ Waltham Chess Club events calendar

♖ Boylston Chess Club events calendar

♜ Greater Worcester Chess Club events calendar

♗ New Britain CT Chess Club events calendar

♝ MetroWest Chess Club events calendar

♔ ♞ Print or download a .PDF version of the Wachusett Chess Club Flyer ♘ ♚

♚ ♛ An Archive of these & earlier News Links is now available in the "Chess Online" section ♛ ♚

YOU CAN NOW EASILY CONVERT YOUR GAMES TO PGN FORMAT & EMAIL THEM! ♗ ♞ ♖

An unofficial but nice to have Glossary of Chess terms ♜ ♘ ♝

ECO code to enjoy = D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav accepted, Alapin variation: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4

♔ ♛ ♖ ♝ ♘ Four Random Mating Patterns ♞ ♗ ♜ ♕ ♚
Two Knights' Mate 6	Corridor Mate	Two Knights' Mate 6	Cozio's Mate

January 18th, 2019

My Week at the Club #51
Board 2 in Round 3 of the Reggie Boone Memorial, vs. Geoff LePoer

Hello All,
After a fair amount of futzing about with the machine, I was able to get a video produced on my game against Geoff LePoer. I was on the Black side of a Torre Attack. Here's the link:
https://youtu.be/qnegT7pIASo My Week at the Club #51
My weekly bout at the Wachusett Chess Club, this week playing Black against Geoff LePoer (1907) in a Torre Attack.
I hope you find something of interest in it.
Cheers,
Roger
[See this & all of Roger Cappallo's other videos at Roger's YouTube channel.]

January 18th 2019

Just The Rules: No Claim, No Fame

Position from H. McLaughlin - Mike Commisso, 2019.01.16

Kxb6??

Your opponent's flag is about to fall in a US Chess sudden death time control. The TD comes over to the contest to observe. They see that your opponent has run out of time-their flag is down, but the TD says nothing and does nothing. You look up at them with a quizzical expression, and still there is no response from the TD. To get the TD to act, you must point out the flag fall and say something-like "Flag" or "Flag Fall" or "Time." You and your opponent are locked in a position where your king gets checked over, and over, and over. The TD is watching this little dance contest; yet, says nothing. Why? There was no claim by a player. Note: the TD can declare a draw without a claim if the same position appears five times in a row. Your opponent touches their queen but moves their knight instead. They do this right in front of the TD; yet, the TD does nothing?! But if you make a claim, what do you think the TD will do?

Rarely will a TD intervene in your game without an invitation by you or your opponent to do so. TDs rarely rule on a claim that you don't make, even if they observe a violation of US Chess rules (FIDE rules are a bit different and there are some rare exceptions in US Chess.) So if you want to claim a flag fall, draw, illegal move, touched piece, etc., then you have to make that request-verbally. One notable time a claim does not need to be verbalized is when 75 moves have been made with no pawn move plus no piece has been captured-then the TD can simply declare the game drawn. If a TD sees an illegal move early in the game-the US Chess rules have some wiggle room here-a TD may, unannounced, step in and correct the miscue (even though US Chess advises against it). They positively cannot do a thing about an illegal move in the last five minutes of a time control unless you or your opponent makes an illegal move claim-aloud.

Coaches, friends, relatives, spectators, teachers, and all others cannot make any claim in the game you are playing. Having someone summon a TD for you is not the same as making a claim. When the TD does show up, you have to state your claim yourself.
-Larry G.

January 16th, 2019

2019 Reggie Boone Memorial
Round 3 of 5

**Reggie Boone Memorial, January 16th, 2019**
Round 3 of 5 Results
White	Result	Black
Brett Kildahl	1-0	Paul Godin
Geoff LePoer	0-1	Roger Cappallo
Arthur Barlas	0-1	Ray Paulson
Ken Gurge	0-1	Larry Gladding
George Mirijanian	1-0	Tom Fratturelli
Jim Hankard	1/2-1/2	Dave Couture
Jim Donahue	1-0	Don Ostrowski
Hugh McLaughlin	0-1	Mike Commisso
Gary Brassard	1-0	Raaga Pulya
Michael David	0-1	John Bastarache
Bryce McLaughlin	0-1	Mark Wheeler
Don Briggs	1-0	Emily Gawboy
Brian Biglow	1-0	Dillon Motyka
Total of 13 boards, no major upsets, (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Ritvik Pulya, Dave Thomas and Larry O'Rourke.
♖ Not playing round 3 was Stephen Murray.
♙ Randy McLaughlin had already withdrawn from the tournament.

**Reggie Boone Memorial, January 16th, 2019**
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
Points	Players
3.0	Kildahl
2.5	Cappallo, Paulson, Gladding
2.0	Godin, Mirijanian, LePoer, Donahue, Commisso
1.5	Couture, Gurge, Barlas, Brassard, Ri. Pulya, Thomas, Hankard, Fratturelli, O'Rourke, Bastarache
1.0	Murray, Ostrowski, Wheeler, Briggs, Biglow, H. McLaughlin, Ra. Pulya
0.5	David
0.0	(R. McLaughlin), B. McLaughlin, Gawboy, Motyka

Projected Round 4 Pairings for January 23rd:
Board #: [White] vs. [Black]
Board 1: Paulson vs. Kildahl
Board 2: Cappallo vs. Gladding
Board 3: Godin vs. Mirijanian
Board 4: Commisso vs. Donahue
Board 5:Couture vs. Thomas
Board 6: Fratturelli vs. Gurge
Board 7: Barlas vs. Hankard
Board 8: O'Rourke vs. Brassard
Board 9: Bastarache vs. Murray
Board 10: Ostrowski vs. Briggs
Board 11: Wheeler vs. David
Board 12: Gawboy vs. Motyka
Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

♗ Requesting half-point byes for Round 4 are LePoer and Biglow.
♝ Not being paired are Ritvik and Raaga Pulya as well as Hugh and Bryce McLaughlin.
♙ The Wachusett Chess Club welcomes new player Dillon Motyka of Leominster, who is playing in his first USCF-rated tournament.

REMINDER: Players must be present in Room C159 by by 7:10 P.M. in order to be paired for Round 4 on January 23rd.
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL by 7 P.M.

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January 10th, 2019

Dave Couture vs Brett Kildahl
Board 1 in Round 2 of the Reggie Boone Memorial, vs. Dave Couture

Hi all,
For those of you who are interested, I'm back to making chess videos.
Here's my most recent: https://youtu.be/IcNe4m_V2UE
The rest can be found through my channel (Brett Kildahl).
Thanks!
Brett
[See this & all of Brett Kildahl's other videos at Brett's YouTube channel.]

January 10th, 2019

My Week at the Club #50
Board 2 in Round 2 of the Reggie Boone Memorial, vs. Ken Gurge

Hello All,
I've just posted my 50th Week at the Club video on youtube. It's at:
https://youtu.be/qH4ybOwGJo0
In it I play Ken Gurge (1784) on the white side of a Caro-Kann Panov Attack. I hope you enjoy it.
Cheers,
Roger
[See this & all of Roger Cappallo's other videos at Roger's YouTube channel.]

January 9th, 2019

2019 Reggie Boone Memorial
Round 2 of 5

**Reggie Boone Memorial, January 9th, 2019**
Round 2 of 5 Results
White	Result	Black
Dave Couture	0-1	Brett Kildahl
Roger Cappallo	1/2-1/2	Ken Gurge
Larry Gladding	1/2-1/2	Ray Paulson
Paul Godin	1-0	Jim Donahue
Mike Commisso	0-1	Geoff LePoer
Ritvik Pulya	1/2-1/2	George Mirijanian
Tom Fratturelli	1-0	Gary Brassard
John Bastarache	0-1	Jim Hankard
Dave Thomas	1-0	Brian Biglow
Don Ostrowski	1-0	Bryce McLaughlin
♔ Hugh McLaughlin	1-0	Mark Wheeler
♔ Raaga Pulya	1-0	Don Briggs
Larry O'Rourke	1-0	Emily Gawboy
Total of 13 boards, 2 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Arthur Barlas, Stephen Murray and Michael David.
♙ Withdrawing from the tournament were Randy McLaughlin and Francis Scanlon.

**Reggie Boone Memorial, January 9th, 2019**
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
Points	Players
2.0	Kildahl, Godin, LePoer
1.5	Cappallo, Paulson, Gurge, Barlas, Gladding, Fratturelli
1.0	Mirijanian, Couture, Donahue, Commisso, Ri. Pulya, Thomas, Hankard, Murray, Ostrowski, O'Rourke, H. McLaughlin, Ra. Pulya
0.5	Brassard, David, Bastarache
0.0	Wheeler, Briggs, Biglow, (R. McLaughlin), B. McLaughlin, Gawboy

Projected Round 3 Pairings for January 16th:
Board #: [White] vs. [Black]
Board 1: Kildahl vs. Godin
Board 2: LePoer vs. Cappallo
Board 3: Paulson vs. Barlas
Board 4: Gurge vs. Gladding
Board 5: Donahue vs. Fratturelli
Board 6: Murray vs. Couture
Board 7: Ostrowski vs. Commisso
Board 8: O'Rourke vs. Ri. Pulya
Board 9: H. McLaughlin vs. Thomas
Board 10: Hankard vs. Ra.Pulya
Board 11: Brassard vs. David
Board 12: Wheeler vs. Bastarache
Board 13: Briggs vs. B. McLaughlin
Board 14: Biglow vs. Gawboy
Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

REMINDER: Players must be present in Room C159 by by 7:10 P.M. in order to be paired for Round 3 on January 16th.
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL by 7 P.M.

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January 8th 2019

Carissa Yip to play in PRO Chess League

Carissa Yip is on the Montclair Sopranos along with GM's Sam Sevian, Aleksandr Lenderman, Gadir Guseinov & WGM Sabina Foisor.
PRO Chess League season 3 starts Tuesday January 8, 2019.
Greg Shahade, Pro Chess League Commissioner, explains the Pro Chess League objectives & comments about the coming season in a 2017 interview on YouTube.
Here's an example of a Pro Chess League game where Carissa Yip checkmates GM Demchenko:
[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yip,Carissa"]
[Black "Demchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteFideId "2090732"]
[BlackFideId "4160258"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. Rd1 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. c3 O-O
11. cxd4 Re8 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Ne1 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Nc3 Bg6 17. Nb5 Ne6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. d5 Ne5
20. Bb5 Nf8 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Bd4 Qh4 23. f4 Ned7 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Re1 Re4 26. Ng5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 h6 28. Nf3 Nb6
29. Qa5 Qb8 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Qxb6 Nd7 32. Qe3 Nf6 33. Nd4 Qa8 34. f5 Bh7 35. Qa3 Qd8 36. Qb3 Qc7 37. Kh1 Kh8
38. a4 Qc5 39. Nf3 Bxf5 40. Qxb7 Be4 41. Qxf7 Bxd5 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Re7 Qc1+ 44. Ng1 Qg5 45. Re2 Ng4 46. h3 Ne5
47. Qxd6 Nd3 48. Rd2 Nf4 49. Nf3 Bxf3 50. gxf3 Qg3 51. a5 Qxf3+ 52. Kg1 Qg3+ 53. Kf1 Qxh3+ 54. Ke1 Qh1+ 55. Kf2 Qh2+
56. Ke3 Qg3+ 57. Ke4 g5 58. Qe7+ Kg6 59. Qe8+ Kf6 60. Rd6+ Kg7 61. Qe7+ Kg8 62. Rd8# 1-0

January 7th 2019

WCC Weekend Warriors

Five Wachusett Chess Club players competed in a few events this past weekend. Here are the rating updates from: The 2019 Westford January Blitz & the 7th Boston Chess Congress tournaments.

**♙ ♝ ♘ ♜ ♘ ♟ Monday January 7, 2019 Westford January Blitz & 7th Boston Chess Congress Rating Updates ♗ ♞ ♖ ♞ ♗ ♟**
USCFID#: WCC Member Name	End Date	Most Recent Rated Event	Section: Name	Pre => Post	Class
14514636: CARISSA SHIWEN YIP	2019-01-05	WESTFORD JANUARY BLITZ (MA)	1: OPEN	2221 => 2213	NM
12681247: ROBERT KING	2019-01-06	7TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)	1: PREMIER	2202 => 2202	NM
12633241: JAMES E DONAHUE	2019-01-06	7TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)	3: U1900	1724 => 1718	B
16636306: MICHAEL DAVID	2019-01-05	WESTFORD JANUARY BLITZ (MA)	1: OPEN	1586 (P18) => 1615	B
12222200: JAMES A HANKARD	2019-01-06	7TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)	4: U1700	1673 => 1615	B

January 2nd, 2019

2019 Reggie Boone Memorial
Round 1 of 5

**Reggie Boone Memorial, January 2nd, 2019**
Round 1 of 5 Results
White	Result	Black
Brett Kildahl	1-0	Dave Thomas
Jim Hankard	0-1	Roger Cappallo
Ray Paulson	1-0	Don Ostrowski
Mark Wheeler	0-1	Paul Godin
Geoff LePoer	1-0	Michael David
Don Briggs	0-1	Dave Couture
Ken Gurge	1-0	Larry O'Rourke
Brian Biglow	0-1	Arthur Barlas
Gary Brassard	1/2-1/2	♖ John Bastarache
Randy McLaughlin	0-1	Larry Gladding
Jim Donahue	1-0	Hugh McLaughlin
Emily Gawboy	0-1	Mike Commisso
Total of 12 boards, no major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw (♖).

♝ Receiving half-point byes were George Mirijanian, Ritvik Pulya, Stephen Murray and Tom Fratturelli.
♖ Not playing round 1 were Bryce McLaughlin, Raaga Pulya and Francis Scanlon.

**Reggie Boone Memorial, January 2nd, 2019**
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
Points	Players
1.0	Kildahl, Cappallo, Paulson, Godin, LePoer, Couture, Gurge, Barlas, Gladding, Donahue, Commisso
0.5	Mirijanian, Brassard, Ri. Pulya, Murray, Fratturelli, Bastarache
0.0	Thomas, Hankard, Ostrowski, Wheeler, David, Briggs, O'Rourke, Biglow, R. McLaughlin, H. McLaughlin, B. McLaughlin, Ra. Pulya, Gawboy, Scanlon

Projected Round 2 Pairings for January 9th:
Board #: [White] vs. [Black]
Board 1: Couture vs. Kildahl
Board 2: Cappallo vs. Gurge
Board 3: Barlas vs. Paulson
Board 4: Godin vs. Donahue
Board 5: Gladding vs. LePoer
Board 6: Commisso vs. Mirijanian
Board 7: Fratturelli vs. Brassard
Board 8: Bastarache vs. Ri. Pulya
Board 9: Thomas vs. Biglow
Board 10: H. McLaughlin vs. Hankard
Board 11: Ostrowski vs. R. McLaughlin
Board 12: B. McLaughlin vs. Wheeler
Board 13: David vs. Ra. Pulya
Board 14: Scanlon vs. Briggs
Board 15: O'Rourke vs. Gawboy
Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

♗ Requesting a half-point bye for Round 2 is Murray.

REMINDER: Players must be present in Room C159 by by 7:10 P.M. in order to be paired for Round 2 on January 9th.
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL by 7 P.M.

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January 1st, 2019

Ratings in effect for the Reggie Boone Memorial tournament

The following ratings are in effect for the Reggie Boone Memorial, which begins Wednesday, Jan. 2, in Room C159 of the McKay Complex at Fitchburg State University.
Players must be present by 7 p.m. in order to be paired for Round 1.
Deadline for all subsequent rounds is 7:10 p.m. Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL by 7 p.m.

♔ ♛ ♖ ♝ ♘ ♞ ♗ ♜ ♕ ♚ Ratings in effect for the 2019 Reggie Boone Memorial tournament:
1	Brett Kildahl	2132
2	Roger Cappallo	2021
3	Ray Paulson	2016
4	Paul Godin	1977
5	Bruce Felton	1933
6	George Mirijanian	1909
7	Geoff LePoer	1907
8	Dave Couture	1808
9	Ken Gurge	1784
10	Arthur Barlas	1758
11	Gary Brassard	1756
12	Larry Gladding	1740
13	Jim Donahue	1724
14	Mike Commisso	1714
15	Ritvik Pulya	1714
16	Dave Thomas	1703
17	Jim Hankard	1673
18	Stephen Murray	1642
19	Vince Premus	1639
20	Mike Meehan	1632
21	Tom Fratturelli	1622
22	Roland Booker	1600
23	Don Ostrowski	1600
24	Mark Wheeler	1507
25	Michael David	1491
26	Don Briggs	1486
27	Larry O'Rourke	1446
28	Brian Biglow	1400
29	John Bastarache	1400
30	Hugh McLaughlin	1238
31	Bryce McLaughlin	1181
32	Raaga Pulya	1138
33	Emily Gawboy	1125
34	Francis Scanlon	991
35	Tom Whistler	882

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