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Miscellaneous News & Other Chess Events of Interest:


♗ 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

♗ Ocean State Chess Association Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts

♘ Connecticut Chess Magazine by Rob Roy blog.

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

♘ Metrowest Chess Club Wednesday nights in Framingham

♝ Billerica Chess Club weekly standings are now available on this site.
Legacy results may be found in the Other Organizations section.

♙ Ayer Chess Club at Billiards Café Now at 63 Powers Road, Westford, Monday nights.

♟ Chess In Lowell 5:30 PM on Tuesday at Pollard Memorial Library & at 1:00 PM on Sundays in Mill No.5 on Jackson St.

♘ Keene, NH Chess Club events calendar

♞ Waltham Chess Club events calendar

♖ Boylston Chess Club events calendar

♜ Greater Worcester Chess Club events calendar (Inactive until further notice.)

♗ New Britain CT Chess Club events calendar

♝ MetroWest Chess Club events calendar (In Hibernation mode at least until February 2023)

♔ ♞ 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 =  C45 Scotch game: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nb5 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 
♔   ♛   ♖   ♝   ♘   Four Random Mating Patterns   ♞   ♗   ♜   ♕   ♚

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Greco's Mate

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https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/student-support/health-and-wellness/student-access-health-care/coronavirus-information-2023-24

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Select "Filter by City" & type Fitchburg in the "Filter:" box.



January 8th 2025
2024 Reggie Boone Memorial
Round 1 of 5

REMINDER: Players must be present in Room 165 by 6:45 P.M.
in order to be paired for Round 2 of the 2025 Reggie Boone Memorial on January 15th
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL the TD, at 603-533-9992 before 6:45 p.m.

January 6th 2025
2025 WCC Tournament Schedule

2025 WCC Tournament Schedule
1/8 - 2/5 Reggie Boone Memorial, 5 rounds, one section
2/12 - 3/12 George E. O'Rourke Memorial, 5 rounds, one section
3/19 - 4/16 Gail S. Lingner Memorial, 5 rounds, one section
4/23 - 5/14 Martin Laine Memorial, 4 rounds, two sections: 1600+, <1600
5/21 - 6/18 Wayne L. Steadman Memorial, 4 rounds, one section
6/25 - 7/23 Robert A. Fortier Memorial, 5 rounds, two sections: 1600+, <1600
7/30 - 8/27 Rocco R. Pasquale Memorial, 5 rounds, one section
9/3 - 10/15 Club Championship, 7 rounds, two sections: closed and open
10/22 - 11/12 Ernest Fandreyer Memorial, 4 rounds, two sections: 1600+, <1600
11/19 - 12/17 Evert Siiskonen Memorial, 4 rounds, two sections: 1600+, <1600

The Fandreyer and Siiskonen are subject to change (and if I entered the info wrong).
George is considering straddling a tournament between December and January
rather than aligning to the year.
Note that Christmas Eve and NYE will fall on Wednesdays so we'll miss those weeks again.
-Mike Commisso

January 6th, 2025
Reggie Boone Memorial
Ratings In Effect

♟   ♔   ♛   ♖   ♝  
Ratings in effect for the
2025 Reggie Boone Memorial:
♘   ♞   ♗   ♜   ♕   ♚   ♙  
11. Federico Santoni 2034
22. Raymond Paulson 1942
33. Bob Secino 1929
44. Paul Godin 1922
55. Mike Urbonas 1908
66. Roger Cappallo 1900
77. George Mirijanian 1900
88. Alonzo Ross 1900
99. Bruce Felton 1885
1010. Todd Tsakiris 1846
1111. Mike Manisy 1842
1212. Dave Couture 1835
1313. Mike Commisso 1833
1414. Leo Marzoratti 1827
1515. Duy Tuong Nguyen 1783
1616. Michael David 1739
1717. Stephen Smith 1738
1818. Mariano Rivera 1736
1919. Toby Barry 1734
2020. Paul Giovino 1722
2121. Gary Brassard 1719
2222. Thien Nguyen 1694
2323. Nicholas Coronel 1672
2424. Jim Donahue 1641
2525. Don Ostrowski 1630
2626. Larry Spencer 1623
2727. Ken Gurge 1620
2828. Matt Phelps 1613
2929. Ansh Nandurbarkar 1572
3030. George Jordy 1561
3131. Jay Goguen 1557
3232. Leah Taylor Brown 1541
3333. Tom Fratturelli 1500
3434. Mike Bergeron 1499
3535. Fred Abramowitz 1487
3636. Walter Paton 1478
3737. Michael Coronel 1470
3838. Bob Anderson 1461
3939. Sam Park 1460
4040. Mark Wheeler 1447
4141. Brian Biglow 1407
4242. Steve Koroskenyi 1361
4343. Larry O'Rourke 1333
4444. Bryan MacDonald 1323
4545. Emily Gawboy 1275
4646. Hugh McLaughlin 1263
4747. James Essary 1095
4848. Albenie Allain 1083
4949. David Smith 847
5050. Michael Cote 778
5151. Brian Smith 753
5252. Paul LeBlanc 644
5353. Al Bump 558
5454. Patrick Smith 443
5555. Paul Soltysiak 387
5656. Sam Smith 176

REMINDER: Players must be present in Room 165 by 6:45 P.M.
in order to be paired for Round 1 of the 2025 Reggie Boone Memorial on January 8th, 2025
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL the TD, at 603-533-9992 before 6:45 p.m.
All participants must be members of the USCF with an expiration date of Feb. 5, 2025 or later.

For information & news stories from 2024, please refer to the WCC 2024-News Archive