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We are 2 rounds into our Summer Pawn Storm swiss.  Here is the club schedule in the upcoming weeks. September 5 – regular tournament September 12 – regular tournament September 19 – 10 minute Blitz September 26 – Club Championship tournament begins (Dr. John Bayley Memorial) Full information on the club championship, including the schedule,… Continue reading Upcoming Events

The club will not meet on Tuesday, July 4th.  The current tournament has 4 rounds remaining, the last to be played the 1st of August. Enjoy the holiday!

June 13 – final round of All Hail Ding Liren Swiss June 20  – Important Club Business meeting to review Club Covid rules, followed by 10 minute Blitz tournament June 27 – start of new regular club tournament.

This Tuesday, 5/9/23, we will be holding a 15 minute rapid quad tournament.  This means players will be grouped into groups of 4 players with similar ratings.  Each person in the group will play against the others in their group at least once. We will return to our normal 5-week slow game swiss format starting… Continue reading Rapid Tournament This Week

The last round of the Valentine’s Swiss will be held Tuesday, March 21st.  The following week (the 28th), we will host a 10 minute (/2 second delay) rapid tournament.  The week following that, we will start a new 5-week Swiss. If you are ever unsure about what is happening at the club on any given… Continue reading MLCC Updates

This upcoming Tuesday 2/21/23, St. George’s church is hosting an event that conflicts with our regular meeting time.  The club will not meet this week.  The tournament that started this past Tuesday will resume on Tuesday the 28th.

Tomorrow (2/1/23) we finish the first 5-week swiss of the year, “New Year New Start”. The following Tuesday, February 8th, we will run an alternative format night featuring rapid quads.  Members will be paired with three other players near their ability level and play a round-robin style quad.  Games will be 10 minutes with a… Continue reading Rapid quads next week

Happy New Year and welcome back! We are actively transferring the website from the hosting package owned and operated by former club president Dave Sosenko to the one now owned by the club.  As part of this migration, the calendar plugin needed to be disabled, meaning through the duration of this hand-off the calendar will… Continue reading Happy New Year!

After our current 5 week tournament, ending next week, we will hold two alternative events. On December 20th, we will hold a 1 night, 10 minute blitz tournament.  The tournament will be setup as a standard swiss.  The delay / bonus increment is still up for debate. On December 27th, NM Dan Heisman will hold… Continue reading Two special events in December

We have arrived at the end of the Dr. John Bayley Memorial Tournament.  Adam Serota drew Joe Mucerino last night to finish the tournament with 4.5 points out of 5, take home the Open section, and achieve the status of 2022 club champion.  Ian Millstein rounded out his tournament with a win against Andrew Corn… Continue reading 5 Week Swiss 11/15 thru 12/13 & Club Championship Prizes