♜  "Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them
thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate." -Jose Capablanca  ♜

2016 George E. O'Rourke Memorial,
World Top Ten:
2700chess.com for more details and full list World Top Ten Women:
2700chess.com for more details and full list

WCC News 2021 ♔

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

♘ 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 Monthly Event NEW LOCATION:
Note:
Henceforth all Metrowest Chess Club events are at our new location,
St. Paul's Episcopal Church; 39 E. Central Ave., Natick MA
PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY
See http://www.metrowestchess.org/Community/Club/Maps/Location_and_Maps.pdf for maps.
Also: The time control is now 40/90; SD/30; d5
(Formerly located at the Natick Community Center, 117 E. Central St. (Rt.135) in Natick Massachusetts.)

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

♙ Ayer Chess Club at Billiards Café schedules info & results are now available on this site.

♘ 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 ♜ ♘ ♝

♚ ♔ ♚ Three books by local author FM John Curdo, 'Chess Caviar', 'More Chess Caviar' & 'Still More Chess Caviar'
all now available directly from John Curdo. Each book contains 100 of John's selected miniature games ♔ ♚ ♔

ECO code to enjoy =  B07-B09 Pirc defence: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 
♔   ♛   ♖   ♝   ♘   Four Random Mating Patterns   ♞   ♗   ♜   ♕   ♚

Lawn Mower Mate

Anderssen's Mate

Stan Talcott's Mate W

Stan Talcott's Mate


October 17th 2021
Yip Wins 2021 US Women's Championship!

Sun 10/17/2021 5:19 PM
Carissa won her fifth game in a row in round 10. Moments later Thalia Cervates Landeiro claimed a draw by repetition with Irina Krish which secured the championship for Carissa!
-Mike Commisso

October 13th, 2021
2021 WCC 'A' Championship
Round 6 of 7

Paulson Maintains 1/2 Point Lead Into Final

WCC 'A' Championship, October 13th, 2021
Round 6 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ralph McNeilage 0-1Ray Paulson
Roger Cappallo 1-0Gary Brassard
Larry Gladding 0-1Mike Commisso
Stephen Murray 0-1Dave Couture
Total of 4 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

WCC 'A' Championship, October 13th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 6 Rounds
PointsPlayers
5.0Paulson
4.5Cappallo
4.0-----
3.5Commisso
3.0Gladding, Couture, Murray
2.5-----
2.0-----
1.5McNeilage
1.0-----
0.5Brassard
 


Projected Round 7 Pairings for October 20th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Brassard vs. Paulson
Cappallo vs. McNeilage
Commisso vs. Murray
Couture vs. Gladding

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

October 13th, 2021
2021 WCC 'B' Championship
Round 6 of 7

Kildahl Leads 'B' Championship
By Full Point, One Round To Go

WCC 'B' Championship, October 13th, 2021
Round 6 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Brett Kildahl 1-0Jim Donahue
Anand Nair 0-1Vihaan Jain
Michael David1/2-1/2Geoff LePoer
Ken Gurge1/2-1/2Don Ostrowski
Paul Godin 1-0Emily Gawboy
Tom Fratturelli 0-1Mitchell Haley
Keith Hamer 1-0Larry O'Rourke
Matt Moore 0-1Mark Wheeler
Brian Biglow 0-1Mike Bergeron
Rene Minalga-Rheault 1-0John Murphy
Jon Stephan 1-0Hugh McLaughlin
Total of 11 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

♝ Receiving half-poijnt byes were Rob King, George Mirijanian, Todd Tsakiris,
Bob Mathieu, Kevin Perera, and Alex Deschenes.
♖ Not receiving byes were Mike Manisy, and Mike Densmore.
♙ Withdrawn from the tournament were Andrew Jeselson, Raaga Pulya, Don Briggs,
John Bastarache, Alan Condon, and Roland Booker.

WCC 'B' Championship, October 13th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 6 Rounds
PointsPlayers
5.5Kildahl
5.0-----
4.5King
4.0Mirijanian, LePoer, Jain, Donahue
3.5(Jeselson), Nair, Godin, David, Tsakiris, Gurge, Ostrowski, Haley
3.0Wheeler, Hamer, Bergeron
2.5Manisy, Fratturelli, Mathieu, Gawboy, Pulya, Perera, Minalga-Rheault
2.0O'Rourke, Biglow, Moore
1.5(Briggs), Deschenes
1.0Murphy, McLaughlin, Stephan, Densmore
0.5(Bastarache)
0.0(Condon), (Booker)
 


Projected Round 7 Pairings for October 20th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Kildahl vs. King
Mirijanian vs. Jain
LePoer vs. Donahue
Tsakiris vs. Godin
Nair vs. Gurge
Ostrowski vs. David
Haley  vs. Wheeler
Bergeron vs. Hamer
Manisy vs. Minalga-Rheault
Perera vs. Fratturelli
Gawboy vs. Mathieu
Biglow vs. O'Roourke
Deschenes vs. Moore
Murphy vs. Stephan
McLaughlin vs. Densmore

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

REMINDER: Players must be present in Room 142 by 7:00 P.M.
in order to be paired for Round 7 on October 20th
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL BEFORE 7 P.M.

October 6th, 2021
2021 WCC 'A' Championship
Round 5 of 7

Ray Paulson Leads 'A' Championship with 2 Rounds to go

WCC 'A' Championship, October 6th, 2021
Round 5 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Stephen Murray 0-1Roger Cappallo
Ray Paulson 1-0Dave Couture
Gary Brassard 0-1Larry Gladding
Mike Commisso 1-0Ralph McNeilage
Total of 4 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

WCC 'A' Championship, October 6th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 5 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4.0Paulson
3.5Cappallo
3.0Gladding, Murray
2.5Commisso
2.0Couture
1.5McNeilage
1.0-----
0.5Brassard
 


Projected Round 6 Pairings for October 13th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

McNeilage vs. Paulson
Cappallo vs. Brassard
Gladding vs. Commisso
Murray vs. Couture

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

October 6th, 2021
2021 WCC 'B' Championship
Round 5 of 7

Brett Kildahl Tops 'B' Championship after 5 Rounds

WCC 'B' Championship, October 6th, 2021
Round 5 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ken Gurge 0-1Brett Kildahl
Geoff LePoer 1-0Anand Nair
Jim Donahue 1-0Tom Fratturelli
Mitchell Haley 0-1Michael David
Mark Wheeler 0-1Todd Tsakiris
Vihaan Jain 1-0Bob Mathieu
Don Ostrowski 1-0Brian Biglow
Larry O'Rourke1/2-1/2Matt Moore
Emily Gawboy 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
John Murphy 0-1Keith Hamer
Hugh McLaughlin 0-1Mike Bergeron
Mike Densmore 1-0Joh Stephan
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Rob King, Andrew Jeselson, George Mirijanian,
Mike Manisy, and Kevin Perera.
♖ Not playing round 5 & not receiving byes were:
Raaga Pulya, Paul Godin, Don Briggs and Alex Deschenes.
♙ Withdrawn from the tournament are John Bastarache, Alan Condon, and Roland Booker.

WCC 'B' Championship, October 6th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 5 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4.5Kildahl
4.0King, Donahue
3.5Jeselson, Mirijanian, Nair, LePoer
3.0David, Tsakiris, Jain, Gurge, Ostrowski
2.5Manisy, Fraturelli, Gawboy, Pulya, Haley
2.0O'Rourke, Wheeler, Mathieu, Biglow, Hamer, Bergeron, Perera, Moore
1.5Godin, Briggs, Minalga-Rheault
1.0Murphy, McLaughlin, Densmore, Deschenes
0.5(Bastarache)
0.0(Condon), (Booker), Stephan
 


Projected Round 6 Pairings for October 13th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Kildahl vs. King
Mirijanian vs. Donahue
Nair vs. Tsakiris
David vs. LePoer
Gurge vs. Jain
Manisy vs. Ostrowski
Fratturelli vs. Haley
Biglow vs. Gawboy
Hamer vs. O'Rourke
Bergeron vs. Wheeler
Moore vs. Mathieu
Minalga-Rheault vs. Murphy
Deschenes vs. Densmore
Stephan vs. McLaughlin

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

REMINDER: Players must be present in Room 142 by 7:00 P.M.
in order to be paired for Round 6 on October 13th
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL BEFORE 7 P.M.

September 29th, 2021
2021 WCC 'A' Championship
Round 4 of 7

Paulson & Murray Top 'A' Standings After 4

WCC 'A' Championship, September 29th, 2021
Round 4 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1Roger Cappallo
Larry Gladding 0-1Stephen Murray
Dave Couture 1-0Mike Commisso
Ralph McNeilage1/2-1/2Gary Brassard
Total of 4 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

WCC 'A' Championship, September 29th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.0Paulson, Murray
2.5Cappallo
2.0Gladding, Couture
1.5McNeilage, Commisso
1.0-----
0.5Brassard
 


Projected Round 5 Pairings for October 6th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Murray vs. Cappallo
Paulson vs. Couture
Brassard vs. Gladding
Commisso vs. McNeilage

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

September 29th, 2021
2021 WCC 'B' Championship
Round 4 of 7

K vs K match set for Round 5 'B'

WCC 'B' Championship, September 29th, 2021
Round 4 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Brett Kildahl 1-0Mitchell Haley
Mike Manisy 0-1Anand Nair
Jim Donahue 1-0Michael David
Mark Wheeler 0-1Ken Gurge
Brian Biglow 0-1Geoff LePoer
Tom Fratturelli 1-0Emily Gawboy
Todd Tsakiris 1-0Kevin Perera
Mike Bergeron 0-1Vihaan Jain
Keith Hamer 0-1Don Ostrowski
Bob Mathieu 1-0Hugh McLaughlin
Rene Minalga-Rheault 1-0Alex Deschenes
Matt Moore 1-0Stephan
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Rob King, Andrew Jeselson, George Mirijanian,
Raaga Pulya, Don Briggs, and Larry O'Rourke.
♖ Not receiving byes were Paul Godin and Mike Densmore
♙ Already withdrawn from the tournament were John Bastarache,
Alan Condon, and Roland Booker.

WCC 'B' Championship, September 29th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5King, Kildahl, Nair
3.0Jeselson, Mirijanian, Gurge, Donahue
2.5LePoer, Fratturelli, Pulya, Haley
2.0Manisy, David, Tsakiris, Jain, Ostrowski, Wheeler, Mathieu, Biglow
1.5Godin, Briggs, O'Rourke, Gawboy, Perera, Minalga-Rheault, Moore
1.0Hamer, Bergeron, McLaughlin, Deschenes
0.5(Bastarache)
0.0(Condon), (Booker), Stephan, Densmore.
 


Projected Round 5 Pairings for October 6th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Kildahl vs. King
Nair vs. Jeselson
Mirijanian vs. Donahue
Gurge vs. LePoer
Pulya vs. Fratturelli
Haley vs. Manisy
David vs. Wheeler
Ostrowski vs. Tsakiris
Jain vs. Mathieu
Godin vs. Biglow
Briggs vs. Minalga-Rheault
Gawboy vs. O'Rourke
Hamer vs. Moore
McLaughlin vs. Bergeron
Densmore vs. Stephan

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

♗ Requesting a half-point bye for Round 5 are Perera and Deschenes.

REMINDER: Players must be present in Room 142 by 7:00 P.M.
in order to be paired for Round 5 on October 6th
Players running late who wish to be paired MUST CALL BEFORE 7 P.M.

September 22nd, 2021
2021 WCC 'A' Championship
Round 3 of 7

Former Two Time Champ Leads After 3

WCC 'A' Championship, September 22nd, 2021
Round 3 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Stephen Murray 0-1Ray Paulson
Larry Gladding 1-0Ralph McNeilage
Roger Cappallo 1-0Dave Couture
Gary Brassard 0-1Mike Commisso
Total of 4 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

WCC 'A' Championship, September 22nd, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.0Paulson
2.5-----
2.0Gladding, Murray
1.5Cappallo, Commisso
1.0McNeilage, Couture
0.5-----
0.0Brassard
 


Projected Round 4 Pairings for September 29th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Paulson vs. Cappallo
Gladding vs. Murray
Couture vs. Commisso
McNeilage vs. Brassard

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

September 22nd, 2021
2021 WCC 'B' Championship
Round 3 of 7

NM Rob King Tops 'B' Championship After 3 Rounds

WCC 'B' Championship, September 22nd, 2021
Round 3 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Rob King 1-0Brian Biglow
Anand Nair1/2-1/2Brett Kildahl
Kevin Perera 0-1George Mirijanian
Mitchell Haley 1-0Todd Tsakiris
Michael David 1-0Keith Hamer
Vihaan Jain 0-1Mark Wheeler
Mie Bergeron 0-1Ken Gurge
Hugh McLaughlin 0-1Jim Donahue
Tom Fratturelli 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Emily Gawboy 1-0Matt Moore
Don Ostrowski 1-0Jon Stephan
Larry O'Rourke 1-0Mike Densmore
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Andrew Jeselson, Mike Manisy, Raaga Pulya,
Paul Godin, Geoff LePoer, Don Briggs, and Bob Mathieu.
♖ Godin will be paired next round if he wishes to play.
♙ Withdrawn from the championship are Alan Condon, Roland Booker, and John Bastarache.

WCC 'B' Championship, September 22nd, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.0King
2.5Kildahl, Jeselson, Mirijanian, Nair, Haley
2.0Manisy, David, Gurge, Donahue, Wheeler, Biglow, Pulya
1.5Godin, LePoer, Frattreulli, Gawboy, Perera
1.0Tsakiris, Jain, Ostrowski, Briggs, O'Rourke, Mathieu,Hamer, Bergeron, McLaughlin
0.5(Bastarache), Minalga-Rheault, Moore
0.0(Condon),(Booker), Stephan, Densmore
 


Projected Round 4 Pairings for September 29th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Kildahl vs. King
Jeselson vs. Nair
Mirijanian vs. Haley
Donahue vs. Manisy
Wheeler vs. David
Gurge vs. Biglow
Pulya vs. LePoer
Fratturelli vs. Gawboy
Tsairis vs. Perera
Mathieu vs. Jain
Hamer vs. Ostrowski
Briggs vs. McLaughlin
Bergeron vs. O'Rourke
Minalga-Rheault vs. Moore
Densmore vs. Stephan

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

REMINDER:
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE IN ROOM 142 AT THE MCKAY COMPLEX
NO LATER THAN 7 P.M. in order to be paired for Round 4 on September 29th.
PLAYERS RUNNING LATE WHO WISH TO BE PAIRED,
MUST CALL 978-881-8728 BEFORE 7 P.M.

September 15th, 2021
2021 WCC 'A' Championship
Round 2 of 7

3 Non-Upset Upsets in "A" Championship Rd 2

WCC 'A' Championship, September 15th, 2021
Round 2 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0Larry Gladding
Ralph McNeilage 0-1Stephen Murray
Mike Commisso1/2-1/2Roger Cappallo
Dave Couture 1-0Gary Brassard
Total of 4 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

WCC 'A' Championship, September 15th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.0Paulson, Murray
1.5-----
1.0McNeilage, Gladding, Couture
0.5Cappallo, Commisso
0.0Brassard
 


Projected Round 3 Pairings for September 22nd:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Murray vs. Paulson
Gladding vs. McNeilage
Cappallo vs. Couture
Brassard vs. Commisso

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

September 15th, 2021
2021 WCC 'B' Championship
Round 2 of 7

King, Kildahl, Jeselson, Nair, & Biglow Lead WCC "B" After 2

WCC 'B' Championship, September 15th, 2021
Round 2 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Todd Tsakiris 0-1Rob King
Brett Kildahl 1-0Vihaan Jain
Ken Gurge 0-1Andrew Jeselson
Jim Donahue 0-1Anand Nair
Brian Biglow 1-0Tom Fratturelli
Bob Mathieu 0-1Kevin Perera
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Raaga Pulya
Matt Moore 0-1Michael David
Don Ostrowski 0-1Mike Bergeron
Hugh McLaughlin 1-0Larry O'Rourke
John Bastarache1/2-1/2Emily Gawboy
Jon Stephan 0-1Mark Wheeler
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

♝ Receiving half-point byes were George Mirijanian, Mike Manisy, Mitchell Haley,
Paul Godin, Geoff LePoer, and Don Briggs.
Declining a bye was Mike Densmore..
♙ Withdrawn from the tournament were Alan Condon and Roland Booker..

WCC 'B' Championship, September 15th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.0King, Kildahl, Jeselson, Nair, Biglow
1.5Mirijanian, Manisy, Pulya, Perera, Haley
1.0Godin, LePoer, David, Tsakiris, Jain, Gurge, Donahue, Wheeler, Bergeron, McLaughlin
0.5Fratturelli, Briggs, Bastarache, Mathieu, Gawboy, Minalga-Rheault, Moore
0.0(Condon), Ostrowski, (Booker), O'Rourke, Stephan, Densmore
 


Projected Round 3 Pairings for September 22nd:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

King vs. Jeselson
Nair vs. Kildahl
Mirijanian vs. Biglow
Perera vs. Manisy
Pulya vs. Haley
Jain vs. LePoer
David vs. Donahue
Wheeler vs. Tsakiris
Bergeron vs. Gurge
Fratturelli vs. McLaughln
Briggs vs. Moore
Bastarache vs. Minalga-Rheault
Gawboy vs. Mathieu
Ostrowski vs. Stephan
O'Rourke vs. Densmore

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

REMINDER:
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE IN ROOM 142 AT THE MCKAY COMPLEX
NO LATER THAN 7 P.M. in order to be paired for Round 3 on September 22nd.
PLAYERS RUNNING LATE WHO WISH TO BE PAIRED,
MUST CALL 978-881-8728 BEFORE 7 P.M.

September 8th, 2021
2021 WCC 'A' Championship
Round 1 of 7

A Snack for Black as
2021 WCC Championship Gets Underway

WCC 'A' Championship, September 8th, 2021
Round 1 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Mike Commisso 0-1Ray Paulson
Roger Cappallo 0-1Larry Gladding
Dave Couture 0-1Ralph McNeilage
Gary Brassard 0-1Stephen Murray
Total of 4 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

WCC 'A' Championship, September 8th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1.0Paulson, McNeilage,Gadding, Murray
0..0Cappallo,Brassard, Commisso, Couture
 


Projected Round 2 Pairings for September 15th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Paulson vs. Gladding
McNeilage vs. Murray
Commisso vs. Cappallo
Couture vs. Brassard

Note: Projected pairings & colors are only estimates.
Official pairings are posted at the beginning of each round.

September 8th, 2021
2021 WCC 'B' Championship
Round 1 of 7

2021 WCC "B" Championship Opens

WCC 'B' Championship, September 8th, 2021
Round 1 of 7 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Robert King 1-0Don Ostrowski
Roland Booker 0-1Brett Kildahl
Andrew Jeselson 1-0Don Briggs
Larry O'Rourke 0-1George Mirijanian
Anand Nair 1-0John Basttarache
Mark Wheeler 0-1Michael Manisy
Michael David 0-1Brian Biglow
Mike Bergeron 0-1Todd Tsakiris
Vihaan Jain 1-0Hugh McLaughlin
Emily Gawboy 0-1Ken Gurge
Alan Condon 0-1Mitchell Haley
Jon Stephan 0-1Jim Donahue
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws (♖).

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Paul Godin, Geiff LePoer, Mariano Rivera,
Bob Mathieu, Raaga Pulya, and Kevin Perera.
♖ Players who missed the first round can still enter the tournament and may receive a retroactive bye, if requested, for Round 1.

WCC 'B' Championship, September 8th, 2021
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1.0King, Kildahl, Jeselson, Mirijanian, Nair, Manisy, Tsakiris, Jain, Gurge, Donahue, Biglow, Haley
0.5Godin, LePoer, Rivera, Mathieu, Pulya, Perera
0.0David, Condon, Ostrowski, Booker, Briggs, O'Rourke, Bastarache, Wheeler, Bergeron, McLaughlin, Gawboy, Stephan
 


Projected Round 2 Pairings for September 15th:

Board #: [White] vs. [Black]

Tsakiris vs. King
Kildahl vs. Jain
Gurge vs. Jeselson
Mirijanian vs. Donahue
Biglow vs. Nair
Haley vs. Godin
LePoer vs. Pulya
Rivera vs. Perera
Bastarache vs. David
Wheeler vs. Condon
Ostrowski vs. Bergeron
McLaughlin vs. Booker
Briggs vs. Gawboy
Sephan vs. O'Rourke

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 Manisy.
♙ The Wachusett Chess Club welcomes Anand Nair, Todd Tsakiris, Mike Bergeron,
Vihaan Jain, Mitchell Haley, & Jon Stephan. Also Michael Manisy, is returning after a hiatus.

REMINDER:
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE IN ROOM 142 AT THE MCKAY COMPLEX
NO LATER THAN 7 P.M. in order to be paired for Round 2 on September 15th.
PLAYERS RUNNING LATE WHO WISH TO BE PAIRED,
MUST CALL 978-881-8728 BEFORE 7 P.M.

June 26th 2021
King is King at 2021 Summer Festival Swiss

Rob King scored 5 points out of a possible 5 to win the Summer Festival ("Kesajuhla") Swiss, aka Evert Siiskonen Memorial, on Sunday, June 20, at Saima Park in Fitchburg.
The 2011 Wachusett Chess Club champion topped the field by defeating in succession: Tom Fratturelli, Geoff LePoer, Roger Cappallo, Mike Commisso & Mariano Riviera.
-PG 



Event: 		Summer Festival (Kesajuhla) SWISS 2021
Location: 	Saima Park, Fitchburg, MA
Event Date: 	2021-06-20
Chief TD: 	George Mirijanian
Non-rated
Time Control: G/15 d5

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 Pair | Player Name         Rating  | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Total |
 Num  |                             |  1    |  2    |  3    |  4    |  5    |       |
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   1  | Rob King            2204    |  W19  |  W7   |  W5   |  W6   |  W3   |  5.0  | 1st 🐔
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   2  | Andrew Jeselson     1964    |  L9   |  W15  |  W17  |  W7   |  W4   |  4.0  | 2nd
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   3  | Mariano Riviera     1651    |  W4   |  D6   |  W11  |  W10  |  L1   |  3.5  | 3rd
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   4  | Paul Godin          1970    |  L3   |  W12  |  W19  |  W5   |  L2   |  3.0  | 4th-9th
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   5  | Roger Cappallo      1940    |  W14  |  W13  |  L1   |  L4   |  W8   |  3.0  | 4th-9th
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   6  | Mike Commisso       1852    |  W15  |  D3   |  W8   |  L1   |  D10  |  3.0  | 4th-9th
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   7  | Geoff LePoer        1774    |  W18  |  L1   |  W9   |  L2   |  W14  |  3.0  | 4th-9th
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   8  | Dave Couture        1773    |  W16  |  W10  |  L6   |  W11  |  L5   |  3.0  | 4th-9th
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   9  | Don Ostrowski       1620    |  W2   |  L11  |  L7   |  W16  |  W13  |  3.0  | 4th-9th
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  10  | Bruce Felton        1971    |  W17  |  L8   |  W13  |  L3   |  D6   |  2.5  | 10th-12th
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  11  | Gary Brassard       1832    |  D12  |  W9   |  L3   |  L8   |  W15  |  2.5  | 10th-12th
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  12  | Angel Soto          1425    |  D11  |  L4   |  W18  |  L13  |  W19  |  2.5  | 10th-12th
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  13  | Jack Martin         1363    |  W20  |  L5   |  L10  |  W12  |  L9   |  2.0  | 13th-16th
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  14  | Roland Booker       1600    |  L5   |  W20  |  L15  |  W17  |  L7   |  2.0  | 13th-16th
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  15  | Don Briggs          1544    |  L6   |  L2   |  W14  |  W19  |  L11  |  2.0  | 13th-16th
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  16  | Hamed Zarei         Unr.    |  L8   |  L17  |  W20  |  L9   |  W21  |  2.0  | 13th-16th
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  17  | Dave Martin         1700    |  L10  |  W16  |  L2   |  L14  |  D18  |  1.5  | 17th-18th
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  18  | Emily Gawboy        1199    |  L7   |  L19  |  L12  |  X20  |  D17  |  1.5  | 17th-18th
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  19  | Tom Fratturelli     1675    |  L1   |  W18  |  L4   |  L15  |  L12  |  1.0  | 19th
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  20  | Zachary Koutonen    Unr.    |  L13  |  L14  |  L16  |  F18  |  ...  |  0.0  | 20th-21st
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  21  | Chris Warner        Unr.    |  ...  |  ...  |  ...  |  ...  |  L16  |  0.0  | 20th-21st
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Past Evert Siiskonen Memorial winners at Saima Park:

2021 - Rob King - 21 players
2020 - no tournament
2019 Geoff LePoer - 16 players
2018 Rob King - 16 players
2017 Paul Godin - 10 players
2016 Paul Godin - 8 players
2015 Gary Brassard - 14 players

June 6th 2021
Unrated Fun Tournament on Sunday June 20th!

George is once again organizing an unrated 5 round G/15 tournament as part of the annual Finnish Festival on June 20th.
See details in the link below. Hope to see everyone there!
-Dave C.
Evert Siiskonen Memorial at Summer Festival in Fitchburg
Chess Event Details on MACA Tournament Rules and Other Information: Registration from 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. on June 20.
Tournament will be held outside if the weather is nice enough to do it; otherwise, an indoor event www.masschess.org
-George M.

For information & news stories from 2020, please refer to the WCC 2020-News Archive