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Partners
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North East Chess
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And the winner
is .....MetroWest CC. In the just concluded Fall Getaway,
MertoWest CC was simply dominant. Last Getaway (Summer)
MetroWest CC reclaimed the number one spot. This time MetroWest
CC did not only hang on the number one spot but dominated
scoring more than twice in points (65) to the trailing Boylston
CC (31). Congratulations! There were many Club individual
winners but one who deserves special mention is John Bottini who
won clear first in the U1300 section.
Next weekend
tournament is the Winter Getaway to be held
Jan. 23-25, 2004 at
DoubleTree Hotel in Lowell MA. Please plan ahead and see you
there.
http://www.masschess.org/Events/Schedules/North_East_Chess_Schedule.htm
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Club
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Member Survey
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Survey ready!
The survey is ready for you to fill
out. It should take less than 5 minutes for most members, and your
input will shape the Club in 2004.
MetroWest CC Member Survey for 2003 (click
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Thanks! |
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Harvey Reed |
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Board Activity
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Elections status -- please
read
The nominations period has ended, and the the Board of
Director slate is:
Kaprielian
Reed
Chamberlain
Krycka
Salemi
Bottini
Todhunter
Since the number of qualified Nominees does not exceed the Size of
the board for the upcoming year, we are required to announce to you
the membership that the election is uncontested and that
no further election process is necessary until the Annual
Meeting at Tuesday January 20, 2004 at
6:00pm.
At the Annual meeting, the new
Directors introduce themselves to the Club membership, and take over
as Directors (no election by members since this is uncontested).
Existing Officers stay in place until the Directors elect new
Officers from the new Directorship at the first meeting of the board
after the Annual meeting which this year will be held on
Thursday, February 5, 2004 at 6:30pm at the Kennedy
Senior Center.
To learn more
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Mark Kaprielian, President |
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Anti-SPAM update
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Update
Trevor has successfully completed
the anti-SPAM prototype. He is now putting the finishing touches on
it. We hope to have it running in January 2004. |
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Harvey Reed, Marketing Director
& Mark Kaprielian, WebMaster |
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Community
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Collections
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Almost 100 new games! The
freshly updated database contains 457 games up from 365 games last
May, and it is sorted by date. 38 of the new games are from summer and
fall 2003 events. These include all games sent to the games archive
mailing list since Eric and I got involved.
The other 54 newly added games are
from the club archives and are mostly from high rated contests from
past events in 1984, 1987 and 1988.
We also hope you enjoy the new
feature of being able to play through portions of the game collection
with your browser, including the Tal simul from 1988!
To see the collections look for
"collections : games" link on the right hand side of the home page. |
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Eric Sonnenstuhl and Steve
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Volunteers
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We are looking for a volunteer who is PC savvy and can help us
maintain our URL link collection. It is very useful and one of the best in the
country. Contact Mark.
To see who the MCC Volunteers are, click
here.
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Mark Kaprielian
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Official Merchandise
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We have a number of items in stock for sale, T-shirts, Polo
shirts and caps that can be purchased Tuesday. No need to place an order if you
spot an item with the size and color you want. Display will be set up with the
Book Vendor and he will collect your payment.
To view the complete line of merchandise, go to our home page and follow the link "Official
Merchandise" on the left, or
click
here. Everything can be ordered online, securely, via Pay Pal, or
with a paper form available at the Club. |
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Mark Kaprielian
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Books and Equipment
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Holiday Sale
I am going to
have a big book sale on a big selection of books,
Round 1 -- Tuesday December 9.
The sale will
be between 25% and 50% off with most items in the 30%-35% range, and
I can accept PayPal at my email address.
Please email me at
StateLineChess
at
Hotmail.com for more info.
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Randi Macuit,
Stateline Chess |
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Compete
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Monthly Tournaments
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| What |
MCC Holiday Swiss
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December 9-16-23-30, 2003 |
| Format |
4-SS, 40/90, SD/30 |
| Prizes |
$ 800, 100% G |
| Sections |
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Open: |
$ 200 |
– 120 |
– 80 |
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U1800: |
$ 100 |
– 60 |
– 30 |
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U1500: |
$ 60
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U1200 |
$ 40 |
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30 |
– 20 |
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Entry
Fee
(all sections) |
Masters > 2200 Free
MCC Members $ 15
Others $ 20 |
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PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS |
| Results |
November 2003 standings
Congratulations to the winners of the Stanley Crowe!:
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Open |
GM Alexander Ivanov
Of special note: Andrew Taylor rated
1308 entered the Open Section and tied for fourth place |
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U1750 |
Seth Johnson |
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U1450 |
T.J. Martin and Doug Thompson |
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| Commentary |
November 2003 commentary
Players
with upsets over 200 points:
Round 5
Andrew Taylor
Anirudh Arun
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Round 4
James Todhunter
Chris Berg-Jones
Joshua A Hanson
Anirudh Arun
Andrew D Ossmann
Stasik Popov |
Round
3
Andrew Taylor
Chris Berg-Jones |
Round
2
Andrew Taylor
Seth P Johnson
Chris Berg-Jones
Anbu Damodaran
Gregory W Cermak
Dylan M Weissman
William Luff
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Round
1
Robert Huntington
Andrew Taylor
Larry Pratt
Seth P Johnson
Plamen Krastev
Harry Henriques
Dylan M Weissman
Lior Rozhansky
David L Levens
Sam A Giler
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Players
with multiple upsets over 200
points: Andrew
Taylor (4!)
Anirudh Arun
Chris Berg-Jones
Seth P Johnson
Dylan M Weissman |
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Cross tables and Ratings |
The
October crosstable is posted and
rated. |
SPECIAL NOTES |
| Sections |
Due to increased attendance, MetroWest CC will offer 4
sections for all 4-round tournaments; for the time being,
5-round events will continue to have 3 sections. The prize
structure has been revised to increase the prize money for each
section with prizes awarded for the 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd placements in each section. |
| Game
Scores |
If you are in the Open section, please use the 'carbonless
score sheets' that we provide, and turn in a copy of your game
score when you are done with your game. If you have questions,
send email to Games at
MetroWestChess.org for
questions.
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| Important Rule |
Unrated
players may not win more than $50 except in the Open section. |
| Equipment |
Please bring
your own sets and clocks. We have a limited number available for
use by those new to the game without their own equipment yet.
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James Krycka |
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2004 Club Championship Qualification Point Standings
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As announced last month, the annual Club Championship has been
re-instated. It will be held in the spring of each year as a closed 5-RR
section run in parallel with the other sections. The six participants will
be the top six club members on the championship points list (who accept
the invitation). Players earn points during the previous calendar year by
placing 1st-2nd-3rd in the Open section, 1st-2nd in the Upper section, and
1st in the next highest section on a graduated scale based on the section
level and number of rounds. For example, in December 2003, there will be
112 points available in the Open section, 36 in the U1800 section, and 8
in the U1500 section for the top placements, plus bonus points for a
perfect score. In addition, players have to be club members and need to
play in at least 4 events during the year in order to have their
championship points count towards qualification. To jump start the
qualification process for 2004, championship points will be awarded for
performance in the Jan-Dec events for 2003. For this year only, anyone who
is a member at the end of the year will be considered a member for all of
2003 for the purpose of earning qualification points.
The leaders in the championship point standings using Jan-Nov 2003
results are:
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Igor Foygel |
302 |
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Charles Riordan |
255 |
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Alexander Ivanov |
248 |
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Edward Epp |
168 |
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John Curdo |
129 |
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Chris Desmarais |
80 |
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John Chamberlain |
66 |
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George Goulding |
63 |
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James Todhunter |
48 |
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Eric Sonnenstuhl |
48 |
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Seth Johnson |
45 |
(has not yet met 4 event minimum) |
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Severine Wamala |
38 |
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Ames Abbot |
36 |
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Frederick Smith |
36 |
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Howard Goldowski |
30 |
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Patrick Sciacca |
29 |
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Bill Stein |
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If GM Ivanov competes in the December event, as expected, he will
qualify. Chris Desmarais, who has only played in two events, cannot
qualify for the club championship. Assuming that Ivanov meets the 4-event
requirement, the top 5 players are guaranteed to finish in the top 6.
However, the sixth spot is still "up for grabs" with one tournament left
to earn championship points.
For more info,
contact me at Info at MetroWestChess.org |
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James Krycka
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Scholastic Tournaments
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Summary
The Scholastic Tournament schedule for
summer 2004 is proposed and in review phase. Watch this space for final
date announcement. If you are interested in volunteering for
front-line or backup work, let me know!
For more info,
contact me at Info at MetroWestChess.org |
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John Bottini
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Team Email Matches
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MCC-2 games are almost done. I will update the game PGNs sometime
in November.
You can view
the MCC-2 live games by following the link from the pairing page
(near top), or just
click here. The games are the current position minus 3 moves, to
discourage accidental analysis with the players.
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James Krycka |
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Special Events
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No special events scheduled.
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Mark Kaprielian |
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Learn & Improve
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Weekly Group
Lessons
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The weekly lesson will be continuing the series on opening traps.
Upcoming will be traps in:
- King's Indian
- Benoni
- Dutch Defence
- flank openings
- Bird's Opening, and others.
See you in class! |
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John Chamberlain |
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Chess School
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Please fill out the member
survey described above in this newsletter, so we can determine the next classes.
Thank you! |
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Howard Goldowsky
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Game Advice
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We will be
re-vitalizing this program for Fall 2003, stay tuned.
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Derek Slater |
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Library
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The several dozen books donated last month have been catalogued and
are now available. Among them are the classics "My 60 Memorable Games"
by Bobby Fischer and "The Oxford Companion to Chess." Check them out!
The MetroWest CC Library is the featured
program for the month of December, so watch for information
all month. As always, email the library (address below) or see Matt
Phelps on Tuesday's for any questions or suggestions for the MetroWest
CC Library.
If you have
questions or comments, please email Library at MetroWestChess.org or
see me on Tuesday nights.
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