Last Thursday evening an unrated Game in 15 minute Swiss took place at the Schenectady Chess Club with Bill Little directing. Eight players showed up; Tim Wright of the AACC, John Phillips of the Geezers team, Nar, a visitor without a first name, Brij Saran who has been taking a vacation from chess, Richard Chu the Geezers captain, Cory Northrup and Matt Clough two SCC players who are very active and Rob Ellsworth an occasional visitor. A nice turnout for an event with almost no publicity; I had just mentioned the idea in passing of such a get together to a few folks in the previous week.
The Schenectady club has had thinner turnouts in the summer months the last couple of years. This Game in 15 event was an attempt to keep attendance up during the hiatus between the ending of League play and the start of next year’s championship tourney. The initial good result encourages me to continue.
Next week will be occupied by the final CDCL matches; the Geezers versus Saratoga A, and we hope, Schenectady A versus Albany A. Tim Wright, the Albany A captain reports the match with Schenectady is tentatively scheduled but not yet confirmed for 23 June.
Barring unforeseen problems or conflicts, I will run another unrated quick event on Thursday June 30. The game in 15 format produced several upsets, and that is good as it encourages the players down the rating list to come out to try their luck. A different time control will be tried at the next event, game in 20 is my first thought, but I am willing to take advise on this.
Before it is forgotten; the results for the game 15 tourney were: Nar, he of no first name, won scoring 3 - 0, and defeating in order; Clough, Phillips and Saran. During registration Nar said his rating was about 1750. It certainly was that and maybe a bit more based on this performance. Finishing in second place were; Wright, Saran and Northrup with 2 - 1 scores. From the director’s view point the event went off without a hitch and in a timely fashion. Play began about 7:45 and was complete by 9:30.
On another subject: Phil Ferguson's excellent pictures add some color and interest to my dry words about the recent Schenectady Open. I have one more article about the event in the hopper; the crucial final round game Chi - Petithory. The guys had an interesting tactical battle, and it has taken longer than hoped to get the words crafted. Phil; if you have any photos of the game, get them ready. I'll be posting later today.
More soon.
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