Hi guys. 2024 Newburyport Chess Club Schedule: NCC 233 - May 6, 13, 20 6-Rd Swiss (2 per night); g40 +10; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 234 - June 3, 10, 17, 24 4-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 235 - July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 5-Rd Swiss*; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 236 - Aug 5, 12, 19, 26 8 Rd Swiss (2 per night); g40 +10; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 237 - Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 5-Rd Swiss*; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 238 - Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 4-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 239 - Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 3-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; Book Prizes I anticipate/hope a simul can be held in or around November's 4th week. NCC 240 - Dec 2, 9, 16 3-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; Book Prizes NCC 241 - Club Championship - Nov 4, 11, 18, 25; Dec 2, 9, 16 7-Rd RR or DRR ("Choose Your Own Championship"); Either g75 +30 or g40 +10; 1st-2nd $80-$40 December 23, 2024: To Be Determined Announcements: (1) The NH Open will be held July 13th-14th in Manchester, New Hampshire. Save the date! (2) The May tournament will be only 3 weeks long (May 6th, 13th, and 20th), but we will be playing 2 games per night at a g40 +10 time control. Set your clocks! NCC 232 - Prize Winners: Congratulations to our April prize winners! 1st: Robert Cousins ($60) 2nd: John Elmore, Eric O'Connor, Al Strelzoff, Matt Osborne ($10 each) Under: Chris Gauthier ($30) Upset: Marcos Gonzalez ($20) NCC 232 - Upsets: Marcos Gonzalez (1336) over Michael Moore (1778) -> 442 points Al Strelzoff (1735) over Art Nugent (2000) -> 265 points NCC 232 - Crosstable: No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Score 1. Cousins, Robert P (2) ........ NH 2079 W15 W7 D9 D6 W2 4.0 2. Elmore, John P (3) ........... NH 2003 W20 D3 W13 W4 L1 3.5 3. OConnor, Eric (6) ............ MA 1912 W25 D2 W21 D9 D7 3.5 4. Strelzoff, Alan G (10) ....... MA 1735 -H- W19 W10 L2 W13 3.5 5. Osborne, Matthew Lowell (13) . MA 1641 -H- W26 L6 W23 W17 3.5 6. Vedula, Hrishikesh Sai (5) ... NH 1923 W23 D9 W5 D1 -N- 3.0 7. Grassi, Joseph Michael (9) ... NH 1745 W18 L1 D8 W19 D3 3.0 8. Gauthier, Chris (23) ......... NH nnnn D13 D17 D7 -H- W16 3.0 9. Potorski, Gerald Field (1) ... NH 2096 W14 D6 D1 D3 -N- 2.5 10. Nugent, Arthur P (4) ......... MA 2000 D22 W24 L4 W17 -N- 2.5 11. McDermott, Kerry William (7) . NH 1871 -H- -H- -N- D15 W20 2.5 12. Moore, Michael O D (8) ....... MA 1778 -H- L21 W15 W20 -N- 2.5 13. Baginski, Paul A (11) ........ MA 1728 D8 W22 L2 W21 L4 2.5 14. Georgenes, Robert J (12) ..... MA 1709 L9 D23 W25 W24 -N- 2.5 15. Kary, Mitch (17) ............. MA 1384 L1 W18 L12 D11 W21 2.5 16. Rotcavich, Ryan (14) ......... MA 1583 -H- -H- -N- W22 L8 2.0 17. Whitmore, Walter (15) ........ MA 1500 -H- D8 -B- L10 L5 2.0 18. Graf, Ken (24) ............... NH nnnn L7 L15 L23 W26 W24 2.0 19. MacDonald, Angus John (16) ... NH 1472 -H- L4 W22 L7 -N- 1.5 20. Adamowicz, Gary (18) ......... ME 1364 L2 -H- W26 L12 L11 1.5 21. Gonzalez, Marcos, Jr (19) .... MA 1336 -H- W12 L3 L13 L15 1.5 22. Schramm, Guenter (20) ........ MA 1318 D10 L13 L19 L16 W26 1.5 23. Gadomski, Thadeus A (21) ..... ME 1281 L6 D14 W18 L5 -N- 1.5 24. Steer, Jonathan (22) ......... NH 905 -B- L10 -H- L14 L18 1.5 25. Ricker, Stanley Francis, (25) MA nnnn L3 -H- L14 -H- -N- 1.0 26. Sweeney, Marc (26) ........... MA nnnn -H- L5 L20 L18 L22 0.5 Club Championship Qualification Standings (Post NCC 232): (1) Gerry Potorski 19.5(14) (2) Robert Cousins 16.0(15) (3) Eric O'Connor 13.5(16) (4) Hrishikesh Vedula 10.5(15) (5) Al Strelzoff 10.5(13) (6) Gadomski, Ted 10.5(10) (7) Paul Baginski 10.0(16) (8) Joseph Grassi 10.0(16) (9) Art Nugent 8.5(15) (10) Mitch Kary 7.5(12) (11) John Elmore 7.5(11) (12) Marcos Gonzalez 7.5(8) (13) Angus MacDonald 6.5(8) (14)` Guenter Schramm 6.0(16) (15) Michael Moore 6.0(9) (16) Walter Whitmore 5.5(15) (17) Jonathan Steer 5.5(12) (18) Chris Gauthier 5.5(5) (19) Kerry McDermott 4.5(5) (20) Keith Hamer 3.5(8) (21) Matt Osborne 3.5(4) (22) Stan Ricker 3.0(9) (23) Jonathan Kimball 3.0(6) (24) Rob Georgenes 2.5(4) (25) James Clifford 2.5(2) (26) Ken Graf 2.0(5) (27-28) Jack Parker 2.0(2) (27-28) Ryan Rotcavich 2.0(2) (29) Marc Sweeney 1.5(10) (30) Gary Adamowicz 1.5(4) (31) Nathan McTague 1.0(2) (32) Adam Cico 0.0(2) See you next week! John