Hi guys. 2024 Newburyport Chess Club Schedule: NCC 237 - Sep 9, 16, 23, 30 4-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) Hope Church will not be available to us on Labor Day, so our September event will commence on September 9th, not September 2nd. Please note that we will return to our customary g75 +30 time control in September. NCC 236 - Prize Winners: Congratulations to our August prize winners! And in particular, I want to recognize the achievement of Hrishikesh Vedula, whose 8-0 run in the August event was, to the best of my recollection, the highest number of wins in an event with a perfect score that the club has seen. 1st: Hrishikesh Vedula ($60) 2nd: Robert Cousins ($30) Under: Ryan Rotcavich ($30) Upset: Marcos Gonzalez ($20) NCC 236 - Upsets: Marcos Gonzalez (1388) over Robert Georgenes (1805) -> 417 points Bill Gendall (1609) over David Somerset (2014) -> 405 points Ryan Rotcavich (1628) over David Somerset (2014) -> 386 points Marcos Gonzalez (1388) over Josh Roux (1657) -> 269 points Guenter Schramm (1260) over Walter Whitmore (1500) -> 240 points Mitch Kary (1500) over Paul Baginski (1715) -> 215 points Kerry McDermott (1807) over David Somerset (2014) -> 207 points Ryan Rotcavich (1628) over Kerry McDermott (1807) -> 179 points Ryan Rotcavich (1628) over Robert Georgenes (1805) -> 177 points Rob Georgenes (1805) over John Elmore (1979) -> 174 points Hrishikesh Vedula (1972) over Robert Cousins (2090) -> 118 points NCC 236 - Crosstable: No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Score 1. Vedula, Hrishikesh Sai (6) ... NH 1972 W14 W3 W2 W6 W8 W5 W12 W7 8.0 2. Cousins, Robert P (1) ........ NH 2090 W13 D9 L1 W10 W17 W12 -H- -H- 5.5 3. Georgenes, Robert J (9) ...... MA 1805 W19 L1 L17 W21 W15 L6 W11 W8 5.0 4. Strelzoff, Alan G (12) ....... MA 1709 W21 -H- D8 -H- L5 -H- W17 W6 5.0 5. OConnor, Eric (7) ............ MA 1858 W17 -H- W10 L8 W4 L1 D6 D12 4.5 6. Rotcavich, Ryan (14) ......... MA 1628 W7 D8 W9 L1 D12 W3 D5 L4 4.5 7. Somerset, David G (3) ........ MA 2014 L6 L10 W19 L9 W21 W16 W8 L1 4.0 8. Elmore, John P (5) ........... NH 1979 W11 D6 D4 W5 L1 W17 L7 L3 4.0 9. McDermott, Kerry William (8) . NH 1807 W15 D2 L6 W7 -H- -H- -H- -N- 4.0 10. Gendall, William J (15) ...... MA 1609 D12 W7 L5 L2 -H- -H- D16 W17 4.0 11. Kary, Mitchell (16) .......... MA 1500 L8 L21 L13 W19 W14 W15 L3 W16 4.0 12. Nugent, Arthur P (4) ......... MA 2000 D10 W20 -H- -H- D6 L2 L1 D5 3.5 13. Roux, Joshua (13) ............ NH 1657 L2 L17 W11 W14 -H- -H- -H- -N- 3.5 14. Whitmore, Walter (17) ........ MA 1500 L1 D19 L15 L13 L11 -B- W22 W21 3.5 15. Schramm, Guenter (19) ........ MA 1260 L9 -B- W14 L17 L3 L11 D21 W22 3.5 16. Baginski, Paul A (11) ........ MA 1715 -H- -H- -H- -N- W22 L7 D10 L11 3.0 17. Gonzalez, Marcos, Jr (18) .... MA 1388 L5 W13 W3 W15 L2 L8 L4 L10 3.0 18. Grassi, Joseph michael (10) .. NH 1747 -H- -H- W21 -H- -N- -N- -N- -N- 2.5 19. Hamer, Keith (20) ............ NH 1248 L3 D14 L7 L11 -B- -H- -H- -N- 2.5 20. Najem, Colton (21) ........... NH 871 -B- L12 -H- -H- -H- -N- -N- -N- 2.5 21. Bell, Michael (22) ........... MA nnnn L4 W11 L18 L3 L7 W22 D15 L14 2.5 22. Salter, Christopher (23) ..... NH nnnn -H- -H- -H- -N- L16 L21 L14 L15 1.5 Club Championship Qualification Standings (Post NCC 236): (1) Robert Cousins 44.5(35) (2) Hrishikesh Vedula 33.5(33) (3) Gerry Potorski 31.5(23) (4) Eric O'Connor 27.5(38) (5) Joshua Roux 23.5(18) (6) Mitch Kary 22.5(32) (7) Al Strelzoff 21.5(30) (8) Paul Baginski 20.5(31) (9) Joseph Grassi 20.5(30) (10) John Elmore 19.5(33) (11) Art Nugent 19.0(36) (12) Rob Georgenes 19.0(25) (13) Marcos Gonzalez 18.5(29) (14) Kerry McDermott 17.0(21) (15)` Guenter Schramm 15.0(35) (16) Walter Whitmore 13.0(38) (17) Ryan Rotcavich 13.0(16) (18) Gadomski, Ted 12.0(12) (19) Colton Najem 11.0(7) (20) William Gendall 10.5(8) (21) Jonathan Steer 9.5(23) (22) Michael Moore 9.5(12) (23) David Somerset 8.5(14) (24) Chris Gauthier 8.0(11) (25) Keith Hamer 8.0(19) (26) Gary Adamowicz 7.0(14) (27) Angus MacDonald 6.5(8) (28) Matt Osborne 6.0(6) (29) Michael Bell 5.0(12) (30) Jeff Parlin 4.0(8) (31) Chris Carnevale 3.5(6) (32) Ken Graf 3.0(11) (33-34) Stan Ricker 3.0(9) (33-34) Yazan Al zaidi 3.0(9) (35) Jonathan Kimball 3.0(6) (36) Marc Sweeney 2.5(14) (37) Trevor Sylvester 2.5(3) (38) James Clifford 2.5(2) (39) Jack Parker 2.0(2) (40) Chris Salter 1.5(4) (41) Nathan McTague 1.0(2) (42) Adam Cico 0.0(2) See you in 2 weeks! John