Hi guys. 2024 Newburyport Chess Club Schedule: 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 Amateur will be held in Epping, New Hampshire on November 2, 2024. See nhchess.org for details! (2) The club championship will start next week. Pairings for the championship appear below. Those who did not qualify for the club championship will still be able to compete in the November and December Swiss events. There's still plenty of chess left to be played for all of us! NCC 238 - Prize Winners: Congratulations to this month's prize winners! 1st: Robert Cousins ($60) 2nd: Hrishikesh Vedula, John Elmore, Eric O'Connor ($10 each) Under: Paul Baginski ($30) Upset: Jonathan Steer ($20) NCC 238 - Upsets: Jonathan Steer (951) over Michael Bell (1365) -> 414 points Kerry McDermott (1831) over David Somerset (1950) -> 119 points NCC 238 - Crosstable: No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Score 1. Cousins, Robert P (1) ........ NH 2093 W16 W7 W9 D2 3.5 2. Vedula, Hrishikesh Sai (2) ... NH 2075 W13 D3 W5 D1 3.0 3. Elmore, John P (5) ........... NH 1900 W18 D2 W8 D4 3.0 4. OConnor, Eric (6) ............ MA 1858 -H- W6 W15 D3 3.0 5. McDermott, Kerry William (7) . NH 1831 -H- W17 L2 W9 2.5 6. Georgenes, Robert J (8) ...... MA 1778 -H- L4 W19 W10 2.5 7. Strelzoff, Alan G (9) ........ MA 1711 W14 L1 -H- W13 2.5 8. Baginski, Paul A (11) ........ MA 1691 W20 D12 L3 W15 2.5 9. Somerset, David G (4) ........ MA 1950 W11 W10 L1 L5 2.0 10. Gendall, William J (10) ...... MA 1702 W19 L9 W14 L6 2.0 11. Bell, Michael (15) ........... MA 1365 L9 L14 W18 W17 2.0 12. Nugent, Arthur P (3) ......... MA 2000 D17 D8 D13 -N- 1.5 13. Gonzalez, Marcos, Jr (13) .... MA 1483 L2 W18 D12 L7 1.5 14. Steer, Jonathan (17) ......... NH 951 L7 W11 L10 D16 1.5 15. Sweeney, Marc (19) ........... MA 562 -B- -H- L4 L8 1.5 16. Kary, Mitchell (12) .......... MA 1561 L1 -H- -N- D14 1.0 17. Gadomski, Thadeus A (14) ..... ME 1441 D12 L5 -H- L11 1.0 18. Schramm, Guenter (16) ........ MA 1273 L3 L13 L11 W19 1.0 19. Salter, Christopher (18) ..... MA 875 L10 -H- L6 L18 0.5 20. DiNatale, David (20) ......... nnnn L8 -H- -N- -N- 0.5 Final 2024 Club Championship Qualification Standings: We have our eight! Congratulations to our Club Championship qualifiers! (1) Robert Cousins 54.5(43) (2) Hrishikesh Vedula 41.75(41) (3) Gerry Potorski 36.75(27) (4) Eric O'Connor 33.0(45) (5) Paul Baginski 26.5(39) (6) Al Strelzoff 26.0(36) (7) John Elmore 25.0(41) (8) Mitch Kary 25.0(37) (9) Rob Georgenes 24.0(32) (10) Joshua Roux 23.5(18) (11) Art Nugent 22.5(43) (12) Kerry McDermott 22.0(27) (13) Marcos Gonzalez 21.5(37) (14) Joseph Grassi 20.5(30) (15)` Guenter Schramm 19.0(43) (16) Walter Whitmore 14.0(42) (17) William Gendall 14.0(16) (18) Jonathan Steer 13.0(27) (19) David Somerset 13.0(22) (20) Ryan Rotcavich 13.0(16) (21) Ted Gadomski 13.0(15) (22) Colton Najem 11.0(7) (23) Michael Moore 9.5(12) (24) Keith Hamer 8.0(19) (25) Gary Adamowicz 8.0(18) (26) Chris Gauthier 8.0(11) (27) Michael Bell 8.5(19) (28) Angus MacDonald 6.5(8) (29) Matt Osborne 6.0(6) (30) Marc Sweeney 5.5(20) (31) Jeff Parlin 4.0(8) (32) Chris Carnevale 3.5(6) (33) Ken Graf 3.0(11) (34-35) Stan Ricker 3.0(9) (34-35) Yazan Al zaidi 3.0(9) (36) Jonathan Kimball 3.0(6) (37) Chris Salter 2.5(9) (38) Trevor Sylvester 2.5(3) (39) James Clifford 2.5(2) (40) Jack Parker 2.0(2) (41) Nathan McTague 1.0(2) (42) David DiNatale 0.5(1) (43) Adam Cico 0.0(2) 2024 Club Championship Schedule: 11/04/24: Cousins-Strelzoff; Elmore-O'Connor; Baginski-Vedula; Kary-Potorski 11/11/24: Strelzoff-Kary; Potorski-Baginski; Vedula-Elmore; O'Connor-Cousins 11/18/24: O'Connor-Strelzoff; Cousins-Vedula; Elmore-Potorski; Baginski-Kary 11/25/24: Strelzoff-Baginski; Kary-Elmore; Potorski-Cousins; Vedula-O'Connor 12/02/24: Vedula-Strelzoff; O'Connor-Potorski; Cousins-Kary; Elmore-Baginski 12/09/24: Strelzoff-Elmore; Baginski-Cousins; Kary-O'Connor; Potorski-Vedula 12/16/24: Potorski-Strelzoff; Vedula-Kary; O'Connor-Baginski; Cousins-Elmore See you next week! John