Hi guys. 2025 Newburyport Chess Club Schedule: NCC 248 - Aug 4, 11, 18, 25 8-Rd Swiss; g40 +10; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 249 - Sep 8, 15, 22, 29 4-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 250 - Oct 6, 13, 20, 27 4-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 251 - Nov 3, 10, 17, 24* 3-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; Book Prizes I anticipate/hope a simul can be held in or around November's 4th week. If not, the November event will pick up a 4th round. NCC 252 - Dec 1, 8, 15* 3-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; Book Prizes NCC 253 - Club Championship - Nov 3, 10, 17, 24; Dec 1, 8, 15 7-Rd RR or DRR ("Choose Your Own Championship"); Either g75 +30 or g40 +10; EF $30; 1st-2nd $80-$40 December 22, 2025: To Be Determined * Entry for the November and December events is $30 for both events or $20 for each individual event. So come and play both! Announcements: (1) NO CHESS ON JULY 28TH!!!!! Hope Community Church will be hosting an event that will render the church unavailable to us on July 28th, so we cannot meet. July 21st will be the final round of our June-July event. (2) Please forgive me if it takes a little bit of additional time to rate the tournament. I am dealing with a membership issue but am confident the event will be rated soon. Prize Winners: Congratulations to this month's prize winners! 1st: Gerry Potorski ($60) 2nd: Robert Cousins and Paul Baginski ($15 each) Under: Colton Najem ($30) Upset: Ted Gadomski and Colton Najem ($10 each) Upsets: Ted Gadomski (1489) over Kerry McDermott (1842) -> 353 points Colton Najem (1168) over Mitch Kary (1521) -> 353 points Al Strelzoff (1671) over John Elmore (2009) -> 338 points Colton Najem (1168) over Ted Gadomski (1489) -> 321 points Michael Moore (1748) over Art Nugent (2000) -> 252 points Guenter Schramm (1335) over Walter Whitmore (1500) -> 165 points Yazan Al Zaidi (1462) over William Gendall (1619) -> 157 points Jon Steer (1208) over Guenter Schramm (1335) -> 127 points Joshua Roux (1771) over David Somerset (1879) -> 108 points Crosstable: No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Score 1. Potorski, Gerald Field (2) ... NH 2059 W25 W13 D2 W11 D3 W6 5.0 2. Cousins, Robert P (1) ........ NH 2148 W24 W17 D1 D3 W8 -H- 4.5 3. Baginski, Paul A (8) ......... MA 1789 W16 D4 W18 D2 D1 W9 4.5 4. Elmore, John P (3) ........... NH 2009 W19 D3 L8 D9 W24 W13 4.0 5. Somerset, David G (5) ........ MA 1879 W15 L6 D7 W18 D13 D8 3.5 6. Roux, Joshua (10) ............ NH 1771 W28 W5 L11 D12 W14 L1 3.5 7. Moore, Michael O D (11) ...... MA 1748 -H- -H- D5 W26 W11 -N- 3.5 8. Strelzoff, Alan G (12) ....... MA 1671 W29 D11 W4 -H- L2 D5 3.5 9. Najem, Colton (23) ........... NH 1168 -H- W14 -H- D4 W19 L3 3.5 10. Roussos, Joseph C (30) ....... NH nnnn -H- -H- -H- -N- W20 W17 3.5 11. Nugent, Arthur P (4) ......... MA 2000 W20 D8 W6 L1 L7 D14 3.0 12. OConnor, Eric (7) ............ MA 1823 D26 -H- W22 D6 -H- -N- 3.0 13. Georgenes, Robert J (9) ...... MA 1786 W27 L1 -H- W21 D5 L4 3.0 14. Gadomski, Thadeus A (18) ..... NH 1489 -H- L9 W27 W17 L6 D11 3.0 15. Al Zaidi, Yazan (19) ......... NH 1462 L5 -H- -H- L20 W30 W24 3.0 16. Steer, Jonathan (22) ......... NH 1208 L3 -H- -H- -H- W26 D19 3.0 17. McDermott, Kerry William (6) . NH 1842 W21 L2 -H- L14 W22 L10 2.5 18. Gonzalez, Marcos, Jr (14) .... MA 1575 -H- W26 L3 L5 W27 -N- 2.5 19. Kary, Mitchell (16) .......... MA 1521 L4 W30 L24 W22 L9 D16 2.5 20. Whitmore, Walter (17) ........ MA 1500 L11 -H- L26 W15 L10 W27 2.5 21. Adamowicz, Gary (20) ......... ME 1395 L17 -H- W30 L13 W23 -N- 2.5 22. True, David W (24) ........... ME 1143 -H- W29 L12 L19 L17 W30 2.5 23. Oltsik, Benjamin R (29) ...... NH nnnn -H- -H- -H- -N- L21 W26 2.5 24. Gendall, William J (13) ...... MA 1619 L2 -H- W19 -H- L4 L15 2.0 25. Stryker, Jackson Mitchell (15) MA 1567 L1 D27 -H- -H- -H- -N- 2.0 26. Schramm, Guenter (21) ........ MA 1335 D12 L18 W20 L7 L16 L23 1.5 27. Graf, Ken (25) ............... NH 1088 L13 D25 L14 W30 L18 L20 1.5 28. DeSousa, Cole J (27) ......... MA 880 L6 -H- -H- -H- -N- -N- 1.5 29. Sweeney, Marc (28) ........... MA 519 L8 L22 -H- -H- -H- -N- 1.5 30. Martin, Paul Andrew (26) ..... NH 1025 -H- L19 L21 L27 L15 L22 0.5 Club Championship Qualification Standings (Post May's Event): (1) John Elmore 29.17(31) (2) Robert Cousins 28.75(22) (3) Gerry Potorski 27.00(26) (4) Paul Baginski 26.00(31) (5) Hrishi Vedula 22.92(24) (6) Eric O'Connor 19.67(26) (7) David Somerset 18.00(29) (8) Al Strelzoff 18.00(28) (9) Rob Georgenes 18.00(26) (10) Cole DeSousa 17.50(15) (11) Art Nugent 17.00(29) (12) Marcos Gonzalez 15.00(22) (13) Kerry McDermott 14.50(24) (14) Jon Steer 13.00(20) (15) Mitch Kary 12.50(27) (16) Guenter Schramm 12.50(26) (17) Al Zaidi, Yazan 12.50(18) (18) Ted Gadomski 12.17(14) (19) Bill Gendall 10.00(20) (20) Gary Adamowicz 10.00(16) (21) Walter Whitmore 10.00(12) (22) Jackson Stryker 8.50(15) (23) Michael Moore 8.50(7) (24) Ken Graf 8.00(27) (25) Dusty Hoppe 7.50(10) (26) Marc Sweeney 7.00(15) (27) Colton Najem 6.50(4) (28) David True 6.00(16) (29) Josh Roux 6.00(9) (30) Chris Carnevale 5.50(4) (31) Mike Bell 4.50(7) (32) Chris Salter 3.50(6) (33) Joseph Ruossos 3.50(2) (34) Ben Oltsik 2.50(2) (35) David Dinatale 2.00(5) (36) Anthony Rando 2.00(2) (37) Henry Quillen 1.50(1) (38) Paul Martin 1.00(9) (39) Jeff Parlin 0.50(1) See you in 2 weeks! John