Fuller Craft Chess Club, 3-Round QUAD, NATIONAL CHESS DAY – 10-15-2017

USCF-Rated Chess Tournament
Fuller Craft Chess Club
Fuller Craft Museum

455 Oak Street
Brockton, MA 02301

NATIONAL CHESS DAY Chess Tournament
at Fuller Craft Museum

Sunday, October 15, 2017 (NATIONAL CHESS DAY)
12:00 pm-4:00 pm

Calling all chess players! ESPECIALLY NEW PLAYERS!

THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT!  Celebrate NATIONAL CHESS DAY at Fuller Craft Chess with our Fall Quad.

Join us for an afternoon of strategy, intellect, and fun
– a Chess Tournament at Fuller Craft
Museum. Beginner, intermediate, and
advanced players are all invited to three
rounds of chess playing officiated by
Tournament Director Nicholas P. Sterling,
Ph.D., USCF Chess Tournament
Director. Come simply to observe or play to win!

The registration fee (players and observers) is the cost of admission to the Fuller Craft Museum.

10:45 am – 11:45 am Registration

U.S. Chess Federation Membership is NOT
required for registration, but may be required for play

12:00 – 4:00 pm 3 Rounds of Chess. Everyone plays all 3 rounds.
PIZZA will be ordered!  We ask for a $10 donation to defray the cost.

Fuller Craft Chess Club: Spiegel Cup Series, 09-17-2017

USCF-Rated Chess Tournament

Fuller Craft Chess Club

Fuller Craft Museum

455 Oak Street

Brockton, MA 02301

Spiegel Cup Series Chess Tournament

 

at Fuller Craft Museum

 

Sunday, September 17, 2017

 

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

4SS, G45 d5 (14U & 11U & 8U)

THREE USCF RATED SECTIONS Ages 14 & Under, 11 & Under, 8 & Under

BREAKFAST and LUNCH (separate fee) will be served.  

½-point bye available in any round, but must notify organizer in advance. ½-point bye so granted does NOT count toward Spiegel Cup Qualification.

Trophies will be awarded to the top three players in each section; Medals will be awarded to other players with scores of 3 or more points

U.S. Chess Federation Membership: REQUIRED for all 3 SECTIONS. Register for USCF Membership online or at chess tournament. Save money and go to: http://www.uschess.org

Door Registration: 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM. Entries after 9:45 AM will receive 1/2-point bye or be paired if possible. Round 1 starts at 10:00 AM.

Pre-registered should check in by 9:00 AM.   Entry Fee (in addition to Museum admission fee if applicable):    Advance entry $25 if logged by Friday 9/15/2017.

 REGISTER ONLINE

(http://fullercraft.org/event/spiegel-cup-qualifying-chess-tournament/) 

or by calling Museum at 508-588-6000.

Onsite entry $30 (collected at Front Desk) 

Fuller Craft August G/30 d5 QUAD – 08-13-2017

 

Fuller Craft Chess Club

Fuller Craft Museum

455 Oak Street

Brockton, MA 02301

  Summer Chess Tournament

at Fuller Craft Museum

Sunday, August 13, 2017

10:45 am-5:00 pm

Registration:

https://fullercraft.org/event/chess-fuller-craft-quarterly-tournament/

http://masschess.org/Events/Event_Details.aspx?Event_ID=5881

 

Calling all chess players! ESPECIALLY NEW PLAYERS!  Join us for an

afternoon of strategy, intellect, and fun

– a Chess Tournament at Fuller Craft

Museum. Beginner, intermediate, and

advanced players are all invited to three

rounds of chess playing officiated by

Tournament Director Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D., USCF Tournament Director.

Come simply to observe or play to win! The registration fee (players and observers) is the cost of admission to the Fuller Craft Museum.

 

10:45 am – 11:45 am Registration

U.S. Chess Federation Membership is NOT

required for registration, but may be required for play

12:00 – 4:00 pm 3 Rounds of Chess.  

Everyone plays all 3 rounds.

PIZZA will be ordered!  We ask for a $10 donation to defray the cost.

A prize will be awarded to the top player

in each section.

Register online or call 508-588-6000.

Pre-registered players should check in by 10:45 am.

Adults and Kids Beginner Chess Camp – Fuller Craft Chess Club, Sunday 07-16-2017

Adults & Kids Beginner Chess Camp

Location: 455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA 02301    [ Get Direction ]

Learn Chess @ Fuller Craft Adult and Kid Beginners’ Class Sunday, July 16, 2017, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Ever wanted to learn how to play chess. Join us for a chess workshop this summer. Two 1-day workshops, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm with lunch break from 12:00 – 12:30 (bring your bag lunch) Chess sets and clocks are all provided. The workshop is conducted by Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D., NESA, USCF Chess Tournament Director. Choose one or both workshops: July 15, Saturday, 10 am – 2:00 pm Adult beginners’ class July 16, Sunday, 10 am – 2:00 pm Adult and Kid (age 6 and up) beginners’ class Max of 10 students. Students 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Nonmembers: $60, Members: $50 https://fullercraft.org/product/learn-chess-fuller-craft-adult-kid-beginners-class/

Adult Beginner Chess Workshop – Fuller Craft Chess Club, Saturday, 07-15-2017

Adult Beginner Chess Workshop

Location: 455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA 02301 [ Get Direction ]

Learn Chess @ Fuller Craft Museum, Adult Beginners’ Class

Saturday, July 15, 2017, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Ever wanted to learn how to play chess? Join us for a chess workshop this summer. Two 1-day workshops, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm with lunch break from 12:00 – 12:30 (bring your bag lunch) Chess sets and clocks are all provided. The workshop is conducted by Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D., NESA, USCF Chess Tournament Director.
Choose one or both workshops:
July 15, Saturday, 10 am – 2:00 pm Adult beginners’ class
July 16, Sunday, 10 am – 2:00 pm Adult and Kid (age 6 and up) beginners’ class

Max of 10 students. Students 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Nonmembers: $60, Members: $50

https://fullercraft.org/product/learn-chess-fuller-craft-museum-adult-beginners-class/

Fuller Craft July RATED BLITZ – 07-30-2017

Fuller Craft 2nd RATED BLITZ Chess!!

Sunday, July 30, 2017, 1:00-4:00 PM

Fuller Craft July RATED BLITZ

Format: 7SS Swiss, G/4 d2

TWO SECTIONS: USCF MEMBER, NON USCF MEMBER

Everyone plays all 7 rounds

One 1/2-point bye available in any round but the last, but must notify organizer in advance.

U.S. Chess Federation Membership: REQUIRED FOR MEMBER SECTION.

Register for USCF Membership online or at tournament. Save money and go to: www.uschess.org

Door Registration: 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM. Entries after 1:45 PM will receive one 1/2-point bye or be paired if possible. Round 1 starts at 2:00 PM. Pre-registered should check in by 1:00 PM.

Entry Fee: $15 ($12 Museum Members)

  Online Registration: http://masschess.org/Events/Event_Details.aspx?Event_ID=5882

Questions: TD Nicholas Sterling (nicholas@xenophon98.com)

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Calling all chess players and enthusiasts! Starting Thursday, July 13, the quarterly chess club at Fuller Craft Museum is FREE FOR RESIDENTS OF BROCKTON. Now every Thursday 4:00 – 8:00 pm, join us for a time of strategy, intellect, and fun at Fuller Craft Museum. The club will combine casual play and rated games conducted by Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D., USCF Chess Tournament Director. Also, we will have a beginners table for players who would like to continue building their skills with puzzles, tactics, and full games. Players under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. This club is organized in collaboration with the Massachusetts Chess Association (MACA) and sponsored in part by the Mass Cultural Council.

Come simply to observe or play to win! You can drop in on any given Thursday to play chess for a drop-in fee of $15 ($12 Museum members), or you can join the club for an introductory monthly fee of $40 (4 consecutive weeks); $32 for Museum members. Drop-ins can register in advance or pay at the door.  FREE FOR RESIDENTS OF BROCKTON.

Chess @ Fuller Craft is part of the the artKitchen Café Performance Series, which is funded in part by the following cultural councils: Abington, Attleboro, Bridgewater, Brockton, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Foxborough, Hanson, Mansfield, Middleborough, Norton, Pembroke, Plympton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Westwood, and Whitman. These local agencies support the arts with funding provided by Massachusetts Cultural Council. We are grateful for their support.

Final Standings, Fuller Craft April G/25 d5 – 04-29-2017

Fellow Brockton Chess Players,

 

Thanks to everyone who came to play in the Fuller Craft April G/30 d5 as part of the Fuller Craft Chess Club series. Due to an advertising glitch on my part, we did not get as many players as we might have, but we did get six and were happy to have them. They got to eat all the pizza and the abundant snacks.

Because we needed to wrap up earlier than normal due to a later scheduled event, we changed the time control to the quicker G/25 d5 instead of the advertised G/30 d5, As a result, we were finished by 3:00 PM!

With only six players, we had just one Section, and here are the winners:

1st Place: Gregor Klimov

2nd Place (tied): Naor Wiesel, William Neminovsky

Upcoming:

The dates are not set yet, but we have the following events on tap:

1. Rated Blitz at our Thursday Club

2. Our next weekend QUADs

3. Summer weekend Chess Camp

4. Our Spiegel Cup Series Tournament in the fall

This is a wonderful location for our Chess Club. See you over the board.

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Fuller Craft Chess Club

Tournament Director and Chess Instructor

Final Standings, Fuller Craft April G/25 d5 – 04-29-2017

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot	Prize
1	Gregory Victor Klimov	14625518	1163	W6	W4	W2	3.0	1st
2	Naor Wiesel	16257736	1064	W3	W5	L1	2.0	2nd – tied
3	William Nemirovsky	13159863	1390	L2	W6	W4	2.0	2nd – tied
4	Justin E Medoff	12663912	1215	W5	L1	L3	1.0
5	Jacob Snell	15597803	832	L4	L2	W6	1.0
6	Boyu Liu	16286727	438	L1	L3	L5	0.0

 

Fuller Craft Chess Club April G/30 d5 QUAD – 04-29-2017

USCF-Rated Chess Tournament
Fuller Craft Chess Club
Fuller Craft Museum

455 Oak Street
Brockton, MA 02301

Spring Chess Tournament
at Fuller Craft Museum

Saturday, April 29, 2017
12:00 pm-4:00 pm

Calling all chess players! ESPECIALLY NEW PLAYERS!

Join us for an afternoon of strategy, intellect, and fun
– a Chess Tournament at Fuller Craft
Museum. Beginner, intermediate, and
advanced players are all invited to three
rounds of chess playing officiated by
Tournament Director Nicholas P. Sterling,
Ph.D., USCF Chess Tournament
Director. Come simply to observe or play to win!

The registration fee (players and observers) is the cost of admission to the Fuller Craft Museum.

10:45 am – 11:45 am Registration

U.S. Chess Federation Membership is NOT
required for registration, but may be required for play

12:00 – 4:00 pm 3 Rounds of Chess. Everyone plays all 3 rounds.
PIZZA will be ordered!  We ask for a $10 donation to defray the cost.

A prize will be awarded to the top player
in each section.Register online or call
508.588.6000. Pre-registered players
should check in by 10:45 am.

Final Standings, Fuller Craft January G/30 d5 QUAD – 01-29-2017

Fellow Fuller Craft Chess Club players,

Thanks to everyone who played in a heavy chess competition weekend at the Fuller Craft January Quad. We had several new players, and we had some superb knockouts scored by the two kids Noah Brauner and Alex Mayo (who played in his first USCF-rated tournament this weekend). The winners (shown in the full standings below my signature) were as follows:

QUAD #1: Walter Driscoll

QUAD #2: Noah Brauner

QUAD #3: Alex Mayo

Please join us this Thursday for the Fuller Craft Chess Club’s inaugural Blitz Tournament this Thursday 2/2 4-8 PM. We’ll find out while we’re playing whether the Groundhog saw his shadow.

$200 guaranteed cash prizes! This is the first tournament I have ever directed ANYWHERE with guaranteed cash prizes.

Finally, please mark on your calendar Saturday 4/29/17 for our next G/30 d5 QUAD. We’ll try to get more players and a bigger cash cow for some really neat and cool money prizes.

We’ll see you this Thursday!

Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.

Fuller Craft Chess Club

Final Standings, Fuller Craft January G/30 d5 QUAD: Q1, 01-29-2017

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3
1	Paul Sciaraffa	W 4	B 3	W 2
	1841 12297410 (1719)	0.0	1.0	1.5
2	Walter A Driscoll III	W 3	B 4	B 1
	1815 12547513 (1551)	1.0	1.5	2.0
3	James McConville	B 2	W 1	– 4
	1809 12848589	0.0	0.0	U0.0
4	Nicholas Sterling	B 1	W 2	– 3
	1751 12454027 (1630)	1.0	1.5	U1.5

Final Standings, Fuller Craft January G/30 d5 QUAD: Q2, 01-29-2017

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3
1	Tyler Meek	W 4	B 3	– 2
	1426 16013883 (1373)	1.0	1.0	U1.0
2	Ron F Riley	W 3	B 4	– 1
	1344 11257607	0.0	1.0	U1.0
3	Noah Brauner	B 2	W 1	W 4
	1124 15304656 (898)	1.0	2.0	3.0
4	Jeffrey William Sheehan Sr	B 1	W 2	B 3
	916 16139486 (1008)	0.0	0.0	0.0

Final Standings, Fuller Craft January G/30 d5 QUAD: Q3, 01-29-2017

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3
1	Shreesh Nalatwad	W 4	B 3	W 2
	676 15426675 (662)	1.0	1.0	1.0
2	Hyde Thomas S	W 3	B 4	B 1
	430 15742773 (399)	0.0	1.0	2.0
3	Alexander Mayo	B 2	W 1	W 4
	unr. 16260216	1.0	2.0	3.0
4	Siddharth Arora	B 1	W 2	B 3
	unr. 16254501	0.0	0.0	0.0

Side Game

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1
1	Nicholas Sterling	B 2
	1751 12454027 (1630)	1.0
2	Tyler Meek	W 1
	1426 16013883 (1373)	0.0

Fuller Craft Chess Club RATED BLITZ – 02-02-2017

 

Fuller Craft 1st RATED BLITZ Chess!!        Thursday, February 2, 2017, 4:00-8:00 PM Fuller Craft February RATED BLITZ

Format: 7SS Swiss, G/4 d2 TWO SECTIONS: USCF MEMBER, NON USCF MEMBER   Everyone plays all 7 rounds One 1/2-point bye available in any round but the last, but must notify organizer in advance. $200 in cash prizes GUARANTEED

U.S. Chess Federation Membership: REQUIRED FOR MEMBER SECTION. Register for USCF Membership online or at tournament. Save money and go to: www.uschess.org

Door Registration: 4:00-4:45 PM. Entries after 4:45 PM will receive one 1/2-point bye or be paired if possible. Round 1 starts at 5:00 PM. Pre-registered should check in by 4:00 PM.

Entry Fee: $15 for non Fuller Craft Chess Club Members; free for monthly Fuller Craft Chess Club Members (Club Membership: $40/month)      Online Registration: http://masschess.org/Events/Event_Details.aspx?Event_ID=5737 Questions: TD Nicholas Sterling (nicholas@xenophon98.com)