The President's Day Open is taking place from February 13th, 2025 - February 17th, 2025, at the Washington Dulles Airport Marriott in Dulles, VA. Here is my blog post from last year about the 1st Annual President's Day Open. This year's event will...
Hello all, The Atlantic Chess Association will be holding the MLK Day Open from January 17th-19th at the Crowne Plaza Houston Galleria in Houston, TX. Here is the link for more details and registration. I have also added these details down below...
The 3rd Annual Charity Chess Tournament was held on April 27th, 2024, at Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, VA. We were able to raise over $2000 to support Children's Miracle Network, and organization that helps recovering children hospital p...
This is a continuation to my last blog, the 2nd Annual Independence Day Open, which you can read about here. The 2nd Annual Independence Day Open Scholastic was held on Saturday, July 6th, as a side event to the main tournament. It boas...
The 2nd Annual Independence Day Open was held from July 5-7, 2024, at the Hotel Marriott in Dulles, VA. There were 3 sections: Open, U1900, and U1500. There was also a Scholastic side event, which I will cover in a separate blog. Additionally, the...
The Atlantic Chess Association held the Atlantic Chess Independence Day GM Norm Invitational from June 29th to July 4th. You can see my blog about the details and format of this event here. We want to extend a heartfelt thanks to all the GM's th...
The Atlantic Chess Association is organizing the Independence Day Norm Tournament. It is a 6 day, 9 rounds, 10 player Round Robin tournament. Lesser titles or norms (IM, WGM, WIM, FM) are also possible. Chief Arbiter: IA Gregory Vaserstein Tim...
The President's Day Open 2024 was held from February 16th to 19th at the Dulles Marriott Washington in Dulles, VA. It was a 7 round Swiss tournament with a prize fund of $5500! The Premier section was FIDE rated and boasted 18 top players, mostly ...
The Atlantic Chess Association plans to hold the President's Day Open Chess Tournament from 2/16 - 2/19, at the Dulles Marriott in Dulles, VA. The tournament format is a 7 round Swiss, time control G90+30. There will be 4 sections: Premier (min. r...
Last Saturday, on 9/2/23, the Atlantic Chess Association held the Labor Day Action tournament at the Courtyard Marriott by Tysons. Over 20 players participated in what was the first tournament of this type hosted by the Atlantic Chess Association....
The Sully Summer Quads were held at the Sully Community Center in Sully, VA, on July 15th and 22nd. This as an action-packed event! We had two quads, each comprised of 4 players. Here I will give you a brief overview of what happened: July 15th: ...
The Atlantic Chess Association plans to hold the Sully Summer Quads on July 15th, 22nd, and 29th, at the Sully Center in VA. This will be a quad event, and for those unfamiliar, this is an event where you play three other people similar in rating ...
National Master Daniel Lowinger won the 2023 Independence Day Open with a score of 4.5/5. The tournament was held from June 30 - July 2, 2023 at the Washington Dulles Airport Marriott in Dulles, VA. FM Valeri Semenov, FM Andrew Samuelson, and Elvi...
