What’s Happening at The Right Move (minute by minute)

December 3, 2017 Meeting of Corporation of the Board of The Right Move at Riverbank, New York, NY

Attendance:

Brother John McManus, Eliot Weiss, Yvonne M. Scorcia, Marilyn C. Scorcia, Renée M. Scorcia, Alex Beasley, Henry J. Scorcia

Minutes from the November  2017 meeting approved

Thank you to all who volunteered:  Yvonne M. Scorcia, Marilyn C. Scorcia, Renée M. Scorcia, Henry J. Scorcia, Makoto Nozaki and Lauren Ferline.

Reports:

  • 10 vouchers sold
  • $79.00 in donations
  • $5.00 from sale of pencils
  • 1 refundable Pre-Check in for Valerie Leyman

New Business:

The following was approved by those present at the meeting:

  • We cannot accept sign-ups at the tournament site. It is unsafe and too stressful for all involved.
  • Registration for The Right Move Chess Tournament is on a first-come basis, limited to 250 free entries for Jan 14, The Right Move 229 at Riverbank State Park.
  • Registration period begins on December 10, 2017. The free entry period ends when the 250 limit is reached or on Wednesday, Jan 10, at 8:00 PM; whichever comes first. A waiting list will then be established for those over the limit entries. This list appears on the web chesstrm.org/NYC/  and is updated by hand daily.
  • Players on the waiting list will pay $30 Entry Fee at check-in on Sunday, Jan 14, 2018, if they still wish to play. (No credit cards)
  • A Player who has signed up for three free tournaments and not shown up for any of them will not be registered for a future tournament, but instead will be put on a special list. Once the player shows up, he/she will be required to pay $5 refundable fee for having the name removed from the list for future tournaments.
  • A Player who has signed up but withdraws before the tournament (‘something came up’, ‘sick’, etc. are to be thanked for their thoughtfulness.) The correct way to withdraw is via email to brjohnmcmanus@yahoo.com, Subject TRM 229 WD . Please give section along with name of person to withdraw.
  • The pre-paid check-in list is a $5 refundable charge and lasts ‘forever’ or until said player is a no-show. It is unacceptable to be signed in and not show up for your match, leaving your opponent to sit and not get a match for that round. Brother John is responsible for keeping this pre-paid list up to date.

Submitted by Renée M. Scorcia, Secretary

Tournament#228                                         Date:  December 3, 2017

Congratulation to our Champions

King: Team 1st   None                                                          Team 2nd  None

1st  Benjamin Avrahami   (2.0)

2nd  Jayvon Bullock  (2.0)

3rd  Johua Mullen (1.0)

 

Queen: Team 1st ERM (5.0)                                              Team 2nd  Anderson (3.0)

1st  Taylor Ngo   (3.0)

2nd  Zachary F. Gray  (3.0)

3rd  Alexandr Li (2.0)

 

Rook Team 1st  PS 218 (9.0)                                              Team 2nd     BSI (7.0)

1st  Alexey Tashtanov  (4.0)

2nd  Jacky Chan  (4.0)

3rd  Kevin E. Li  (3.5)

 

kNight:  Team 1st  BSI (12.5)                                             Team 2nd  Rosalyn Yalow (7.0)

1st  Alexi de la Nunez  (4.0)

2nd   David Kroi (4.0)

3rd  Lukas Azcurrain  (3.5)

 

Bishop: Team 1st  Rosalyn Yalow (11.5)                        Team 2nd  PS 75 (9.0)

1st  Akhil Velampalli  (4.0)

2nd  Valentino Louis (4.0)

3rd  Gavin Ballester (3.0)

 

Pawn 2:  Lawrence (10.0)                                                  Team 2nd  PS 218 (5.5)

1st   Rafik Huseynalizade  (4.0)

2nd  Nazrin Huseynalizade (4.0)

3rd   Tisun Prohdania (3.0)

 

Pawn 1:  PS 9 (10.0)                                                             Team 2nd  PS 75 (5.5)

1st   Rafael Robinovich  (4.0)

2nd  Alwin Jing (3.0)

3rd   Jiro Penafiel-Sato (3.0)

 

 

AWE

1st  Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy  (4.0)

2nd David Chu  (3.0)

3rd  David Chu  (3.0)