Schedule for the 2025-2026 School Year

The Right Move Chess Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation which serves scholastic chess players in New York City and the Greater Capital District of Albany, New York by providing a series of free chess tournaments during the school year.

For information about our tournaments click here, and for tournament rules click here.

Tournament	Location	Sponsor	Tournament Info	Registration
TRM 185 September 27th 2025	Bethlehem Central Middle School		Standard TRM	Online registration closed. On site (Bethlehem Central MS) registration Saturday 9/27 9.15am to 9.45am.

TRM 185 at Bethlehem Central Middle School on Sept 27th – Online Registration Closes Thursday Sept 25th

TRM 185 at Bethlehem Central Middle School on Sept 27, 2025

Welcome to 2025-2026 TRM chess year!!! We are excited to announce our first tournament for this season at Bethlehem Central Middle School scheduled for Saturday, September 27th, 2025. Many thanks to Bethlehem CSD & Dr. Mike Klugman for providing us with space to hold our tournament.

Check below for more details on TRM 185. Game rules will be based on the rules published for over the board tournaments on the US Chess Federation website.

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We highly recommend entering online so that we can minimize on-site registrations. In the last couple of tournaments we had to delay our start time for the round one due to a large number of on-site entries. We will only take on-site entries before 9.45 am on the event day and whoever enters after 9.45 will be paired from round 2 with a 1/2 point bye for round one.
Additionally, If you are interested in renewing or getting USCF membership on-site, please let the tournament director know by 9.30am.

Tournament Details

Date	Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Platform	In Person at 332 Kenwood Ave, Delmar, NY 12054
Registration	Register (Strict until 5:00 pm, September 25th, 2025) We do not guarantee onsite registration
USCF Rated Sections* *Subject to change based on number of registrations	1. Open (Regular rating of 1400 and above) 2. King (Quick rating up to 1399) 3. Queen (Quick rating up to 999) 4. Rook (Quick rating up to 599)
Unrated Rated Sections* *Subject to change based on number of registrations	1. AWE (Adults Welcome) 2. kNight (Up to and including Grade 12) 3. Bishop (Up to and including Grade 5) 4. Pawn (Up to and including Grade 2)
Time Control	All sections : G 30/d5
Rounds	All sections : 4 Rounds ( @10:00 am, @11:30 am, @1:00 pm and @2:15 pm)

We strongly encourage you to send us an email or text us @ 509-263-8897 by 8:00 am on the day of tournament in case you would like to withdraw from the tournament.

Awards: Trophies to 1st, 2nd and 3rd if more than 8 players in the section. Medals for 2.5 or more on 4. Medals for 2/4 if this is your 1st or 2nd TRM event.

Team Awards: There will not be any team awards this year.

If you have any questions, please contact us at rightmovechess@gmail.com .

The TRM Board

TRM 183 at Shenendehowa High School East on April 5th, 2025

TRM 183

Welcome to 2024-2025 TRM chess year ! We are excited to announce our April tournament for this season at Shenendehowa High School scheduled for Saturday, April 5th, 2025. Many thanks to the Shenendehowa CSD, High School East Chess Club & Mr. Roe for providing space to hold our tournament.

Please take a look below for more details on TRM 183. Game rules will be based on the rules published for over the board tournaments on the US Chess Federation website.

Tournament Details

Date	Saturday, April 5th, 2025
Platform	In Person at 970 NY-146, Clifton Park, NY 12065
Registration	Register (STRICT 5:00 pm, Apr 3rd, 2025 ) We do not guarantee onsite registration
USCF Rated Sections* *Subject to change based on number of registrations	1. Open (USCF Regular rating of 1400 and above) 2. King (USCF Regular rating up to 1399) 3. Queen (USCF Regular rating up to 999) 4. Rook (USCF Regular rating up to 599)
Unrated Rated Sections* *Subject to change based on number of registrations	1. AWE (Adults Welcome) 2. kNight (Up to and including Grade 12) 3. Bishop (Up to and including Grade 5) 4. Pawn (Up to and including Grade 2)
Time Control	All sections G 30/d5
Rounds	All sections : 4 Rounds ( @10:00 am, @11:30 pm, @1:00 pm, @2:15 pm)

We strongly encourage you to send us an email or text us @ 509-263-8897 by 8:00 am on the day of tournament in case you would like to withdraw from the tournament.

Awards: Trophies to 1st, 2nd and 3rd if more than 8 players in the section. Medals for 2.5 or more on 4. Medals for 2 points if this is your 1st, 2nd or 3rd tournament. Open section awards for scholastic players only.

Team Awards: There will not be any team awards for this tournament.

TRM Board