Category: NYC Chess Guide

GM Kekelidze is the winner of the 95th Annual Marshall Chess Club Championship

Tonight the final round of the 95th Annual Marshall Chess Club concluded and we here at Brooklyn64 congratulate GM Kekelidze on becomming the 2011 Marshall Chess Club Champion. Here are complete crosstables for the event. In the final round, the 12 year old Wu needed only to draw to clinch the championship, but lost a tough positional battle to FM Ostrovskiy who managed to succeed with an interesting queenside plan against Wu’s Najdorf. Up until the last round, Wu had been a likely contender for clear first, and so the following game was closely watched by hundreds of spectators on ICC.

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Chess in New York City

NYC is a great place to be a chess player, and this is an attempt to document the best of New York City chess. Below, find everything from chess book stores and clubs to hot spots and great chess venues in NYC that you should check out if you’re coming to town, or if you live here and are looking for a good book store, club, or place to play.

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