Hi all. Latest News/Announcements: The New Hampshire Open will be played July 18th-19th in Manchester, New Hampshire. Please go to nhchess.org for details. Hope to see you there! Next week will be the first week of our 3-week, 6 round July event. Please update your clocks for the faster time control! Additionally, and as listed below, please note that that we will not meet on July 20th, so get your chess fix at the NH Open the weekend before! 2026 Newburyport Chess Club Schedule: NCC 259 - July 6, 13, 27 (No Meeting July 20) 6-Rd Swiss (2 per night); g40 +10; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 260 - Aug 3, 10, 17, 24 4-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 261 - Aug 31, Sep 14, 21, 28 (No Meeting Sept 7) 4-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 262 - Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 4-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; 1st-2nd $60-$30; Under $30; Upset $20 NCC 263 - Nov 2, 9, 16* 3-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; Book Prizes Tentative - Nov 23 - NM Geoff Collins Simul NCC 264 - Nov 30; Dec 7, 14* 3-Rd Swiss; g75 +30; EF $20; Book Prizes NCC 265 - Club Championship - Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Dec 7, 14 7-Rd RR or DRR ("Choose Your Own Championship"); Either g75 +30 or g40 +10; EF $30; 1st-2nd $80-$40 December 21, 2026: To Be Determined * The November and December events will have entry fees of $20 each or $30 for both. Prize Winners: Congratulations to June's prize winners! 1st/2nd: Gerry Potorski and Dave Somerset ($45 each) Under: Colton Najem and Tom De Plonty ($15 each) Upset: Colton Najem ($20) Upsets: Colton Najem (1554) over John Elmore (2062) -> 508 points Arden Schran (1222) over Yazan Al Zaidi (1592) -> 370 points Stephen Gradijan (1822) over John Elmore (2062) -> 240 points Marcos Gonzalez (1638) over Stephen Gradijan (1822) -> 184 points Tom De Plonty (1494) over Mitch Kary (1659) -> 165 points Colton Najem (1554) over Paul Staten (1667) -> 113 points Crosstable: No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Score 1. Potorski, Gerald Field (2) ... NH 2068 W15 W19 W3 D2 3.5 2. Somerset, David G (6) ........ MA 1860 W20 W12 W4 D1 3.5 3. Baginski, Paul A (9) ......... MA 1821 W16 W5 L1 W13 3.0 4. Hyland, James R (10) ......... MA 1746 W21 W13 L2 W14 3.0 5. Gonzalez, Marcos (13) ........ MA 1638 W24 L3 W21 W8 3.0 6. Cousins, Robert P (1) ........ NH 2208 -H- W7 W10 -N- 2.5 7. OConnor, Eric (5) ............ MA 1863 -H- L6 W18 W17 2.5 8. Gradijan, Stephen (8) ........ MA 1822 W14 -H- W9 L5 2.5 9. Elmore, John P (3) ........... NH 2062 L13 W25 L8 W19 2.0 10. Nugent, Arthur P (4) ......... MA 2000 -H- W18 L6 D11 2.0 11. McDermott, Kerry William (7) . NH 1842 -H- -N- W24 D10 2.0 12. Kary, Mitchell (12) .......... MA 1659 W23 L2 L14 W21 2.0 13. Najem, Colton (15) ........... NH 1554 W9 L4 W19 L3 2.0 14. De Plonty, Thomas J (17) ..... MA 1494 L8 W22 W12 L4 2.0 15. Al Zaidi, Yazan (14) ......... NH 1592 L1 -H- L17 W22 1.5 16. Asmar, Dylan M (18) .......... MA 1440 L3 -H- W25 -N- 1.5 17. Schran, Arden Alexander (20) . NH 1222 -H- -N- W15 L7 1.5 18. Jones, Suzanne (23) .......... NH 1093 -H- L10 L7 W26 1.5 19. Staten, Paul (11) ............ MA 1667 W22 L1 L13 L9 1.0 20. Whitmore, Walter (16) ........ MA 1500 L2 -H- -N- D24 1.0 21. Schramm, Guenter (19) ........ MA 1412 L4 W23 L5 L12 1.0 22. Graf, Ken (21) ............... NH 1110 L19 L14 W26 L15 1.0 23. Martin, Paul Andrew (22) ..... NH 1099 L12 L21 -H- D25 1.0 24. Day, Rachel (24) ............. NH 1045 L5 -H- L11 D20 1.0 25. Jones, Charles (25) .......... NH 869 -H- L9 L16 D23 1.0 26. Schran, Arthur Hannes (26) ... NH 541 -H- -N- L22 L18 0.5 Club Championship Qualification Standings (Post June's Event): (1) Robert Cousins 25.00(15) (2) Gerry Potorski 24.00(17) (3) John Elmore 22.00(24) (4) Colton Najem 21.25(24) (5) James Hyland 19.25(26) (6) Dave Somerset 19.25(25) (7) Yazan Al Zaidi 17.50(17) (8) Chris Carnevale 15.75(13) (9) Eric O'Connor 15.50(24) (10) Paul Baginski 15.50(19) (11) Marcos Gonzalez 15.25(23) (12) Kerry McDermott 15.00(17) (13) Mitch Kary 13.75(20) (14) Guenter Schramm 13.00(23) (15) Art Nugent 13.00(22) (16) Suzanne Jones 12/75(15) (17) Paul Staten 11.75(24) (18) Dylan Asmar 11.75(15) (19) Tom DePlonty 11.50(26) (20) Ken Graf 10.00(26) (21) Robert Georgenes 8.50(12) (22) Stephen Gradijan 8.50(11) (23) Ryan O'Donnell 8.00(13) (24) Al Strelzoff 7.50(14) (25) Jackson Williams 7.50(9) (26) Bill Gendall 7.00(14) (27&28) Gary Adamowicz 6.00(10) (27&28) Paul Martin 6.00(10) (29) Ross Marino 6.00(9) (30) Jon Freeman 3.50(10) (31) Michael Moore 3.50(4) (32) Arden Schran 3.25(2) (33) Charles Jones 3.00(12) (34) Christian Simpson 2.50(2) (35&36) Daryl Jace 2.00(3) (35&36) Walter Whitmore 2.00(3) (37) Rachel Day 1.50(4) (38) Jackson Styker 1.00(3) (39) Arthur Schran 0.50(2) (40) Kim Kerr 0.50(1) See you next week! John Virus-free.www.avg.com