Back to the Basics

Good morning chess players, we’re back for another week of Bushwick Chess. The Summer Premiere Blitz at the start of the month tested our club players in the second of our Premiere series. At the June Rapid event, we saw 21 players rated 1574 NYCR play through a three round 15|10 across two sections. With the highlight monthly even in July featuring our second ever nine round 3|2 blitz, it meant fielding the whole club against itself in a combined tournament for the first time since our shift to two-section events. A respectable 28 players rated 1641 on average faced off.

Reminder! Tonight is the monthly Club Rapid Tournament at Nook! Join us 7pm for five rounds of 10|2 blitz Swiss, $20 with prizes for all skill levels. Monthly Club Rapid/Blitz will now split into Open and U1600 sections to encourage a healthy mix of casual and competitive play more regularly.

Seven players returned from last months event to attend the Summer Premiere Blitz. 2077 NYCR NM Danny Vulis and June Rapid winner Atharva Washimkar rated 1971 NYCR led the field of returning players. Kirill Agishev, Ben Smith, Justin Choi, Jesse Fast and Ben Bar also joined the fray, finishing in similar placements as before.

But three highlight players bested the field in the Summer Blitz, with returning club champion Argentinian FIDE Master Juan Pereyra taking first place with a perfect 9/9 score, finishing the event rated 2335 NYCR. Brian Wilmeth showed again an astounding performance against the field since his perfect score at the January Club Rapid of 2025, finishing the event on 7/9 rated 2043. WCM Maddie Weber took third place with 6.5/9, finishing the event rated 2057.

U2000 went to Atharva Washimkar on 5.5/9, finishing rated 1958. U1800 went to 1721 rated Kirill Agishev on 5.5/9, gaining 19 points. U1600 went to 1557 rated Greg Feliu on 5.5/9 who also gained the Upset prize finishing rated 1620 NYCR. U1400 went to Brook Harris on 5/9, finishing rated 1413. Top Unrated went to Sava Sobur on 4/9, finishing rated 1519. You can see the full crosstable HERE.

And that’s it for this week chess players! Join us tonight for more chess and be sure to check our socials HERE. Much love chess players, see you over the board soon. You can find your updated NYC Rating HERE.