COMMERCIAL CHESS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK

2008-2009 SCHEDULE AND CAPTAINS (10/31/08 version)


Playing Dates:

Round 1: September 24,2008         Round 9: January 28,2009

Round 2: October 15                      Round 10: February 11

Round 3: October 29                      Round 11: February 25

Round 4: November 12                   Round 12: March 11

Round 5: November 19                   Round 13: March 25

Round 6: December 3                     Round 14: April 8

Round 7: January 7, 2009                Round 15: April 15

Round 8: January 14                       Round 16: April 29


The first six rounds will be a swiss tournament involving the 16 CCLNY teams.


Location of matches:

Mutual of America (MoA) is located at 320 Park Ave. NYC (51st Street), which serves as the home of the MoA team and 12 homeless teams. MoA plays all their matches, whether they are the home or visiting team, at this site in order to accommodate the other teams playing there. Captains from all other teams should inform their players that (1) they need to clean up the MoA cafeteria tables at the end of the match and restore them to the way they were before the start of play, and (2) team rosters will be given to MoA for security purposes and guards may ask for photo identification in order for players to enter the building.


Transit Authority (NYCT3 and NYCT4) is located at 2 Broadway at the tip of Manhattan and is home to the two transit teams. When playing homeless teams, NYCT3 and NYCT4 play these matches, whether they are the home or visiting team, at the Transit Authority site. Other teams need to provide in advance the names of their players playing there, and photo identification is required the night of the match.

Allworth Press is located at 10 E. 23rd Street (suite 510) near Madison Square Park and is home to Allworth Press. When playing homeless teams, Allworth plays these matches, whether they are the home or visiting team, at this site. Details to enter the building are provided match to match by calling the Allworth team captain.


Con Edison is located at Union Square East. Their address for home matches is 4 Irving Place (between 14th and 15th Streets), 17th Floor Conference Room C.


Team Contacts:

1. Allworth Press Capt. Uri Feld, Co-Capt. Joel Sneed

2. Azzurri Capt. Lorenzo Nahum, Co-Capt. Angel Gonzalez

3. Bryant Park Capt. Robert Chen, Co-Capt. Jon Garcia

4. Chess Associates Capt. Vinny Giordano, Co-Capt. Robert Crooke

5. Con Edison Capt. David Diamond

6. Delphis Dilemma 1 Capt. Phillip J. Toledo, Co-Capt. Dwayne Clarke

7. Delphis Dilemma 2 Capt. Wil Martinez

8. MetLife Capt. Phil Lehpamer

9. Mutual of America Capt. Leo Fiore

10. NYCT3 Capt. Bert Schepers, Co-Capt. Frank Rizzo

11. NYCT4 Capt. Bernie Phillips, Co-Capt. Walter McCarroll

12. NYSID Capt. John Brendel

13. Nort River Chess Team Capt. Joseph Wemmerus, Co-Capt. Arthur Moskowitz

14. Phillpine-American 1, Capt. Vitaliano V. Rafael

15. Phillpine-American 2, Capt. Rito Ilao

16. X-Men Capt. Mark Alban, Co-Capt. Albert Freeman


League officers:

Secretary: Phil Lehpamer

Treasurer: Paul Landau

Tournament Director: Robert Crooke