We have opened registration for our Quarterly Blitz tournament on June 18, 2026. Spots are limited to 26 players as we shall likely be outdoors. For more information and to regisiter visit the web page here.

Our Slow Summer SWISS for 2026 kicked off today on June 1, 2026 with round 1 consisting of 16 players. Round 1 will end June 30, 2026. Pairings can be found on the SWIPS site here: https://www.swips.eu/en/tournaments/3167145/matches?round=round1

Every last Tuesday of the month we hold on-line our Month End Madness Arena (MEMA). It is a one hour long blitz arena with time controls 5 minutes and an increment of 3 secsonds. Games are unrated. Full results can be found on-line at chess.com here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/may2026-month-end-madness-31231877

1st place: sebastian108; 2nd place: rkerth; 3rd place: jimzw

On May 21 we held our second Rapid Night Touranment of 2026.  28 players met to battle it out over a 5 round SWISS tournament, one game per round, with time controls G10 d5.  New comer and President of the Boylston Chess Club, NM Andrew Hoy took first with a 100% score.

1st place: NM Andrew Hoy (5/5); 2nd place: Kaushak (4/5) ; 3rd place: NM Ryan Young (4/5) & Jose Diaz (4/5 and matching modified median). Daniel also score 4/5 but had a lower modified median. Star performer award of a lesson from NM Ryan Young went to Matthew Piatetsky.

Google Spreadsheet with Rapid Night Results

Every last Tuesday of the month we hold on-line our Month End Madness Arena (MEMA). It is a one hour long blitz arena with time controls 5 minutes and an increment of 3 secsonds. Games are unrated. Full results can be found on-line at chess.com here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/apr2026-month-end-madness-31145333

1st Ryan_Young 2nd Jacobsp73 3rd JimZW

Congratulations to Rob Kerth for coming first in the 2025/6 Slow Winter SWISS tournament.

Here is Rob's transcription of his final round game against Ricardo:  https://lichess.org/study/qLZdf3ZD/mF3mCEaP

1st place: Rob Kerth (3.5/4); 2nd place: Ricardo; 3rd place: Joe and Adam Tomczak

April 17, 2026: Following the success of our first event in January, we held our second 'Beers and Checkmates' event again at Sam Adams Brewery on Friday, April 17, 2026. There was a definite increase in attendance compared to our first event. We had a later start time of 7pm and the event ended at 9pm. Thanks to Alex and Adam for organizing and running. Thanks to all for attending. We hope to run another 'Beers and Checkmates' during the summer months.

Every last Tuesday of the month we hold on-line our Month End Madness Arena (MEMA). It is a one hour long blitz arena with time controls 5 minutes and an increment of 3 secsonds. Games are unrated. Full results can be found on-line at chess.com here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/mar2026-month-end-madness-31056125

1st Who8mypasta 2nd b_boughton 3rd jimjcollins

Mar 19, 2026: The first Quarterly Blitz tournament of 2026 had 27 players including a highly rated new comer, Nikhil Kalghatgi. The average chess.com rating was 1631. There were 10 rounds, with 1 game per round using SWISS pairing.

Congratulations to unbeaten Nikhil for first place with 10 out of 10, NM Ryan Young for second place and Joe Nasser for third place based on modified median. Worthy of mentioning due to a stellar performance is Diaz Starlyn who achieved 5.5 and was placed 8th.

Thank you all for participating and thank you to Adam for running the tournament on the evening.

Google Spreadsheet with QB Results

Every last Tuesday of the month we hold on-line our Month End Madness Arena (MEMA). It is a one hour long blitz arena with time controls 5 minutes and an increment of 3 secsonds. Games are unrated. Full results can be found on-line at chess.com here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/feb2026-month-end-madness-31026039

1st OmnipotentOwl 2nd JimZW 3rd PawnPinner

Our annual February Fischer Random Tournament took place on February 19, 2026. In Fischer Random the opening positions of the front/back rank pieces differ to normal chess. It was a good turnout with 27 players participating with an average rating of 1541 on chess.com. Four players reported ratings 2000 and higher. There were 5 rounds, with one game a round using SWISS pairing. Time controls were 10 minutes with an increment of 5 seconds.

National Master Ryan Young took first place with 5/5; defending champ Rob Kerth came second (based on modified median) and Andrew Bernel came third. Newcomer Brian Boughton took the star performer award finishing a respectfully 8th and was awarded a JP Chess Mug.

Thanks go to Adam for being the tournament director on the night. Jamie provided the set up support.

Opening Positions

Round 1: NBRNKRBQ

Round 2: BNQRNKRB

Round 3: NRQNKBBR

Round 4: BNRNQBKR

Round 5: BNNQRBKR

Google Spreadsheet with Rapid Night Results

Every last Tuesday of the month we hold on-line our Month End Madness Arena (MEMA). It is a one hour long blitz arena with time controls 5 minutes and an increment of 3 secsonds. Games are unrated. Full results can be found on-line at chess.com here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/jan2026-month-end-madness-4659231

1st kaushikns7 2nd TheAloofGoof 3rd jimjcollins

Jan 9, 2026: Our first Beers and Checkmates event was held at Sam Adams Brewery in Jamaica Plain from 6-8pm. It was well attended and we are planning to re-run again in the future.

Thanks to Alex and Adam for organizing and running. Thanks to all for attending.