Dec 18, 2025: Our last chess gathering of 2025 was for our quarterly blitz tournament. We had 25 players including some new faces. It was going to be a tough tournament with two national masters; six players with chess.com ratings over 2000 and an average chess.com rating of 1650. There were 10 rounds, with 1 game per round using SWISS pairing.

Congratulations to unbeaten NM Matthew Fishbein for first place, NM Ryan Young for second place and newcomer Allen Mo for third place. Star performance by JP Chess regular Charles Woodroof who got 5.5/10. Notable performances from Alex Callejas who swept aside two 2000'ers in the first two rounds, and Serafina who had 4 points at the end of round 5 before meeting the two NMs in round 6 and 7.

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

Google Spreadsheet with QB Results

Nov 20, 2025: The Rapid Night Tournament was highly engaging, featuring some unexpected outcomes. A total of 28 players took part. Notably, Bo, with a rating of 1000, secured victories against much higher-rated opponents, Charles and Ricardo. Five players ended with 4 out of 5 points, and rankings were determined using a modified median system. Adrian claimed first place, followed by Zach in second, and Subir in third. Bo received a mug in recognition of his exceptional performance.

Special thanks to the organizer, Adam, for overseeing the tournament, with administrative support from Jamie.

Google Spreadsheet with Rapid Night Results

Nov 2, 2025: A great turnout for the chess tables at the JP Open Streets event today. Casual chess from 10:30 am to 1 pm followed by a simul display by NM Ryan Young (1 pm to 3 pm). Ryan's final result was 8 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses, and it was against a tough group of players. Wins went to Zach and Joe. Draws went to Matt, and to John & the hive mind (a group of 5 playing as one on table 10). 

Thank you to Ryan for stepping up, and to organizers Adam, James, and Alex.

The Slow Summer SWISS has wrapped up, and here are the final results: Jamie secured first place with a perfect score of 4 out of 4. Joe took second with 3.5 out of 4, earning half a point against Satchit in round 1. Satchit claimed third place with 2.5 out of 4. 

Thanks to everyone who participated, and stay tuned for registration details for the Slow Winter SWISS '25!

Google Spreadsheet with Slow SWISS Results

Aug 17, 2025: The 3DC Chess Tournament was held on a sunny, warm afternoon, Sunday, August 17, 2025 in downtown Boston. The tournament consisted of 5 rounds, one game a round. Time controls were 10 minutes with 5 seconds delay.

With 87 players packed into the Civic Pavilion, we surpassed last year’s turnout by 15 and even exceeded our 2025 target of 80 participants. The competition was well balanced, with players evenly divided between the rated and unrated sections.

Can we now claim the title of largest free chess tournament in Boston? Quite possibly!

A huge thank you goes out to Adam, Zach, and Jamie from JP Chess, and to Frank, the Tournament Director from the Ocean State Chess Association. We are also deeply grateful to the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture for generously providing both the venue and financial support to make this event possible.

Here's a video on Instagram made by a city videographer. 

USCF Tables for Rated Sections

June 19, 2025: Our second quarterly blitz of 2025 happened on June 19th, and it was a scorcher of a summer evening with an even hotter tournament! We mixed things up this time, ditching our usual 5 rounds with 2 games per round, for 9 rounds with just 1 game per round. The time control was 5 minutes, no increment. Surprisingly, everything went super smoothly, and we even wrapped up earlier than expected. It went so well that we're thinking of bumping it up to 10 rounds next time. This new setup let players face more opponents and kept the BYE players from sitting out too long. We'd love to hear what you think about the new format in the comments.

Now, onto the results. NM Ryan snagged first place with 8.5 out of 9, drawing only in round 4 against Joe. Mike took second, and Joe came in third, both with 6.5 points. Adrian was the star performer, winning a JP mug and a lesson. Medals were handed out to the top three finishers.

Google Spreadsheet with QB Results

May 15, 2025: 20 players competed in our first Rapid Night Standard Chess Tournament of 2025. Time controls were 10 minutes and 5 seconds delay. There were five rounds with one game per round. Kaushik had a tough route but having beaten Sam (3rd place) in round 2 and NM Matt (2nd place) in round 4, he deserved to receive first with honors. Star performer award, a JP Chess mug, went to Matthew Piatetsky with 3 out of 5.

Thanks go to organizers Jim, Jamie and Adam.

Google Spreadsheet with Rapid Night Results

Congratulations go to Joe for winning the 2024/5 Slow Winter SWISS with 3.5/4. Rob came second having drawn with Joe in the final round. Faisal was placed third. Our next slow chess tournament will be the Slow Summer SWISS starting in June with registration opening in May.

Google Spreadsheet with Slow SWISS Results

On March 20, 2025, we held our first quarterly blitz tournament of the year. It was well attended with 28 players. The tournament coincided with a visit from MACA board member Mike Urbonas [see photo], who participated in the tournament. MACA recently nominated JP Chess for the USCF's 2025 'Best Chess Club' award.

NM Ryan Young was out to retake his title after NM Matthew Fishbein won the last Blitz Tournament. NM Ryan did it in style with 10 out of 10 points. For NM Matt, it was a tough evening. Sam took second place, and Joe took third place. Infinite Variations donated a chess hoodie as the first-place prize. The lesson, donated by NM Ryan, went to Matthew Fleming, who had 6/10.

Young Ash awarded the medals to the top three players. Thanks to JP Chess organizer Adam for running a great tournament. Thanks to all those that participated for a great evening.

Google Spreadsheet with QB Results

JP Chess's first-ever Fischer Random Chess Tournament took place on February 13, 2025, at J.P. Licks at 6:30 pm. Eighteen players competed over five rounds using rapid time controls of 10 minutes and 5 seconds. With opening preparation out of the window, it was going to be an interesting tournament. The starting positions, which were revealed at the start of each round, were as follows:

1 NQRNKRBB

2 NBRKBRQK

3 NBNRKRBQ

4 BRNKNBQR

5 RNKRBNQB

With Kaushik having beaten National Master Ryan in round 2, the fight for first position opened up to others. Zach and Rob launched into the lead, winning their round 1-3 games, and then faced off in round 4. Zach, with white, drew with Rob in round 4. In round 5, the money was on Zach coming first as he faced the lower-rated giant killer Kaushik, while Rob was paired with top rated player NM Ryan. Zach drew his round 5 game, but Rob pulled off a spectacular draw against Ryan to take first place based on modified median. Rob, Zach, and Kaushik took away medals for first, second, and third place respectively. A JP Chess Mug was awarded to Zach. Congrats to all for such a great tournament, and thanks go to the organizer Adam, who ran the night's event. We hope to make this February Fischer Random tournament an annual event given its popularity.

Google Spreadsheet with Rapid Night Results