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Chess News Wire -- January 2026

• On January 17, 2026, the CSCA held the Connecticut Girls Championship for the fourth consecutive year at Greenwich Academy. Thirty players from four states participated in three sections. Parents and siblings also took part in a separate New England-rated section, to bring the event total to 35. FM Jasmine Su, grade 10, won the Open Section and the 2026 Connecticut Haring Nomination. Two-time champion WCM Lilianna Gao, grade 8, finished in second and is the 2026 Haring Alternate. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (1/18)
  
  
  FM Jasmine Su (right) and WCM Lilianna Gao (left) playing their
  Round 2 match at the 2026 Connecticut Girls Championship.
  
  
• On January 11, 2026, the Connecticut Scholastic Championships returned to Sacred Heart University for the third time. 107 players from five states participated in six sections. CM Jamison Kao, grade 9, won the High School Section and the 2026 Connecticut Denker Nomination. FM Jasmine Su, grade 10, finished in second and is the 2026 Denker Alternate. Krystian Tkaczewski, grade 6, won the Middle School Section and the 2026 Connecticut Barber Nomination. Eric Ren, grade 8, finished second and is the 2026 Barber Alternate. Brian Dai, grade 3, won the Elementary School Section and the 2026 Connecticut Rockefeller Nomination after a Rapid tie break match with Robert Cybart. Cybart finished second and is the 2026 Rockefeller Alternate. Ethan Ing, grade 2, won the Primary School title and Connecticut's Inaugural Ashley Nomination after finishing third in the Primary Section. Rishaan Negi, grade 1, finished fourth and is the 2026 Ashley Alternate. Negi is also the 2026 pK-1 Champion. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (1/13)
  
  
  Another full house at Bowman Hall's Thea's Abbey, as Sacred
  Heart University hosts 2026 Scholastic Championships.
  
  
• US Chess hires Fred Abousleman as its new Executive Director. See formal release for the hire on the USCF website. (1/9)
  
  
• IM Kapil Chandran won 2025 New England and Connecticut Chess960 Titles at the CSCA All-American Chess960 Championship, held online in the CSCA team on Lichess.org on December 21 with Fair Play review completed by January 4. California's FM Teddie Wen won the Open section. Louisiana's Mounish Tadepalli won the U1500. And Texas' Agastya Srikanth won the U800 section. 40 players from 19 states took part. [See full story with standings and full results on the CSCA Facebook Page] (1/8)
  
  

Chess News Wire -- December 2025

• GM Alexander Ivanov won the 2025 Hartford County & City Championships, held for the first time at the East Hartford Library on December 27. CM Kwabena Adu-Poku finished in second. Eric Ren won the U2000 section. 45 players from five states took part in the event. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (12/29)
  
  
  Forty-five take to the boards at East Hartford Library, as
  CSCA holds the 2025 Hartford County & City Championships.
  
  
• CSCA finalizes its FIDE-rated Connecticut Classical for February 6-8, as the largest event in CSCA history, featuring a $12,000 prize fund. (12/11)
  
  

Chess News Wire -- November 2025

• FM Zachary Tanenbaum is the 2025 Inaugural New England Rapid Champion. Zach went undefeated over ten Rapid Rounds, scoring 7-0-3, seven wins and three draws, to win the event, held as the CSCA 2025 Raymond Open Rapid tournament on November 22 at the East Hartford- Raymond Library. IM Justin Sarkar travelled from New York to win second place with a record of 7-2-1. The event drew 36 players from six states. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (11/24)
  
  
  East Hartford Raymond Library hosts the 2025 Inaugural New
  England Rapid Championship.
  
  
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  CSCA reaches 2,000 followers on Facebook! The CSCA would like to thank all our members, partners, supporters, players and followers for their interest in our organization, community, activities and the game of chess. Let's continue to grow together! (11/13)
  
  
• ANNOUNCEMENT!
  
  
  Jasmine Su is the latest Connecticut FIDE
  Master. (11/12)
  
  
• GM Maxim Dlugy won the 2025 Connecticut State Championship, his second Connecticut State Title in three years. Dlugy scored 3.5/4, the only draw coming in Round 4 against FM Zachary Tanenbaum. Dlugy was followed by a four-way tie for second between Tanenbaum, CM Jamison Kao, NM Mark Dedona and David Mashkov. CM Kwabena Adu-Poku won the U2200 section, scoring 3.5/4. 134 players, including 17 titled players, took part in the event, which was held for the first time at Trinity College. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (11/10)
  
  
  GM Maxim Dlugy (right) facing off with FM Zachary Tanenbaum
  at the 2025 Connecticut State Championship.
  
  
• CM Jamison Kao won the 2025 Pioneer Open at Sacred Heart University on November 1. Kark Khalil won the U1800 section. Paul Coggin won the U1400 section. (11/4)
  
  
  CM Jamison Kao (left) playing CM Kwabena Adu-Poku
  at the 2025 Pioneer Open at Sacred Heart University.
  
  

Chess News Wire -- October 2025

• NM Priyansh Garg won the CSCA's 2025 New London County & City Championship, held October 26 at Connecticut College. Priyansh edged GM Alexander Ivanov on tiebreaks after scoring 3.0/4 to tie the Massachusetts Grandmaster. Krystian Tkaczewski won the U2000 section with a perfect 4.0/4 score and the Amateur County Champion title. Shuhan Du finished second in the section and the New London City Champion Title. 44 players took part in the event. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (10/29)
  
  
  Forty-four players participate in the 2025 New London Championships
  at Connecticut College's renewed Crozier-Williams Student Center.
  
  
• FM Zachary Tanenbaum earns his first IM norm and ties for first at the Texas Norm Swiss, held in Houston on October 8-13. (10/15)
  
  

Chess News Wire -- September 2025

• GM Jianchao Zhou is the 2025 Connecticut Open Champion after winning the 2025 Connecticut Open, held September 20 at the University of Bridgeport. Master Zhou won all four event games for a perfect performance. GM Sergey Kudrin finished second with a score of 3.5/4. Four players shared third with 3.0/4: NM Jordan Groff, CM Jamison Kao, GM Michael Rohde and NM Jasmine Su. In the U2100 section, Krishna Maddali and CM Kwabena Adu-Poku tied for first with 3.5/4, but Maddali won the section with a slightly better tie break total. The 2025 Connecticut Open set an event record with 140 players, the largest state Open championship ever, and included 17 titled players, including Grandmasters from Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. The championship was the first chess tournament held at the University of Bridgeport and the first CSCA event held at the venue and in the city of Bridgeport. The CSCA would like to thank UB Chess Club and President Anshul Saini and the University of Bridgeport for co-organizing and hosting this major state championship. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (9/21)
  
  
  Massachusetts' GM Jianchao Zhou facing New York's
  FM Leif Pressman at the 2025 Connecticut Open.
  
  
• On Labor Day weekend, Connecticut's NM Nathaniel Moor tied two Grandmasters and defeated an International Master for fourth place overall at the Southern California Open. (9/17)
  
  
• On September 6, 2025, the CSCA opened the Connecticut Grand Prix and the 2025-2026 cycle year with the 2025 Fairfield County & Norwalk City Championships. FM Zachary Tanenbaum won the Open section with a score of 3.5/4, followed by a three-way tie for second between Max Ingargiola, GM Sergey Kudrin and Matt Chan. CM Kwabena Adu-Poku won the U2000 section with a perfect 4.0/4. Event participation was 63 players from nine states. The CSCA would like to thank the Norwalk Public Library for hosting the event for the third straight year. [See full story with standings and rating reports on the CSCA Facebook Page] (9/8)
  
  
  Sixty-three participate at the 2025 Fairfield County &
  Norwalk City Championships.
  
  
• USCF Executive Director Ranae Bartlett departs US Chess for Mayoral post in Alabama. Bartlett leaves a brief two-year legacy filled with financial losses and policy controversies. (9/5)
  
  
• GM Alexander Ivanov won the 2025 New England Open with a score of 5.5/6. Ivanov was uncatchable after five rounds. Connecticut's Praharsh Varada won the Top U2300 prize in the Open section and passed over the 2000 rating mark. (9/1)
  
  

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