Locals Want Organized Chess Competitions in Otsego County
By ERIC SANTOMAURO-STENZELOTSEGO COUNTY
If you’re an Otsego County resident and have a hankering for competitive chess, your best bet is tournaments in Albany or Binghamton. A search of the history of rated tournaments in Oneonta or Cooperstown on the United States Chess Federation’s site yields zero results.
Some locals want to change that, reviving a history that includes a New York State Chess Association meeting held in Cooperstown in 1886.
Recent retiree Peter Mateunas has trekked the county in search of games.
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