Winter Swiss starts January 4

Happy New Year, one and all.

Change will come to Hackettstown Chess Club later this year, but we start things off the old-fashioned way.

The Winter Swiss chess tournament begins on Monday, Jan. 4 at the Community Center on Main Street in beautiful downtown Hackettstown.

It is a five-round Swiss tournament, with rounds at 7:30 p.m. each Monday from Jan. 4 to Feb. 1.

Jan. 4-Feb. 1 Winter Swiss
5-SS, 40/90. Hackettstown Community Center, 293 Main St., (Rte. 46). EF: $10 Small cash prizes, b/entries, to top finishers. Class prizes possible, if entries warrant. Reg.: 7-7:30 p.m. on Jan. 4. Rds.: 7:30 p.m. each Monday. Byes: Half-point byes available for any round; last-round bye must be requested with entry. ENT: Eric Mark, 609 Thomas St., Stroudsburg, PA 18360. ericmark4@yahoo.com.