Watertown Chess Club

The 2012 Watertown Chess Club seems to be full of surprises. The club has experienced enough of a recent growth spurt to split its annual Spring Round Robin into two equally balanced sections.

Don Klug, only a third seed in Section A1, surprised by scoring an upset tournament win with a record of +3-0=1. Mr.Klug defeated reigning club champion and expert Dr. David Kistler and then held a draw against second seed and quickly improving Army Specialist Joseph Holmok from New Jersey to claim the tournament win.

Adolfo Prieto, Robert Kratzat and Joshua Kelsey each took turns beating each other to finish +3-1=0, and share the Section A2 Tourney title. Mr. Kelsey, playing in just his 17th tournament, knocked off recent Watertown Open Champ Bob Kratzat to raise his USCF rating to 1509.

The Watertown Chess Club currently has 12 members with an average USCF rating of 1540.