2026-09-04T09:21:40-07:00 2026-04-30 990EZ 2025-05-01 042703613 MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOCIATION MASS 6038912484 7 Spruce St Apt B Acton MA 01720 Colin Scheriff Treasurer 5188574790 2026-08-27 2025 X X www.masschess.org X X 84874 X 5348 71798 4873 2855 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84874 2750 0 6737 2900 27125 1899 35915 77326 7548 183495 5290 196333 X 181669 196386 0 0 4148 7655 185817 204041 2322 7708 183495 196333 To promote and encourage the game of chess. Adult tournaments. MassChess held 6 adult tournaments during the fiscal year, with an average of 131 players at each tournament. The largest was the 93rd Massachusetts Open, which had 233 players. Most of these tournaments were open to both adults and children. 0 33409 Scholastic tournaments. MassChess held 8 scholastic tournaments during the fiscal year, with an average of 109 players at each tournament. These included the four quarterly Spiegel Cup qualifiers and the Hurvitz Cup, the Massachusetts scholastic team championship, which had 189 players and was the largest event of the year. 0 24491 Women's and girls' tournaments. MassChess ran the Boston Queens tournament series for women and girls, together with the Massachusetts Girls Qualifier and the Massachusetts Girls Championship. The Girls Championship winner qualified for the WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions. 0 7792 Player travel. MassChess paid $500 each to partially reimburse travel expenses for players representing Massachusetts in national tournaments. 2500 2500 Other programs. Other programs include prison chess, in which MassChess mails books and magazines to prison inmates to encourage their interest in chess, the Living Memorial Chess Fund which purchases chess supplies to help launch and maintain chess clubs throughout the state, the masschess.org website used for tournament listings and education/news related to our charitable programs, and other expenses related to chess player development. This also includes a $250 donation made on behalf of a deceased organization member and former director, the donation was made to the Gastric Cancer Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. 250 2369 70561 Robert J King President (until 9/28/25), then Director 10 0 0 0 Michael Urbonas Vice President (until 9/28/25), then President 10 0 0 0 Robert Messenger Treasurer, Tournament Chair 20 0 0 0 Nicholas Sterling Clerk 5 600 0 0 Kateryna Odnorozhenko Director (until 9/28/25), then Vice President 5 0 0 0 Dmitry Barash Director, Tournament Director 5 1673 0 0 Elsie Smits Director, Tournament Director 5 600 0 0 Lawrence Gladding Director (until 4/24/26, then resigned), Tournament Director 5 1840 0 0 Jamie Williams Director (beginning 12/14/25), Tournament Director 5 0 0 0 Charles Recchia Director 5 0 0 0 Colin Scheriff Director, Tournament Director 5 1618 0 0 Mark Gruman Director (Beginning 3/17/26) 5 0 0 0 Ray Xue Director (Beginning 3/17/26) 5 0 0 0 X 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Colin Scheriff 7 Spruce St Apt B Acton MA 01720 6175132736 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 10608 6367 6988 11307 10221 45491 47477 77448 82502 92192 71798 371417 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58085 83815 89490 103499 82019 416908 394 0 35 40 404 873 0 0 0 0 0 0 394 0 35 40 404 873 416035 5798 2071 2507 2824 2855 16055 0 0 0 0 0 0 5798 2071 2507 2824 2855 16055 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63883 85886 91997 106323 84874 432963 0.96090 0.94811 0.03708 0.05057 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^United States Chess Federation for rating fees and dues;1381|Tournament cash prizes paid;17426|Tournament non cash prizes awarded;6457|Tournament expenses and DGT depreciation and registration PayPal fees;6498|Organizational administrative expenses;1918|Living Memorial Chess Fund Program Expenses;1195|Insurance Expense;1040^Total;35915^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Other changes consisted of an unrealized capital gain on investments of $5,290 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Prepaid tournament expense;4091|Prepaid insurance;1115|DGT Chess Boards less Depreciation;2449^Total;7655^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Accounts Payable;24|Unearned tournament revenue;7547|Entry fee credits;137^Total;7708^ Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 34 During the fiscal year, the organization amended its bylaws to revise procedures governing the annual election of officers and directors. The amendments included changes to nomination and voter-registration deadlines and additional election-procedure requirements.