#1030 Earlier Start For Westfield Quads

Starting on Sunday May 20, the Westfield Chess Club's Quads will begin at 2:15 p.m.

Those not registered by 2:00 p.m. may, at the directors' discretion, be excluded from the tournament or placed in a Swiss section.

Round times are expected to be 2:15, 3:50 and 5:40 p.m.

#1029 CZE Defeats USA

The Czech Republic has clinched victory in its correspondence match with the U.S. With 1 game left, we trail 26-23.

#1028 Ellner Memorial - Round 6 Pairings

Here are the board by board pairings for the Ellner Memorial's final round on Thursday 5/24:

1. Vinson - Goeller

2. Zilbermintz - O'Connor
3. Sherer - Kernighan

3. Sturniolo - Tomkovich

4. McAuliffe - Pelican

5. Senyatkin - Sturniolo

6. Constantino - Mazzillo

7. Ruales - Senyatkin

Dr. Lewis: 0.0 point bye.

Prizes (minimum): 1st $100, 2nd $50, 3rd $25, Best under 1900 $20, U1500 $20.

#1027 Ellner Memorial - Round 5

Here are the results of last night's Ellner Memorial games:

1. Goeller 1/2-1/2 Sherer

2. Zilbermintz 1/2-1/2 Kernighan

3. O'Connor 1-0 Tomkovich

4. Pelican 0-1 Vinson

5. Senyatkin 0-1 Sturniolo

6. Mazzillo 1/2-1/2 McAuliffe

7. Lewis 1-0 Ruales

Constantino received a 1 point bye.


Standings after 5 of 6 rounds:

1. Goeller 4.0
2. Zilbermintz 3.5
= 3-7. Kernighan, Sherer, O'Connor, Sturniolo, Vinson 3.0
= 8-9. Mangion (wd), Tomkovich 2.5
= 10-14. Lewis, Pelican, McAuliffe, Mazzillo, Constantino 2.0

15. Senyatkin 1.5
16. Ruales 1.0

17. Palakollu (wd) 0.5

The event concludes next Thursday night.

#1026 Ellner Memorial - Round 5 Pairings

Here are the board by board pairings for round 5 of the Ellner Memorial on Thursday 5/17:

1. Goeller - Sherer

2. Zilbermintz - Kernighan

3. O'Connor - Tomkovich

4. Pelican - Vinson

5. Senyatkin - Sturniolo

6. Mazzillo - McAuliffe

7. Lewis - Ruales

Constantino receives a 1 point bye.

Mangion withdrew.

#1025 May Mania - Round 2

Tonight, in round 2 of May Mania, I won an ugly game against Section B's #3 seed:

John Moldovan 1852 - CastleOO 1857

D35 Queen's Gambit

Exchange Variation

My 19.b4? gave Black an edge but he couldn't hold it and blundered with 26...Ra4?? However, I then hung a piece (30.Ne7+??) and missed 3 wins (30.Rc7, 35. Re8 & 38.Qg8+). Finally, my opponent's 50...f4?? turned an equal R-ending into a White victory

PGN

#1024 Ellner Memorial - Round 4

Here are the results of last night's Ellner Memorial games, by board number:

1. Kernighan 0- 1 Goeller
2. O'Connor 1/2-1/2 Sherer
3. Tomkovich 1-0 Mazzillo
4. Vinson 1/2-1/2 Senyatkin
5. Sturniolo 1-0 Lewis
6. McAuliffe 1-0 Constantino

Zilbermintz: 1/2 point bye

Pelican: 1/2 point bye

Mangion: 0.0 point bye

Ruales: 1 point bye

Standings after 4 of 6 Rounds

1. Goeller 3.5
2. Zilbermintz 3.0
= 3-6. Kernighan, Mangion, Sherer, Tomkovich 2.5
= 7-11. O'Connor, Pelican, Senyatkin, Sturniolo, Vinson 2.0

= 12-13. McAuliffe, Mazzillo 1.5

= 14-16. Lewis, Constantino, Ruales 1.0

17. Palakollu (wd) 0.5

Round 5 will be played on May 17th. The 6th/final round is May 24th.

#1023 Corr Update

Here's an update on my games in the Sweden-U.S. correspondence match:

Moldovan-Brissman

D35 Queen's Gambit
Exchange Variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3

Brissman-Moldovan

A21 English Opening

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 e5

PGN of the games above.
PGN of all the SWE-USA games.

#1022 This Morning

This morning, on FICS, I won my May Mania opener:

jariv 1712 - John Moldovan 1814

C18 French Defense

Winawer Variation

At move 37, I mouse-slipped while trying to play 37...Rxf4 but my opponent, showing great sportsmanship, did not retreat his Bishop! I tried to return the favor by offering a draw, but he declined twice and blundered a few moves later.

Time-stamped PGN. Plain PGN

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