Saturday, January 28, 2012

#970 KCC Ch. - Preliminary R4 Pairings

2 sets of pairings for round 4 of the Kenilworth Championship have been prepared.

Version #1 - With all 22 players:
  1. Macaspac-Goeller
  2. Carrelli-Mangion
  3. Sherer-Palakollu
  4. Sturniolo-Moldovan
  5. Hart-Demetrick
  6. Kernighan-Chen
  7. Mazzillo-McAuliffe
  8. Tomkovich-Mendonca
  9. Komunicky-Constantino
  10. Agress-Mann
  11. Ruales-Renna
Version #2 - If Don Carrelli can't play:
  1. Macaspac-Goeller
  2. Hart-Mangion
  3. Sherer-Demetrick
  4. Sturniolo-Moldovan
  5. Kernighan-Palakollu
  6. Mazzillo-Chen
  7. Agress-McAuliffe
  8. Tomkovich-Mann
  9. Komunicky-Constantino
  10. Mendonca-Renna
Ruales 1 point bye 
Carrelli 0 point bye

#969 Kenilworth Ch. - 3rd Round Games

5 games from round 3 of the Kenilworth Championship, have been uploaded in java-replay and PGN.

Thanks to Geoff McAuliffe for annotating his draw vs. Greg Tomkovich and his 2nd round loss to Joe Demetrick.

Friday, January 27, 2012

#968 Kenilworth Championship - Round 3

NM Arthur Macaspac took a clear lead by beating Ian Mangion. Mike Goeller defeated Kevin Chen and is tied for 2nd, with Don Carrelli.

I missed an obvious win at move 12 but was able to grind-out a full point against Dan Komunicky..

Samritha Palakollu, Lou Sturniolo Joe Demetrick, Pat Mazzillo and Chris Constantino also had victories.

Max Sherer drew LM Mark Kernighan.

3rd round pairings and results:
  1. Mangion 0-1 Macaspac
  2. Goeller 1-0 Chen
  3. Sherer 1/2-1/2 Kernighan
  4. Moldovan 1-0 Komunicky
  5. Palakollu 1-0 Agress
  6. Mann 0-1 Sturniolo
  7. Demetrick 1-0 Mendonca
  8. McAuliffe 1/2-1/2 Tomkovich
  9. Renna 0-1 Mazzillo
  10. Constantino 1-0 Ruales
Carrelli and Hart received 1/2-point byes.

Current standings:

1. Macaspac 3.0
= 2-3. Goeller, Carrelli 2.5
= 4-10. Mangion, Sherer, Moldovan, Hart, Palakollu, Sturniolo, Demetrick 2.0
= 11-13. Kernighan, Chen, Mazzillo 1.5
= 14-20 McAuliffe, Tomkovich, Komunicky, Mann, Agress, Constantino, Mendonca 1.0
= 21-22.  Renna, Ruales 0.0 

Games, an updated crosstable and preliminary 4th round pairings will follow.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

#967 PGN For 2012 Updated

My running PGN Archive for 2012 has been updated.

#966 Kenilworth Ch. - 2nd Round Games

Eight games from round 2 of the Kenilworth Championship have been posted in java-replay and PGN.

An updated crosstable has been uploaded, as well.

#965 More Pairing Changes

Here are the revised pairings for Round 3 of the Kenilworth Championship on January 26th:

Board
White
Black
1.
Mangion, Ian (2.0)
Macaspac, Arthur M (2.0)
2.
Goeller, Michael (1.5)
Chen, Kevin E (1.5)
3.
Sherer, Maximillian (1.5)
Kernighan, Mark D (1.0)
4.
Moldovan, John (1.0)
Komunicky, Daniel (1.0)
5.
Palakollu, Samritha (1.0)
Agress, Gordon (1.0)
6.
Mann, Theodore (1.0)
Sturniolo, Louis (1.0)
7.
Demetrick, Joseph (1.0)
Mendonca, Schnaider (1.0)
8.
McAuliffe, Geoff (0.5)
Tomkovich, Gregory (0.5)
9.
Renna, Joe (0.0)
Mazzillo, Patrick (0.5)
10.
Constantino, Chris (0.0)
Ruales, Luis (0.0)

Hart, Glen B (1.5)
Bye Requested

Carrelli, Donald A (2.0)
Bye Requested

Hopefully there will be no further changes.

#964 Kernighan Wins West Orange G.P.

LM Mark Kernighan won the West Orange Late Fall Swiss/Grand Prix, which concluded Tuesday night. Roger Pedersen finished 2nd.

Due to repairs at the site, the event ran longer than expected. It also had a number of forfeits and extra games that should have been placed in another section, to make the crosstable less confusing.

#963 Dehmelt, Stoyko Tie In DOCA Championship

NM Karl Dehmelt and FM Steve Stoyko tied for 1st in the DOCA Championship, which wrapped-up Tuesday night, in Branchburg. Both players scored 5.5/7.

In the final round, Stoyko beat IM Dean Ippolito but Dehmelt drew to take the title on tiebreaks.

Friday, January 20, 2012

#962 Kenilworth Ch. - Pairing Changes

Glen Hart has requested a bye for next week.

Pairings on boards 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 remain as posted.
Boards 4, 5, 8 are to be determined.
Board 9: McAuliffe vs. Mazzillo
Board 10: Renna vs. Constantino
Luis Ruales will get a full-point bye.

#961 Kenilworth Ch. - 3rd Round Pairings

2012 Kenilworth Championship
 Round 3

Thursday, January 26th
8:20 p.m.
 
Board
White
Black
1.
Mangion, Ian (2.0)
Macaspac, Arthur M (2.0)
2.
Carrelli, Donald A (2.0)
Goeller, Michael (1.5)
3.
Sherer, Maximillian (1.5)
Chen, Kevin E. (1.5)
4.
Kernighan, Mark D (1.0)
Hart, Glen B (1.5)
5.
Moldovan, John (1.0)
Komunicky, Daniel (1.0)
6.
Palakollu, Samritha (1.0)
Agress, Gordon (1.0)
7.
Mann, Theodore (1.0)
Sturniolo, Louis (1.0)
8.
Demetrick, Joseph (1.0)
Mendonca, Schnaider (1.0)
9.
Mc Auliffe, Geoff (0.5)
Tomkovich, Gregory (0.5)
10.
Renna, Joe (0.0)
Mazzillo, Patrick (0.5)
11.
Constantino, Chris (0.0)
Ruales, Luis (0.0)

The pairings are subject to change. If you need to take a bye, please contact the TD or Assistant TD ASAP.

If you wait until Thursday afternoon, we may not receive/notice your request in time or we may reject it.

#960 Kenilworth Championship - Round 2

Ian Mangion beat top-rated Mark Kernighan. Glen Hart nicked #3 seed Mike Goeller for a draw and Pat Mazzillo did likewise to Greg Tomkovich.

I lost a long game to Arthur Macaspac and (including 11 blitz games) am now 0-14 against the Chess Mates owner.

Other winners included Kevin Chen, Don Carrelli, Joe Demetrick, Dan Komunicky, Ted Mann and Gordon Agress.

White scored 7/10 (+6-2=2) on the night.

 2nd round pairings and results:
  1. Mangion 1-0 Kernighan
  2. Macaspac 1-0 Moldovan
  3. Hart 1/2-1/2 Goeller
  4. Sturniolo 0-1 Carrelli
  5. Chen 1-0 Palakollu
  6. Demetrick 1-0 McAuliffe
  7. Mazzillo 1/2-1/2 Tomkovich
  8. Komunicky 1-0 Renna
  9. Ruales 0-1 Mann
  10. Agress 1-0 Constantino
Mendonca received a full-point bye.

Current standings:

= 1-3. Macaspac, Mangion, Carrelli 2.0
= 4-7. Goeller, K. Chen, Sherer, Hart 1.5
= 8-16. Kernighan, Moldovan, Palakollu, Sturniolo, Demetrick, Komunicky, Mann, Agress, Mendonca 1.0
= 17-19. McAuliffe, Tomkovich, Mazzillo 0.5
= 20-22.  Renna, Constantino, Ruales 0.0 

Games and an updated crosstable will follow.

#959 Corr Update: I Win! USA Trails by 2

This morning my opponent played 52...Ke8 and resigned after 53.g6.

John Moldovan 1-0 Radek Svítil
D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense


Notes to this game and our previous draw will follow.

We (the U.S.) now trail the Czech Republic, 21.5-19.5. You can download all the games here.

My next correspondence event will probably be a Master Class or Master Norm tournament. Although my rating is too low for automatic qualification into the latter it may be high-enough (43 points shy of 2350) for acceptance.

I'd also like to enter the U.S. Championship Preliminaries again but can only guess when they would be. (In the fall?)

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

#958 KCC Ch. - 1 More From Round 1

Tomkovich-Macaspac has been added to the Kenilworth Championship's opening round Java-replay and PGN. Thanks to Greg for sending the game and annotating it.

#957 Kenilworth Ch. - 2nd Round Pairings

Kenilworth Championship
Round 2

Thursday, January 19th at 8:20 p.m.


White
Black
1.
Sherer, Maximillian (1.0)
Kernighan, Mark D (1.0)
2.
Macaspac, Arthur M (1.0)
Moldovan, John (1.0)
3.
Hart, Glen B (1.0)
Goeller, Michael (1.0)
4.
Mangion, Ian (1.0)
Palakollu, Samritha (1.0)
5.
Sturniolo, Louis (1.0)
Carrelli, Donald A (1.0)
6.
Chen, Kevin E (0.5)
McAuliffe, Geoff (0.5)
7.
Demetrick, Joseph (0.0)
Renna, Joe (0.0)
8.
Mazzillo, Patrick (0.0)
Tomkovich, Gregory (0.0)
9.
Komunicky, Daniel (0.0)
Constantino, Chris (0.0)
10.
Ruales, Luis (0.0)
Mann, Theodore (0.0)
11.
Agress, Gordon (0.0)
Mendonca, Schnaider (0.0)

The pairings are subject to change.

Good luck and good chess to all. :-)

#956 Stoyko-Panchanathan Notes

Notes to last Tuesday's Stoyko-Panchanathan have been added to the recent games replay page and PGN.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

#955 Kenilworth Championship - Round 1

The 21st Kenilworth CC Championship began Thursday night with 2008 Champion LM Mark Kernighan and 2010 Champion NM Arthur Macaspac heading a 22-player field that also features experts Michael Goeller and Kevin Chen.

Last year's titleist, NM Ken Chieu could not play because he has moved out of state. 3-time winner FM Steve Stoyko, who is battling for 1st place in the DOCA Championship, is also sitting-out.


1st round pairings and results:
  1. Kernighan 1-0 Joe Demetrick
  2. Greg Tomkovich 0-1 Macaspac
  3. Goeller 1-0 Dan Komunicky
  4. Ted Mann 0-1 Ian Mangion
  5. Don Carrelli 1-0 Gordon Agress
  6. Joe Renna 0-1 Max Sherer
  7. John Moldovan 1-0 Pat Mazzillo
  8. Chris Constantino 0-1 Glen Hart
  9. Samritha Palakollu 1-0 Luis Ruales
  10. Schnaider Mendonca 0-1 Lou Sturniolo
Kevin Chen and Geoff McAuliffe received a 1/2-point byes.

Just 2 of the 10 games were submitted for posting: My win over Pat Mazzillo and Goeller-Komunicky (annotated at the The Kenilworthian).

However, with Greg Tomkovich finding a sizeable stash of old yet fully useable copy scoresheets in our equipment cabinet, there should be more next week!



Current standings:

= 1-10. Kernighan (2233), Macaspac (2137), Goeller (2043), Mangion (1986), Carrelli (1870), Sherer (1824), Moldovan (1797), Hart (1721), Palakollu (1666), Sturniolo (1665) 1.0

= 11-12. K. Chen (2003), McAuliffe (1644) 0.5

= 13-22. Demetrick (1661), Tomkovich (1611), Komunicky (1520), Mann 1476, Agress (1429), Renna (1425), Mazzillo (1353), Constantino (1234), Ruales (608), Mendonca (unrated) 0.0 



Late-joins will be accepted in multiples of 2. Please see post #940 for details and contact TD Geoff McAuliffe or email the club before next Thursday, if you'd like to enter.

#954 Recent Games

I have uploaded the following in java-replay and PGN:
Steve comments, as best I can remember them, will be added on Monday or Tuesday.

#953 Slav Exchange With 5...Bf5 6.Qb3 b6

As a supplement to my New Year's Eve win over Ted Mann, I have uploaded a java-replay page and zipped PGN file with 4 more Slav Exchange games that featured 5...Bf5?! 6.Qb3 b6?? 7.e4!! +-.

Friday, January 13, 2012

#952 More Corr Moves

This morning, my Czech opponent, Radek Svítil, played 51...Kf7 but, instead of taking his Knight with check, I made a 3rd connector with 52.hxg5, and proposed "If 52...Ke8 then 53.g6."

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rb5 a4 46.e4 Nb3+ 47.Ke3 Nc5 48.f4 Nd7 49.Bd4 f6 50.Rb7 fxg5 51.f5+ Kf7 52.hxg5

PGN of all the CZE-USA games

Thursday, January 12, 2012

#951 Kenilworth Ch. Starts Tonight

The 21st Kenilworth Chess Club Championship will begin on tonight and run through February 9th, 2012. For details see post #940.

#950 Further Corr Update

After 11 days of deliberation, my opponent played 50...fxg5. I replied 51.f5+.


D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rb5 a4 46.e4 Nb3+ 47.Ke3 Nc5 48.f4 Nd7 49.Bd4 f6 50.Rb7 fxg5 51.f5+




PGN of all the CZE-USA games

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

#949 CZE-USA Update

Since my last update, the Czech Republic has upped their its lead over the U.S. to 3 points, 21.5-18.5, and reduced their its magic number to 4.

We (Team USA) stand to lose on board 7 but are equal or better in all the other games, where +4-0=5 would tie the match. Ethan Civan is winning with White and I am beating Svítil, who hasn't moved since 12/30. IM Michael Brooks has 2 advantages (see here and here) and Wilbur Tseng has 2 edges.

PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#948 IM Turzo To Play 1000 Board Correspondence Simul

IM Attila Turzo is going to play a 1000 board correspondence simul at chess.com.

The event's website says there are 167 spots left but the last update was January 3rd.

If you want to give signing-up a shot, anyway... hurry! The deadline is 5 a.m. today New York time (EST).

Update 6:45 a.m. - As expected, I was too late.

Sunday, January 01, 2012

#947 New Year's Eve Quad

Ari Minkov, Bob Sherry and I tied for 1st in a non-rated, 30+15 New Year's Eve Quad.
New Year's Eve Quad
Mountainside, NJ
12/31/2011


Player
USCF
1
2
3
4
Points
1
Ari Minkov
1955

½
½
1
2.0
2
Bob Sherry
1812
½

½
1
2.0
3
John Moldovan
1797
½
½

1
2.0
4
Ted Mann
1476
0
0
0

0.0

5 of the 6 games, with notes, in java-replay and PGN.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

#946 Preliminary KCC Calendar For 2012

I have posted a preliminary Kenilworth Chess Club Calendar for 2012 and linked to it on my sidebar.

New KCC President Ian Mangion will add events and modify it over the coming weeks.

#945 PGN Archive For 2011

I have uploaded my 215-game PGN Archive for 2011 and a 1318-game ChessBase archive covering June 1, 2006-December 30, 2011.

Links to games from the STC Bunch's Winter Blues 2011 and May Mania 2011 games have been added to my sidebar, as well.

A running PGN file for 2012 will be attempted.

#944 Loose Ends

Over the past four months, I neglected to post 12 games from several events and link to 8 Garden State League games from rounds 1-3.

Belatedly, here they are:

Rahway Quad 8/20/2011


Thanks to Kevin Chen for annotating his 2 wins and accepting my GM draw-offer :-)

Ruy Lopez Thematic 9/15/2011


Thanks to Greg Tomkovich for annotating his loss and not finding a winning Q sac against me :-o

Rahway Quad 11/12/2011


I tied for 1st but missed a win in the last round that would have put me back over 1800 :-(


Garden State Chess League


Round 1:  replay  PGN 
 

In a 100-mover, my inspired doubled pawn sac in a drawish-looking opposite Bishops ending gave Summit a tie with Newark-McDonalds!

Round 2:  replay  PGN

In Summit's win over Staten Island, I got away with a bad opening and defeated Ed Selling.


Round 3:  replay  PGN

I opened with 1.f4 and got an edge against the Karpovs' Max Sherer but then quickly fell apart.

Friday, December 30, 2011

#943 CZE-USA Update

The Czechs still lead the U.S. 20-18. My remaining game is approaching the finish line:

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rb5 a4 46.e4 Nb3+ 47.Ke3 Nc5 48.f4 Nd7 49.Bd4 f6 50.Rb7


PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#942 Black Wins Kenilworth Consultation

Black won Kenilworth Consultation Game #7, which began December 1st and finished last night. 

Adjourned Position


18. Bxb5 (sealed move) Qxb5 19.Nd4 Qe8 20.Nf5 g6 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.e5? dxe5 23.f5? Nd5 24.Bh6 Qh4 25.fxg6 hxg6? 26.Qd3 Rd8 27.Qf3? Qxh6 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Rc6? Rf8 30.Rxg6 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 Rxf7 32. White resigns 0-1

Updated, fully annotated Java-Replay and PGN.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

#941 KCC Consultation Resumes Tonight

The 2011 Kenilworth Consultation Game will be resumed tonight, when White's sealed move will be revealed at 8:15 or 8:30 p.m.

Monday, December 26, 2011

#940 Kenilworth Ch. Starts January 12th

The 21st Kenilworth Chess Club Championship will begin on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 and run through February 9th, 2012. Here are the details :

21st KCC Championship
  • USCF-rated
  • 5-round Swiss
  • January 12th-February 9th, 2012
  • Time Control: G/85+5 second delay. Analog clocks must be set to G/85, per new USCF rules.
  • Rounds to start at 8:20 p.m. every Thursday, for the duration of the event.
  • Prizes : TBA
  • EF: $10 entry fee + $5 anti-forfeit deposit + dues (= $30 for most players)
  • KCC & USCF memberships are required (KCC dues for 2012 are $7.50 for those age 17 or less, $10 for those age 65+, $15 for everyone else)
  • Please register with TD Geoff McAuliffe by 8:20 p.m. on 1/12/2012
19 players took part in the 20th Championship, which was won by NM Ken Chieu.

#939 Championships Mis-numbered

The Kenilworth Championships for the years 2005-2011 were erroneously numbered as championships 15-21, instead of the correct 14-20.

The 2012 event will be the 21st Club Championship.

Sorry it took us 6.5 years to discover the error.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

#938 Happy Holidays


Happy Holidays to all my chess friends, acquaintances and readers.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

#937 Corr Update

A win by Jiří Ryška on board 21 has given the Czech Republic a 20-18 lead over the United States and reduced their its magic number to 5.5.

My remaining game:

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rb5 a4 46.e4 Nb3+ 47.Ke3 Nc5 48.f4 Nd7 49.Bd4


PGN of all the CZE-USA games

Friday, December 23, 2011

#936 Business Minutes Addendum

A check of post #744 reveals that Greg Tomkovich's present term as KCC Trustee is not expiring. Therefore, his new term will run 2013-2015 and there will be no trustee election in 2012.

Lou Sturniolo will begin his 3-year term (2012-14, deferred from last year) in January. Pat Mazzillo's term will run through Dec. 2013.

#935 Business Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Kenilworth Chess Club's 2011 Business Meeting:

- The business meeting was delayed for 30 minutes, until at least half of the membership (required by rule) was present. The meeting commenced at 8:45 p.m.

- Members in attendance included Joe Renna, Geoff McAuliffe, Greg Tomkovich, Pat Mazzillo, Lou Sturniolo, Mark Kernighan, Jack McCorkell, Ted Mann, Joe Azzarello, Bert Shiffman, Kevin Chen, Ziggy Bliznikas, Bob Sherry and John Moldovan.
 
- The following officers were elected by acclamation:
  • President: Ian Mangion
  • Vice President: Joe Renna
  • Treasurer and Tournament Director: Geoff McAuliffe
  • Secretary: John Moldovan
- Greg Tomkovich was re-elected (by acclamation) to another term as Trustee.

- USATE sponsorship in the amount of one full entry fee ($145?) was approved. Funds will be divided between teams that contain 4 KCC members and use KCC (or Kenilworth) in the team name.

- The 2012 Club Championship will be USCF-rated but will otherwise use the same 5-SS format as 2010. Prizes (trophies and/or cash) will be determined by a vote of those playing, prior to the event.

The swiss format and alternating years of unrated, rated will be reviewed at next year's Business Meeting.

- Preliminary plans for the KCC's 40th Anniversary were announced! There will be a tournament (in the spring), a party in late May, and, hopefully, a picnic (probably mid or late September).

- Treasurer Geoff McAuliffe announced the club had a $49 profit in 2011.

- A donation to the Kenilworth Recreation Department was approved.

- A written change to the Club Constitution, with Trustees replacing Members At Large in the organization structure, will be drafted by Greg Tomkovich and put to a members' vote at the January 12th meeting.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

#934 Hertan Wins Westfield Holiday Blitz

FM Charles Hertan won today's unrated blitz tournament at the Westfield Chess Club.

Expert Mauricio Camejo finished 2nd. Alexander Ilnytsky was first among U2000s and Anatoly Shpirt took U1700 honors.

Anthony Norris (2nd U2000) and Ishan Mazumdar (2nd U1700) also collected prizes.

Westfield Holiday Blitz

December 18, 2011

Rank
Player
USCF
Points
1
FM Charles Hertan
2453
13.0
2
Mauricio Camejo
2034
12.0
3
Alexander Ilnytsky
1999
11.5
4
Anatoly Shpirt
unrated
11.0
5
Anthony Norris
1952
10.0
6
Fermin Arias
1849
8.5
7
Leonid Fleysher
2007
7.0
8
Ishan Mazumdar
1657
7.0
9
Ari Minkov
1929
7.0
10
Leon Deng
1537
5.5
11
Samuil Chatsky
1762
4.0
12
Merric Hu
160
3.0
13
Ted Mann
1499
3.0
14
Kurt Kriesel
1422
2.0
15
Edward Hu
759
0.5
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Ernesto Labate
1700
wd

Since Labate withdrew before playing half of his scheduled games, his results were excluded from the standings.
(USCF rule 30B)

Crosstable