Saturday, October 30, 2010

#728 GSCL - Round 1 Games

A java-replay page and a zipped PGN file with 4 unannotated 5 games from the Garden State League's opening round have been uploaded.

The 2nd round takes place next week with 1 match at West Orange (Tue. 11/2), 2 at Kenilworth (Thu. 11/4) and 1 at Rahway (Fri. 11/5).

Update 11/1 at 3:30 p.m. - An incomplete but fully annotated version of Varneckas-Demetrick has been added.

#727 Fish Memorial Games

I have posted several Sy Fish Memorial games with opening comments. You can replay them online or download for later viewing.

#726 ICCF Games Updated

Friendly Match
 
Game 1

C17 French Defense
Winawer Variation


Jonathan Gresham
Days
Left

John Moldovan
Days
Left
1.
e4
2010.09.29,18:21
50

e6
2010.09.29,19:25
50
2.
d4
2010.09.29,22:10
50

d5
2010.09.29,22:56
50
3.
Nc3
2010.09.30,00:30
50

Bb4
2010.09.30,00:33
50
4.
e5
2010.09.30,00:36
50

c5
2010.09.30,00:41
50
5.
Bd2
2010.09.30,00:47
50

Ne7
2010.09.30,02:49
50
6.
a3
2010.10.02,00:36
49

Bxc3
2010.10.02,02:25
50
7.
bxc3
2010.10.02,02:54
49

Nbc6
2010.10.02,04:12
50
8.
Qg4
2010.10.02,15:22
49

Nf5
2010.10.03,19:01
49
9.
Bd3
2010.10.03,20:20
49

h5
2010.10.03,21:27
49
10.
Qg5
2010.10.04,02:50
99

Qxg5
2010.10.04,04:52
99
11.
Bxg5
2010.10.04,13:53
99

cxd4
2010.10.04,16:30
99
12.
Bb5
2010.10.05,20:35
98

dxc3
2010.10.05,21:56
99
13.
Ne2
2010.10.06,16:02
98

Bd7
2010.10.06,17:33
99
14.
g4
2010.10.09,04:30
96

hxg4
2010.10.09,16:50
99
15.
Nxc3
2010.10.09,17:44
96

Nxe5
2010.10.09,18:10
99
16.
OOO
2010.10.15,23:11
90

Bxb5
2010.10.16,16:00
99
17.
f4
2010.10.17,20:59
89

Bc6
2010.10.18,03:01
99
18.
fxe5
2010.10.20,23:17
87

d4
2010.10.21,13:07
99
19.
Rhb1
2010.10.27,23:31
81

dxc3
2010.10.28,09:40
99



PGN 


Game 2

D38 Queen’s Gambit
Ragozin Defense
 

John Moldovan
Days
Left

Jonathan Gresham
Days
Left
1.
Nf3
2010.09.29,19:25
50

d5
2010.09.29,22:46
50
2.
d4
2010.09.29,22:56
50

Nf6
2010.09.30,00:26
50
3.
c4
2010.09.30,00:33
50

e6
2010.09.30,00:45
50
4.
cxd5
2010.09.30,02:30
50

exd5
2010.10.01,17:00
49
5.
Bg5
2010.10.01,19:57
50

Nc6
2010.10.02,00:35
49
6.
Nc3
2010.10.02,03:01
50

Bb4
2010.10.02,03:04
49
7.
e3
2010.10.02,04:12
50

O-O
2010.10.02,14:49
49
8.
Qb3
2010.10.03,19:01
49

a5
2010.10.03,20:20
49
9.
a3
2010.10.03,21:43
49

a4
2010.10.04,02:49
49
10.
Qc2
2010.10.04,05:15
99

Bxc3+
2010.10.04,13:53
99
11.
bxc3
2010.10.04,16:30
99

h6
2010.10.05,20:36
98
12.
Bh4
2010.10.05,21:51
99

Ne7
2010.10.06,16:03
98
13.
Bxf6
2010.10.06,17:27
99

gxf6
2010.10.09,04:29
96
14.
Bd3
2010.10.09,16:50
99

f5
2010.10.09,17:45
96
15.
Nh4
2010.10.09,18:11
99

Qd7
2010.10.15,23:13
90
16.
O-O
2010.10.16,07:47
99

b6
2010.10.17,21:00
89
17.
Rab1
2010.10.18,03:01
99

Nc6
2010.10.20,23:18
87
18.
Nxf5
2010.10.21,13:48
99

Qe6
2010.10.27,23:32
81
19.
e4
2010.10.28,09:46
99




Friday, October 29, 2010

#725 Massey To Lecture On Anand-Topalov

On Thursday, November 18th December 2nd, NM Scott Massey will give a lecture on the 2010 World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov.

Site: Kenilworth Chess Club
Admission: $5.

#724 Kenilworth G/30 (On Again)

The Kenilworth Chess Club's G/30 scheduled for November 11-18 has been canceled along the Garden State League match scheduled for December 2nd.

Update - 11/1 at 3:30 p.m.- The GSCL cancellation and rescheduling of S. Massey's lecture will allow the G/30 to take place after all.

#723 Kenilworth Quads Results

NM Mark Kernighan, Mike Wojcio, Ted Mann and Gordon Agress were winners at the Sy Fish Memorial Quads, aka Kenilworth Fall Quads, held October 14-28.

Ian Mangion placed 2nd in the top group and, on the strength of draws versus Kernighan and NM Steve Stoyko, raised his rating past 1900 for the 1st time again.

6 7 games will follow.

Monday, October 25, 2010

#722 Hess Wins Boardwalk Open

GM Robert Hess won the Boardwalk Open which was held in Asbury Park, NJ this weekend (October 22-24). GM Mark Paragua and IM Justin Sarkar tied for 2nd. GM Alex Lenderman, WIM Alisa Melekhina and NM Ed Allen shared 4th.

Final round play on the top 6 boards (back & center rows below) was delayed more than 20 minutes due to pairing foul-ups.


In the photo above Lenderman (red shirt), IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (beige suit) and Ms. Melekhina collect their belongings while, in the backround, Hess awaits the missing Paragua and NM Vladimir Lipman gets ready to play Sarkar.

When everyone was located and everything was straightened-out, boards 1-4 began as follows:

Paragua - Hess
E20 Nimzo-Indian Defense
Romanishin Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Nc2 (or transposition) Nxc3 (8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nc5 seems better) 9.Nxb4 Nxa2 10.Rxa2 Qxb4+ 11.Bd2 Qe7

Sarkar - Lipman
D36 Queen's Gambit
Exchange Variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bd6 (or transposition) 7.Qc2 0-0

Lenderman - NM Troy Daly
A40 Modern Defense
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5

Zlotnikov - Allen
A05 Reti Opening
King's Indian Attack
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 d6 8.a4 0-0 (or something similar)


Actually, my primary reason for visiting the event was to see how Asbury Park, where my family vacationed in the late 60s and early 70s, looks now.


Not surprisingly, most of the places I remembered from that era are gone: the Golden Sands Motel (which apparently was on 3rd Ave.), the Taylor Pork Roll Restaurant and the horrible Homestead Restaurant...

 

... which was over the water and served a crappy meatball when you ordered a hamburger!

The Howard Johnson's Restaurant, which was boarded-up when No Reservations host Anthony Bourdain did a segment from there for his 2005 New Jersey episode, however, has re-opened as McCloone's Asbury Grille and Tim McCloone's Supper Club.


Anyway, I had a good time hanging-out with my 2009 USATE teammates Ziggy, Ari and Don V and going down memory lane. The weather was so great not even a pair of 1.5/4 scores could keep Eve and Ilya Zhurbinskiy from smiling as they strolled the boardwalk!!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

#721 Spyware On Westfield CC Site??

Are any of the readers receiving a security alert when visiting the Westfield Chess Club site? I'm getting one from Spyware Doctor.


Even after removing the site from the banned list, attempts to visit it bring an alert.

What's the deal??

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

#720 Correspondence Games

Last week I started an unrated 2-game match on the ICCF Webserver.

Here are the moves played so far and the current positions:

Jonathan Gresham - John Moldovan

C17 French Defense
Winawer Variation

1. e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e4 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nbc6 8.Qg4 Nf5 9.Bd3 h5 10.Qg5? N Qxg5 11.Bxg5 cxd4 12.Bb5? dxc3



John Moldovan - Jonathan Gresham

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e3 0-0 8.Qb3 a5!? 9.a3 a4 10.Qc2 N Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 h6 12.Bh4


Later this fall I'll be representing the United States in a match vs. the Ukraine. Details are on the ICCF-US site.