Monday, October 17, 2011

#905 Lunna, Blank Lead Westfield Ch.

LM Todd Lunna & Expert Richard Blank lead the Westfield Chess Club Championship at its halfway point, with 2-0 scores.

Experts Jonathan Cohen, Mauricio Camejo and Alexander Ilnytsky are a half-point back.

Westfield Chess Club Championship
Westfield, NJ
October 16 & 23, 2011

G/90

No.
Name
USCF*
Points
R1
R2
1
Lunna, Todd W
2208
2.0
W13
W6
2
Blank, Richard All
2099
2.0
W14
W8
3
Cohen, Jonathan D
2105
1.5
W7
D5
4
Camejo, Mauricio
2019
1.5
D9
W12
5
Ilnytsky, Alexander
2001
1.5
W10
D3
6
Fleysher, Leonid
1973
1.0
W15
L1
7
Moldovan, John
1809
1.0
L3
W15
8
Chen, Andy
1792
1.0
W11
L2
9
Jacobson, Aaron
1783
1.0
D4
D13
10
Mazzillo, Patrick
1327
1.0
L5
W14
11
Vinson, Robert D
1183
1.0
L8
-B-
12
Jacobson, Brandon
1165
1.0
-B-
L4
13
Chatsky, Samuil
1764
0.5
L1
D9
14
Wu, Jiang-Ming
1775
0.0
L2
L10
15
Deng, Leon Y
1543
0.0
L6
L7

* = Current rating.
October supplement used for pairings & prize distribution.


I am tied for 6th-12th after dropping the opener:

John Moldovan 1809 - Jonathan Cohen 2105
D36 Queen's Gambit
Exchange Variation

Highlight: 11.Nxd5!! +-, winning 2 pawns in the opening.
Lowlight: Blundering a full point away with 42.Qe1?? -+


... and struggling to beat a young C player, who played very well until move 35, in the nightcap:

Leon Deng 1543 - John Moldovan 1809
A84 Dutch Defense

Highlight: Setting a trap with 33...d5! =+ and watching it succeed.

PGN of both games, with light notes.

The event, which concludes next week, is missing 2-time defending champion LM Peter Radomskyj but is stronger, from top to bottom, than in recent years, as just 4 of the 15 participants are rated <1764.


P.S. - Here's my guess on the pairings for round 3: Lunna-Blank, Camejo-Cohen, Ilnytsky-Fleyscher, Mazzillo-Chen, B. Jacobson-Moldovan, Vinson-A. Jacobson (I should be playing Bob but don't think the brothers would be matched), Wu-Chatsky, + a 1 pt. bye for Deng.

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