#282 Good 15+0 ICC Game

I played a good game against a 2232-rated on ICC yesterday but lost on time. Here's the replay & PGN, if you want to check it out.

#281 KCCC - Two More From Round 7

Roach-Mann & Shiffman-Mangion have been added to the Kenilworth Championship 7th round java-replays & PGN file.

#280 Kenilworth Championship - Week 8

Open Section

Mark Kernighan beat me in 18 moves again while Ari Minkov defeated Max Sherer. With 2 games to go Mark leads Ari by a half-point.

U1800 Sections

TD Geoff McAuliffe decided to change the format to a single RR plus U1800 & U1400 playoffs.

The U1800 qualifiers, so far, are :

• Ian Mangion (= 1st in the 'A' group)
  
• Mike Wojcio (= 1st in the 'A' group)
  
• Joe Demetrick (clinched a share of the 'B' group crown).

Glen Hart can knot Joe D. by beating Justin Roach next week.


The U1400 participants are :

• Bert Shiffman (= 3rd in the 'A' group)
• Joe Renna (= 3rd in the 'A' group)
• Chris Lim (5th in the 'B' group)
  

Last night there was one regular U1800 game :

• Demetrick 1-0 Roach

... and two playoff games :

• Mangion 1-0 Wojcio
• Lim 0-1 Renna

Also, due to the U1800 event being shortened :

• last week's Agress-Wojcio & Shiffman-Mangion will not count in the RR standings but will be USCF-rated as extra games
• Jim Cole's results stand & his remaining opponents (Yampolskiy, Lim, Roach) get full points.

Finally, here are the updated, standings for the Open, U1800-A, U1800-B sections and... 4 of the 8th-round games in replay & PGN. 3 are annotated.

Demetrick-Roach amended 3/9 @ 12:23 p.m.

#279 Kernighan Wins Checkmate Championship

NM Mark Kernighan clinched his 2nd Checkmate Championship crown by defeating Ari Minkov last night. Minkov, who has also won the event twice, still has a beat on 2nd place but Bob Sherry & I closed the gap to a half-point with wins over Don Carrelli & Ted Mann. Joe Renna escaped from the cellar with a victory over Joe Azzarello.

Here are the full standings, last night's games, in java-replay & zipped PGN and ...

the match-ups for next Sunday's 7th & final round :

• Kernighan (6.0) - Moldovan (4.0)
• Renna (1.5) - Minkov (4.5)
• Mann (1.0) - Sherry (4.0)
• Carrelli (2.0)- Azzarello (1.0)

revised notes to Moldovan-Mann posted 3/4 @ 7:48 a.m.

#278 Kenilworth Championship - Updates

Now that I've received most of the 7th round results (only missing Lim-Yampolskiy), here are the week's replay page & PGN plus updated standings for the Open, U1800-A & U1800-B sections.

Special thanks to Don, Joe D., Gordon, Mike & Ted for sending in games & responding to my e-mails.

P.S. - Mark Kernighan gave me a copy of his Round 5 draw vs. Ari Minkov. Please refer to post #271 or #275 for the game-links.

#277 USATE Rating Gains & Losses

Exactly half of the 22 Kenilworth CC members who played at the U.S. Amateur Teams - East gained rating points. Max Sherer, who added a club-high 69 points in Parsippany, has raised his rating 169 points since Jan. 1!! Chris Lim (+36) & Ian Mangion (+29) also made sizable strides in the event. Here's the complete list of changes :

Sherer +69 to 1666
Lim +36 to 1041
Mangion +29 to 1736
Stoyko +15 to 2260
Agress +15 to 1165
Renna +14 to 1178
Demetrick +12 to 1611
Moldovan +10 to 1814
Hart +9 to 1608
Goeller +7 to 2034
McCorkell +5 to 1542
Minkov -4 to 1901
Massey -8 to 2209
Bliznikas -9 to 1800
Cole -13 to 1114
Wojcio -15 to 1620
Kernighan -16 to 2200
Roach -17 to 1721
McAuliffe -18 to 1736
Tomkovich -24 to 1705
Hrebinka -34 to 1371
Mann -59 to 1481

#276 Post Tonight's KCCC Results As Comments

I invite those playing in the Kenilworth Championship to post tonight's results and games as comments.

Results & game (courtesy of Don C.)

• Shiffman 0-1 Mangion
• Carrelli 0-1 Sherer

Don Carrelli 1685 - Max Sherer 1497
A02 Bird's Opening

1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Be7 4.e4 0–0 5.b3 c5 6.c4 b6 7.h3 Bb7 8.g4 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 Ne8 11.d4 Bh4+ 12.Kd2 Nc7 13.f5 Qe7 14.Bd3 Bg3 15.Ke2 cxd4 16.Ba3 Qe8 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.Qc1 Bxe5 19.Kf2 Nc6 20.Re1 f6 21.Nbd2 Ba6 22.Qa3+ Qe7 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Bxa6 Nxa6 25.a3 Nc5 26.Kf1 Kd6 27.Ra2 Rc8 28.b4 Nd3 29.Rd1 Nf4 30.h4 Kd7 31.Nb3 d3 32.Ne1 d2 33.Raxd2 Bc3 34.Rc2 Bxe1 35.Rxe1 Ne5 36.Rxc8 Kxc8 37.g5 Kd7 38.Nd4 a6 39.a4 Nfd3 40.Rb1 Kd6 41.Ke2 Nf4+ 42.Ke3 Ned3 43.Rb3 Nc1 44.Rc3 Na2 45.Rc6+ Ke5 46.Rxb6 Ng2+ 47.Kf2 Kxd4 48.Kxg2 Kc4 49.Rxa6 Nxb4 50.gxf6 gxf6 51.Rxf6 d4 52.Rh6 d3 53.Rxh7 d2 54.Rd7 Nd5 55.f6 d1Q 56.0–1


Joe D reports :

• Hart 1/2-1/2 Demetrick

Result & game (courtesy of Gordon A.)

• Agress 1-0 Wojcio

Gordon Agress 1150 - Mike Wojcio 1621
C01 French Defense
Exchange Variation
(by transposition - 4.exd4)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.exd4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Qa4 Be6 11.Qb5 0–0 12.Qxb7 Nb4 13.0–0 a5 14.Bf4 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bd2 Qd7 17.Ne5 Qa4 18.Nc6 Bb4 19.b3 Bc8 20.Qxa8 Nb6 21.bxa4 Nxa8 22.Nxb4 axb4 23.Bxb4 Rd8 24.Rfe1 f6 25.Rad1 Nb6 26.a5 Nd5 27.a3 Ba6 28.Re6 Bc4 29.Rc6 Bb3 30.Rdc1 Ba4 31.R6c5 Kf7 32.a6 c6 33.Ra5 Bb5 34.a4 Bxa6 35.Rxa6 Nxb4 36.Ra7+ Kg6 37.Rc4 Rb8 38.g4 f5 39.f3 fxg4 40.fxg4 Kf6 41.a5 g6 42.h4 h5 43.gxh5 gxh5 44.Kg2 Ke6 45.Rc5 Kd6 46.a6 Nd3 47.Rg5 Rb4 48.Rg6+ Kd5 49.Rb7 Ra4 50.Rd7+ Kc4 51.Rxc6+ Kb5 52.Rdd6 Ra2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+ 54.Kg1 Rf7 55.Rb6+ Kc4 56.Rb7 Rf5 57.d5 Nc5 58.Rc7 Kb5 59.a7 Rf8 60.Rdc6 Rg8+ 61.Kh2 1–0

Ted M. reports :

• Roach 1-0 Mann

#275 Change In Tonight's Pairings

Mark Kernighan has taken a bye due to illness. So, tonight's KCCC Open Section pairings have been changed to :

Carrelli (0.5) - Sherer (1.0)

Moldovan, Kernighan & Minkov have byes

#274 Checkmate Championship - Round 5

Mark Kernighan, Ari Minkov & Bob Sherry won last night while I missed 6 wins & had to settle for a draw against Don Carrelli.

Here are the standings, last night's games, in java-replay & zipped PGN and ...

the pairings for round 6 :

• Minkov - Kernighan (if Mark wins, he clinches 1st)
• Sherry - Carrelli
• Moldovan - Mann
• Azzarello - Renna

Links fixed 2/29 @ 10:00 a.m. (Thanks, Don!)

#273 KCC's USATE Scores

Here are the individual scores of the 22 KCC members who played in last weekend's USATE :

Steve Stoyko 4.5
John Moldovan 4.5
Joe Demetrick 4.5
Ian Mangion 4.0
Scott Massey 3.5
Glen Hart 3.5
Max Sherer 3.5
Mike Goeller 3.0/3
Ari Minkov 3.0/5
Mike Wojcio 3.0
Ziggy Bliznikas 2.5/5
Leon Hrebinka 2.5/5
Mark Kernighan 2.5
Greg Tomkovich 2.5
Justin Roach 2.0/5
Geoff McAuliffe 2.0
Ted Mann 2.0
Joe Renna 2.0
Gordon Agress 2.0
Kris Lim 2.0
Jim Cole 1.5/5
Jack McCorkell 0.5/3

updated 2/29 at 6:55 p.m.

#272 KCCC Pairings

Here are the pairings for Round 7 (2/28), which will be directed by Joe Demetrick:

Open Section

• Sherer-Kernighan
• Minkov-Carrelli
• Moldovan : bye

U1800 A

• Agress-Wojcio
• Shiffman-Renna
• Mangion : bye

U1800 B

• Hart-Demetrick
• Roach-Mann
• Lim-Yampolskiy

... and the remaining Open Section schedule :

Mar. 6th

• Sherer-Minkov
• Carrelli-Moldovan
• Kernighan : bye

Mar. 13th

• Moldovan -Kernighan
• Carrelli-Sherer
• Minkov : bye

Mar. 20th

• Kernighan-Minkov
• Moldovan-Sherer
• Carrelli : bye

#271 KCCC - 5th Round U1800 Games

All the U1800 games from round 5 have been added to the java-replay page & PGN file. Again, thanks to TD Geoff McAuliffe for "Fritzing" them.

I'll try to get the Minkov-Kernighan draw for you.