Round 6: Kevin Chen's notes to his draw against Mark Kernighan have been added to the July 14th replay and PGN.
Round 7: TD Greg Tomkovich has posted the results from July 21, the current standings and light notes to his draw vs. Kernighan on the KCC Minutes blog.
Full annotations on the aforementioned and my victory vs. Lou Sturniolo will follow later today or tonight.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
#868 CZE Extends Lead
The Czech Republic has extended its lead over the U.S. to 8.5-6.5, with a win and 2 draws.
My games:
My games:
E12 Queen's Indian Defense
Nimzo-Hybrid Variation
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 d6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 (N) c5 13.a4! Nc6 14.Nb3! e5 15.d5 Na5 16.Nxa5 bxa5 17.Rfb1 Ba6 18.Rb2 Rab8 19.Rab1 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 e4
D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense
Ragozin Defense
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 0-0 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 (N) 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.0-0 Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2
Sunday, July 17, 2011
#867 Summer Tourney - Round 6
Open Section
Mark Kernighan drew Kevin Chen while I scored an extremely ugly, very undeserved win against Ted Mann. So, once again, there's a tie at the top.
Greg Tomkovich took sole possession of 3rd place by splitting a point with Geoff McAuliffe.
Michael Goeller, Joe Demetrick, Steve Liesch and Chris Constantino also had victories.
Results:
Mark Kernighan drew Kevin Chen while I scored an extremely ugly, very undeserved win against Ted Mann. So, once again, there's a tie at the top.
Greg Tomkovich took sole possession of 3rd place by splitting a point with Geoff McAuliffe.
Michael Goeller, Joe Demetrick, Steve Liesch and Chris Constantino also had victories.
Results:
Mann 0-1 Moldovan (annotated)
Renna 0-1 Demetrick
Mazzillo 0-1 Liesch
McAuliffe 1/2-1/2 Tomkovich
Constantino 1-0 Burnett
Standings:
=1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan 5.0
3. Tomkovich 3.5
=4-8. Balakrishnan, Carrelli, McAuliffe, Shiffman, Renna 3.0
9. Mangion 2.5
10. Goeller 2.0
=11-15. Chen, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil, Constantino 1.5
=16-20. Sherer, Demetrick, Mann, Mazzillo, Reinoso 1.0
21. Burnett 0.5
=22-24. Stoyko, Hart, Kiedes 0.0
Renna 0-1 Demetrick
Mazzillo 0-1 Liesch
McAuliffe 1/2-1/2 Tomkovich
Constantino 1-0 Burnett
Standings:
=1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan 5.0
3. Tomkovich 3.5
=4-8. Balakrishnan, Carrelli, McAuliffe, Shiffman, Renna 3.0
9. Mangion 2.5
10. Goeller 2.0
=11-15. Chen, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil, Constantino 1.5
=16-20. Sherer, Demetrick, Mann, Mazzillo, Reinoso 1.0
21. Burnett 0.5
=22-24. Stoyko, Hart, Kiedes 0.0
Mann-Moldovan
after 11...Bf5??
White to win
U1200 Section
Andy Altamirano's winning streak came to an end as he traded victories with Aleksey Senyatkin.
Joe Azzarello won twice while Leticia Sefia and Paula Sofia did so once.
Andy A. 1-0 Senyatkin
Senyatkin 1-0 Andy A.
Azzarello 1-0 Antonio A.
Antonio A. 0-1 Azzarello
L. Sefia 1-0 P. Sefia
P. Sefia 1-0 Ruales
L. Sefia 0-1 Sturniolo
Joe Azzarello won twice while Leticia Sefia and Paula Sofia did so once.
Andy A. 1-0 Senyatkin
Senyatkin 1-0 Andy A.
Azzarello 1-0 Antonio A.
Antonio A. 0-1 Azzarello
L. Sefia 1-0 P. Sefia
P. Sefia 1-0 Ruales
L. Sefia 0-1 Sturniolo
Sturniolo played as a filler. His win will not be counted.
Standings:
1. Andy Altamirano 8.0
=2-3. L. Sefia, Azzarello 5.0
4. Senyatkin 4.5
=5-6. Antonio Altamirano, P.Sefia 2.0
=2-3. L. Sefia, Azzarello 5.0
4. Senyatkin 4.5
=5-6. Antonio Altamirano, P.Sefia 2.0
=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0
Saturday, July 16, 2011
#866 Correspondence Update
My games:
E12 Queen's Indian Defense
Nimzo-Hybrid Variation
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 d6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 (N) c5 13.a4! Nc6 14.Nb3! e5 15.d5 Na5 16.Nxa5 bxa5 17.Rfb1 Ba6 18.Rb2 Rab8 19.Rab1 Rxb2
D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense
Ragozin Defense
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 0-0 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 (N) 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.0-0 Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6
PGN of all the CZE-USA games
Match scores, with crosstable links:
United States 20.5 Argentina 9.5 (magic # for USA is 6)
Czech Republic 6.5 USA 5.5
Germany 5.5 USA 0.5
Italy 31 USA 16 (magic # for ITA is 10.5)
Ukraine 52 USA 27 (magic # for the UKR is 11.5)
Match scores, with crosstable links:
United States 20.5 Argentina 9.5 (magic # for USA is 6)
Czech Republic 6.5 USA 5.5
Germany 5.5 USA 0.5
Italy 31 USA 16 (magic # for ITA is 10.5)
Ukraine 52 USA 27 (magic # for the UKR is 11.5)
Sunday, July 10, 2011
#865 Czechs Re-take Lead Over USA
The Czech Republic won a game since the last correspondence update and now leads us 6.5-5.5.
My match is going well:
My match is going well:
Nimzo-Hybrid Variation
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 d6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 (N) c5 13.a4! Nc6 14.Nb3! e5 15.d5 Na5 16.Nxa5 bxa5 17.Rfb1 Ba6 18.Rb2 Rab8
D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense
Ragozin Defense
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 0-0 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 (N) 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.0-0 Qd7 (after a 15-day think) 16.Nxf6+
PGN of all the games
Saturday, July 09, 2011
#864 Summer Tourney - Round 5
Open Section
Mark Kernighan defeated Michael Goeller to re-claim a clear lead. I fell back by missing 3 wins against Don Carrelli.
Praveen Balakrishnan, Bert Shiffman & Joe Renna won to join Greg Tomkovich in 3rd place. Don's draw made it a 5-way jam.
Ted Mann had the evening's other victory. Ian Mangion, Lou Sturniolo & Geoff McAuliffe notched half-points.
Results:
Mark Kernighan defeated Michael Goeller to re-claim a clear lead. I fell back by missing 3 wins against Don Carrelli.
Praveen Balakrishnan, Bert Shiffman & Joe Renna won to join Greg Tomkovich in 3rd place. Don's draw made it a 5-way jam.
Ted Mann had the evening's other victory. Ian Mangion, Lou Sturniolo & Geoff McAuliffe notched half-points.
Results:
Goeller 0-1 Kernighan
Balakrishnan 1/2-1/2 Mangion
Balakrishnan 1/2-1/2 Mangion
Renna 0-1 Balakrishnan
Moldovan 1/2-1/2 Carrelli (annotated)
Renna 1-0 Tomkovich
Sturniolo 1/2-1/2 McAuliffe
Constantino 0-1 Mann
Shiffman 1-0 Mazzillo
Standings:
1. Kernighan 4.5
2. Moldovan 4.0
=3-7. Balakrishnan, Carrelli, Tomkovich, Shiffman, Renna 3.0
=8-9. Mangion, McAuliffe 2.5
=10-11. Sturniolo, Gadgil 1.5
=12-17. Goeller, Chen, Sherer, Mann, Mazzillo, Reinoso 1.0
=18-20. Liesch, Burnett, Constantino 0.5
=21-24. Stoyko, Hart, Demetrick, Kiedes 0.0
Moldovan 1/2-1/2 Carrelli (annotated)
Renna 1-0 Tomkovich
Sturniolo 1/2-1/2 McAuliffe
Constantino 0-1 Mann
Shiffman 1-0 Mazzillo
Standings:
1. Kernighan 4.5
2. Moldovan 4.0
=3-7. Balakrishnan, Carrelli, Tomkovich, Shiffman, Renna 3.0
=8-9. Mangion, McAuliffe 2.5
=10-11. Sturniolo, Gadgil 1.5
=12-17. Goeller, Chen, Sherer, Mann, Mazzillo, Reinoso 1.0
=18-20. Liesch, Burnett, Constantino 0.5
=21-24. Stoyko, Hart, Demetrick, Kiedes 0.0
Moldovan-Carrelli
after 33...Ba4?
White to win
U1200 Section
Andy Altamirano remained unbeaten by winning a pair of games and is now a perfect 7-0. Aleksey Senyatkin also had 2 victories while Leticia Sefia and Joe Azzarello each had 1.
Azzarello 0-1 Andy A.
Antonio A. 0-1 Senyatkin
P. Sefia 0-1 L. Sefia correction
L. Sefia 0-1 Andy A.
Senyatkin 1-0 P. Sefia
Matta 0-1 Azzarello
Sturniolo 1-0 Antonio A.
Azzarello 0-1 Andy A.
Antonio A. 0-1 Senyatkin
P. Sefia 0-1 L. Sefia correction
L. Sefia 0-1 Andy A.
Senyatkin 1-0 P. Sefia
Matta 0-1 Azzarello
Sturniolo 1-0 Antonio A.
Sturniolo played as a filler. His win will not be counted.
Standings:
1. Andy Altamirano 7.0
2. L. Sefia 4.0
3. Senyatkin 3.5
4. Azzarello 3.0
5. Antonio Altamirano 2.0
2. L. Sefia 4.0
3. Senyatkin 3.5
4. Azzarello 3.0
5. Antonio Altamirano 2.0
6. P. Sefia 1.0
=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0
Crosstables
In case anyone is wondering... Why have so few games from this event have been posted? It is chiefly because the club ran-out of carbonless scoresheets and chose not to buy more of them. Your KST games are still welcome! All we ask is that you supply the copy.
In case anyone is wondering... Why have so few games from this event have been posted? It is chiefly because the club ran-out of carbonless scoresheets and chose not to buy more of them. Your KST games are still welcome! All we ask is that you supply the copy.
Sunday, July 03, 2011
#863 Rybka Disqualified, Banned From Computer Championships!!
From Chess Vibes :
The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) has disqualified and banned Rybka and its programmer Vasik Rajlich from previous and future World Computer Chess Championships.
Saturday, July 02, 2011
#862 Summer Tourney - Round 4
Open Section
There was no change at the top as Mark Kernighan beat Ted Mann and I kept pace by splitting a pair of games.
Don Carrelli scored the only upset of the night, defeating FM Steve Stoyko in an Advance French.
Other winners included Bert Shiffman (who had 2 victories) Praveen Balakrishnan (who handed me just my 2nd White loss of the year), Greg Tomkovich, Geoff McAuliffe and Braeden Reinoso.
Ian Mangion and Steve Liesch drew.
Results:
Carrelli 1-0 Stoyko
Mann 0-1 Kernighan
Liesch 1/2-1/2 Mangion
Moldovan 0-1 Balakrishnan (annotated)
Demetrick 0-1 Moldovan (annotated)
Constantino 0-1 Tomkovich
Mann 0-1 Kernighan
Liesch 1/2-1/2 Mangion
Moldovan 0-1 Balakrishnan (annotated)
Demetrick 0-1 Moldovan (annotated)
Constantino 0-1 Tomkovich
Gadgil 0-1 McAuliffe
Shiffman 1-0 Mazzillo
Mazzillo 0-1 Shiffman
Renna 0-1 Reinoso
Shiffman 1-0 Mazzillo
Mazzillo 0-1 Shiffman
Renna 0-1 Reinoso
Standings:
=1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan 3.5
3. Tomkovich 3.0
4. Carrelli 2.5
=5-8. Mangion, McAuliffe, Shiffman, Renna 2.0
3. Tomkovich 3.0
4. Carrelli 2.5
=5-8. Mangion, McAuliffe, Shiffman, Renna 2.0
=9-10. Balakrishnan, Gadgil 1.5
=11-16. Goeller, Chen, Sherer, Sturniolo, Mazzillo, Reinoso 1.0
=17-19. Liesch, Burnett, Constantino 0.5
=20-24. Stoyko, Hart, Demetrick, Kiedes, Mann 0.0
Highlights:
=17-19. Liesch, Burnett, Constantino 0.5
=20-24. Stoyko, Hart, Demetrick, Kiedes, Mann 0.0
Highlights:
Moldovan-Balakrishnan
after 19.Rhe1?
Black to win
Demetrick-Moldovan
after 16.Rb1?
Black to win
U1200 Section
All 8 players were on-hand this week! Leticia Sefia took 2 games while leader Andy Altamirano, Aleksey Senyatkin, Antonio Altamirano and Paula Sefia also had victories.
Andy A. 1-0 Azzarello
Ruales 0-1 L. Sefia
L. Sefia 1-0 Ruales
Matta 0-1 P. Sefia
Senyatkin 1-0 Antonio A.
P.Sefia 0-1 Antonio A.
Andy A. 1-0 Azzarello
Ruales 0-1 L. Sefia
L. Sefia 1-0 Ruales
Matta 0-1 P. Sefia
Senyatkin 1-0 Antonio A.
P.Sefia 0-1 Antonio A.
Standings:
1. Andy Altamirano 5.0
2. L. Sefia 3.0
=3-4. Antonio Altamirano, Azzarello 2.0
2. L. Sefia 3.0
=3-4. Antonio Altamirano, Azzarello 2.0
5. Senyatkin 1.5
6. P. Sefia 1.0
6. P. Sefia 1.0
=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0
Saturday, June 25, 2011
#861 Summer Tourney - Round 3
Open Section
3 more players joined. Mark Kernighan beat Ian Mangion to take the lead. I joined him by taking 1.5/2 (& blundering a half-point away) in a simul. Other winners included Don Carrelli, Max Sherer, Greg Tomkovich, Geoff McAuliffe, Lou Sturniolo & Laukik Gadgil.
Results:
Mangion 0-1 Kernighan
Tomkovich 1-0 Goeller
Tomkovich 1-0 Goeller
Carrelli 1-0 Balakrishnan
Sherer 1-0 Chen
Standings:
1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan
3-4. Tomkovich, Renna 2.0
3-4. Tomkovich, Renna 2.0
5-7. Mangion, Carrelli, Gadgil 1.5
8-13. Goeller, Chen, Sherer, McAuliffe, Sturniolo, Mazzillo 1.0
14-16. Balakrishnan, Burnett, Constantino 0.5
17-24. Stoyko, Hart, Demetrick, Liesch, Kiedes, Mann, Reinoso, Shiffman 0.0
14-16. Balakrishnan, Burnett, Constantino 0.5
17-24. Stoyko, Hart, Demetrick, Liesch, Kiedes, Mann, Reinoso, Shiffman 0.0
U1200 Section
Andy Altamirano & Joe Azzarello each won 2 games. Getting proper match-ups again proved difficult.
Antonio Altamirano 0-1 Mazzillo
Antonio Altamirano 0-1 Mazzillo
Mazzillo 1-0 Andy Altamirano
Andy Altamirano 1-0 RualesRuales 0-1 Andy Altamirano
Azzarello 1-0 Edward Hu
Hu 0-1 Azzarello
Azzarello 1-0 Edward Hu
Hu 0-1 Azzarello
Mazzillo & Hu played as fillers. The former's wins will not be counted.
Standings:
1. Andy Altamirano 4.0
2. Joe Azzarello 2.0
2. Joe Azzarello 2.0
3-4. Antonio Altamirano, L. Sefia 1.0
5. Senyatkin 0.5
6-8. Matta, Ruales, P. Sefia 0.0
#860 Correspondence Update
There was a quicker than usual move-exchange by my Czech opponent this week. Thus, another update:
E13 Queen's Indian Defense
Nimzo-Hybrid Variation
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 d6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 (N) c5 13.a4! Nc6 14.Nb3! e5 15.d5 Na5 16.Nxa5 bxa5
D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense
Ragozin Defense
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 0-0 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 (N) 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.0-0
PGN of all the games
Sunday, June 19, 2011
#859 Summer Tourney Update
Over at the KCC Minutes, Greg Tomkovich has posted the current KST standings and the full list of results from week 2.
Further update 6/25 @ 12:35 p.m. - Kevin Chen's annotated win added to the 2nd round replay & PGN. Thanks for the contribution, Kevin!
Further update 6/25 @ 12:35 p.m. - Kevin Chen's annotated win added to the 2nd round replay & PGN. Thanks for the contribution, Kevin!
#858 Americans & Czechs Tied 5.5-5.5
Wins by Larry Parsons and Patrick Ryan, on boards 10 & 11, have evened the USA-Czech Republic correspondence match at 5.5. Carl Palmateer has the other U.S. victory, to date.
My games:
My games:
E13 Queen's Indian Defense
Nimzo-Hybrid Variation
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 d6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 (N) c5 13.a4! Nc6 14.Nb3! e5 15.d5 Na5
D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense
Ragozin Defense
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 0-0 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 (N) 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5
PGN of all the games
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