#1155 Wesfield Open Moved To 11/9

To avoid competing with the recently re-scheduled, $18,000 Boardwalk Open (originally slated for 10/25-26), the Westfield Chess Club has pushed its Westfield Open back to November 9th and moved its 11/9 Quads up to November 2nd.

#1154 NJ All-Girls Chess Camp

On Saturday, November 6th & Sunday, December 7th, Alice Dong will be leading a free, NJ All-Girls Chess Camp at the Dean of Chess Academy in Branchburg.

More details can be found in the links below:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gcnj2014
Eventbrite, for signing up: http://gcnj2014.eventbrite.com/
GoFundMe, for donation: http://www.gofundme.com/gcnj2014

#1153 Kenilworth Site Back Online

The Kenilworth Chess Club's website is back online.

#1152 Kenilworth CC Site Down Due To Server Failure

The Kenilworth Chess Club's website, www.kenilworthchessclub.org, has been down since sometime on Saturday, due to hardware failure on its server.

It will take several days for the site to be restored.

#1151 Anna Matlin Earns NM Title

Congratulations to Anna Matlin, who earned her National Master title on Saturday, at the Manhattan Open!

#1150 West Orange Mid-Summer Swiss (Corrected)

The West Orange Chess Club is running a USCF-rated Swiss on July 29th and August 5th.

Here are the details:

West Orange Mid-Summer Swiss
July 29 & August 5

Format: 4-SS
Time control: G/50 + 5 second delay
Address: Toby Katz Community Center, 650 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052.
Entry Fee: $20 West Orange CC members, $25 non-members.
Prizes: Based on the number of participants
Register: 7:40-7:55 p.m. on July 29.
Rounds: 2 rounds per night. 8:00 p.m., then ASAP on 7/29 & 8/5.
2 half-point byes are permitted.
Chief TD: Doran Race

Updated 7/18 at 11:12 a.m.

#1149 Chess Mates' July 4 Blitz Canceled

Tonight's 1st Friday Blitz Tournament at Chess Mates has been canceled. The club is closed today.

#1148 Kenilworth Summer Tourney Starts Tonight!

The Kenilworth Chess Club's fun, friendly, yet highly competitive Summer Tournament starts tonight at 8:00 p.m.

Here are the rules :

• The 2014 Summer Tournament will run from June 5th through August 28th.
• The entry fee is $5.00.
• The event is not rated.
• The time control is G/60.
• G/55+5 (delay) may be used if there is mutual agreement between paired players. Increment settings are not allowed.
• You may play anyone who is entered. The first time you play an opponent, the lower rated or unrated player has White. In subsequent games against the same opponent you alternate colors.
  If both players are unrated or have identical ratings, they toss for initial color.
• You may not play the same opponent more than four times in the tournament.
• All games are to be played at the Kenilworth Chess Club during normal operating hours.
• You may play up to 2 games per week. You can skip weeks but the more you play the more points you can accrue.
• You get one point for a win, one half point for a draw and zero for a loss. No bye points are awarded.
• The winner is the person who has the most points at the end of the tournament.
• The prizes are 60% for first place, 30% for second, and 10% for third.

Bob Sherry won last year and in 2012. Other past winners of this popular event include LM Scott Massey (2004), LM Mark Kernighan (2005, 2011), Greg Tomkovich (2006), Ari Minkov (2007, 2010), John Moldovan (2008) and Ian Mangion (2009).

#1147 Kenilworth Wins GSCL Championship

Kenilworth edged Hamilton 2.5-1.5 last week to become the 2013-14 Garden State Chess League Champions.

The team, which featured Dr. Ian Mangion and Greg Tomkovich of Cranford, Jackson Hueckel of Staten Island, John Moldovan of Garwood, Don Carrelli and Bob Sherry of Mountainside, Dr. Geoff McAuliffe of Dunellen, Paul Gottleib of East Brunswick and finished with a +5-0=3 record, stumbled with draws against Summit & Newark-McDonald's in April, but came through in the must-win season finale against the 4-time defending champs.

#1146 Ellner Memorial Starts Tonight

The Kenilworth Chess Club's annual Irving Ellner Memorial tournament begins tonight. Here are the details:

7th Irving Ellner Memorial

April 10-May 8, 2014

• USCF-Rated
• 4-round Swiss
• Time Control: G/45 + 5 second per move increment.
• A player must keep score if he has 5 minutes or more remaining.
• Rounds: 8:30 p.m. on April 10th, 17th, 24th and May 8th. There is no game on May 1st!
• Entry Fee: $10
• Prize Fund: $150 b/ 16 entries. If there are more than 16 players, a 5th round will be added & the prize fund will be increased accordingly.
• Prizes: To be announced.
• Register before 8:25 p.m. @ Kenilworth Community Center, 575 Boulevard, Kenilworth, N.J.
• Late-joins accepted until round 2 is paired. 1 bye allowed. Must commit prior to round 3.

#1145 Tomorrow's KCC Meeting Canceled

Tomorrow's Kenilworth CC meeting has been canceled due to weather and travel concerns.

Next week (Feb. 20th) the KCC will be running a Bughouse Tournament.

#1144 Norowitz To Lecture In West Orange

International Master Yaacov Norowitz is expected to give a simultaneous exhibition at the West Orange Chess Club on February 18th.

Further details will be provided when become available.