The Kenilworth Chess Club's annual, fun, friendly, yet highly competitive Summer Tournament starts tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m.
This year, in addition to cash prizes, a free NJ Open entry will be awarded to the top-scoring KCC member, courtesy of the NJSCF!
Here are the rules of the tournament:
The tournament will run from June 1 through August 31.
The event is non-rated.
Entry Fee is $5 for club members, $7 for non-members. $5 of each EF goes into the prize fund.
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.
Games may begin at 8:00 p.m. in weeks 1-3
(June 1-15), 7:30 p.m. in weeks 4-14 (June 22-Aug. 31). No game may
start later than 9:30 p.m.
You may play up to 2 games per week. You may
play those games simultaneously. You can skip weeks but the more you
play the more points you can accumulate.
You get one point for a win, a 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.
Prizes: 1st place: 50%. 2nd place: 30%. 3rd
place: 10%. U1600: 10%. The top-scoring Kenilworth CC member will
receive free entry to the 2017 NJ Open, courtesy of the NJSCF. The
winner of our April 27-May 25 qualifier cannot win another free entry.
Registration closes on July 27th. However, if there is an overwhelming turnout, the TD may cut-off entries as early as July 6th.
Bring clocks. The club has a limited number for use.
John
Moldovan won last year & in 2008. Other past winners of this popular
event include LM Scott Massey (2004), LM Mark Kernighan (2005, 2011),
Greg Tomkovich (2006), Ari Minkov (2007, 2010), Ian Mangion (2009) and
Bob Sherry (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
On the heels of my 2016 Kenilworth Championship success, I won the 2016 Kenilworth Summer Tournament, scoring +9-2=5 in 16 official games, & +2-0=1 in 3 others.
I have neglected this blog (& others that I author) for much of the last 4.75 years. At this point I don't know how I am ever going to catch-up but the plan is:
1. Post brief headlines on the 3 most-important Kenilworth events since May 2016 & add material to them in the next few weeks.
2. Resume coverage of current events, starting with the upcoming 2017 Summer Tournament.
3. Post other highlights from September 2012 through mid-April 2017, as time permits.
International Master John Michael Burke will be giving a Simultaneous Exhibition today at Middletown-South High School in Middletown, NJ, taking on up to 15 boards at once. Play will begin at 2 p.m.
The simul will be part of the 1st annual "Shave The Shore" fundraiser for St. Baldrick's Foundation, an anti-children's cancer organization.
For more information visit https://www.stbaldricks.org/events/shavetheshore/teams
Today's
Westfield Grand Prix was aborted midway through the 1st round, due to a
power outage & the resulting YMCA evacuation.
With the
event's abrupt conclusion, the club could not issue on-site refunds. Players
desiring one should email their pertinent data to
westfieldchessclub@gmail.com. If you do not contact them, your
entry fee will be held as credit toward future events.
All reported results
will be submitted for rating later today, as will 3 adjudicated games in
the U1200 Section. Players in the Open & U1800 Sections may submit
games for possible adjudication to westfieldchessclub@gmail.com.
The Grand Prix has been re-scheduled for Sunday, June 25th. If the USCF's publication deadline, can be beat ads will appear in Chess Life's
May & June issues.
All
boys and girls who are Boy Scouts, Adventurers or Explorers and know how
to play chess can play in the event. Sign-in is between 9:00 and 10:00
a.m. Non-scouts are also welcome.
This non-rated event is sponsored by Renna Media, which is supplying trophies & White Castle, which will be providing lunch!
For registration details and more info, double-click on the image below.
westfieldchessclub.com went offline this morning, as expected, and no longer belongs to the club.
I was unable to update there & refused to pay domain ransom to the notorious Brandon Grey Internet Services which apparently scammed other club officials prior to 2015.
The problems only came to light 6 days ago. Pat Mazzillo & I are sorry for whatever inconvenience has resulted.
