There was a 3-way tie for 1st place at last night's Handicap Partner Tournament in Kenilworth.
Winning with 4-1 scores were:- Bob Sherry & John Moldovan (1818.0 average)
- NM Mark Kernighan & Ari Minkov (2078.5)
- SM Yaacov Norowitz & Dr. Richard Lewis (2115.5)
Bob & I upset Yaacov & Doc but lost to Mark & Ari.
The stronger side gave material odds of 1 pawn (or the equivalent) per 100 points of rating-difference.
Also taking part in the event, which featured a G/5 control, were Greg Tomkovich, Mike Wojcio, Joe Renna, Bert Shiffman, Ted Mann & Luis Ruales.
The Kenilworth Kramniks have been awarded a forfeit win on board 4 & a 3-1 victory in Monday's match vs. Summit because their opponents used an ineligible player.
For more info, visit the GSCL blog.
Last night the Kenilworth Kramniks played to a 2-2 against Summit.
Full details have been posted on the Garden State Chess League blog.
Update 12/8 at 9:28 a.m. - Summit games uploaded
In 3rd round Garden State League action, The Kenilworth Kortchnois swept Sparta 4-0 but the Karpovs lost to Hamilton 2.5-1.5 & were knocked out of 1st place.
More details on the GSCL blog.
On Monday night, the Kramniks visit Summit.
GM Alexander Stripunsky, GM-elect Alex Lenderman, IM Bryan Smith & IM/WGM Irina Krush tied for 1st at the National Chess Congress in Philadelphia (11/27-29)
Don Carrelli, who tied for 5th place in the U1800 section, had the best showing among Kenilworth CC members.
Daniel Zhu beat a 1941-rated in the 2nd round, finished =10th in the U1800 &, according to the Ratings Estimator, is now up to 1787!
Here's how all the Kenilworth guys did :
U2000
Ari Minkov =44th
U1800
Don Carrelli =5th
Daniel Zhu =10th
David Pawlowski =37th
Mike Wojcio =47th
I have uploaded the outline of FM Steve Stoyko's Oct. 15th lecture on "Evaluating Chess Positions, An Introduction" plus the java-replay & PGN of games that were presented.If you have any thoughts about the system, please leave a comment. Any feedback will be forwarded to Steve.
NM Victor Shen took clear 1st in Sunday's Westfield Grand Prix, with a 4-0 score. FM Tom Bartell & SM Yaacov Norowitz tied for 2nd, a half-point back.Other prize-winners included : - Sam Chatsky, Leonid Fleysher, Kevin Dresher (U2100)
- Dr. Richard Lewis, Jackson Hueckel, John Moldovan (U1850)
- David Johnston, Anthony Decinque (U1600)
- Leon Wu, Robert Lachausse, Darren Knaub & Melissa Biegel (U1350)
There were 25 participants, including 9 who were rated >2100!All the Kenilworth CC, Checkmate CC & Garden State CL players collected prizes!!
I had an up & down event. After missing a forced mate & losing the opener to Shen, I played like a zombie against tail-ender Sasha Prystupa (a lucky win after 2 lost positions) & NM Peter Radomskyj (a bad opening & quick loss) but closed-out with a nice victory over Konstantin Mazur to finish =8th.Here are all 4 of my games (fully annotated) in java-replay & PGN.
Yaacov Norowitz's Lecture & the Kenilworth Chess Club's Annual Business Meeting have been pushed back 1 week to accommodate a match between the Karpovs & Hamilton.Here's the updated December schedule :Dec. 3rd - Garden State League match : Karpovs vs. Hamilton
Dec. 10th - Yaacov Norowitz Lecture on Color Complexes ($5)
Dec. 17th - Business Meeting & Holiday Party
Dec. 24th - no meeting
Dec. 31st - no meeting
At the moment, ChessBase 10 is not generating the desired diagrams for my HTML pages. I suspect its "Green Marble" board is the problem. Never had any trouble with the "Cherry" board or my custom purple & gray job.
I'll try to correct the situation early next week. Until then... sorry for the lack of visuals.
I have annotated Anand & Ivanchuk's ...Qd7 Winawer game from the recent World Blitz Championship. Hope you like it.Java-replayPGN
Notes to my 2nd round draw with Paul Corcoran have been posted on the Garden State Chess League blog.
On Sunday, November 22nd, the Westfield Chess Club will be hosting a 4-round, G/30 tournament. It will be their 500th event at the Westfield YMCA!The entry fee is $30 for members; $40 for non-members. There is a $615 guaranteed prize-fund. For more details, go to the club's website.
