#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.