#340 KST Correction

TD Greg Tomkovich has informed me that his Thursday night win over Ted Mann was not a tournament game.

So, the correct scores after week 4 of 13 are :

4.5 Moldovan, Mangion
4.0 Kernighan
3.5 Mazzillo
3.0 Tomkovich
2.0 Sturniolo
1.5 Burmett, Shiffman, Sokolosky
1.0 Norowitz, Goeller, Lewis, Pelican, Cavaliere
0.5 Carrelli, Wojcio
0.0 Matlin, McAuliffe, Sherer, Renna, Cole, Roth

#339 KST 2008 - Round 4

Here are the 4th round results from the KST :

• Carrelli 0-1 Moldovan
• Goeller 0-1 Kernighan
• Mann 0-1 Tomkovich
• Mangion 1-0 Wojcio
• Wojcio 0-1 Mangion
• Shiffman 0-1 Mazzillo
• Sokolosky 0-1 Sturniolo
• Lewis 0-1 Norowitz
• Roth 0-1 Lewis

... The updated standings :

4.5 Moldovan, Mangion
4.0 Kernighan, Tomkovich
3.5 Mazzillo
2.0 Sturniolo
1.5 Burmett, Shiffman, Sokolosky
1.0 Norowitz, Goeller, Lewis, Pelican, Cavaliere
0.5 Carrelli, Wojcio
0.0 Matlin, McAuliffe, Sherer, Mann, Renna, Cole, Roth


... & 4 games from Thursday :

[Event "Summer Tournament"]
[Site "Kenilworth, N.J."]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carrelli, Don"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "Moldovan & HIARCS 11"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.27"]

{G/55 + :05 delay B21 Sicilian Defense (by transposition)} 1. f4 c5 ({
A change from our March 27th, KCCC game; which featured} 1... c6 2. Nf3 g6 3.
g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 Qb6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qc2 $146 Ng4 $5) ({
More daring is Lev Zilbermintz's} 1... h6 $5) 2. Nf3 (2. b3 {
preventing the following, was a good alternative.}) 2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2
Nf6 $5 (4... Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 {would've joined my game from West Orange
but I had just finished showing it to Don and was already paranoid that the
line might be over-exposed.}) 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 d6 (6... d5 7. e5 Nd7 (7... Ng8
8. d4 Bg4 {& a Gurgenidze-like setup, looks okay, too.}) 8. d4 Qb6 {
deserved consideration.}) 7. c3 Qc7 8. Na3 a6 {Diagram #} 9. Nc4 $146 ({
This varies from the} 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. O-O {
of Chmielinska - Kucypera : Rowy 1998 where Black should've answered} O-O $11 {
instead of ...b5.}) 9... b5 10. Ne3 Bb7 11. Bh3 O-O (11... e6 12. g4 d5 13. e5
Nd7) ({&} 11... c4 {looking to undermine the enemy e-pawn, were options.
But, I wasn't going to play ...0-0-0 and the Bh3's placement (in front of the
h-pawn) rules-out quick K-side attacks.}) 12. Ng4 $6 ({
This gives me an easy game.} 12. g4 {would've kept things tense and equal.})
12... Nxg4 13. Bxg4 b4 (13... Na5 $142 $15 {idea : ...c4}) 14. Bd2 a5 15. Qc2
$2 (15. O-O {would've restored the balance.}) 15... Bc8 (15... bxc3 $142 16.
Bxc3 (16. bxc3 $2 Nb4 $1 $19) 16... Nb4 {threat : ...Ba6} 17. Bxb4 axb4 {
& a clear plus.}) 16. Bxc8 Rfxc8 {Diagram #} 17. c4 $6 ({
This increases the Bg7's scope and makes a hole on d4.} 17. O-O $142) 17... Nd4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 $2 (18... Bxd4 {keeping the long, dark diagonal half-open} 19.
Ke2 a4 20. Be3 Bg7 {
would've retained the advantage (=/+ HIARCS 11; -+ Fritz 8).}) 19. Rc1 Qc5 20.
O-O {/\ f4-f5 but I beat Don to it.} f5 $1 21. exf5 ({I expected} 21. Rfe1)
21... gxf5 (21... Qxf5 $142) 22. Be1 Rf8 23. Bf2 $2 ({
This puts Carrelli's cleric in the path of my central Ps.} 23. Qe2 e5 24. fxe5
dxe5 25. Qh5 $11 {was right.}) 23... e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. b3 Rae8 26. Rce1 Re7
{Diagram #} 27. Qd2 $4 ({The leaves White's B without an escape.} 27. g4 $17 {
was required.}) 27... e4 $19 28. Qg5 e3 29. Bxe3 dxe3 30. Re2 $2 (30. d4) 30...
h6 31. Qh4 Kh7 32. Rf4 Bf6 (32... Rd7 $142 {winning the d3P.}) 33. Qh5 Bg5 34.
Rf3 $2 (34. d4) 34... Rg7 (34... Qd4 $142 $1 35. h4 $140 Qxd3 $8 36. Rf1 f4 $1
37. hxg5 f3 38. Qxh6+ Kg8) ({or} 34... Rd7) 35. h4 Bf6 $6 ({Trying to be cute.
} 35... Be7 {was strongest.}) 36. Rexe3 $2 ({
This drops a whole R & shortens the game.} 36. Qxf5+ $142 {
Not 36.Rxf5? Rxg3+ 37.Kh2 Qc7 threat : ...Rg5+} Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Rxg3+ 38. Kh2 Rg4
39. Rxe3 Rxh4+ 40. Kg2 Rg4+ {
although the 1st player wouldn't want a piece-down ending.}) 36... Bd4 37. Kf2
Re7 $6 {37...Be3 was best but the text is good enough. White resigns
Time left - Carrelli 26:32, Moldovan 12:19 Estimated time used - Carrelli 31:
33, Moldovan 45:46 Longest think by White - 4 minutes for 37.Kf2 Longest
think by Black - 11 minutes for 34...Rg7} 0-1

[Event "Summer Tournament"]
[Site "Kenilworth, N.J."]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goeller, Michael"]
[Black "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Fritz 8"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.27"]

{B12 Caro-Kann Defense Advance Variation Caveman Attack (4.h4)} 1. e4 c6 2.
d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. c4 e6 7. c5 b6 8. Be3 bxc5 9. dxc5 Na6
10. b4 $2 (10. Bxa6 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Qxa6 12. h5 $11) 10... Nxb4 11. Qa4 a5 12. a3
Na6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nf3 h5 15. Nc3 $2 (15. gxh5 $16) 15... hxg4 16. Qxg4 Nh6
$2 (16... Qc7 $19) 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 $6 (17... gxh6 $142 $15) 18. Qd4 $2 (18. Na4
$44) 18... a4 19. Rb1 Bc8 20. Nxa4 g5 $2 (20... Qa5+ 21. Rb4 $8 Be7 $15) 21.
Rg1 $2 (21. h5 $14) 21... gxh4 22. Rg8 h3 23. Qf4 Rh5 24. Nb6 Rxa3 25. Ng5 Ra7
26. Kd2 $2 (26. Nxc8 Qxc8 27. Kf1 $15) 26... h2 (26... Rxg5 27. Rxg5 Ra2+ $17)
27. Rh1 $4 (27. Ra1 $3 $44 Rxa1 $140 $4 28. Qxf7#) 27... Ra2+ $19 28. Ke3 Rxg5
$1 29. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 30. Rxg5 Bh6 $6 (30... Bxc5+ $142) 31. Rxh2 (31. Nxc8 $142
Bxg5+ 32. Kf3) 31... Bxg5+ 32. Kf3 Ba6 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Kg4 Bc1 {White time-forfeited} 0-1

[Event "Summer Tournament"]
[Site "Kenilworth, N.J."]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shiffman, Bert"]
[Black "Mazzillo, Pat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1369"]
[BlackElo "1280"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.27"]

{Gruenfeld Defense} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qd6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. b3 Nc6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. h3 Nxf3+
15. gxf3 Bxh3 16. e5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bg7 20. Bb4 Rfe8
21. Re1 e6 22. f3 Rad8 23. Bd2 e5 24. f5 Bf6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Re2 Kg7 27. Rg2
Rh8 28. Kg1 Rh3 29. Kf2 Rdh8 30. Be4 b6 31. f4 Rh2 32. f5 d3 33. fxg6 fxg6 34.
Bf3 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Re8 36. Be4 Rc8 37. Kf1 Rc2 38. Ke1 Rxa2 39. Bxd3 Ra1+ 40.
Ke2 Ra2 41. Kd1 g5 42. Be4 Kh6 43. Kc1 Kh5 44. Be1 g4 45. Bg3 Bg5+ 46. Kb1 Re2
47. Bd5 Bf4 48. Bc4 Bxg3 49. Bxe2 Kh4 50. Kc2 Bf2 51. Kd3 g3 52. Bf1 Kg4 53.
Ke4 a5 54. Kd3 b5 55. Ke2 a4 56. bxa4 bxa4 {and White resigned after 4 more moves.} 0-1

[Event "Summer Tournament"]
[Site "Kenilworth, N.J."]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolosky, Bill"]
[Black "Sturniolo, Lou"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1128"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.06.05"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.27"]

{King's Indian Defense (by transposition)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4.
e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. N2f3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. e4 Bg4 12. Be2 $2 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Nh4 Qxe3 16. Bxe3 Be6
17. Rad1 d5 18. b3 d4 19. Bc1 Nc3 20. Rd2 Bh6 21. Rb2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Kg7 23. Nf3
f6 24. Bd3 c5 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. a3 Bd7 27. Nd2 f5 28. f3 Bc6 29. Kf2 e4 30. fxe4
fxe4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Bxe4 34. Re2 Re8 {
and Black won after another 34 moves or so.} 0-1

#338 Games From West Orange

Here are 3 games from Tuesday's match between Kenilworth and West Orange.

[Event "Kenilworth at West Orange"]
[Site "West Orange, N.J."]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hart, Charles"]
[Black "Moldovan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "Moldovan, HIARCS 11 & Fritz 8"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #338"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.27"]

{board 4 G/85 + :05 delay B21 Sicilian Defense (also C00 French)} 1. e4 e6
2. d3 c5 3. g3 $1 {Upgrading a statement I made some 12 days ago, I will now
say this is better, not just more flexible, than 3.Nf3 & a K's Indian Attack.}
Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 (4... Nge7 5. f4 $140 d5 6. Nd2 (6. e5 Nf5 7. Nf3 h5 {
is good for Black.}) 6... g6 {may be more accurate.}) ({
If a different approach is preferred,} 4... Nf6 5. f4 $140 d5 6. e5 Nd7 {
has merit.}) 5. f4 Nge7 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. c3 (7. Nc3 {is a Closed Sicilian.}) 7...
O-O 8. O-O (8. h4 $5 {looking to prove that ...0-0 is premature, was possible.}
) 8... d5 ({Attacking the center should be fine but every time I've played it
(now 4) a 1940+ opponent has outplayed me in the middlegame.} 8... d6 {
(8...f5, 8...b5, 8...b6 & 8...Rb8 are worth weighing, too.)} 9. Be3 (9. Qe2 {
makes a Tchigorin French.}) 9... b6 {/\ ...Ba6 &/or ...f5, may be a better fit.
}) 9. e5 f6 {Diagram #} (9... b6 $145 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Bf2 Rfd8 13.
Nbd2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nb8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. g4 Rf8 17. Bg3 $14 {
Gavrikov - Ivanchuk : Lvov 1987}) 10. exf6 ({
This is the main line. At the USATE back in February, Hux introduced} 10. Be3 {
and the play was balanced until I erred at move 27.}) 10... Bxf6 11. Re1 Qd6 {
Black doesn't have the means to enforce ...e5 and with his Q on d6, he can't
meet Ne5 with a trade of steeds. So, the Dame should've been developed to b6
or c7, instead.} 12. Qe2 Bd7 ({This retains options but} 12... b5 $142 $1 13.
Na3 $140 b4 14. Nb5 $4 Qb8 $19) 13. Na3 a6 $146 (13... Rae8 {
Clearing the way for retreats to b8 & c8.} 14. Be3 a6 15. Bf2 b5 16. Nc2 b4 17.
cxb4 cxb4 18. d4 a5 19. h4 Qb8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bg7 22. Nd4 Nf5 23. Rad1
Rc8 24. h5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 $14 {
was seen in Movsziszian - Valmana : Albacete 2007.}) 14. Nc2 Rae8 15. d4 cxd4
16. Ncxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nf5 18. Qf2 Qb6 19. Rd1 {Diagram # Let's pause and
take stock of the position : White has more space and control of e5 but has
an isolated d-pawn P. Black has much better-placed pieces but his e-pawn is
backward, his Bd7 is bad and his 2 or 3-step lead in development may be
temporary. The chances are dynamically equal.} Nd6 ({This isn't bad but
there was no good reason to re-deploy the N here; as it can be kept out of e4
and c4.} 19... Rc8 $142 {looking to improve the QR which, with ...e6-e5 not
happening, was doing nothing at e8.}) ({or} 19... Nh6 {/\ ...Ng4.}) 20. Ne5 Bc8
$2 ({The start of my demise. I should've eliminated the enemy equine
immediately and taken the c-file with} 20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nf7 {
threat : ...Nxe5} 23. Kg1 Rc8) 21. b3 Nb5 $2 (21... Be7 $16) 22. Bb2 g5 23. Re1
gxf4 24. Qxf4 Bxe5 $4 ({
After this, Black can't defend the weaknesses around his K.} 24... Bg7 $16 {
was right.}) 25. Qxe5 $18 {If now 25...Rf5, as I planned, then 26.Qxf5.} Bd7 $2
(25... Qd8 {was a much better try.}) 26. Bxd5 $4 ({
This sac is unsound. White should've played} 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Rf1 $18) 26...
exd5 27. Qxd5+ Be6 $4 {Diagram #} (27... Rf7 $17 {was correct.}) 28. Qg5+ Kh8
29. Re3 $3 Rf5 ({With} 29... Bd5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qxd5 {being 2 Ps down, I
have to, for better or worse, try something else and hope my foe goes wrong.})
30. d5+ Nd4 31. Rd1 $4 ({
This throws a full point away. White had his choice of wins here :} 31. Qh6 {
Moldovan}) (31. Qxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Rd1 {C. Hart}) ({or} 31. Rxe6 {
(best) Fritz 8 & HIARCS 11}) 31... Rxg5 $19 32. Bxd4+ Qxd4 33. Rxd4 Bd7 34. Kf2
Rge5 {White resigns Time left - Hart 28:56, Moldovan 24:29 Estimated time
used - Hart 58:54, Moldovan 63:21 Longest think by White - 11 minutes for
20.Ne5 Longest think by Black - 8 minutes for 23...gxf4} 0-1

[Event "Kenilworth at West Orange"]
[Site "West Orange, N.J."]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tomkovich, Greg"]
[Black "Cohen, Bryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #338"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.27"]

{board 7 Gruenfeld Defense Exchange Variation} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1
Rd8 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Qc2 e6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. f3 Rac8 18.
Qb2 Kh8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qb5 21. Rc2 c4 22. Qc1 a5 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Qa3 Ra8
25. Qa4 f5 26. e5 Qxa4 27. Nxa4 Bxe5 28. Nb6 Ra6 29. Nxc4 Bg7 30. Rcd2 Bd5 31.
Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Rc6 33. Bg5 Rdc8 34. Bf6+ Kg8 35. Kf2 Rc2 36. a3 R8c3 37. Ke1
Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Rxa3 39. Rc2 Ra1+ 40. Kd2 Ra2 41. Be7 Bb3 42. Rxa2 Bxa2 43. Kc3
a4 44. Kb4 Bb3 45. f4 Kf7 46. Bd6 Ke8 47. g3 Kd7 48. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kenilworth at West Orange"]
[Site "West Orange, N.J."]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sharpell, Fred"]
[Black "Shiffman, Bert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #339"]
[SourceDate "2008.06.27"]

{board 10 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz Defense (by transposition - 5...d6)} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 {Cozio Defense} 4. c3 a6 {Norwegian Defense} 5. Ba4 d6 6.
d4 Bd7 7. d5 b5 $4 (7... Nb8 $14) 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O Na5 11. Bc2
Nc4 12. b3 Nb6 13. Be3 c5 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Nf1 O-O 17. Ng3 Bg4 18.
h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bf6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Nf5 Nc8 22. g4 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.
Kh2 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qg3 Qe7 27. Rd5 Rd7 28. Red1 Rfd8 29. f4 f6 30. fxe5
fxe5 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Kg2 g5 34. Rd2 Rf7 35. Rf2 Rxf2+ 36. Qxf2
Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Kf7 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Bd3 Kd7 40. a3 Kc6 41. c4 Kb6 42. cxb5 axb5
43. Kd2 Ka5 44. Kc3 c4 45. bxc4 bxc4 1-0

Notes to Tomkovich-Cohen will follow in a few days. Replays and a zipped PGN file will have to wait. There's no more room on the server.

#337 West Orange 7 Kenilworth 3

A very strong, deep West Orange team (1943.60 average & ten 1800+ players) soundly defeated visting Kenilworth last night, 7-3.

I had the lone KCC victory and should've lost. NM Mark Kernighan, Geoff McAuliffe, Greg Tomkovich and Max Sherer had draws.

Here's the board by board rundown, with Kenilworth's players listed first :

1. Stoyko 0-1 Radomskyj
2. Kernighan 1/2 Fernandez
   
3. Bliznikas 0-1 Rosas
4. Moldovan 1-0 C. Hart
5. Mangion 0-1 Ganning
   
6. McAuliffe 1/2 Susswein
7. Tomkovich 1/2 Cohen
8. Sherer 1/2 Burn
9. Mann 0-1 Stephan
10. Shiffman 0-1 Sharpell
    

C. Hart - Moldovan
after 27...Be6??

White to win

The score of and notes to the aforementioned will follow.

There will be a rematch at Kenilworth on October 16th.

#336 Lineup Vs. West Orange

Kenilworth's lineup for tonight's match at West Orange is :

1. FM Steve Stoyko 2252
2. NM Mark Kernighan 2210
3. Ziggy Bliznikas 1819
4. John Moldovan 1814
5. Ian Mangion 1737
6. Geoff McAuliffe 1736
7. Greg Tomkovich 1705
8. Max Sherer 1683
9. Ted Mann 1529
10. Bert Shiffman 1369

board average : 1785.40

Bill Sokolosky (1128) & Joe Renna (1178) will instead play in the October 16th rematch.

Tonight's match starts at 8:00 p.m. The time control is G/90. Kenilworth will have White on the odd-numbered boards.

Site :

Toby Katz Community Center
Degnan Park
650 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052

#335 Lecture by NM Scott Massey Scheduled

NM Scott Massey will be giving a lecture at the Kenilworth Chess Club on October 23rd and is open to members' suggestions. If you have any, please send an e-mail or leave a comment.

#334 KST 2008 - Round 3

There were several missed upsets in the round 3 of the Kenilworth Summer Tournament.

• Greg Tomkovich (-109) missed a chance to take over 1st and let me escape with a draw.
• Mike Wojcio (-117) turned victory into loss against Ian Mangion.
• Lou Sturniolo (-51) was winning vs. Wayne Burmett at move 6 but ended up splitting the point.
• Bill Sokolosky (-472) made a decisive Rook sac against Pete Cavaliere but only saw a repetition.

Sokolosky-Cavaliere
after 20...f6??

White to win

With Mike Goeller & Jim Cole joining, the event now has 19 players; same as last year.

Here are the point-totals after week 3 of 13...

3.5 Moldovan (1814)
3.0 Kernighan (2210), Tomkovich (1705)
2.5 Mangion (1737), Mazzillo (1280)
1.5 Burmett (1499), Shiffman (1369), Sokolosky (1128)
1.0 Goeller (2034), Pelican (1649), Cavaliere (1600), Sturniolo (1448),
0.5 Carrelli (1704), Wojcio (1620),
0.0 Matlin (1929), McAuliffe (1736), Sherer (1683), Renna (1178), Cole (1114)

... and all 7 games from last night, in Java-replay & zipped PGN.

#333 More USATE Annotations

Annotations to my 2008 USATE games vs. Hux (f4 Sicilian loss), Sheinbach (QGX win) & Kantey (KIA draw) have been uploaded.

Java-replay
PGN

#332 KCC's Carrelli Makes Armed Forces Team

Marine Corporal Don Carrelli of the Kenilworth and Checkmate chess clubs has qualified for the U.S. Armed Forces Chess Team.

Chess Life Online story here.
Complete coverage and photos here.

Replays and PGN of Don's games from the just-concluded U.S. Interservice Chess Championship, courtesy of Monroi.

C00 French Defense

A02 Bird's Opening
(Closed Caro-Kann, in effect)

A03 Bird's Opening

C15 Winawer French

A02 From's Gambit

A27 English Opening

A03 Bird's Opening

Thanks to Jim Cole for the CLO tip.

#331 KST 2008 - Round 2

I kept the early lead with a controlled win (just 1 rash move) against Lou Sturniolo's King's Indian Attack. Greg Tomkovich grabbed sole possesion of 2nd place with a victory over Bill Sokolosky and a draw. NM Mark Kernighan moved into clear 3rd, despite time-trouble, by beating Max Sherer.

Geoff McAuliffe, Mike Wojcio, Pete Cavaliere and Wayne Burmett joined to bring the number of players in the event to 17.

Here are the point-totals after week 2 of 13...

3.0 Moldovan (1814)
2.5 Tomkovich (1705)
2.0 Kernighan (2210)
1.5 Mangion (1737), Mazzillo (1280), Shiffman (1369)
1.0 Pelican(1649), Burmett (1499), Sokolosky (1128)
0.5 Carrelli (1704), Wojcio (1620), Cavaliere (1600), Sturniolo (1448),
0.0 Matlin (1929), McAuliffe (1736), Sherer (1683), Renna (1178)

... all 8 games from last night (!!), in Java-replay & zipped PGN; plus an early crosstable.

P.S. - Besides annotating the game against Lou, I've uploaded notes to my opening-round partie vs. Joe Renna. For links to the latter, please refer to post #328.

#330 Elizabeth H.S. Family Night

Roger Garcia won the Family Night chess tournament at Elizabeth High School on May 28th. Andy Cruz finished 2nd. Ziggy Bliznikas directed.

#329 Checkmate Team Tourney - Wrap-Up

The team of Bert Shiffman and this scribe won the Checkmate Team Tourney; which ended June 1st.

Bert's match-deciding draw vs. Bob Sherry has been added to the event's replay page and PGN file.

#328 KST 2008 - Round 1

Play in the 2008 Kenilworth Summer Tourney got underway last night with 1929-rated Anna Matlin (who finished = 2nd-3rd at the recent U.S. Amateur Championship!!), 2008 KCC U1800 Champ Ian Mangion, 2006 KCC U1800 Champ Bob Pelican and the club's newest member Lou Sturniolo (1448) among the field of 13.

Here are the standings after week 1 of 13...

2.0 J. Moldovan
1.0 B. Pelican, M. Kernighan, G. Tomkovich, P. Mazzillo, B. Sokolosky
0.5 I. Mangion, L. Sturniolo, D. Carrelli, B. Shiffman
0.0 A. Matlin, M. Sherer, J. Renna

... and 8 of the 9 games in Java-replay & zipped PGN

Sherer-Moldovan
after 28.b4

Black to play

A few more notes to my game vs. Sherer added 6/7 @ 12:37 p.m.

#327 Summer Tourney Starts Tonight

The annual Kenilworth Summer Tournament starts tonight. Club Champion Mark Kernighan and 2006 KST-winner Greg Tomkovich are expected to be among those competing.

For those unfamiliar with the event, here are the rules we used last year plus the dates of this year's tourney :

1. Entry Fee : $5.00
2. The event will run from June 5 through August 28, 2008.
3. Time control : G/60
4. You may play anyone in the tournament. The first time you play an opponent, the lower-rated player gets White. In subsequent games against the same opponent, you will alternate colors.
5. You may not play the same opponent more than four times.
6. You get one point for a win, a half-point for a draw and zero for a loss.
7. You may play as many or as few games as you like. The more you play, the more points you can accumulate. Maximum 2 games per night.
8. The winner is the person who has the most points at the end of the tournament.
9. The prizes will be 60% for first place, 30% for second and 10% for third (rounded to the nearest dollar).
10. Email results to Tournament Director Greg Tomkovich


Links to my coverage of previous Summer Tournaments

2007 : standings stats PGN

• replays (by round) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2006 : standings overview PGN

for more on 2006 & for 2005 coverage, check The Kenilworthian's archives.