#375 Sy Fish Memorial Starts 10/2

Next month, the Kenilworth CC will honor Seymour (Sy) Fish with a memorial tournament. Here are the details :

Sy Fish Memorial

Dates : October 2nd & 9th, 2008
Site : Kenilworth Chess Club

Format : USCF-rated, 4 round swiss
Time Control : G/30

Rounds : 8:30 & 9:40 p.m. on 10/2; 8:15 & 9:30 p.m. on 10/9

Entry Fee : $6.00

Prizes : Cash; based on the number of entries... Minimum 83.33% of entry fees returned

If there are 8 players, for example,
1st place would get $20, 2nd place would receive $10.
The highest-scoring U1800 & U1500 would get $5 each.
(The KCC would reserve $8 for rating fees)

Register : 9/25 from 8:15-10:00 p.m. & 10/2 from 8:00-8:25 p.m.

USCF membership required... Late entries accepted until the 2nd round is paired (0 pt. bye awarded)

Byes : ½ point byes available for rounds 1, 2 or 3 (1 per person)

TD : TBA

Update 10/1 @ 10:55 p.m. - 4 entries so far... Geoff McAuliffe will direct.

#374 Westfield Championship Starts 9/28

Westfield Chess Club Championship
September 28th-October 19th, 2008

Westfield CC Membership required
(1 year : $50 adults; $40 juniors)

Format : USCF-rated, 4 round swiss
Time Control : 40/100 then SD/60
Entry Fee : $25 + dues

Registration : 2:00-2:30 p.m. on 9/28
Rounds start at 2:30 p.m. each week.
No byes or late-entries.

Prize Fund : $550 Guaranteed

• 1st place : $150
• 2nd place : $100
• Top U2100, U1850, U1600, U1850 : $75 each

Directions

#373 USCF Quick-Rated in Newark, 10/4

The Newark Sleepless Knights Chess Club (USCF affiliate ID : A6031152) will run its first USCF-sanctioned tournament on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Boylan Recreation Center on 916 South Orange Avenue.

Time control : G/10
Format : RR, 7 or more rounds (b/entries)
Entry Fee : none!

The original announcement I received from TD Ken Chieu said there would be no prizes and no monies will be collected/given inside of the Boylan Recreation facility.

But, later correspondence from new NSK President Lev Zilbermints indicated cash prizes (courtesy of a benefactor) will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

If you have any questions about the event, contact Ken or Lev.

P.S. - The tournament will start at 2 p.m.

#372 STC Wrap-Up

As promised, here is a ChessBase archive with the 55 games & 36 blanks (forfeits/byes) from the WCL section.

The next STC event, The Gauntlet, starts October 27th.

Links fixed 9/17 @ 4:23 a.m.

#371 STC Championship - Round 9

In my best game of the tourney, I won with the Q's Gambit (again!!) to finish at 5.5-3.5 and move up in the standings.

If jps7 (1785) draws or beats ChristopherP (2083) in the final game, I'll tie for 4th.

Here are the replays & PGN of my 8 games, with full annotations. A ChessBase file with all the WCL contests/results will follow.

update 9/16 @ 10:12 p.m. - jps7 won by forfeit.

#370 KST Wrap-Up

To conclude my coverage of the 2008 Kenilworth Summer Tournament, here are :

• The links to round by round
  

reports - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
crosstables - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
replays - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10* 11 12 13
PGN - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10* 11 12 13

• ...a ChessBase archive with all 65 collected games & results of the 16 other pairings.
  

* updated with notes to my 17-move loss vs. Mangion

#369 Summer Tourney Stats

Most Points Scored

• total - John Moldovan 14.0 (+11-1=6)
• with White - Ian Mangion 6.0 (+5-0=2)
  
• with Black - Moldovan 10.0 (+8-1=4)
  

Highest scoring of possible points (minimum 5 games)

• total - .875 NM Mark Kernighan (+10-1=1)
• with White - .857 Mangion
  
• with Black - .850 Kernighan (+8-1=1)

Highest Plus Score (wins vs. losses)

• total - Moldovan & Mangion +10
  
• with White - Mangion +5
• with Black - Moldovan & Kernighan +7

Longest Unbeaten Streaks

• overall - Mangion 16 (+10-0=6 in rounds 1-13)
  
• with White - Mangion 7
  
• with Black - Moldovan 9 (+6-0=3 in rounds 1-9) & Mangion 9 (+5-0=4 in rounds 1-13)

Longest Winning Streaks

• overall - Mangion 6 (rounds 2-6)
• with White - Mangion 3 (rounds 10-12)
• with Black - Kernighan 5 (rounds 1-5)

Most Games Played

• total - Moldovan 18
  
• with White - Bert Shiffman 8
  
• with Black - Moldovan 13
  

Most Wins

• total - Moldovan 11
• with White - Mangion 5
  
• with Black - Kernighan & Moldovan 8
  

Most Losses

• total- Shiffman 11
  
• with White - Shiffman 7
  
• with Black - Shiffman 4
  

Most Draws

• total - Moldovan & Mangion 6
  
• with White - Pat Mazzillo 3
  
• with Black - Moldovan & Mangion 4
  

Biggest Upsets

• draw with White : Bill Sokolosky -472 vs. Cavaliere in round 3
• win with White : Joe Renna -401 over Tomkovich in round 8
  
• with Black : Sokolosky -216 over Shiffman in round 7

honorable mention :

• Mangion (-436) 1/2 vs. Kernighan in round 7
  
• Mazzillo (-387) over Don Carrelli in round 11
  
• Lou Sturniolo (-370) 1/2 vs. Geoff McAuliffe in round 9
• Mazzillo (-340) 1/2 vs. Mike Wojcio in round 2
  

Game Length

• fastest win by White : Mangion... 17 moves vs. Moldovan in round 10
  
• fastest win by Black : Michael Goeller... 16 moves vs. McAuliffe in round 3
  
• shortest draw : Cavaliere-Moldovan... a 17-mover in round 7
• longest game : Sokolosky 0-1 Sturniolo... 60 moves in round 4
  

Results Breakdown

• total number of games - 81 (same as last year!)
  
• White wins - 25 (30.9%)
  
• Black wins - 38 (46.9%)
  
• Draws - 18 (22.2%)

• pct. of points scored by White - .420
  
• pct. of points scored by Black - .580
  

• decisive games - 63 (77.8%)
  

• scores collected - 65 (80.2%)

miscellaneous (minimum 5 games)

• highest pct. of games won - Kernighan .833
• highest pct. of games won or drawn - Mangion 1.000
  
• highest pct. of decisive games - Renna 1.000 (+3-5=0)
• highest pct. of draws - Mangion .375

• most popular opening : Queen's Gambit (10 games of the 65 collected)
• most popular e4 defense : Sicilian (8 games; including transpositions)

#368 Springfield Swiss Correction

The entry deadline for the non-rated Springfield Fall Swiss is Saturday, September 20th (not 9/13).

See post #366 for tourney details.

#367 STC Championship - Round 8

I had Black against the tournament leader hahahaum in a must-win game, played a Modern Defense, was equal or slightly better most of the way (through move 36) but burned too much time trying to create chances, lost a drawn ending and was officially eliminated :

[Event "STC Championship"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "hahahaum"]
[Black "jpmoldovan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Opening "Modern Defense"]
[ECO "B06"]
[NIC "KF.06"]
[Time "20:20:24"]
[TimeControl "3600+30"]
1. e4 {1:00:23} g6 {1:00:13} 2. c3 {0:59:38} d5 {1:00:15} 3. exd5 {0:59:43} Qxd5 {1:00:30} 4. d4 {0:59:42} Bg7 {1:00:11} 5. h3 {0:59:29} Nf6 {0:58:23} 6. Nf3 {0:59:55} O-O {0:58:05} 7. Be2 {1:00:10} c5 {0:53:42} 8. dxc5 {0:59:58} Qxc5 {0:50:23} 9. Be3 {0:59:46} Qc7 {0:50:32} 10. O-O {0:59:49} Rd8 {0:50:46} 11. Qc1 {1:00:08} Nc6 {0:50:54} 12. Nbd2 {1:00:27} Nd5 {0:50:20} 13. Nb3 {1:00:43} Nxe3 {0:50:13} 14. Qxe3 {1:01:08} b6 {0:44:58} 15. Rad1 {1:01:06} Bb7 {0:45:19} 16. Nbd4 {1:01:07} a6 {0:43:38} 17. Nxc6 {1:00:43} Bxc6 {0:42:51} 18. Rxd8+ {0:59:34} Qxd8 {0:37:37} 19. Rd1 {0:59:54} Qc7 {0:37:45} 20. Nd4 {0:59:43} Bb7 {0:37:44} 21. Bf3 {0:59:58} Bxf3 {0:37:22} 22. Qxf3 {0:59:21} Rd8 {0:37:06} 23. Nc2 {0:57:26} Rxd1+ {0:32:36} 24. Qxd1 {0:57:53} Bf6 {0:31:29} 25. Nb4 {0:58:09} Qc4 {0:29:24} 26. Qd8+ {0:57:26} Kg7 {0:29:38} 27. Qxb6 {0:57:47} a5 {0:14:49} 28. Qxa5 {0:58:05} Qe2 {0:14:34} 29. Qc5 {0:55:24} Qxb2 {0:12:04} 30. Nd5 {0:55:41} Qc1+ {0:10:10} 31. Kh2 {0:56:08} Be5+ {0:09:58} 32. g3 {0:56:29} e6 {0:09:11} 33. Nc7 {0:51:14} Qxc3 {0:08:31} 34. Qxc3 {0:51:32} Bxc3 {0:08:58} 35. Kg2 {0:51:55} Kf6 {0:09:06} 36. f4 {0:52:13} Kf5 {0:09:23} 37. Kf3 {0:52:39} Ba5 {0:09:26} 38. Nb5 {0:52:26} h5 {0:09:21} 39. Nd6+ {0:52:45} Kf6 {0:09:47} 40. Nc4 {0:53:13} Bc7 {0:10:04} 41. a4 {0:52:10} g5 {0:10:02} 42. a5 {0:52:23} gxf4 {0:09:36} 43. a6 {0:52:42} Bb8 {0:10:01} 44. Nb6 {0:52:08} Ba7 {0:09:56} 45. Nc8 {0:52:33} Bc5 {0:08:42} 46. gxf4 {0:52:56} e5 {0:08:45} 47. a7 {0:53:19} Bxa7 {0:09:10} 48. Nxa7 {0:53:49} Kf5 {0:09:17} 49. fxe5 {0:54:12} Kxe5 {0:09:44} 50. Nc6+ {0:54:40} Kf5 {0:10:09} 51. Nd4+ {0:55:05} Kg5 {0:10:34} 52. Kg3 {0:55:31} h4+ {0:10:17} 53. Kf3 {0:55:57} f5 {0:08:54} 54. Ne2 {0:56:20} Kf6 {0:08:57} 55. Kf4 {0:56:15} Kg6 {0:09:20} 56. Nd4 {0:56:21} Kh6 {0:09:14} 57. Kxf5 {0:56:42} Kh5 {0:09:40} 58. Kf4 {0:57:10} Kg6 {0:09:59} 59. Kg4 {0:57:40} {Black resigns} 1-0

You can view the replay here.