#618 Kenilworth Ch. - 3rd Round Pairings

Here are the pairings for Round 3 of the Kenilworth CC Championship :

1. Lewis - Mangion
2. Hart - Carrelli
3. Macaspac - Kernighan
4. Schwarcz - Wojcio
5. Moldovan - Mann
6. Pawlowski - Sturniolo
7. Renna - McAuliffe
8. Kruglyak - Komunicky
9. Shiffman - Cole
   

Reinoso has withdrawn.

#617 Kenilworth Championship - Round 2

TD Geoff McAuliffe & unrated junior Braden Reinoso late-joined. The latter will, however, just be a fill.

2nd round synopsis, pairings & results:

• Two of the top 4 seeds were upset, as Mark Kernighan lost a big lead vs. Richard Lewis & Mark Schwarcz fell to Glen Hart.
• Ian Mangion got a big gift as I tricked myself into a loss, from an equal position.
• Joe Renna came from way behind to beat Dan Komunicky & Ted Mann did the same versus Jim Cole.
• Newcomer Reinoso played well against Lou Stuniolo for 27 moves but then went down quickly.
• Don Carrelli, Arthur Macaspac & Mike Wojcio also won.

1. Lewis 1-0 Kernighan
2. Mangion 1-0 Moldovan
3. Hart 1-0 Schwarcz
4. Carrelli 1-0 Pawlowski
5. McAuliffe 0-1 Macaspac
6. Wojcio 1-0 Shiffman
7. Renna 1-0 Komunicky
8. Mann 1-0 Cole
9. Reinoso 0-1 Sturniolo

Kruglyak sat-out due to illness and was given a half-point bye.

Java-replay for this round.

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ChessBase archive with all the games & blanks.

Standings, after 2 of 5 rounds:

= 1-4. Mangion, Carrelli, Lewis, Hart 2.0

5. Macaspac 1.5

= 6-13. Kernighan, Schwarcz, Moldovan, Pawlowski, Wojcio, Mann, Sturniolo, Renna

=14-16. McAuliffe, Kruglyak, Reinoso 0.5

=17-19. Komunicky, Shiffman, Cole 0.0

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#616 Kenilworth Ch. - 2nd Round Pairings?

Here are my unofficial, projected pairings for round 2 of the Kenilworth Championship :

1. Lewis - Kernighan
2. Mangion - Moldovan
3. Hart - Schwarcz
4. Carrelli - Pawlowski
5. Macaspac - McAuliffe*
6. Wojcio - Shiffman
7. Kruglyak - Komunicky
8. Mann - Cole
9. Renna - Sturniolo

* TD Geoff McAuliffe plans to late-join & play if no one else steps-up.

Update 1/21 @1:23 p.m. - The pairings are correct except for #5 having to choose colors.

#615 Kenilworth Championship - Round 1

The Kenilworth Chess Club Championship began Thursday night with its smallest field (just 17 players) in five years.

2008 Champion NM Mark Kernighan, expert Arthur Macaspac and 2009 KST winner Ian Mangion are the top-seeds.

Last year's victor, SM Yaacov Norowitz, is not defending his crown. Past champs FM Steve Stoyko & NM Scott Massey are among others sitting-out.


1st round pairings & results:

All the higher-rated players won but boards 1 & 2 had major scares.

Mike Wojcio missed a win in the opening against Kernighan and Dan Komunicky time-forfeited in a winning, pawn-up ending versus Mangion.

1. Kernighan 1-0 Wojcio
2. Komunicky 0-1 Mangion
3. Mark Schwarcz 1-0 Ted Mann
4. Lou Sturniolo 0-1 Don Carrelli
5. John Moldovan 1-0 Mikhail Kruglyak
6. Bert Shiffman 0-1 Richard Lewis
7. David Pawlowski 1-0 Joe Renna
8. Jim Cole 0-1 Glen Hart

Macaspac received a 1/2 -point bye.

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Late-joins are being accepted & one additional player would make an even number. Please see post #611 & contact TD Geoff McAuliffe before next Thursday, if you'd like to enter.

#614 Latest Ratings of KCC Members

Here are the latest USCF Ratings of Kenilworth Chess Club members & how they would be seeded in the 2010 KCC Championship :

1. Yaacov Norowitz 2463
2. Steve Stoyko 2253
3. Mark Kernighan 2214
4. Scott Massey 2213
5. Michael Goeller 2035
6. Ari Minkov 1954
7. Ian Mangion 1953
8. Mark Schwarcz 1925
9. Richard Buschgans 1912
10. Don Carrelli 1857
11. Howard Osterman 1856
12. John Moldovan 1824
13. Bob Sherry 1812
14. Ziggy Bliznikas 1800
15. Daniel Zhu 1788
16. Dr. Richard Lewis 1774
17. David Pawlowski 1761
18. Max Sherer 1736
19. Glen Hart 1708
20. Geoff McAuliffe 1706
21. Greg Tomkovich 1681
22. Mike Wojcio 1600
23. Aaron Kiedes 1551
24. Jack McCorkell 1534
25. Dan Komunicky 1494
26. Ted Mann 1493
27. Lou Sturniolo 1469
28. Mikhail Kruglyak 1367
29. Pat Mazzillo 1366
30. Leon Hrebinka 1354
31. Gordon Agress 1328
32. Bert Shiffman 1328
33. Joe Renna 1315
34. Bill Sokolosky 1167
35. Jim Cole 1160

USCF ratings of select former members : Ed Selling 1675, Joe Demetrick 1660, Pete Cavaliere 1600

#613 West Orange Championship Starts 1/26

2010 West Orange Chess Club Championship

• USCF-rated
• 7-round Swiss
• January 26th-April 13th
• G/100 time control

Rounds, at 8 p.m. on the following Tuesdays:

1. January 26th
2. February 9th
3. February 23rd
4. March 9th
5. March 16th
6. March 23rd
7. April 13th

• Three half-point byes per player allowed.
• Byes may be taken for any round but TD must be notified by round 4.
• The Median System will be used to break ties in the standings.
• West Orange Chess Club & USCF memberships required.
• EF: $20
• Prizes: To be determined (depends on the number of players).

Site : Toby Katz Community Center, Degnan Park, 650 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange NJ 70752.

John Hagerty will direct. If you have any questions, please contact him at 973-736-3433 or hagerty1@live.com

#612 Calendar Correction

The KCC Calendar posted earlier today had wrong dates for the USATE.

That event will be February 13th thru 15th (not 2/20-22). The error has been corrected.

#611 Kenilworth Ch. Starts Thursday!

The 20th 19th Kenilworth Chess Club Championship will begin this Thursday (1/14) and run through February 11th. Here are the details :

20th 19th KCC Championship

• USCF-rated!
• 5-round Swiss
• January 14th-February 11th
• G/90 time control
• Rounds to start at 8:20 p.m. every Thursday, for the duration of the event.
• Prizes : TBA
• EF: $10 entry fee + $15 dues + $5 anti-forfeit deposit = $30.
• KCC & USCF memberships required.
• Register with TD Geoff McAuliffe by 8:20 p.m. on 1/14

A record-tying 26 players took part in last year's event.

#610 KCC Calendar For 2010 Posted

The Kenilworth Chess Club's Calendar for 2010 has been posted!

Events of note include :

• The 20th 19th annual KCC Championship (Jan. 14-Feb. 11)
  
• Two USCF-rated Quads (Mar. 11-25 & Oct. 14-28)
• The Kenilworth Gauntlet (Apr. 8-29) - a new, knockout tourney
  
• The 3rd annual Irving Ellner & Sy Fish Memorials (May 6-20 & Nov. 11-18)
  
• The popular but grueling Summer Tournament (June 3-Aug. 26)
  

#609 Garden State League - Round 4

There were upsets galore in last week's Garden State Chess League action. Sparta defeated West Orange... the Kramniks beat the Kortchnois... and Summit drew the Karpovs.

For full reports & some games, visit my GSCL blog.

#608 Mann & Sherry Win New Year's Quad

Ted Mann & Bob Sherry tied for 1st in a New Year's Eve Quad hosted by the latter. Both had 2-1 scores. Ari Minkov was 3rd with 1.5.

I forgot to bring my glasses, squandered won positions against the co-victors & finished last at 0.5.

Moldovan-Sherry
after 13...Nxe4?

White to win

Mann-Moldovan
after 24.Kb1

Black to win

The quality of play was very poor but, in an attempt to make amends for the un-announced hiatus, I have annotated all 6 games for you.

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