#664 Consultation Game - Part 2

The White team, led by Yaacov Norowitz and Mark Kernighan, won the Kenilworth Consultation Game - which began on 4/22 and finished last night.

Here's the plain PGN for now:

[Event "Kenilworth Consultation #5"]

[Site "Kenilworth, NJ"]

[Date "2010.04.22"]

[Round ""]

[White "Norowitz, Kernighan and others"]

[Black "Stoyko, Minkov and others"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "E14"]

[PlyCount "93"]

[EventDate "2010.04.22"]

[EventType "game"]

[EventCountry "USA"]

[SourceDate "2010.04.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Qa4 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 0-0 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Re2 Rac8 19. Rae1 Bd8 20. Nd3 Qd7 21. Qa3 a5 22. Qb3 h6 23. Be5 Rc6 24. Qb5 g5 25. Bg3 Re8 {Adjourned. Game resumed on 4/29} 26. Rxe8+ {sealed move} Nxe8 27. h3 Nc7 28. Qa4 Bf6 29. Be5 Bd8 30. b4 b5 31. Qb3 a4 32. Qd1 Ne6 33. Qg4 Qc8 34. Qf3 Qd7 35. Qf5 Nc5 36. Qxd7 Nxd7 37. Nc5 Nf8 38. Bg3 Ne6 39. Re5 Bf6 40. Rxd5 Nxd4 41. Kf1 a3 42. Bd6 Ne6 43. Ke2 Nxc5 44. Bxc5 Kg7 45. Kd1 Rc7 46. Kc2 Be7 47. Kb3 {Black time forfeited.} 1-0

Java-replay and annotations will follow.

#663 Past Consultations, By Request

Heeding a request by The Kenilworthian, I have uploaded a replay page & PGN-file with the KCC's past consultation games; including the forgotten, November 2008 edition.

#662 Consultation Game - Part 1

Kenilworth Consultation Game #5

White: NM Yaacov Norowitz, NM Mark Kernighan & others

Black: FM Steve Stoyko, Michael Goeller & others

E14 Queen's Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11.Qa4 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 0-0 (N) 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Re2 Rac8 19. Rae1 Bd8 20. Nd3 Qd7 21. Qa3 a5 22. b3 h6 23. Be5 Rc6 24. Qb5 g5 25. Bg3 Re8

Game adjourned until April 29th.

Java-replay

PGN

#661 Consultation Game At The KCC Tonight

I want to remind everyone that there will be a consultation game at the Kenilworth Chess Club tonight. Around 8:30 p.m., we will form 2 teams & begin play. I'm looking forward to it & hope you are too.

#660 Anand-Topalov Postponed 1 Day

The start of the Anand-Topalov World Championship match has been postponed to Saturday 4/24 at 8 10:00 a.m. EDT.

Updated schedule

#659 Smith-Morra Gambit Lecture At KCC

IM Mark Esserman will be visiting the Kenilworth Chess Club this Thursday (April 15th), to lecture on the controversial Smith-Morra Gambit.

For an extensive bibliography on the opening in question, see Michael Goeller's recent post at The Kenilworthian.

Smith-Morra Gambit

 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3

#658 Anand-Topalov Match Starts 4/21

The World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand & Veselin Topalov gets underway on April 21st. It should be a good one!

Update 4/15 @ 1:21 p.m. - The opening ceremony is on the 21st. The 1st game is Friday, April 23rd.

#657 Norowitz Wins Kenilworth Blitz

Yaacov Norowitz won the last night’s blitz tournament in Kenilworth. Mauricio Camejo was 2nd, a half-point back. Lev Zilbermintz took 3rd. Fermin Arias grabbed the U1800 prize.

The strong 16-player field featured 3 Masters and 4 experts.

I directed and, in doing so, missed a tremendously important Sabres-Bruins game, Katharine Isabelle in Ginger Snaps and the latest Blueshirt Banter show on Blog Talk Radio.

#656 Minkov Wins Checkmate Championship

Breaking my hiatus for a few quick posts. First...

Ari Minkov edged-out Mark Kernighan by 0.05 point to win the 6th Checkmate CC Championship. For details, please visit the Checkmate CC site.

#655 Move, Facelift & Future

The migration from Blogger to Blogspot went very smoothly & I hope you like the Coroner's new look.

My post-break plans are still up in the air but, with no U.S. matches on the horizon & me having zero interest in the 11-player ICCF Master tourneys, I'll probably resume posting here in early May.

Until then, keep an eye on the Garden State & Checkmate sites for final standings of the 2009-10 season & 6th Checkmate Championship.

#654 Garden State League - Round 7

Kenilworth's Kortchnois & Kramniks finished their campaigns on high notes, respectively edging league-champion Hamilton & the 2ndplace Karpovs by 2.5-1.5 scores.

See the GSCL blog for details.

The 2009-10 season wraps-up on Tuesday.