#946 Preliminary KCC Calendar For 2012

I have posted a preliminary Kenilworth Chess Club Calendar for 2012 and linked to it on my sidebar.

New KCC President Ian Mangion will add events and modify it over the coming weeks.

#945 PGN Archive For 2011

I have uploaded my 215-game PGN Archive for 2011 and a 1318-game ChessBase archive covering June 1, 2006-December 30, 2011.

Links to games from the STC Bunch's Winter Blues 2011 and May Mania 2011 games have been added to my sidebar, as well.

A running PGN file for 2012 will be attempted.

#944 Loose Ends

Over the past four months, I neglected to post 12 games from several events and link to 8 Garden State League games from rounds 1-3.

Belatedly, here they are:

Rahway Quad 8/20/2011

Replay  PGN  Post

Thanks to Kevin Chen for annotating his 2 wins and accepting my GM draw-offer :-)

Ruy Lopez Thematic 9/15/2011

Replay  PGN 

Thanks to Greg Tomkovich for annotating his loss and not finding a winning Q sac against me :-o

Rahway Quad 11/12/2011

Replay  PGN  Post  Crosstable

I tied for 1st but missed a win in the last round that would have put me back over 1800 :-(

Garden State Chess League

Round 1:  replay  PGN 

 

In a 100-mover, my inspired doubled pawn sac in a drawish-looking opposite Bishops ending gave Summit a tie with Newark-McDonalds!

Round 2:  replay  PGN

In Summit's win over Staten Island, I got away with a bad opening and defeated Ed Selling.

Round 3:  replay  PGN

I opened with 1.f4 and got an edge against the Karpovs' Max Sherer but then quickly fell apart.

#943 CZE-USA Update

The Czechs still lead the U.S. 20-18. My remaining game is approaching the finish line:

Moldovan-Svítil

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rb5 a4 46.e4 Nb3+ 47.Ke3 Nc5 48.f4 Nd7 49.Bd4 f6 50.Rb7


PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#942 Black Wins Kenilworth Consultation

Black won Kenilworth Consultation Game #7, which began December 1st and finished last night. 

Adjourned Position

18. Bxb5 (sealed move) Qxb5 19.Nd4 Qe8 20.Nf5 g6 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.e5? dxe5 23.f5? Nd5 24.Bh6 Qh4 25.fxg6 hxg6? 26.Qd3 Rd8 27.Qf3? Qxh6 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Rc6? Rf8 30.Rxg6 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 Rxf7 32. White resigns 0-1

Updated, fully annotated Java-Replay and PGN.

#941 KCC Consultation Resumes Tonight

The 2011 Kenilworth Consultation Game will be resumed tonight, when White's sealed move will be revealed at 8:15 or 8:30 p.m.

#940 Kenilworth Ch. Starts January 12th

The 21st Kenilworth Chess Club Championship will begin on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 and run through February 9th, 2012. Here are the details :

21st KCC Championship

• USCF-rated
• 5-round Swiss
• January 12th-February 9th, 2012
• Time Control: G/85+5 second delay. Analog clocks must be set to G/85, per new USCF rules.
• Rounds to start at 8:20 p.m. every Thursday, for the duration of the event.
• Prizes : TBA
• EF: $10 entry fee + $5 anti-forfeit deposit + dues (= $30 for most players)
• KCC & USCF memberships are required (KCC dues for 2012 are $7.50 for those age 17 or less, $10 for those age 65+, $15 for everyone else)
• Please register with TD Geoff McAuliffe by 8:20 p.m. on 1/12/2012

19 players took part in the 20th Championship, which was won by NM Ken Chieu.

#939 Championships Mis-numbered

The Kenilworth Championships for the years 2005-2011 were erroneously numbered as championships 15-21, instead of the correct 14-20.

The 2012 event will be the 21st Club Championship.

Sorry it took us 6.5 years to discover the error.

#938 Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all my chess friends, acquaintances and readers.

#937 Corr Update

A win by Jiří Ryška on board 21 has given the Czech Republic a 20-18 lead over the United States and reduced their its magic number to 5.5.

My remaining game:

Moldovan-Svítil

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rb5 a4 46.e4 Nb3+ 47.Ke3 Nc5 48.f4 Nd7 49.Bd4


PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#936 Business Minutes Addendum

A check of post #744 reveals that Greg Tomkovich's present term as KCC Trustee is not expiring. Therefore, his new term will run 2013-2015 and there will be no trustee election in 2012.

Lou Sturniolo will begin his 3-year term (2012-14, deferred from last year) in January. Pat Mazzillo's term will run through Dec. 2013.

#935 Business Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Kenilworth Chess Club's 2011 Business Meeting:

- The business meeting was delayed for 30 minutes, until at least half of the membership (required by rule) was present. The meeting commenced at 8:45 p.m.

- Members in attendance included Joe Renna, Geoff McAuliffe, Greg Tomkovich, Pat Mazzillo, Lou Sturniolo, Mark Kernighan, Jack McCorkell, Ted Mann, Joe Azzarello, Bert Shiffman, Kevin Chen, Ziggy Bliznikas, Bob Sherry and John Moldovan.

 

- The following officers were elected by acclamation:

• President: Ian Mangion
• Vice President: Joe Renna
• Treasurer and Tournament Director: Geoff McAuliffe
• Secretary: John Moldovan

- Greg Tomkovich was re-elected (by acclamation) to another term as Trustee.

- USATE sponsorship in the amount of one full entry fee ($145?) was approved. Funds will be divided between teams that contain 4 KCC members and use KCC (or Kenilworth) in the team name.

- The 2012 Club Championship will be USCF-rated but will otherwise use the same 5-SS format as 2010. Prizes (trophies and/or cash) will be determined by a vote of those playing, prior to the event.

The swiss format and alternating years of unrated, rated will be reviewed at next year's Business Meeting.

- Preliminary plans for the KCC's 40th Anniversary were announced! There will be a tournament (in the spring), a party in late May, and, hopefully, a picnic (probably mid or late September).

- Treasurer Geoff McAuliffe announced the club had a $49 profit in 2011.

- A donation to the Kenilworth Recreation Department was approved.

- A written change to the Club Constitution, with Trustees replacing Members At Large in the organization structure, will be drafted by Greg Tomkovich and put to a members' vote at the January 12th meeting.

#934 Hertan Wins Westfield Holiday Blitz

FM Charles Hertan won today's unrated blitz tournament at the Westfield Chess Club.

Expert Mauricio Camejo finished 2nd. Alexander Ilnytsky was first among U2000s and Anatoly Shpirt took U1700 honors.

Anthony Norris (2nd U2000) and Ishan Mazumdar (2nd U1700) also collected prizes.

Westfield Holiday Blitz

December 18, 2011

Rank	Player	USCF	Points
1	FM Charles Hertan	2453	13.0
2	Mauricio Camejo	2034	12.0
3	Alexander Ilnytsky	1999	11.5
4	Anatoly Shpirt	unrated	11.0
5	Anthony Norris	1952	10.0
6	Fermin Arias	1849	8.5
7	Leonid Fleysher	2007	7.0
8	Ishan Mazumdar	1657	7.0
9	Ari Minkov	1929	7.0
10	Leon Deng	1537	5.5
11	Samuil Chatsky	1762	4.0
12	Merric Hu	160	3.0
13	Ted Mann	1499	3.0
14	Kurt Kriesel	1422	2.0
15	Edward Hu	759	0.5
--	Ernesto Labate	1700	wd

Since Labate withdrew before playing half of his scheduled games, his results were excluded from the standings.
(USCF rule 30B)

Crosstable

#933 CZE-USA Update

With 2 more draws since Dec. 2nd, the Czech Republic, which now leads the United States 19-18, has reduced its magic number to 6.5.

My remaining game:

Moldovan-Svitil

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rb5 a4 46.e4 Nb3+ 47.Ke3 Nc5 48.f4


PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#932 Business Meeting Re-scheduled

The KCC's Business Meeting scheduled for Dec. 29th will now be held on Dec. 22, along with our Holiday Party.

#931 Consultation Resumption Postponed

Part 2 of the Kenilworth Consultation has been postponed until December 29th because the analysis room was unavailable this evening.

#930 Westfield Quads

42 players participated in the Westfield Chess Club's G/45 Quads today.

Here is a list of winners, by quad number, with their current ratings:

1. SM Yaacov Norowitz (2552) and FM Arthur Shen (2325) 
2. Alice Dong (1950), Rishi Rajendran (1900) and Andy Chen (1848)
3. Alan Gu (1762)
4. Justin Samuels (1765)
5. Leon Deng (1598)
6. Jason Huan Yan (1547)
7. David Zhurbinsky (1428)
8. Stephen Cheng (1196)
9. Vrithik Umapathy (1207)
10. Edward Hu (903), Matthew Pell (856) and Anrey Romanov (unrated)

The event could not be rated tonight because a membership exclusion request is pending. Please check the WCC's tournament history page tomorrow.

Update 12/5 @ 1:57 p.m. - The event has been rated. Thanks to Todd Lunna and the USCF's Susan Houston for their help.

#929 Consultation Game Adjourned

The 2011 Kenilworth Consultation Game was adjourned last night following White's sealed move on turn 18.

Here are the moves played thus far:

B42 Sicilian Defense

Kan Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bb7 (N)

13. Nd5! exd5 14. cxd5 Qd7 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Qb1 Bb5

Play will resume next Thursday (12/8) at 8:30 p.m.

LM Mark Kernighan (2233) and Ian Mangion (1986) are among those taking part. I am acting as Black's moderator. For full rosters and notes, go to the event's Java-Replay page or download its PGN.

#928 Another Corr Update

Here is yet another update on my remaining game against the Czech Republic's Radek Svitil:

Moldovan-Svitil

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 (N) 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4 a5 45.Rb5 a4 46.e4

PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#927 Italy Defeats USA

Italy has upped its lead over the United States to 41.5-27.5 and clinched victory in their ICCF correspondence match.

In bouts yet to be decided, the U.S. trails the Czech Republic 18-17 and Germany 40-18.

#926 Westfield Quads

The report for today's Westfield Quads has been validated by the USCF but, due to unforeseen circumstances, it could not be submitted for rating this evening.

Update 11/28 @ 7:00 p.m. - The event has been rated. Thanks to Pat Mazzillo for his help.

#925 CZE-USA Update

By drawing both games on board 1, the Czech Republic, which now leads the United States 18-17, has reduced its magic number to 7.5.

My remaining game:

Moldovan-Svitil

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7! Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4 Nxa2 43.Be5 Nc1 44.Rb4


PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#924 Massey Lecture Tonight

Tonight at the Kenilworth Chess Club, LM Scott Massey will be lecturing on Alexander Alekhine, who was World Champion 1927-35 and 1937-46.

The event begins at 8:15 p.m. Admission is $5.

#923 Norowitz Wins Westfield Grand Prix

SM Yaacov Norowitz won today's Westfield Grand Prix with a perfect 4-0 score. FM Arthur Shen, NM Greg Nolan and Anthony Norris (top U2150) tied for 2nd. Sam Chatsky earned the U1850 prize.

#922 Westfield Grand Prix Tomorrow

The Westfield Chess Club is running a 4-round, G/30 Grand Prix tomorrow afternoon. Registration begins 1:30 p.m.

Here is their Tournament Life Announcement:

Nov. 13   Westfield Swiss #70   GPP: 10 Enhanced   New Jersey 4 SS, Game/30. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. $500 Guaranteed, $150, $125, $75, under 2150, under 1850 $75 each. EF: $35, $25 members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-3:45-5:00-6:30 p.m.

#921 Kernighan, Balakrishnan Win Fish Memorial

NM Mark Kernighan and Praveen Balakrishnan tied for 1st at the 4th Sy Fish Memorial, which wrapped-up in Kenilworth last night.

Ian Mangion was clear 3rd. Kevin Chen was the U2050 winner. Lou Sturniolo and Samritha Palakollu received U1750 honors while Aleksey Senyatkin and Chris Constantino tied among U1525s.

The KCC's next rated event is scheduled for early January.

#920 ICCF Rating Forecast

With the draw against Svitil, my ICCF rating is forecast to be 2307 (!!):

Unpublished rating before, resistance = 24500, score = 7.5

New results = 1, new sum of resistance = 26300, new sum of score = 8

Games = 12, p = 8/12 = 0.667, D(p) = 122.333333333333, F(p) = 0.944

Opponents average Rc = 26300/12 = 2191.667

New Rating Rn = Rc + D(p) * F(p) = 2307 from 12 games

#919 Corr Update

This morning I drew one of my games against Radek Svitil of the Czech Republic, which now leads the USA 17-16:

Svitil-Moldovan

E12 Queen's Indian Defense

Nimzo-Hybrid Variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 d6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 (N) c5 13.a4! Nc6 14.Nb3! e5 15.d5 Na5 16.Nxa5 bxa5 17.Rfb1 Ba6 18.Rb2 Rab8 19.Rab1 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 e4 21.Bxe4 Bxc4 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Qe4 Qxe4 24.Bxe4 Re8 25.Bf3 Ba6 26.h4 g5 27.Kh2 Kg7 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Kh2 Kf6 30.Kg3 Re7 31.Rb8 Rb7 32.Rxb7 Bxb7 33.c4 Ke5 34.Bd1 Ba6 35.Bb3 f6 36.f3 Bc8 37.Bc2 Ba6 38.Bd3 Bc8 39.Kf2 Bd7 40.Bc2 Be8 41.Kg3 Bd7 42.Kf2 1/2-1/2

My opponent could have tried 42.f4!? gxf4+ 43.exf4+ Kd4 44.g5 fxg5 45.fxg5 Kxc4 46.g6 Kxd5 47.g7 Be6 48.Bh7 and, after 48...Kc4, held via 49.Kf4! Kb4 50.Kg5 c4! 51.Kf6 Bd5 52.Ke7 Kxa4 53.Kxd6 Bf7 54.Be4 c3 55.Bd5 Bxd5 56.Kxd5 c2 57.g8Q, etc.

Full notes will follow.

The remaining game is looking good, however:

Moldovan-Svitil

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7 Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2 Rc6 42.Rxe4


PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#918 CZE-USA Update

Dr. K.E.D.G. Edwards' 2nd win on board 23 has brought the U.S. to within 1 point of the Czech Republic, which now leads 16-15.

My games:

Svitil-Moldovan

E12 Queen's Indian Defense

Nimzo-Hybrid Variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 d6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 (N) c5 13.a4! Nc6 14.Nb3! e5 15.d5 Na5 16.Nxa5 bxa5 17.Rfb1 Ba6 18.Rb2 Rab8 19.Rab1 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 e4 21.Bxe4 Bxc4 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Qe4 Qxe4 24.Bxe4 Re8 25.Bf3 Ba6 26.h4 g5 27.Kh2 Kg7 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Kh2 Kf6 30.Kg3 Re7 31.Rb8 Rb7 32.Rxb7 Bxb7 33.c4 Ke5 34.Bd1 Ba6 35.Bb3 f6 36.f3 Bc8 37.Bc2 Ba6 38.Bd3 Bc8 39.Kf2 Bd7 40.Bc2 Be8 41.Kg3 Bd7

Moldovan-Svitil

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7 Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4 Nd3 40.f3 Nc1+ 41.Kd2

 

PGN of all the CZE-USA games

Post revised 11/5 @ 9:33 a.m.

#917 Sy Fish Pairings For November 10th

Here are the pairings for the 5th/final round of the Sy Fish Memorial, on Thursday, November 10th:

1. Kernighan-Sturniolo
2. Chen-Balakrishnan
3. Senyatkin-Mangion
4. Palakollu-Renna
5. Tomkovich-Komunicky
6. Mann-Constantino

Pat Mazzillo withdrew.

I am taking a half-point bye and do not expect to be at the Kenilworth club next week.

#916 W. Orange Grand Prix Starts Nov. 8

The West Orange Chess Club is running a 6-round Grand Prix tournament, from November 8th to December 20th.

Here is their Tournament Life Announcement:

Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec. 13, 20   West Orange CC Late Fall Swiss   GPP: 6   New Jersey 6 rds., G/100, Reg. 7-7:30 P.M., rds. start at 8:00. EF: $30.00, members $25. Prizes: 1st $150, 2nd $100, 3rd $75 guaranteed; Best under 1900, $60, 1700, $50, 1500, $35 guaranteed. Details: http://westorangechessclub.blogspot.com/ and buickchess@gmail.com. Byes: Two 1/2 pt. byes available in any rd; must know by the end of rd. 4. Address: Toby Katz Community Center, 650 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052. Chess Magnet School JGP.

#915 Tonight's GSCL Matches Postponed

The West Orange Chess Club will be closed tonight, due to the effects of Saturday's snowstorm.

Therefore, the Karpovs-West Orange and Hamilton-Essex County College matches have been postponed.

Team captains should contact each other and Garden State League President John Hagerty about re-scheduling.

Matches at Kenilworth, Rahway and Branchburg are still scheduled for Thursday.

#914 Fish Memorial - Round 4

Round 4 of the Fish Memorial brought 3 more upsets, including my 1st rated-loss to an U1700 U1685 since November 10, 1990.

As in my recent defeats to Jo. Cohen and A. Chen, I was winning out of the opening.

Results:

Balakrishnan 0-1 Kernighan
Palakollu 0-1 K. Chen
Moldovan 0-1 Sturniolo
Mangion 1-0 Constantino
Senyatkin 1-0 Tomkovich
Renna 1-0 Mann
Mazzillo -+ Komunicky

Standings:

=1. Kernighan, Balakrishnan, K. Chen, Sturniolo 3.0

=5. Mangion, Senyatkin 2.5

=7. Moldovan, Palakollu, Renna 2.0

=10. Tomkovich, Constantino 1.5

=12. Komunicky, Mann 1.0

=14. Mazzillo, Ferrero 0.5 (wd)

Replay

PGN

#913 Correspondence Update

Match Scores:

Czech Republic 15 United States 13

Germany 33.5 United States 14.5

Italy 39 United States 26 (magic # for ITA is 2.5)

United States 29.5 Argentina 11.5 (USA has clinched)
Ukraine 65.5 United States 36.5 (UKR has clinched)

My games:

Svitil-Moldovan

E12 Queen's Indian Defense

Nimzo-Hybrid Variation

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 d6 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Qc2 (N) c5 13.a4! Nc6 14.Nb3! e5 15.d5 Na5 16.Nxa5 bxa5 17.Rfb1 Ba6 18.Rb2 Rab8 19.Rab1 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 e4 21.Bxe4 Bxc4 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Qe4 Qxe4 24.Bxe4 Re8 25.Bf3 Ba6 26.h4 g5 27.Kh2 Kg7 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Kh2 Kf6 30.Kg3 Re7 31.Rb8 Rb7 32.Rxb7 Bxb7 33.c4 Ke5 34.Bd1 Ba6 35.Bb3 f6 36.f3 Bc8 37.Bc2 Ba6 38.Bd3 Bc8 39.Kf2 Bd7

Moldovan-Svitil

D38 Queen's Gambit
Ragozin Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne5 c5 13.Ng4 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7 Nxc4 26.Rb5 Rc8 27.Rxc5 Nb2 28.g4 Nd3 29.Rg5+ Kf8 30.Bd6+ Ke8 31.Ra5 Rc6 32.Bg3 a6 33.Ra4 Re6 34.Rc4 Kf8 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.h4 Nb2 39.Rd4

PGN of all the CZE-USA games

#912 Lunna Wins Westfield Championship

Todd Lunna won the Westfield Chess Club Championship last night with a score of 3.5/4.

Richard Blank, Mauricio Camejo and Andy Chen finished a half-point behind.

After a win in round 3:

Robert Vinson 1203 - John Moldovan 1809

A80 Dutch Defense

... I had a chance to share 2nd place but lost the finale and ended-up tying for 6th:

John Moldovan 1809 - Andy Chen 1792

E67 King's Indian Defense

Fianchetto Variation

Highlight: Winning an Exchange in the opening.

Lowlights: Missing wins at moves 15, 19, 27, 28.

PGN of both games, with light notes.

#911 Fish Memorial - Round 4 Pairings

This week's (4th round) Sy Fish Memorial pairings are:

Balakrishnan-Kernighan

Palakollu-Chen

Moldovan-Sturniolo

Mangion-Constantino

Senyatkin-Tomkovich

Renna-Mann

Mazzillo-Komunicky

#910 Fish Memorial - Round 3

The upsets continued at the Sy Fish Memorial this week with Aleksey Senyatkin and Chris Constantino winning against Dan Komunicky and Pat Mazzillo while I drew top seed Mark Kernighan.

Praveen Balakrishnan defeated Lou Sturniolo to take a full point lead going into the penultimate round.

4th Sy Fish Memorial
Kenilworth, NJ
September 29th- November 10th, 2011

Standings after 3 rounds of 5

No.	Player	USCF	R1	R2	R3	Points
1	P. Balakrishnan	1997	W14	W5	W6	3.0
2	M. Kernighan	2261	W15	D3	D4	2.0
3	K. Chen	1959	W12	D2	D7	2.0
4	J. Moldovan	1801	-H-	W9	D2	2.0
5	S. Palakollu	1647	W10	L1	W11	2.0
6	L. Sturniolo	1534	W7	W13	L1	2.0
7	I. Mangion	2013	L6	W8	D3	1.5
8	G. Tomkovich	1659	D9	L7	-X-	1.5
9	C. Constantino	938	D8	L4	W14	1.5
10	A. Senyatkin	unr.	L5	D11	W15	1.5
11	T. Mann	1511	-H-	D10	L5	1.0
12	J. Renna	1263	L3	W15	-F-	1.0
13	S. Ferrero	1960	-H-	L6	-U-	0.5
14	P. Mazzillo	1327	L1	-H-	L9	0.5
15	D. Komunicky	1534	L2	L12	L10	0.0

Java-replay & PGN for round 3.