#766 Kenilworth Ch. - R3 Games, Updates

5 games from the Kenilworth Championship's 3rd round have been uploaded in java-replay and PGN, along with an up-to-date crosstable.

The replays and zip for round 2 have been updated to include Hart-Mangion and additional opening notes to Goeller-Moldovan. A belated table for round 2 has also been posted.

#765 Kenilworth Championship - Round 3

NM Mark Kernighan, NM Ken Chieu and Ian Mangion drew their games and remain tied for 1st.

I fell out of top-2 contention by forgetting my glasses (again!) and losing a Bogo-Indian to Kevin Chen, who played a flawless game and exploited a miscalculation.

Other winners included Max Sherer (in an Advance French), Greg Tomkovich (in a Colle Torre), Joe Demetrick (in a King's Symmetrical English) and Lou Sturniolo, who won a 13-move Falkbeer Counter-Gambit.

Chen-Moldovan

after 17...cxd4??
White to win

Sturniolo-Mann

after 9...Qe7??

White to win

3rd round pairings and results:

1. Chieu 1/2-1/2 Kernighan
2. Mangion 1/2-1/2 Goeller
3. Chen 1-0 Moldovan
4. McAuliffe 0-1 Sherer
5. Agress 1-0 Hart (forfeit)
6. Tomkovich 1-0 Renna
7. Shiffman 0-1 Demetrick
8. Sturniolo 1-0 Mann

Mazzillo received a 1/2-point bye

Carrelli and Komunicky withdrew

Current standings:

= 1-3. Kernighan, Chieu, Mangion 2.5
= 4-8. Goeller, Chen, Sherer, Tomkovich, Agress 2.0
= 9-11. Carrelli (wd), Moldovan, Demetrick
= 12-17. Hart, McAuliffe, Sturniolo, Shiffman, Mazzillo, Renna 1.0

= 18-19. Mann, Komunicky (wd)

Current prize leaders: 

1st, 2nd, 3rd - Kernighan, Chieu, Mangion 2.5

U2050 - Goeller, Chen, Sherer 2.0
U1800 - Tomkovich 2.0
U1600 - Agress 2.0
U1400 - Shiffman, Mazzillo, Renna 1.0
Biggest Upset: Agress (-233) over Mann in round 2.

Replays & PGN, crosstable and projected 4th round pairings will follow.

#764 KCC Meeting As Scheduled

The Kenilworth Chess Club will be meeting tonight, as scheduled. Round 3 of the Club Championship is on tap. Please allow for extra travel time and drive carefully. See post #463 for the expected pairings.

#763 Revised Pairings For Round 3

Glen Hart has requested a bye for tomorrow night.

The new pairings are:

1. Chieu-Kernighan (same)
2. Mangion-Goeller (same)
3. Moldovan-Sherer
4. Chen-Agress
5. Shiffman-Tomkovich
6. McAuliffe-Renna
7. Mazzillo-Demetrick
8. Sturniolo-Mann

#762 Kenilworth Ch. - 3rd Round Pairings

Here are the 3rd round pairings, by board (w-b):

1. Chieu-Kernighan
2. Mangion-Goeller
3. Chen-Moldovan
4. McAuliffe-Sherer
5. Agress-Hart
6. Tomkovich-Renna
7. Shiffman-Demetrick
8. Mazzillo-Mann

Carrelli withdrew
Komunicky removed (did not contact TD after forfeiting)
 
1 point bye to Sturniolo

#761 Kenilworth Championship - Round 2

It was odd night with a dead atmosphere. The tables weren't where they usually are. There were just a couple of kibitzers. Players who finished early didn't bother to hang-around. Upsets failed to generate even the slightest buzz and there were no post-mortems.

In the Battle Of The Bloggers, I neutralized The Kenilworthian's Labourdonnais Attack and managed to draw but played poorly from move 13 onward.

2nd round pairings and results:

1. Kernighan 1-0 Chen
2. Sherer 0-1 Chieu
3. Goeller 1/2-1/2 Moldovan
4. Hart 0-1 Mangion
5. Tomkovich 1-0 Mazzillo
6. Sturniolo 0-1 McAuliffe
7. Mann 0-1 Agress
8. Shiffman 1-0 Komunicky (forfeit)

Joe Demetrick and Don Carrelli received 1/2-point byes. Joe Renna received a full-point bye.

Replay 

PGN

Current standings:

= 1-3. Kernighan, Chieu, Mangion 2.0
= 4-6. Goeller, Carrelli (wd), Moldovan
= 7-14. Chen, Sherer, Hart, Tomkovich, McAuliffe, Agress, Shiffman, Renna 1.0

= 15-16. Demetrick, Mazzillo 0.5

= 17-19. Mann, Komunicky, Sturniolo 0.0 

Current prize leaders: 

1st, 2nd, 3rd - 3 players with 2.0

U2050 - Goeller, Moldovan 1.5
U1800 - Chen, Sherer, Hart, Tomkovich, McAuliffe 1.0
U1600 - Agress 1.0
U1400 - Shiffman, Renna 1.0

A crosstable and 3rd round pairings will follow.

#760 Revised Pairings For Round 2

New Pairings for Thursday:

1 Kernighan-Chen

2 Sherer-Chieu

3 Goeller-Moldovan (no change)

4 Hart-Mangion

5 Tomkovich-Mazzillo

6 Sturniolo-McAuliffe (no change)

7 Mann-Agress

8 Shiffman-Komunicky (no change)

1/2 pt. byes for Demetrick & Carrelli

1.0 bye to Renna 

#759 Pairing Changes

The Kenilworth Championship's 2nd round is being re-paired because Don Carrelli needs a bye. Changes will be posted later today.

#758 Kenilworth Ch. - 1st Round Games

Games from the KCCC's opening round have been uploaded in java-replay and zipped PGN, along with a crosstable.

#757 Kenilworth Ch. - 2nd Round Pairings

Thursday, January 20th at 8:20 p.m.

1. Kernighan - Carrelli
2. Chen - Chieu
3. Goeller - Moldovan
4. Sherer - Mangion
5. Hart - Mazzillo
6. Tomkovich - Agress
7. Sturniolo - McAuliffe
8. Mann - Renna
   
9. Shiffman - Komunicky

Demetrick has requested a half-point bye.

#756 Kenilworth Championship - 1st Round

The 21st 20th Kenilworth CC Championship began last night with 2008 Champion NM Mark Kernighan, NM Ken Chieu and expert Michael Goeller heading a 19-player field.

The reigning champ, NM Arthur Macaspac, is not defending his crown. Past winners SM Yaacov Norowitz, FM Steve Stoyko and NM Scott Massey are also sitting-out.

1st round pairings and results:

1. Joe Demetrick 0-1 Kernighan
2. Chieu 1-0 Greg Tomkovich
3. Geoff McAuliffe 0-1 Goeller
4. Ian Mangion 1-0 Ted Mann
5. Dan Komunicky 0-1 Kevin Chen
6. Don Carrelli 1-0 Lou Sturniolo
7. Gordon Agress 0-1 Max Sherer
8. John Moldovan 1-0 Bert Shiffman
9. Joe Renna 0-1 Glen Hart

Pat Mazzillo received a 1/2-point bye.
 

Current standings:

= 1-9. Kernighan (2245), Chieu (2164), Goeller (2043), Mangion (1966), K. Chen (1888), Carrelli (1888), Sherer (1820), Moldovan (1814), Hart (1716) 1.0

10. Mazzillo (1287) 0.5

= 11-19. Demetrick (1664), Tomkovich (1659), McAuliffe (1653), Mann (1629), Komunicky (1555), Sturniolo (1503), Agress (1429), Shiffman (1336), Renna (1252) 0.0 

Current prize leaders: 

1st, 2nd, 3rd - 9 players with 1.0

U2050 - 7 players with 1.0
U1800 - Hart 1.0
U1600 - Mazzillo 0.5
U1400 - Shiffman, Renna 0.0

Late-joins will be accepted in multiples of 2. Please see post #742 for details and contact TD Geoff McAuliffe before next Thursday, if you'd like to enter. 

A replay page, PGN file, crosstable and 2nd round pairings will follow.

#755 Kenilworth Ch. Starts Tonight!

The 21st 20th Kenilworth Chess Club Championship starts tonight! For details, see post #742.

If you'd like to play but can't make the 1st round, contact TD Geoff McAuliffe to request a bye.

This year's tourney will be my 6th. Here's how I've fared previously:

• 2006 (6th seed)... 4th place, 4.5/7, +2, 2117 PR vs. 2015 avg.
• 2007 (6th seed)... =3rd, 2.5/8, -3, 1987 PR vs. 2104 avg.
• 2008 (3rd seed)... 3rd place, 4.0/9, -1, 1753 PR vs. 1791 avg.
• 2009 (10th seed)... 2nd place, 4.0/5, +3, 2163 PR vs. 1923 avg.
• 2010 (6th seed)... =4th, 3.0/5, +1, 1817 PR vs. 1746 avg.

#754 GSCL Update

Kenilworth's Karpovs (4-0) won last week's Garden State League match against the DOCA Knights and remain in 1st place but the Kortchnois (1-2) lost to Chess Mates.

For more info and games from round 4, please visit the GSCL Blog.

#753 Mixed Bag

I have uploaded a mixed bag of 5 games in java-replay and PGN.

It includes:

• Two Slavs and a quick King's Indian from Chess Mates' events.
• A 2nd look at last May's impromptu KCC vs. Norowitz game. Don Carrelli previously covered it in the Kenilworth Kibitzer.
• A Winawer wreck witnessed at the Marshall CC.

#752 Kenilworth Calendar For 2011

A preliminary Kenilworth Chess Club calendar for 2011 has been uploaded. It can be accessed from the KCC Links in my sidebar and the main site.

Events for September - December will be announced at a later date.

post edited 1/8 @ 9:16 a.m.

#751 Postal Flashback: 1991-92

6 of my better postal games from 1991-92, including 2 victories against new U.S. Correspondence Champion John Ballow, have been uploaded in Java-replay and PGN.

The most interesting of the bunch, however, may be my win vs. Robert Lo Presto:

Moldovan - LoPresto

after 27...Qa8?

White to win

#750 Sherry Wins New Year's Eve Quad

Bob Sherry won a non-rated, 30+10 quad he hosted on New Year's Eve. I was 2nd, a half-point back. Jeff Olsen took 3rd.

Ted Mann, who tied for 1st in 2009, finished last but nicked Bob for a draw in round 2.

The complete set of 6 games has been uploaded in java-replay and zipped PGN. My 3, as usual, are fully annotated.

#749 FM/1194 Nears Conclusion

My opponent in ICCF FM/1194 has resumed play after 34 days but the end is near.

Here are the updated PGNs and positions:

Game 1

[Event "ICCF FM/1194"]

[Site "ICCF"]

[Date "2010.09.29"]

[Round "1.1"]

[White "Gresham, Jonathan"]

[Black "Moldovan, John"]

[Result "*"]

[ECO "C17"]

[BlackElo "2120"]

[PlyCount "48"]

[EventDate "2010.09.29"]

[EventType "match (corr)"]

[SourceDate "2011.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nbc6 8. Qg4 Nf5 9. Bd3 h5 10. Qg5 Qxg5 11. Bxg5 cxd4 12. Bb5 dxc3 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. g4 hxg4 15. Nxc3 Nxe5 16. O-O-O Bxb5 17. f4 Bc6 18. fxe5 d4 19. Rhg1 dxc3 20. Rxg4 Bf3 21. Rc4 Bxd1 22. Kxd1 Rxh2 23. Ke1 Rg2 24. Bc1 Rg1+ *

Game 2

[Event "ICCF FM/1194"]

[Site "ICCF"]

[Date "2010.09.29"]

[Round "1.2"]

[White "Moldovan, John"]

[Black "Gresham, Jonathan"]

[Result "*"]

[ECO "D38"]

[WhiteElo "2120"]

[PlyCount "47"]

[EventDate "2010.09.29"]

[EventType "match (corr)"]

[SourceDate "2011.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e3 O-O 8.

Qb3 a5 9. a3 a4 10. Qc2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 f5 15. Nh4 Qd7 16. O-O b6 17. Rab1 Nc6 18. Nxf5 Qe6 19. e4 Rd8 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Nxh6+ Kf8 23. Bc4 Rh5 24. Qh7 *

I don't know why the arrow is pointing at f7. I'm threatening to mate at g8 or h8.

#748 Ukraine Extends Lead To 6-1

Since my last report, Team USA has dropped 4 games & drawn 2. We now trail 6-1 and, with 8 losing positions, will fall further back.

There's still a long way to go, though. 80 games are still in book, including my English turned Maroczy Bind and Tarrasch French... which are now at moves 10 & 9.

PGN of all 128 games (5-move delay, no ECO codes)

Crosstable

P.S. - We are also playing Italy (41 boards, down 1-0) and Argentina (26 boards, no score) but I'm not involved.

post edited 1/8 @ 9:00 a.m.