#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.