#873 Summer Tourney - Round 8

Open Section

Mark Kernighan defeated Ian Mangion with a nice combo and regained a share of the lead as I could only manage a draw against Joe Demetrick and a non-tourney victory against North American U10 Champion Aravind Kumar.

Greg Tomkovich beat Bert Shiffman and is clear 3rd again.

Michael Goeller, Praveen Balakrishnan, Braeden Reinoso and Chris Constantino also collected full points. Geoff McAuliffe and Joe Renna drew.

Results:

Kernighan 1-0 Mangion
Carrelli 0-1 Goeller (annotated at the Kenilworthian)
Mann 0-1 Balakrishnan
Kumar 0-1 Moldovan (annotated non-tourney game)
Moldovan 1/2-1/2 Demetrick (annotated)
Renna 1/2-1/2 McAuliffe

Constantino 0-1 Leisch

Shiffman 0-1 Reinoso

Standings:

= 1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan 6.53. Tomkovich 5.0
4. McAuliffe 4.5
= 5-6. Balakrishnan, Shiffman 4.0
= 7-8. Mangion, Renna 3.5
= 9-11. Goeller, Carrelli, Reinoso 3.0
12. Constantino 2.5
13. Mazzillo 2.0
= 14-18. Chen, Demetrick, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil 1.5
= 19-20. Sherer, Mann 1.0
21. Burnett 0.5
= 22-24. Stoyko, Hart, Kiedes 0.0

Kernighan - Mangion

after 23...Nef6??
White to win

Moldovan - Demetrick

after 34.f4??

Black to win

U1200 Section

Leader Andy Altamirano upset Pat Mazzillo but Joe Azzarello caught him by winning twice. Aleksey Senyatkin moved into 3rd place with a win and his 2nd draw vs. Lou Sturniolo.

Results: 

Andy A. 1-0 Mazzillo*

Azzarello 1-0 Ruales

Ruales 0-1 Azzarello

Senyatkin 1-0 Antonio A.

L. Sefia 0-1 Reinoso

P. Sefia 0-1 Sturniolo*
Sturniolo 1/2-1/2 Senyatkin*

Antonio A. 1-0 P. Sefia

* Indicates intersection games. As per the event rules, Andy's win and Aleksey's draw will be counted. Lou's 1 1/2 points will not.

Standings:

= 1-2. Andy Altamirano, Azzarello 9.0
3. Senyatkin 7.0
4. L. Sefia 5.5
5. Antonio Altamirano 5.0
6. P. Sefia 2.0 2.5

=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

Java-replay

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Tables will follow, though not today.

#872 Czechs Maintain Lead

The Czech Republic continues to lead the U.S. by two points. With 1 draw since the last update, the score is now 9-7.

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

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 0-0 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 15.0-0 Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qe6 19.Bh4

PGN of all the CZE-USA games
Crosstable

#871 KST Crosstables Uploaded

Crosstables for round 7 of the Kenilworth Summer Tourney have been uploaded.

#870 Summer Tourney - Round 7

Open Section

Mark Kernighan's amazing save against Greg Tomkovich was the highlight of the week but I sneaked ahead by overcoming another weak opening versus Lou Sturniolo.

Geoff McAuliffe and Bert Shiffman won to join Greg in 3rd place. Ian Mangion, Braeden Reinoso and Pat Mazzillo notched "W"s, as well.

Results:

Tomkovich 1/2-1/2 Kernighan (annotated)
Hart 0-1 Mangion
Constantino 0-1 McAuliffe
Reinoso 1-0 Sturniolo
Mazzillo 1-0 Mann
Renna 0-1 Shiffman

Sturniolo 0-1 Moldovan (annotated)

Standings:

1. Moldovan 6.0
2. Kernighan 5.5
= 3-5. Tomkovich, McAuliffe, Shiffman 4.0
6. Mangion 3.5
= 7-9. Balakrishnan, Carrelli, Renna 3.0
= 10-12. Goeller, Mazzillo, Reinoso 2.0
=13-17. Chen, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil, Constantino 1.5
=18-21. Sherer, Demetrick, Mann 1.0
21. Burnett 0.5
=22-24. Stoyko, Hart, Kiedes 0.0

Tomkovich - Kernighan

after 54.Kxg5??

Black to draw

U1200 Section

The battle for first tightened significantly as the leader lost twice and his four main rivals each had 1 or more victories. Joe Azzarello & Antonio Altamirano had two wins apiece.

Results:

Antonio A. 1-0 Andy A.
Andy A. 0-1 Antonio A.
Azzarello 1-0 Senyatkin
P. Sefia 0-1 1/2-1/2 L. Sefia correction
Azzarello 1-0 Antonio A.
Senyatkin 1-0 P. Sefia

Standings:

1. Andy Altamirano 8.0
2. Azzarello 7.0
3. L. Sefia 6.0
= 3.4. Senyatkin, L. Sefia 5.5
5. Antonio Altamirano 4.0
6. P. Sefia 2.0 2.5

= 7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

Java-replay

PGN

Sorry for the posting delay and not getting to the crosstables. I hope to upload them tomorrow.

#869 Summer Tourney Updates

Round 6: Kevin Chen's notes to his draw against Mark Kernighan have been added to the July 14th replay and PGN.

Round 7: TD Greg Tomkovich has posted the results from July 21, the current standings and light notes to his draw vs. Kernighan on the KCC Minutes blog.

Full annotations on the aforementioned and my victory vs. Lou Sturniolo will follow later today or tonight.

#868 CZE Extends Lead

The Czech Republic has extended its lead over the U.S. to 8.5-6.5, with a win and 2 draws.

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

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 0-0 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 15.0-0 Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rfb8 18.Qc2

PGN of all the CZE-USA games
Crosstable

#867 Summer Tourney - Round 6

Open Section

Mark Kernighan drew Kevin Chen while I scored an extremely ugly, very undeserved win against Ted Mann. So, once again, there's a tie at the top.

Greg Tomkovich took sole possession of 3rd place by splitting a point with Geoff McAuliffe.

Michael Goeller, Joe Demetrick, Steve Liesch and Chris Constantino also had victories.

Results:

Chen 1/2-1/2 Kernighan
Balakrishnan 0-1 Goeller (annotated at The Kenilworthian)

Mann 0-1 Moldovan (annotated)
Renna 0-1 Demetrick
Mazzillo 0-1 Liesch
McAuliffe 1/2-1/2 Tomkovich
Constantino 1-0 Burnett

Standings:

=1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan 5.0
3. Tomkovich 3.5
=4-8. Balakrishnan, Carrelli, McAuliffe, Shiffman, Renna 3.0
9. Mangion 2.5
10. Goeller 2.0
=11-15. Chen, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil, Constantino 1.5
=16-20. Sherer, Demetrick, Mann, Mazzillo, Reinoso 1.0
21. Burnett 0.5
=22-24. Stoyko, Hart, Kiedes 0.0

Mann-Moldovan

after 11...Bf5??

White to win

U1200 Section

Andy Altamirano's winning streak came to an end as he traded victories with Aleksey Senyatkin.

Joe Azzarello won twice while Leticia Sefia and Paula Sofia did so once.

Andy A. 1-0 Senyatkin
Senyatkin 1-0 Andy A.
Azzarello 1-0 Antonio A.
Antonio A. 0-1 Azzarello
L. Sefia 1-0 P. Sefia
P. Sefia 1-0 Ruales
L. Sefia 0-1 Sturniolo

Sturniolo played as a filler. His win will not be counted. 

Standings:

1. Andy Altamirano 8.0
=2-3. L. Sefia, Azzarello 5.0
4. Senyatkin 4.5
=5-6. Antonio Altamirano, P.Sefia 2.0

=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

Java-replay

PGN

Crosstables

#866 Correspondence Update

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

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 0-0 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 15.0-0 Qd7 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxf6

PGN of all the CZE-USA games


Match scores, with crosstable links:

United States 20.5 Argentina 9.5 (magic # for USA is 6)
Czech Republic 6.5 USA 5.5
Germany 5.5 USA 0.5
Italy 31 USA 16 (magic # for ITA is 10.5)
Ukraine 52 USA 27 (magic # for the UKR is 11.5)

#865 Czechs Re-take Lead Over USA

The Czech Republic won a game since the last correspondence update and now leads us 6.5-5.5.

My match is going well:

Svitil-Moldovan

E13 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

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 0-0 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 15.0-0 Qd7 (after a 15-day think) 16.Nxf6+

Crosstable

PGN of all the games

#864 Summer Tourney - Round 5

Open Section

Mark Kernighan defeated Michael Goeller to re-claim a clear lead. I fell back by missing 3 wins against Don Carrelli.

Praveen Balakrishnan, Bert Shiffman & Joe Renna won to join Greg Tomkovich in 3rd place. Don's draw made it a 5-way jam.

Ted Mann had the evening's other victory. Ian Mangion, Lou Sturniolo & Geoff McAuliffe notched half-points.

Results:

Goeller 0-1 Kernighan
Balakrishnan 1/2-1/2 Mangion

Renna 0-1 Balakrishnan
Moldovan 1/2-1/2 Carrelli (annotated)
Renna 1-0 Tomkovich
Sturniolo 1/2-1/2 McAuliffe
Constantino 0-1 Mann
Shiffman 1-0 Mazzillo


Standings:

1. Kernighan 4.5
2. Moldovan 4.0
=3-7. Balakrishnan, Carrelli, Tomkovich, Shiffman, Renna 3.0
=8-9. Mangion, McAuliffe 2.5
=10-11. Sturniolo, Gadgil 1.5
=12-17. Goeller, Chen, Sherer, Mann, Mazzillo, Reinoso 1.0
=18-20. Liesch, Burnett, Constantino 0.5
=21-24. Stoyko, Hart, Demetrick, Kiedes 0.0

Moldovan-Carrelli

after 33...Ba4?

White to win

U1200 Section

Andy Altamirano remained unbeaten by winning a pair of games and is now a perfect 7-0. Aleksey Senyatkin also had 2 victories while Leticia Sefia and Joe Azzarello each had 1.

Azzarello 0-1 Andy A.
Antonio A. 0-1 Senyatkin
P. Sefia 0-1 L. Sefia  correction
L. Sefia 0-1 Andy A.
Senyatkin 1-0 P. Sefia
Matta 0-1 Azzarello
Sturniolo 1-0 Antonio A.

Sturniolo played as a filler. His win will not be counted. 

Standings:

1. Andy Altamirano 7.0
2. L. Sefia 4.0
3. Senyatkin 3.5
4. Azzarello 3.0
5. Antonio Altamirano 2.0

6. P. Sefia 1.0

=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

Java-replay

PGN

Crosstables

In case anyone is wondering... Why have so few games from this event have been posted? It is chiefly because the club ran-out of carbonless scoresheets and chose not to buy more of them. Your KST games are still welcome! All we ask is that you supply the copy.

#863 Rybka Disqualified, Banned From Computer Championships!!

From Chess Vibes :

The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) has disqualified and banned Rybka and its programmer Vasik Rajlich from previous and future World Computer Chess Championships.

Read the full story here.

#862 Summer Tourney - Round 4

Open Section

There was no change at the top as Mark Kernighan beat Ted Mann and I kept pace by splitting a pair of games.

Don Carrelli scored the only upset of the night, defeating FM Steve Stoyko in an Advance French.

Other winners included Bert Shiffman (who had 2 victories) Praveen Balakrishnan (who handed me just my 2nd White loss of the year), Greg Tomkovich, Geoff McAuliffe and Braeden Reinoso.

Ian Mangion and Steve Liesch drew.

Results:

Carrelli 1-0 Stoyko
Mann 0-1 Kernighan
Liesch 1/2-1/2 Mangion
Moldovan 0-1 Balakrishnan (annotated)
Demetrick 0-1 Moldovan (annotated)
Constantino 0-1 Tomkovich

Gadgil 0-1 McAuliffe
Shiffman 1-0 Mazzillo
Mazzillo 0-1 Shiffman
Renna 0-1 Reinoso

Standings:

=1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan 3.5
3. Tomkovich 3.0
4. Carrelli 2.5
=5-8. Mangion, McAuliffe, Shiffman, Renna 2.0

=9-10. Balakrishnan, Gadgil 1.5

=11-16. Goeller, Chen, Sherer, Sturniolo, Mazzillo, Reinoso 1.0
=17-19. Liesch, Burnett, Constantino 0.5
=20-24. Stoyko, Hart, Demetrick, Kiedes, Mann 0.0

Highlights:

Moldovan-Balakrishnan

after 19.Rhe1?

Black to win

Demetrick-Moldovan

after 16.Rb1?

Black to win

U1200 Section

All 8 players were on-hand this week! Leticia Sefia took 2 games while leader Andy Altamirano, Aleksey Senyatkin, Antonio Altamirano and Paula Sefia also had victories.

Andy A. 1-0 Azzarello
Ruales 0-1 L. Sefia
L. Sefia 1-0 Ruales
Matta 0-1 P. Sefia
Senyatkin 1-0 Antonio A.
P.Sefia 0-1 Antonio A.

Standings:

1. Andy Altamirano 5.0
2. L. Sefia 3.0
=3-4. Antonio Altamirano, Azzarello 2.0

5. Senyatkin 1.5
6. P. Sefia 1.0

=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

Java-replay

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Crosstables