#885 Summer Tourney - Round 11

Open Section

Mark Kernighan extended his lead to 2 points with a win over Bert Shiffman. Greg Tomkovich, Ian Mangion and Pat Mazzillo also notched victories.

I was busy setting-up a scholastic event (to be held at the Scotch Plains library) and could not play.

Results:

Shiffman 0-1 Kernighan
Mangion 1-0 Sherer
Tomkovich 1-0 Renna
Constantino 1-0 Mazzillo

Standings:

1. Kernighan 9.5
2. Moldovan 7.5
3. Tomkovich 7.0
4. Mangion 6.0
5. McAuliffe 5.5
6. Shiffman 5.0
= 7-8. Balakrishnan, Mazzillo 4.0
= 9-10. Goeller, Renna 3.5
= 11-12. Carrelli, Reinoso 3.0
13. Constantino 2.5
14. Sherer 2.0
= 15-19. Chen, Demetrick, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil 1.5
= 20-21. Kumar, Mann 1.0
22. Burnett 0.5
= 23-24. Stoyko, Hart 0.0

U1200 Section

Andy Altamirano clinched a tie for 1st by defeating Joe Azzarello. Aleksey Senyatkin won 2 games to move within striking distance of Andy. Antonio Altamirano, who also had 2 wins, is now tied for 3rd.

Results:

Azzarello 0-1 Andy A.

Sturniolo 1-0 L. Sefia*
P. Sefia 0-1 Senyatkin

Ruales 0-1 Antonio A.
Antonio A. 1-0 Ruales

L. Sefia 0-1 Senyatkin
Sturniolo 1-0 P. Sefia*

* Indicates intersection games. As per the event rules, Sturniolo's wins will not be counted.

Standings:

1. Andy Altamirano 13.0
2. Senyatkin 11.0
= 3-4. Azzarello, Antonio Altamirano 9.5
5. Senyatkin, L. Sefia 9.0
6. P. Sefia 2.5

= 7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

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Crosstables

#884 Summer Tourney Tables

The crosstables for week 10 of the KST have been uploaded along with corrected versions for rounds 7, 8 and 9.

#883 Correspondence Update

Here's an update on my ICCF games and the USA's matches:

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

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 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7 Nxc4 26.Rb5

PGN of all the CZE-USA games


Match scores, with crosstable links:

Czech Republic 10 USA 9
Germany 11.5 USA 1.5
United States 21 Argentina 10 (magic # for the U.S. is 5.5)
Ukraine 57 USA 30 (magic # for the UKR is 6.5)
Italy 34.5 USA 20.5 (magic # for ITA is 7)

#882 Summer Tourney - Round 10

Open Section

Mark Kernighan defeated Ted Mann to take a full-point lead. I lost twice by blowing big, simultaneously-obtained advantages against Geoff McAuliffe and Aravind Kumar.

Greg Tomkovich remained 3rd despite falling to Max Sherer. Ian Mangion and Pat Mazzillo also won.

Results:

Kernighan 1-0 Mann
Renna 0-1 Mangion
McAuliffe 1-0 Moldovan (annotated)
Moldovan 0-1 Kumar (annotated)
Tomkovich 0-1 Sherer

Shiffman 0-1 Mazzillo

Standings:

1. Kernighan 8.5
2. Moldovan 7.5
3. Tomkovich 6.0
4. McAuliffe 5.5
= 5-6. Mangion, Shiffman 5.0
7. Balakrishnan 4.0
= 8-9. Goeller, Renna 3.5
= 10-12. Carrelli, Reinoso, Mazzillo 3.0
13. Constantino 2.5
14. Sherer 2.0
= 15-19. Chen, Demetrick, Liesch, Sturniolo, Gadgil 1.5
= 20-21. Kumar, Mann 1.0
22. Burnett 0.5
= 23-24. Stoyko, Hart 0.0

U1200 Section

Andy Altamirano padded his lead with a pair of wins. Antonio Altamirano also won twice. Leticia Sefia collected 1.5/2 from Joe Azzarello.

Results:


Andy A. 1-0 Sturniolo *

Senyatkin 1-0 Azzarello

Azzarello 0-1Senyatkin

Antonio A. 1/2-1/2 Mazzillo *

L. Sefia 1-0 P. Sefia
Antonio A. 0-1 L. Sefia

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

Standings:

1. Andy Altamirano 12.0
2. Azzarello 9.5
= 3-4. Senyatkin, L. Sefia 9.0
5. Antonio Altamirano 7.5
6. P. Sefia 2.5

=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

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Crosstables, including corrected versions for weeks 7-9, will follow.

#881 KST Correction

The 7th round game between the Sefia sisters was a draw, not a win for Leticia. The standings, in round reports for weeks 7-9, have been corrected. Crosstables for those weeks will be adjusted following my 10th round post.

#880 ICCF Games Update

Here's the weekly update on my ICCF 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

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 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Nd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bc7

PGN of all the CZE-USA games
Crosstable

#879 One More From Round 9

Greg Tomkovich's 9th round KST win over Chris Constantino, which the victor posted with light notes on the KCC Minutes blog, has been added to last week's replay page & zip file.

#878 USA Cuts CZE Lead, Trails 10-9

A 17-move win by Dr. K. Edwards, on the Black side of an Exchange French, has cut the Czech Republic's lead over the U.S. to 10-9.

Edwards, who also has 2 wins vs. Argentina to his credit, is 4.5/6 (+3-0=3) in our country's ongoing correspondence matches.

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

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 Qe4 20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7 22.Rab1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1

PGN of all the CZE-USA games
Crosstable

#877 Summer Tourney - Round 9

After a full house in round 8, there was a light turnout last night. Just 5 games were played in the top group and 11 overall.

Open Section

Mark Kernighan defeated late-joining Aravind Kumar and I kept pace by beating Steve Liesch in a tough, strategic game. Both of the winners were worse at one point.

Greg Tomkovich and Bert Shiffman also earned victories. Ian Mangion and Mike Goeller drew.

Aaron Kiedes, who was unable to attend, withdrew.

Results:

Kumar 0-1 Kernighan
Mangion 1/2-1/2 Goeller
Liesch 0-1 Moldovan (annotated)
Tomkovich 1-0 Constantino

Shiffman 1-0 Renna

Standings:

= 1-2. Kernighan, Moldovan 7.5
3. Tomkovich 6.0
4. Shiffman 5.0
5. McAuliffe 4.5
= 6-7. Mangion, Balakrishnan 4.0
= 8-9. Goeller, Renna 3.5
= 10-11. 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, Kumar, Hart 0.0

U1200 Section

Andy Altamirano regained sole possession of 1st place with a win over Lou Sturniolo. Aleksey Senyatkin won twice versus Joe Azzarello and is now tied for 2nd.

Leiticia Sefia stayed in the prize hunt by taking 2 games, as well. Antonio Altamirano and Pat Mazzillo drew.

Results:

Andy A. 1-0 Sturniolo *

Senyatkin 1-0 Azzarello

Azzarello 0-1Senyatkin

Antonio A. 1/2-1/2 Mazzillo *

L. Sefia 1-0 P. Sefia
Antonio A. 0-1 L. Sefia

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

Standings:

1. Andy Altamirano 10.0
= 2-3. Senyatkin, Azzarello 9.0
4. L. Sefia 8.0 7.5
5. Antonio Altamirano 5.5
6. P. Sefia 2.0 2.5

=7-8. Matta, Ruales 0.0

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Crosstables

#876 Another Corr Update

Both of my ICCF games have been forced into the endgame by Qe4 forks:

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

23...Qxe4 24.Bxe4 Re8

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 Qe4

20.Qxe4 dxe4 21.Bg3 Rb7

PGN of all the CZE-USA games


Match scores, with crosstable links:

Czech Republic 9 USA 7
Germany 9 USA 1
United States 21 Argentina 10 (magic # for the U.S. is 5.5)
Ukraine 55 USA 28 (magic # for the UKR is 8.5)
Italy 32.5 USA 17.5 (magic # for ITA is 9)

#875 Correspondence Update

Additional moves in my games have been made:

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

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 Qe4 20.Qxe4


The conditional "if 20...dxe4, then 21.Bg3" has been proposed.

PGN of all the CZE-USA games
Crosstable

#874 Crosstables

Crosstables for round 8 of the Kenilworth Summer Tourney are up.