#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.