#1054 Summer Tourney - Round 7

Bob Sherry collected 2 more wins and now has a commanding 3.5 point lead. Greg Tomkovich and Antonio Altamirano also won twice.

My 20-game unbeaten streak with White was snapped by a loss to Ian Mangion:

 

John Moldovan (1822) 0-1 Mangion (2042)

A34 English Opening

Symmetrical Defense

Results:

 

Moldovan 0-1 Mangion

Vinson 0-1 Sherry

Sherry 1-0 Vinson

J. Tang 0-1 Tomkovich

Tomkovich 1-0 J. Tang

Al. Tang 1-0 Mann

Mann 1-0 Al. Tang

Andy Altamirano 0-1 Antonio Altamirano

Antonio A. 1-0 Andy A.

 

Standings after week 7 of 12:

 

1. Sherry 10.0

2. Moldovan 6.5

= 3-5. Kernighan, Reinoso, Antonio Altamirano 6.0

6. Balakrishnan 5.5

7. Tomkovich 5.0

= 8-9. Palakollu, Mazzillo 4.5

= 10-11. Shumowitz, Senyatkin, 4.0

12. Vinson 3.0

13. Mann 2.5

= 14-19. Goeller, Carrelli, Sturniolo, McAuliffe, Renna, Andy Altamirano 2.0

= 20-22. Mangion, Lewis, Al.Tang 1.5

23. J. Tang 1.0

= 24-28. Constantino, Dhruv Patel, Darshan Patel, Cutts, Ruales 0.0

 

With few scoresheets being handed in, there's no reason to upload a replay page and zip every week. Games will instead be added to the running PGN for 2012.

#1053 England-USA Underway

The England-USA correspondence match is underway and we are currently in free time. Days used before August 1st will not be counted.

 

I am playing on board 7 against 2357-rated Jo A. Wharrier, who has 42 other games in progress.

See the sidebar for game links.

#1052 New Venue, Quad Dates For Hamilton

Starting Wednesday, August 1st, the Hamilton Chess Club will meet in the McManimon Building at 320 Scully Avenue in Hamilton, NJ.

Quads will be run at the new location on October 13th, November 24th and December 29th.

#1051 Summer Tourney - Round 6

Bob Sherry regained sole possession of 1st place by scoring 1.5/2.

Braeden Reinoso ran his winning streak to 13 games (!!) and I was routed by Pat Mazzillo.

Mazzillo (1450) 1-0 Moldovan (1822)
C15 French Defense
Winawer Variation

Results:

 

Vinson 0-1 Kernighan

Palakollu 0-1 Balakrishnan

Carrelli 0-1 Balakrishnan

Tomkovich 0-1 Shumowitz

Mazzillo 1-0 Moldovan

Sherry 1-0 Mann

Sherry 1/2-1/2 Vinson

Antonio Altamirano 0-1 Senyatkin

Senyatkin 0-1 Palakollu

Antonio A. 0-1 Sturniolo

Ruales 0-1 Renna

Andy Altamirano 0-1 Reinoso

 

Standings after week 6 of 12:

  

1. Sherry 8.0

2. Moldovan 6.5

= 3-4. Kernighan, Reinoso 6.0

5. Balakrishnan 5.5

= 6-7. Palakollu, Mazzillo 4.5

= 8-10. Shumowitz, Senyatkin, Antonio Altamirano 4.0

= 11-12. Tomkovich, Vinson 3.0

= 13-18. Goeller, Carrelli, Sturniolo, McAuliffe, Renna, Andy Altamirano 2.0

= 19-20. Lewis, Mann 1.5

21. J. Tang 1.0

= 22-23. Mangion, Al.Tang 0.5

= 24-28. Constantino, Dhruv Patel, Darshan Patel, Cutts, Ruales 0.0

 

Java-Replay for rounds 1-6

PGN for rounds 1-6

#1050 Mega Games Post

I have finally gotten around to uploading zip files and replay pages for events of the past 4 months.

Ellner Memorial

Java-replay   PGN

7 games, 5 with light notes.

Games From Chess Mates

Java-Replay   PGN

11 games from the Weeknight & Saturday tournaments in Rahway. Most were gathered from Michael O'Connor's Facebook page.

May Mania

Java-Replay   Annotated PGN of my 4 wins.   PGN of all 77 games

Chess Mates Championship

Java-Replay   PGN

Contains notes to my 4 games plus 4 scores culled from Jim West On Chess.

Odds and Ends

Java-Replay   PGN

7 games of mine plus 2 others.

Includes:

- tournament practice vs. Bob Sherry

- skittles against O'Connor & Jonathan Sherer

- a correspondence win on USCF Game Court

- Westfield Quads games against the Idnani twins

#1049 Hamilton Quads For July-September Canceled

The Hamilton Chess Club has canceled the Quads it had scheduled for July 21, August 18 and September 22.

Hamilton Township officials have told the club they can no longer meet at the Ray Dwier building.

#1048 KST - Round 5 Games

Ted Mann (1400) 0-1 John Moldovan (1822)

C16 French Defense

Winawer Variation

White launches an attack with 12.g4?! but Black, despite a mistake at move 16, refutes it and wins easily.

 

Moldovan 1/2-1/2 Praveen Balakrishnan (2089)

A24 English Opening

Botvinnik System

 

White misses the winning 19.fxe5 and settles for a draw. Both sides played badly after move 10.

 

I hope to post annotated PGN files and Java-replays, for the Summer Tourney and other recent events, next week.

 

Thanks for your patience.

#1047 Summer Tournament - Round 5

I beat Ted Mann, took a draw against Praveen Balakrishnan and grabbed a share of 1st, alongside Bob Sherry.

Braeden Reinoso, who has swept quads in Westfield the past 2 Sundays, ran his winning streak to 9 games with a pair of victories and is now =3rd, tied with LM Mark Kernighan.

Jun Tang and Albert Tang joined just before registration closed. Prizes are now $77 for 1st, $35 for 2nd, $14 for 3rd and $14 for top U1200.

Here is a rundown on all 15 games from week 5:

Goeller 1/2-1/2 Kernighan

Tomkovich 0-1 Balakrishnan
Mazzillo 0-1 Shumowitz
Mann 0-1 Moldovan
Moldovan 1/2-1/2 Balakrishnan
Sherry 0-1 Palakollu
Reinoso 1-0 Vinson
Vinson 1/2-1/2 Sherry
Antonio Altamirano 0-1 Palakollu *
Antonio A. 0-1 Tomkovich
Andy Altamirano 0-1 McAuliffe
A. Tang 1/2-1/2 Renna
Ruales 0-1 J. Tang
J. Tang 0-1 Reinoso
Ruales 0-1 Carrelli

* game was played with a 15-minute time control but is being counted

Standings after week 5 of 12:

= 1-2. Sherry, Moldovan 6.5
= 3-4. Kernighan, Reinoso 5.0
5. Antonio Altamirano 4.0
= 6-8. Balakrishnan, Palakollu, Mazzillo 3.5
= 9-11. Shumowitz, Tomkovich, Senyatkin 3.0

12. Vinson 2.5
= 13-16. Goeller, Carrelli, McAuliffe, Andy Altamirano 2.0

= 17-18. Lewis, Mann 1.5

= 19-21. Sturniolo, Renna, J. Tang 1.0

= 22-23. Mangion, Al.Tang 0.5

= 24-28. Constantino, Dhruv Patel, Darshan Patel, Cutts, Ruales 0.0

My games will follow.

#1046 SWE-USA Update

Gerald Thomas won with Black on board 44, in a Steinitz French, to put the U.S. ahead of Sweden. The score is now 3.5-2.5.

 

My games:

Moldovan - Brissman

D36 Queen's Gambit

Exchange Variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Rc1 b5 17.Nd2 Bd7 (N) 18. Nb3 Nf8 19.g4

Brissman - Moldovan

A26 English Opening

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. b4 a6 11.Bd2 (N) Be6 12. a4 a5 13. bxa5 Nxa5 14.Nd1 Nc6 15. Qc1 Kh7

PGN of all 90 SWE-USA games.

In other news: ARG-USA has finished. We won 37-15. There is still 1 game left in CZE-USA and 6 in GER-USA. A match with England in in the works.

#1045 Summer Tourney - Round 4

Bob Sherry maintained his one point lead with victories against Greg Tomkovich and Ted Mann.

I won twice, to stay within striking distance, but should have lost to Chris Constantino. Mark Kernighan also had 2 wins and is now in 3rd place.

It was the busiest week to date, with 14 games played:

Constantino 0-1 Kernighan
Senyatkin 0-1 Balakrishnan
Kernighan 1-0 Balakrishnan
Antonio Altamirano 0-1 Shumowitz
Ruales 0-1 Moldovan
Constantino 0-1 Moldovan
Tomkovich 0-1 Sherry
Mann 0-1 Sherry
Senyatkin 0-1 Tomkovich
Andy Altamirano 0-1 Palakollu
Reinoso 1-0 McAuliffe
Vinson 1-0 Mazzillo
Mazzillo 1/2-1/2 Vinson
Ruales 0-1 Antonio A.

Standings after week 4 of 12:

1. Sherry 6.0
2. Moldovan 5.0
3. Kernighan 4.5
4. Antonio Altamirano 4.0
5. Mazzillo 3.5
= 6-7. Senyatkin, Reinoso 3.0

= 8-12. Balakrishnan, Shumowitz, Tomkovich, Vinson, Andy Altamirano 2.0

= 13-16. Goeller, Lewis, Palakollu, Mann 1.5

= 17-19. Carrelli, Sturniolo, McAuliffe 1.0

= 20-21. Mangion, Renna 0.5

= 22-26. Constantino, Dhruv Patel, Darshan Patel, Cutts, Ruales 0.0

B15 Caro-Kann Defense

Gurgenidze System

C. Constantino 1332 - J. Moldovan 1827