#1062 Sherry Wins Summer Tournament

Bob Sherry clinched 1st place in the Kenilworth Summer Tournament and tied Scott Massey's (unofficial) 2004 record for most points in the tournament, 15.5.

I won twice to seal the 2nd spot but should have lost the following game. My opponent missed 2 shots (17...Bxh3! -+, 21...Re3! -+) and hung a piece at move 39.

John Moldovan (1821) 1-0 Pat Mazzillo (1450)

C24 Bishop's Opening

Berlin Defense

Results:

 

Tomkovich 0-1 Moldovan

Sherry 1/2-1/2 Mazzillo

Darshan Patel 0-1 Palakollu

Dhruv Patel 0-1 Reinoso

Moldovan 1-0 Mazzillo

Sherry 1-0 Reinoso

 

Standings after week 11 of 12:

 

1. Sherry 15.5

2. Moldovan 12.0

3. Kernighan 9.5

= 4-5. Tomkovich, Reinoso 8.5

6. Palakollu 7.0

7. Antonio Altamirano 6.5

8. Mazzillo 6.0

9. Balakrishnan 5.5

10. Shumowitz 5.0

11. Mann 4.5

= 12-14. Sturniolo, Senyatkin, Vinson 4.0

= 15-17. Mangion, Carrelli, McAuliffe 2.5

= 18-20. Goeller, Renna, Andy Altamirano 2.0

= 21-23. Lewis, Al.Tang, Darshan Patel 1.5

24. J. Tang 1.0

25. Dhruv Patel 0.5

= 26-28. Constantino, Cutts, Ruales 0.0

 

The event concludes on Thursday.

#1061 Another GM Draw

This afternoon I agreed to another GM draw with Jo Wharrier of England.

My 14.Nd4 (N) varied from the 14.e3 of Agdestein-Alburt : Taxco Interzonal 1985 but didn't bring any advantage.

John Moldovan (2306) 1/2-1/2 Wharrier (2357)

D41 Queen's Gambit

Semi-Tarrasch Defense

PGN

 

ENG-USA is now tied 1-1 and the U.S. leads Sweden 21.5-11.5.

#1060 Summer Tourney - Round 10

Bob Sherry split 2 games and clinched a tie for 1st. Mark Kernighan won twice and moved to within a half-point of 2nd place.

I beat the leader but blew a win against Darshan Patel (48...Rxg4+?? instead of ...Rf3 -+) and had to yield a draw. Greg Tomkovich also had 1.5/2.

Sherry (1812) 0-1 John Moldovan (1821)

B43 Sicilian Defense

Kan Variation

 

Darshan Patel (977) 1/2-1/2 Moldovan

B15 Caro-Kann Defense

Gurgenidze System

 

Results:

 

Vinson 0-1 Kernighan

Sherry 0-1 Moldovan

Darshan Patel 1/2-1/2 Moldovan

Dhruv Patel 0-1 Palakollu

Sturniolo 1-0 Andy Altamirano

Mazzillo 1/2-1/2 Tomkovich

Antonio Altamirano 0-1 Reinoso

Reinoso 0-1 Tomkovich

Mazzillo 0-1 Sherry

Andy A. 0-1 Kernighan

 

Standings after week 10 of 12:

 

1. Sherry 14.0

2. Moldovan 10.0

3. Kernighan 9.5

4. Tomkovich 8.5

5. Reinoso 7.5

6. Antonio Altamirano 6.5

7. Palakollu 6.0

= 8-9. Balakrishnan, Mazzillo 5.5

10. Shumowitz 5.0

11. Mann 4.5

= 12-14. Sturniolo, Senyatkin, Vinson 4.0

= 15-17. Mangion, Carrelli, McAuliffe 2.5

= 18-20. Goeller, Renna, Andy Altamirano 2.0

= 21-23. Lewis, Al.Tang, Darshan Patel 1.5

24. J. Tang 1.0

25. Dhruv Patel 0.5

= 26-28. Constantino, Cutts, Ruales 0.0

#1059 USA Leads Sweden 17-9

This afternoon I drew one of my correspondence games against Sweden's Anders Brissman:

Brissman (2291) - John Moldovan (2306)

A26 English Opening

Closed System

PGN

 

The U.S. now leads the match 17-9.

#1058 Summer Tourney - Round 9

Bob Sherry extended his lead to 4.5 points with 2 more victories and snapped Braeden Reinoso's 14-game unbeaten streak.

Ted Mann defeated Jun Tang twice while Mark Kernighan, Greg Tomkovich, Lou Sturniolo, Robert Vinson and I also picked-up wins.

Here are my simultaneously-played games:
 

Ant. Altamirano (1122) 0-1 John Moldovan (1821)

B10 Caro-Kann Defense

Moldovan 0-1 Kernighan (2200)

B51 Sicilian Defense

Moscow Variation

 

 

Results:

 

Palakollu 0-1 Sherry

Antonio Altamirano 0-1 Moldovan

Moldovan 0-1 Kernighan

McAuliffe 0-1 Tomkovich

Andy Altamirano 0-1 Sturniolo

Renna 0-1 Vinson

Reinoso 1/2-1/2 Mazzillo

J. Tang 0-1 Mann

Mann 1-0 J. Tang

Reinoso 0-1 Sherry

 

Standings after week 9 of 12:

 

1. Sherry 13.0

2. Moldovan 8.5

3. Kernighan 7.5

4. Tomkovich 7.0

= 5-6. Reinoso, Antonio Altamirano 6.5

7. Balakrishnan 5.5

= 8-10. Shumowitz, Palakollu, Mazzillo 5.0

11. Mann 4.5

= 12-13. Senyatkin, Vinson 4.0

14. Sturniolo 3.0

= 15-17. Mangion, Carrelli, McAuliffe 2.5

= 18-20. Goeller, Renna, Andy Altamirano 2.0

= 21-22. Lewis, Al.Tang 1.5

= 23-24. J. Tang, Darshan Patel 1.0

25. Dhruv Patel 0.5

= 26-28. Constantino, Cutts, Ruales 0.0

#1057 SWE-USA Update

Team USA now leads Sweden 12-7.

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 h6 20. Rhg1 Qe7 21. Ne2 Qe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4

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 16.Rxb7 e4 17.Ne1 d5 18.cxd5 Nd4 19.Nc3 Bxd5 20.Rd2 exd3 21.Nxd3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nxe2

PGN of all 90 SWE-USA games.

#1056 ENG-USA Update

This morning I drew one of my games against England's 7th board:

Jo A. Wharrier (2357) - John Moldovan (2306)

E16 Queen's Indian Defense

Bogo-Hybrid Variation

PGN

 

The match is tied 0.5-0.5.

#1055 Summer Tourney - Round 8

I had fun going 3-0 in a simul against 2 visitors and Jun Tang (who missed 16.Nxe5! +/-) but could not make-up any ground on leader Bob Sherry.

Ian Mangion, Marvin Shumowitz, Greg Tomkovich and Darshan Patel also notched victories.

J. Tang (1362) - John Moldovan (1821)
A13 English Opening
Dutch Defense

Results:

 

Carrelli 1/2-1/2 Kernighan

Vinson 0-1 Shumowitz

J. Tang 0-1 Moldovan

Sherry 1-0 Mann

Sherry 0-1 Mangion

McAuliffe 1/2-1/2 Palakollu

Renna 0-1 Tomkovich

Dhruv Patel 1/2-1/2 Antonio Altamirano

Darshan Patel 1-0 Andy Altamirano

 

Standings after week 8 of 12:

 

1. Sherry 11.0

2. Moldovan 7.5

= 3-4. Kernighan, Antonio Altamirano 6.5

= 5-6. Tomkovich, Reinoso 6.0

7. Balakrishnan 5.5

= 8-9. Shumowitz, Palakollu 5.0

10. Mazzillo 4.5

11. Senyatkin, 4.0

12. Vinson 3.0

= 13-16. Mangion, Carrelli, McAuliffe, Mann 2.5

= 17-20. Goeller, Sturniolo, Renna, Andy Altamirano 2.0

= 21-22. Lewis, Al.Tang 1.5

= 23-24. J. Tang, Darshan Patel 1.0

25. Dhruv Patel 0.5

= 26-28. Constantino, Cutts, Ruales 0.0