Sunday, October 21, 2012

#1075 Kernighan Wins Fish Memorial

LM Mark Kernighan won the 5th Sy Fish Memorial with a perfect 5.0 score and distanced the competition by a point and a half.

Dan Komunicky finished 2nd. Geoff McAuliffe and Joe Renna were joint 3rd-place and U2050 winners.

Lou Sturniolo was the top U1750 and James Castellano was best U1525.

Last round results, final standings and several games will follow.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

#1074 Revised Pairings

Here are the revised pairings and board assignments for tonight's Sy Fish Memorial finale:

1. Kernighan - Castellano (no change)
2. Komunicky - McAuliffe (no change)
3. Sturniolo - Constantino
4. Mazzillo - Vinson
5. Garcia - Shiffman (no change)

Renna: 1/2 point bye (requested).

Friday, October 12, 2012

#1073 Sy Fish - 5th Round Pairings

Here are the pairings and board assignments for the Sy Fish Memorial's final round on October 18th:

1. Kernighan - Castellano
2. Komunicky - McAuliffe
3. Renna - Constantino
4. Sturniolo - Vinson
5. Garcia - Shiffman

Mazzillo gets a 1 point bye.

#1072 Sy Fish Memorial - Rounds 3 & 4

5th Sy Fish Memorial
September 13-October 18

Round 3 results, by board:

1. McAuliffe 0-1 Kernighan
2. Palakollu 0-1 Komunicky
3. Sturniolo 1/2-1/2 Mazzillo
4. Constantino 1-0 Vinson
5. Renna 1-0 Garcia

1/2 point bye: Castellano
1 point bye: Shiffman

Round 4 results, by board:

1. Kernighan 1-0 Komunicky
2. Constantino 0-1 McAuliffe
3. Castellano 1-0 Sturniolo
4. Mazzillo 0-1 Renna
5. Vinson 1-0 Shiffman

1 point bye: Garcia
Palakollu withdrew

Standings, after 4 of 5 rounds:

1. Kernighan 4.0
2. McAuliffe 3.0
= 3-6. Komunicky, Mazzillo, Castellano, Renna 2.5
7. Constantino 2.0
= 8-10. Sturniolo, Vinson, Garcia 1.5
= 11-12. Palakollu, Shiffman 1.0

The event ends next Thursday night.

Monday, October 01, 2012

#1071 Kenilworth's GSCL Lineups

Here are the KCC's Garden State League lineups for 2012-13:

Kenilworth Karpovs

1. Dr. Ian Mangion 2042
2. Max Sherer 1847
3. Dr. Richard Lewis 1766
4. Bob Pelican 1621

reserves: Mikhail Kruglyak 1638, Chris Constantino 1332


Kenilworth Kortchnois

1. John Moldovan 1821
2. Greg Tomkovich 1635
3. Dr. Geoff McAuliffe 1600 (captain)
4. Joe Renna 1412

reserve: Chris Constantino 1332

To improve our chances, we (both teams) need reserves that can play on board 1 or 2. If you can help-out in that area or by being the Karpovs' captain/manager, please respond.

Btw, each team is scheduled to play 6 of its 8 games at home!