#1088 Kenilworth Ch. Starts Jan. 10

The 22nd Kenilworth Chess Club Championship will begin on Thursday, January 10th, 2013 and run through February 7th, 2013. Here are the details :

22nd KCC Championship

• Not-rated
• 5-round Swiss
• January 10th-February 7th, 2012.
• Time Control: G/75+5 second delay.
• Rounds to start at 8:20 p.m. every Thursday, for the duration of the event.
• 1 half-point bye per player allowed.
• Prizes (tentative): Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Top U2000, Top U1800, Top U1600, Top U1400, Biggest upset.
• Tiebreaks: 1. Head to Head, 2. Modified Median, 3. Solkoff, 4. Cumulative.
• EF: $10 entry fee + $5 anti-forfeit deposit + dues (= $30 for most players).
• KCC and USCF memberships are required (KCC dues for 2013 are $7.50 for those age 17 or less, $10 for those age 65+, $15 for everyone else).
• Please register with TD Geoff McAuliffe during our 1/3 meeting or before 8:20 p.m. on 1/10 @ Kenilworth Community Center, 575 Boulevard, Kenilworth, N.J.
• Late-joins accepted until round 2 is paired.

Past Champions include LM Scott Massey (who has won the title 12x), Rene Ray (1996), FM Steve Stoyko (2005-2007),  LM Mark Kernighan (2008), SM Yaacov Norowitz (2009), NM Arthur Macaspac (2010, 2012) and NM Ken Chieu (2011).

 

22 players took part in last year's event.

#1087 Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all my chess friends, acquaintances and readers.

#1086 Norowitz Surpasses 2600!

Life Senior Master Yaacov Norowitz went 4-0 in last night's New Yorker G/30 and raised his USCF rating to 2601.

Congratulations Yaacov!

#1085 KCC Business Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Kenilworth Chess Club's 2012 Business Meeting:

- The meeting commenced at 8:45 p.m.

- Members in attendance included Don Carrelli, Geoff McAuliffe, Greg Tomkovich, Pat Mazzillo, Lou Sturniolo, Joe Azzarello, Michael Goeller, Mark Kernighan, Howard Osterman, Bert Shiffman, Bob Sherry and John Moldovan.

- Treasurer Geoff McAuliffe announced the club had a profit in 2012 and noted that was primarily because payment for our website wasn't due this year.

- A donation to the Kenilworth Recreation Department was approved.

- Michael Goeller gave a brief report about kenilworthchessclub.org's traffic and our blogs' high ranking.

- Secretary Moldovan declared that he was too busy to continue being a club officer.

- Don Carrelli was elected President, by a 7-4 vote, over Bob Sherry.

- Joe Renna was re-elected Vice-President, in a narrow 6-5 tally over Sherry.

- After Sherry and Kernighan declined nominations. Ian Mangion was elected Secretary, by acclamation.

- Geoff McAuliffe (Treasurer and Tournament Director) and Michael Goeller (Webmaster) were re-elected to their offices by acclamation.

- Greg Tomkovich was re-elected (by acclamation) to another term (2013-15) as Trustee.

- USATE sponsorship in the amount of one full entry fee ($150?) was approved. Funds will be divided between teams that contain 4 KCC members and use KCC (or Kenilworth) in the team name.

- A 5-round Swiss was chosen as the format for the 2013 Club Championship, by a 7-3 margin over an 8-player Round-Robin.

- The membership then decided, by an emphatic 10-1 count, that the Championship will not be rated.

- The Club Championship will begin on January 10 and run thru February 7th. The time control will G/75;d5 (not the 90+5 of previous years.). February 14th will be reserved as a snow date. The entry fee will remain dues + $10 + $5 anti-forfeit deposit ($30 for most players).

- Finally, regarding the Garden State Chess League...

• The Kortchnois' players in attendance chose to play their January match at the Kenilworth Community Center, not at Rutgers University.

• The Karpovs' acting Captain (Moldovan) revealed that the team needed another player for the January 7th match in West Orange.

#1084 Carrelli Elected Kenilworth CC President

Don Carrelli has been elected President of the Kenilworth Chess Club. 2013 will be his 2nd term at the helm. Don also served as President in 2010.

Ian Mangion replaces John Moldovan as KCC Secretary. Joe Renna, Geoff McAuliffe and Michael Goeller were re-elected to their posts.

#1083 Fish Memorial Wrap-Up

Wrapping-up my coverage of the KCC's 5th Sy Fish Memorial, here are 12 of the games in Java-Replay and zipped PGN.

#1082 Correspondence Update

It has been 79 long days since my last correspondence update.

Team USA now leads Sweden 36-16. Here is how my remaining game against Anders Brissman stands:

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 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Ng3 Re7 25. Nf5 Bxf5+ 26. gxf5 Kh8 27. Rc3 b4 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Rgc1 Nb8 30. Nc5 Rd8 31. Nd3 b3 32. Rc3 bxa2+ 33. Kxa2 Rc7 34. Ne5 Rd6 35. b4 a6 36. Kb3 Rf6 37. R1c2 Kh7 38. Rc5 Rxf5 39. Nxc6 Nd7 (draw offered) 40. Ra5 Rh5 41. Rxa6 Rxh3 42. b5 Rh1 43. Ne5 Rb7 44. Nxd7 Rxd7 45. b6

In other matches:
- The U.S. is tied with England, 14-14, and leads Australia/New Zealand 1.5-0.5.
- CZE-USA has finished but there are still 2 games going in GER-USA.

PGN of all 90 SWE-USA games.
PGN of all 68 ENG-USA games.
PGN of all 110 AUS/NZL vs. USA games.

Finally, one of my opponents in section 3 of the U.S. Championship Semi-Finals, Harry Ingersol, was featured in the October issue of Chess Life (pages 32-33).

#1081 Consultation Game Drawn

The Kenilworth Consultation game ended in a draw, as White didn't try to invade on the Q-side or attempt c4-c5.

Here are the adjourned position, moves played last night and final position:

31. Bf5 (sealed move) h6 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. h3 Kf7 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Kd4 Ng7 39. Bc8 Nfe8 40. Bd7 Nf6 41. Bh3 Nfe8 42. Ke4 Nf6+ 43. Kf3 Nfe8 44. Bg4 Kg6 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Bd7 Nf6 47. Bc6 Nfe8 48. Bxe8+ Nxe8 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Kf5 Ng7+ 52. Kg4 Ne8 53. Kf5 1/2-1/2

#1080 Consultation Game Adjourned

The 2012 Kenilworth Consultation Game was adjourned on Thursday night following White's sealed move on turn 31.

Here are the moves played thus far:

B62 King's Indian Defense

Panno Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 (N)

12...Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Nc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nf5 18. Bd2 Nh5 19. Rff1 Nfg7 20. Rae1 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Bh6 b6 24. Qf2+ Qf7 25. Bg5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kf7 27. Bd8 Ne8 28. Bh3 Nhf6 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Kf3 g5

Play will resume next Thursday (11/15) at 8:20 p.m.

LM Mark Kernighan (2233), Michael Goeller (2094), Dr. Ian Mangion (2042) are among those taking part. I am acting as White's moderator.

For full rosters and notes, go to the event's Java-Replay page or download its PGN.

#1079 Westfield Web Site Error

The Westfield CC's web site is showing incorrect time controls for its November & December Quads.

The time control for those events is G/40 TD 5s, as noted here and in Chess Life.

#1078 Chess Mates Open Today, Westfield Closed

Chess Mates has regained power and will be open today. Quads are at 10:30 a.m. Lessons begin at 2:30 p.m. EST

The Westfield Y is still without power. So, there will be no Grand Prix or meeting there.

Remember Daylight Savings Time ends at 2:00 a.m.

#1077 Chess Mates Cancels Friday & Saturday Events

Chess Mates has canceled tonight's blitz tourney and tomorrow's Quads. They are still out of electricity following Hurricane Sandy.

Please check their blog and Facebook page for possible updates.