Bob Sherry won last night's Bughouse Tournament with 6.0/6.
LM Mark Kernighan, John Jackmin and Greg Tomkovich tied for 2nd, with 2.0.
Each player played 2 games with 3 different partners.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Balakrishnan Repeats As Kenilworth Champ
NM Praveen Balakrishnan won his 2nd straight Kenilworth CC Championship last night, becoming the 1st player to successfully defend his title since FM Steve Stoyko did so in 2006 & 2007.
5th round results, by board:
1.
|
Balakrishnan |
1-0
|
Moldovan |
2.
|
Kernighan |
1-0
|
Mangion |
3.
|
Chen |
1-0
|
Selling |
4.
|
Gottlieb |
1-0
|
Tomkovich |
5.
|
McAuliffe |
1-0
|
Lee |
6.
|
Burnett |
1/2-1/2
|
Renna |
1 point bye: Ruales
1/2 point byes: Sherry, Jackmin, Sturniolo
Final Crosstable & Standings (in tie-break order):
No.
|
Name
|
USCF
|
Points
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
R4
|
R5
|
PR
|
1
|
Balakrishnan, Praveen
|
2234
|
4.5
|
W9
|
W3
|
W2
|
-Z-
|
W8
|
2282
|
2
|
Kernighan, Mark D
|
2251
|
3.5
|
W11
|
W4
|
L1
|
D8
|
W10
|
2105
|
3
|
Sherry, Robert J
|
1812
|
3.5
|
W13
|
L1
|
W12
|
W5
|
-H-
|
1877
|
4
|
Chen, Kevin Emmanuel
|
1958
|
3.5
|
W15
|
L2
|
-H-
|
W13
|
W7
|
1867
|
5
|
Gottlieb, Paul M
|
1692
|
3.0
|
W16
|
L7
|
W9
|
L3
|
W11
|
1592
|
6
|
Jackmin, John W
|
1852
|
3.0
|
W14
|
-N-
|
W11
|
D7
|
-H-
|
1890
|
7
|
Selling, Edward F
|
1790
|
2.5
|
-H-
|
W5
|
D8
|
D6
|
L4
|
1834
|
8
|
Moldovan, John
|
1809
|
2.5
|
W18
|
D10
|
D7
|
D2
|
L1
|
1904
|
9
|
Sturniolo, Louis
|
1637
|
2.5
|
L1
|
W14
|
L5
|
W15
|
-H-
|
1701
|
10
|
Mangion, Ian
|
2049
|
2.5
|
W12
|
D8
|
-H-
|
-Z-
|
L2
|
1885
|
11
|
Tomkovich, Gregory
|
1671
|
2.0
|
L2
|
W15
|
L6
|
W12
|
L5
|
1688
|
12
|
Mc Auliffe, W Geoff
|
1609
|
2.0
|
L10
|
W16
|
L3
|
L11
|
W13
|
1387
|
13
|
Lee, Larry
|
---
|
2.0
|
L3
|
-B-
|
W16
|
L4
|
L12
|
1302
|
14
|
Renna, Joe
|
1429
|
1.5
|
L6
|
L9
|
L17
|
W16
|
D15
|
1257
|
15
|
Burnett, Wayne
|
1475
|
1.0
|
L4
|
L11
|
-H-
|
L9
|
D14
|
1369
|
16
|
Ruales, Luis
|
691
|
1.0
|
L5
|
L12
|
L13
|
L14
|
-B-
|
1068
|
17
|
Komunicky, Daniel (filler)
|
1486
|
1.0
|
-U-
|
-U-
|
W14
|
-U-
|
-U-
|
1808
|
18
|
Vinson, Robert D (withdrew)
|
1210
|
0.0
|
L8
|
-U-
|
-U-
|
-U-
|
-U-
|
1423
|
Trophy Winners:
1st - NM Praveen Balakrishnan
2nd - LM Mark Kernighan
3rd - Bob Sherry
U2100 - Kevin Chen
U1800 - Paul Gottlieb
U1600 - Larry Lee
U1400 - Luis Ruales
Biggest Upset - John Moldovan (draw vs. Kernighan in round
4)
Post updated: 2/13 @ 12:47 a.m.
Revised Pairings
John Jackmin took a bye due to illness and, for pairing purposes, the postponed game has been assigned a draw.
Thus the pairings have changed to:
1. Balakrishnan - Moldovan
2. Kernighan - Mangion
3. Chen - Selling
4. Gottleib - Tomkovich
5. McAuliffe - Lee
6. Burnett - Renna
1 point bye: Ruales
1/2 point byes: Sherry, Jackmin, Sturniolo
Pairings are subject to further change.
Requests for 5th round byes received after 2 p.m on Thursday may not be received or granted.
Thus the pairings have changed to:
1. Balakrishnan - Moldovan
2. Kernighan - Mangion
3. Chen - Selling
4. Gottleib - Tomkovich
5. McAuliffe - Lee
6. Burnett - Renna
1 point bye: Ruales
1/2 point byes: Sherry, Jackmin, Sturniolo
Pairings are subject to further change.
Requests for 5th round byes received after 2 p.m on Thursday may not be received or granted.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
5th Round Pairings
Here are the projected pairings for tomorrow's final round of the Kenilworth CC Championship:
1. Chen - Balakrishnan
2. Kernighan - Selling
3. Jackmin - Moldovan or Mangion
4. Tomkovich - Mangion or Moldovan - Tomkovich
5. Gottleib - Lee
6. McAuliffe - Renna
7. Burnett - Ruales
1/2 point byes: Sherry, Sturniolo
Pairings are subject to change.
Assigned result of the postponed Mangion-Balakrishnan game will determine pairings on boards 3 and 4.
Requests for 5th round byes received after 2 p.m on Thursday may not be received or granted.
1. Chen - Balakrishnan
2. Kernighan - Selling
3. Jackmin - Moldovan or Mangion
4. Tomkovich - Mangion or Moldovan - Tomkovich
5. Gottleib - Lee
6. McAuliffe - Renna
7. Burnett - Ruales
1/2 point byes: Sherry, Sturniolo
Pairings are subject to change.
Assigned result of the postponed Mangion-Balakrishnan game will determine pairings on boards 3 and 4.
Requests for 5th round byes received after 2 p.m on Thursday may not be received or granted.
Club Championship - Round 4
The Mangion-Balakrishnan game was postponed and will be played after tomorrow's final round.
John Moldovan scored the biggest upset (-221) thus far by holding a worse position against top seed Mark Kernighan.
4th round results, by board:
Current Standings:
= 1-2. Balakrishnan, Sherry 3.0
= 3-7. Kernighan, Chen, Jackmin, Moldovan, Selling 2.5
= 8-12. Mangion, Tomkovich, Gottlieb, Sturniolo, Lee 2.0
= 13-14. McAuliffe, Renna 1.0
15. Burnett 0.5
= 16-17. Vinson, Ruales 0.0
Crosstable
John Moldovan scored the biggest upset (-221) thus far by holding a worse position against top seed Mark Kernighan.
4th round results, by board:
1.
|
Mangion |
*
|
Balakrishnan |
2.
|
Kernighan |
1/2-1/2
|
Moldovan |
3.
|
Selling |
1/2-1/2
|
Jackmin |
4.
|
Sherry |
1-0
|
Gottlieb |
5.
|
Lee |
0-1
|
Chen |
6.
|
Tomkovich |
1-0
|
McAuliffe |
7.
|
Sturniolo |
1-0
|
Burnett |
8
|
Renna |
1-0
|
Ruales |
Current Standings:
= 1-2. Balakrishnan, Sherry 3.0
= 3-7. Kernighan, Chen, Jackmin, Moldovan, Selling 2.5
= 8-12. Mangion, Tomkovich, Gottlieb, Sturniolo, Lee 2.0
= 13-14. McAuliffe, Renna 1.0
15. Burnett 0.5
= 16-17. Vinson, Ruales 0.0
Crosstable
No.
|
Name |
USCF
|
Points
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
R4
|
Color
|
1
|
Balakrishnan, Praveen
|
2234
|
3.0
|
W11
|
W2
|
W3
|
_10
|
Expects White
|
2
|
Sherry, Robert J
|
1812
|
3.0
|
W12
|
L1
|
W14
|
W8
|
Expects Black
|
3
|
Kernighan, Mark D
|
2251
|
2.5
|
W9
|
W7
|
L1
|
D5
|
Expects Black
|
4
|
Selling, Edward F
|
1790
|
2.5
|
-H-
|
W8
|
D5
|
D6
|
Needs Black
|
5
|
Moldovan, John
|
1809
|
2.5
|
W18
|
D10
|
D4
|
D3
|
Expects White
|
6
|
Jackmin, John W
|
1852
|
2.5
|
W13
|
-U-
|
W9
|
D4
|
Needs White
|
7
|
Chen, Kevin Emmanuel
|
1958
|
2.5
|
W16
|
L3
|
-H-
|
W12
|
Needs White
|
8
|
Gottlieb, Paul M
|
1692
|
2.0
|
W17
|
L4
|
W11
|
L2
|
Expects White
|
9
|
Tomkovich, Gregory
|
1671
|
2.0
|
L3
|
W16
|
L6
|
W14
|
Expects Black
|
10
|
Mangion, Ian
|
2049
|
2.0
|
W14
|
D5
|
-H-
|
_1
|
Needs Black
|
11
|
Sturniolo, Louis
|
1637
|
2.0
|
L1
|
W13
|
L8
|
W16
|
Expects Black
|
12
|
Lee, Larry
|
---
|
2.0
|
L2
|
-B-
|
W17
|
L7
|
Needs Black
|
13
|
Renna, Joe
|
1429
|
1.0
|
L6
|
L11
|
L15
|
W17
|
Needs Black
|
14
|
Mc Auliffe, W Geoff
|
1609
|
1.0
|
L10
|
W17
|
L2
|
L9
|
Expects White
|
15
|
Komunicky, Daniel
|
1486
|
1.0
|
-U-
|
-U-
|
W13
|
-U-
|
Needs White
|
16
|
Burnett, Wayne
|
1475
|
0.5
|
L7
|
L9
|
-H-
|
L11
|
Needs White
|
17
|
Ruales, Luis
|
691
|
0.0
|
L8
|
L14
|
L12
|
L13
|
Expects White
|
18
|
Vinson, Robert D
|
1210
|
0.0
|
L5
|
-U-
|
-U-
|
-U-
|
Needs White
|
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