Thursday, January 30, 2014

4th Round Pairings

Here are the projected pairings for tonight's 4th round of the Kenilworth CC Championship:

1. Mangion - Balakrishnan
2. Kernighan - Moldovan
3. Selling - Jackmin
4. Sherry - Gottleib
5. Lee - Chen
6. Tomkovich - McAuliffe
7. Sturniolo - Burnett
8. Renna - Ruales

Pairings are subject to change.

The Mangion vs. Balakrishnan game may be played at another site before next week's final round.

Sturniolo expects to be 15 minutes late for the round. His clock won't be started until 8:45.

Requests for 3rd 4th round byes received after 2 p.m today may not be received or granted.

The following bye requests have been granted for future rounds:
  • February 6th (5th round): Sturniolo

Club Championship - Round 3

Defending champion Praveen Balakrishnan defeated Mark Kernighan to take sole possession of first place and a 1 point lead.

John Moldovan had a strong attack against Ed Selling but squandered the chance to claim clear 2nd and was lucky to draw.

3rd round results, by board:


1.
Balakrishnan
1-0
Kernighan
2.
Moldovan
1/2-1/2
Selling
3.
Jackmin
1-0
Tomkovich
4.
McAuliffe
0-1
Sherry
5.
Gottlieb
1-0
Sturniolo
6.
Renna
0-1
Komunicky (filler)
7.
Ruales
0-1
Lee

Mangion
-H-


Chen
-H-


Burnett
-H-



 

Standings, after 3 of 5 rounds:

1. Balakrishnan 3.0
= 2-9. Kernighan, Mangion, Jackmin, Sherry, Moldovan, Selling, Gottlieb, Lee 2.0
10. Chen 1.5
= 11-13. Tomkovich, Sturniolo, McAuliffe 1.0
14. Burnett 0.5
= 15-17. Renna, Vinson, Ruales 0.0

Crosstable

No.
Name
USCF
Points
R1
R2
R3
Color
1
Balakrishnan, Praveen
2234
3.0
W12
W5
W2
Needs Black
2
Kernighan, Mark D
2251
2.0
W11
W10
L1
Needs White
3
Mangion, Ian
2049
2.0
W13
D6
-H-
Expects Black
4
Jackmin, John W
1852
2.0
W16
-N-
W11
Expects Black
5
Sherry, Robert J
1812
2.0
W9
L1
W13
Needs White
6
Moldovan, John
1809
2.0
W17
D3
D7
Needs Black
7
Selling, Edward F
1790
2.0
-H-
W8
D6
Expects White
8
Gottlieb, Paul M
1692
2.0
W18
L7
W12
Needs Black
9
Lee, Larry
---
2.0
L5
-B-
W18
Expects White
10
Chen, Kevin Emmanuel
1958
1.5
W15
L2
-H-
Expects White
11
Tomkovich, Gregory
1671
1.0
L2
W15
L4
Needs White
12
Sturniolo, Louis
1637
1.0
L1
W16
L8
Needs White
13
Mc Auliffe, W Geoff
1609
1.0
L3
W18
L5
Needs Black
14
Komunicky, Daniel
1486
1.0
-U-
-U-
W16
Needs White
15
Burnett, Wayne
1475
0.5
L10
L11
-H-
Expects Black
16
Renna, Joe
1429
0.0
L4
L12
L14
Needs Black
17
Vinson, Robert D
1210
0.0
L6
-U-
-U-
Needs White
18
Ruales, Luis
691
0.0
L8
L13
L9
Needs Black

Monday, January 20, 2014

Projected 3rd Round Pairings

Here are the projected pairings for Round 3 of the Kenilworth CC Championship, on Thursday, January 23rd:

1. Balakrishnan - Kernighan
2. Moldovan - Selling
3. Jackmin - Tomkovich
4. McAuliffe - Sherry
5. Gottlieb - Sturniolo
6. Renna - a filler
7. Ruales - Lee

Half-point byes: Mangion, Chen, Burnett

If no filler is avaialable... Renna will play Lee & Ruales will get a bye.

Pairings are subject to change.

Requests for 3rd round byes received after 2 p.m on Thursday may not be received or granted.

The following bye requests have been granted for future rounds:
  • February 6th (5th round): Sturniolo

Club Championship - Round 2

The higher-rated player prevailed in 6 of the 7 games. Ian Mangion was winning against Moldovan but ended-up yielding a draw.

2nd round results, by board:


1.
Kernighan
0-1
Chen
2.
Sherry
1-0
Balakrishnan
3.
Mangion
1/2-1/2
Moldovan
4.
Selling
1-0
Gottlieb
5.
Burnett
0-1
Tomkovich
6.
Sturniolo
1-0
Renna
7.
Ruales
0-1
McAuliffe

Jackmin
-F-


Lee
-B-


Standings, after 2 of 5 rounds:


= 1-2. Kernighan, Balakrishnan 2.0

= 3-5. Mangion, Moldovan, Selling 1.5
= 6-13. Chen, Jackmin, Sherry, Gottlieb, Tomkovich, Sturniolo, McAuliffe, Lee 1.0
= 14-17. Burnett, Renna, Vinson, Ruales 0.0

Crosstable

No.
Name
USCF
Points
R1
R2
Color
1
Kernighan, Mark D
2251
2.0
W10
W6
Due Black
2
Balakrishnan, Praveen
2234
2.0
W11
W8
Due White
3
Mangion, Ian
2049
1.5
W12
D4
Due Black
4
Moldovan, John
1809
1.5
W16
D3
Due White
5
Selling, Edward F
1790
1.5
-H-
W9
Either
6
Chen, Kevin Emmanuel
1958
1.0
W14
L1
Due Black
7
Jackmin, John W
1852
1.0
W15
-F-
Needs White
8
Sherry, Robert J
1812
1.0
W13
L2
Due Black
9
Gottlieb, Paul M
1692
1.0
W17
L5
Due White
10
Tomkovich, Gregory
1671
1.0
L1
W14
Due White
11
Sturniolo, Louis
1637
1.0
L2
W15
Due Black
12
Mc Auliffe, W Geoff
1609
1.0
L3
W17
Due White
13
Lee, Larry
---
1.0
L8
-B-
Needs Black
14
Burnett, Wayne
1475
0.0
L6
L10
Due Black
15
Renna, Joe
1429
0.0
L7
L11
Due White
16
Vinson, Robert D
1210
0.0
L4
---
---
17
Ruales, Luis
691
0.0
L9
L12
Due Black

Friday, January 10, 2014

Projected 2nd Round Pairings

Here are the projected pairings for Round 2 of the Kenilworth CC Championship, on Thursday, January 16th:

UPDATED 1/11 @ 2:26 a.m.


1. Kernighan - Moldovan
2. Jackmin - Balakrishnan
3. Mangion - Gottlieb
4. Sherry - Chen
5. Selling - Tomkovich
6. Sturniolo - Renna
7. Ruales - Mc Auliffe
8. Burnett - Lee

Robert Vinson withdrew.

Pairings are subject to change.
Late-joins will be allowed until 10 minutes before the 8:30 starting time.

Bye requests should be sent to kenilworthchessclub@gmail.com
Requests for 2nd round byes received after 2 p.m on Thursday may not be received or granted.

The following bye requests have been granted:
  • January 23rd (3rd tound): Mangion, Chen, Burnett
  • February 6th (5th round): Sturniolo

Club Championship - Round 1

The higher-rated player prevailed in all 8 games. Robert Vinson came very close to upsetting John Moldovan before faltering in time-pressure.

 1st round results, by board:


1.
Tomkovich
0-1
Kernighan
2.
Balakrishnan
1-0
Sturniolo
3.
Mc Auliffe
0-1
Mangion
4.
Chen
1-0
Burnett
5.
Renna
0-1
Jackmin
6.
Moldovan
1-0
Vinson
7.
Lee
0-1
Sherry
8.
Gottlieb
1-0
Ruales

Selling
1/2
bye


Standings, after 1 of 5 rounds:

= 1-8. Kernighan, Balakrishnan, Mangion, Chen, Jackmin, Sherry, Moldovan, Gottlieb 1.0
9. Selling 0.5
= 10-17. Tomkovich, Sturniolo, McAuliffe, Burnett, Renna, Vinson, Ruales, Lee 0.0


Crosstable


No.
Name
USCF
Points
R1
Color
1
Kernighan, Mark D
2251
1.0
W10
Needs White
2
Balakrishnan, Praveen
2234
1.0
W11
Needs Black
3
Mangion, Ian
2049
1.0
W12
Needs White
4
Chen, Kevin Emmanuel
1958
1.0
W13
Needs Black
5
Jackmin, John W
1852
1.0
W14
Needs White
6
Moldovan, John
1809
1.0
W15
Needs Black
7
Sherry, Robert J
1812
1.0
W17
Needs White
8
Gottlieb, Paul M
1692
1.0
W16
Needs Black
9
Selling, Edward F
1790
0.5
-H-
Either
10
Tomkovich, Gregory
1671
0.0
L1
Needs Black
11
Sturniolo, Louis
1637
0.0
L2
Needs White
12
Mc Auliffe, W Geoff
1609
0.0
L3
Needs Black
13
Burnett, Wayne
1475
0.0
L4
Needs White
14
Renna, Joe
1429
0.0
L5
Needs Black
15
Vinson, Robert D
1210
0.0
L6
Needs White
16
Ruales, Luis
691
0.0
L8
Needs White
17
Lee, Larry

0.0
L7
Needs Black


Note: December 2013 ratings were erroneously used to make the pairings. However, only boards 6 & 7 were affected.

Club Championship Participants

LM Mark Kernighan (the 2008 winner), NM Praveen Balakrishnan (the reigning champ) and Dr. Ian Mangion are the top-seeds in the 23rd Kenilworth Chess Club Championship which began last night.

17 players are taking part, including 2 new members and 5 others who didn't play in last year's event. However, half of 2013's field are is sitting-out.

Participants, by rating:

1
LM Mark Kernighan
2251
2
NM Praveen Balakrishnan
2234
3
Ian Mangion
2049
4
Kevin Chen
1958
5
John Jackmin
1852
6
Bob Sherry
1812
7
John Moldovan
1809
8
Ed Selling
1790
9
Paul Gottlieb
1692
10
Greg Tomkovich
1671
11
Lou Sturniolo
1637
12
Geoff Mc Auliffe
1609
13
Wayne Burnett
1475
14
Joe Renna
1429
15
Robert Vinson
1210
16
Luis Ruales
691
17
Larry Lee
---

Late-joins will be accepted until the start of round 2, on January 16th.