Friday, February 21, 2014

Sherry Wins Bughouse Tourney

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.

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.

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.

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:

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