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

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.

Club Championship Begins January 9th

The 23rd Kenilworth Chess Club Championship will begin on Thursday, January 9th, 2014 and run through February 6th, 2014.

Here are the details :

23rd KCC Championship

• Not-rated
• 5-round Swiss
• January 9th-February 6th, 2014.
• Time Control: G/75+5 second delay.
• Rounds to start at 8:30 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 U2100, 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 membership is required. KCC dues for 2014 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 1/2 meeting or before 8:25 p.m. on 1/9 @ Kenilworth Community Center, 575 Boulevard, Kenilworth, N.J. 07033
• 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), IM Yaacov Norowitz (2009), NM Arthur Macaspac (2010, 2012), NM Ken Chieu (2011), and NM Praveen Balakrishnan (2013).

 

20 players took part in last year's event.

Round by round coverage of the tournament will be posted on the KCC Tournaments blog.

Chen, Carrelli, Hart Win Fish Memorial

Kevin Chen, Don Carrelli and Glen Hart won the 6th Sy Fish Memorial, which took place September 12th thru October 3rd.

Paul Gottleib and Bert Shiffman split the U1800 prize, which was pooled with the U1400.

Carrelli could have taken clear first but he declined Chen's draw offer and went to lose a pawn ending.

4th Round Results:

Carrelli 0-1 Chen
Gottleib 1/2-1/2 Pedersen
L. Moreira 0-1 Hart
Renna -+ Shiffman
Sharma -+ Sturniolo
Mazzillo 1-0 Ruales


Final Standings:

= 1-3. Chen, Carrelli, Hart 3.0
= 4-6. Pedersen, Gottleib, Shiffman 2.5
= 7-8. Sturniolo, L. Moreira 2.0
= 9-11. Mazzillo, Renna, Sharma 1.5
= 12-13. G. Moreira (withdrew), Ruales 0.0

The event was submitted for rating at 11:52 p.m. and the crosstable should appear at http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201310033342 before 1 a.m.