Kenilworth Championship - Round 3

Mark Kernighan took sole possession of 1st by beating Don Carrelli. Praveen Balakrishnan and Scott Massey drew.

Nelson Gutierrez scored the biggest upset to date by drawing Michael Goeller.

Results, by board #:

1. Massey 1/2-1/2 Balakrishnan
2. Carrelli 0-1 Kernighan
3. Sturniolo 0-1 Moldovan
4. Goeller 1/2-1/2 Gutierrez
5. Pelican 0-1 Mangion
6. Shiffman 0-1 Hart
7. Castellano 0-1 Tomkovich
8. Renna 0-1 McAuliffe
9. Vinson 1-0 Azzarello

Mazzillo: 0.0 bye
Ruales: 1.0 bye

Standings, after round 3 of 5:

1. Kernighan 3.0
= 2-4. Balakrishnan, Massey, Moldovan 2.5
= 5-7.  Mangion, Hart, Tomkovich 2.0
= 8-12. Goeller, Carrelli, Gutierrez, Sturniolo, McAuliffe 1.5
= 13-17. Pelican, Castellano, Shiffman, Vinson, Ruales 1.0
= 18-19. Mazzillo, Renna 0.5
20. Azzarello 0.0

The 4th round is on January 31st.

Revised Pairings

 Here are the revised pairings for tonight's Kenilworth Championship games:

 1. Massey - Balakrishnan
 2. Carrelli - Kernighan
 3. Sturniolo - Moldovan
 4. Goeller - Gutierrez
 5. Pelican - Mangion
 6. Shiffman - Hart
 7. Castellano - Tomkovich
 8. Renna - McAuliffe
 9. Vinson - Azzarello

Ruales: 1 point bye

3rd Round Pairings

 Here are the projected pairings for the Kenilworth Championship's 3rd round:

 1. Massey - Balakrishnan
 2. Carrelli - Kernighan
 3. Sturniolo - Moldovan
 4. Goeller - Gutierrez
 5. Pelican - Mangion
 6. Shiffman - Hart
 7. Castellano - Tomkovich
 8. Mazzillo - McAuliffe
 9. Vinson - Renna
10. Azzarello - Ruales

Kenilworth Championship - Round 2

Don Carrelli and Glen Hart late-joined.

Results, by board #:

1. Balakrishnan 1-0 Goeller
2. Mangion 0-1 Massey
3. Kernighan 1-0 Tomkovich
4. McAuliffe 0-1 Carrelli
5. Hart 1/2-1/2 Castellano
6. Gutierrez 1-0 Vinson
7. Ruales 0-1 Pelican
8. Shiffman 1-0 Azzarello

1/2 point byes: Moldovan, Sturniolo, Mazzillo, Renna

Standings, after round 2 of 5:

= 1-3. Balakrishnan, Massey, Kernighan 2.0
= 4-6. Carrelli, Moldovan, Sturniolo 1.5
= 7-14. Goeller, Mangion, Hart, Tomkovich, Gutierrez, Pelican, Castellano, Shiffman 1.0
= 15-17. McAuliffe, Mazzillo, Renna 0.5
= 18-20. Vinson, Ruales, Azzarello 0.0

The 3rd round is on January 24th.

Kenilworth Championship - Round 1

There were no upsets among the 8 opening round games.

Results, by board #:

1. Pelican 0-1 Balakrishnan
2. Massey 1-0 Mazzillo
3. Renna 0-1 Kernighan
4. Goeller 1-0 Shiffman
5. Vinson 0-1 Mangion
6. Moldovan 1-0 Ruales
7. Azzarello 0-1 Sturniolo
8. Tomkovich 1-0 Gutierrez

1/2 point byes: McAuliffe, Castellano

Standings, after round 1 of 5:

= 1-8. Balakrishnan, Massey, Kernighan, Goeller, Mangion, Moldovan, Sturniolo, Tomkovich 1.0
= 9-10. McAuliffe, Castellano 0.5
= 11-18. Pelican, Mazzillo, Renna, Shiffman, Vinson, Ruales, Azzarello, Gutierrez 0.0

Round 2 is on January 17th. Late-joins will be accepted until then.

Kenilworth Championship Participants

The 22nd Kenilworth Championship began last night, with a total of 18 players.

Here is the full list of participants, by rating:

1. NM Praveen Balakrishnan 2206
2. LM Scott Massey 2203
3. LM Mark Kernighan 2200
4. Michael Goeller 2094
5. Ian Mangion 2042
6. John Moldovan 1798
7. Lou  Sturniolo 1659
8. Greg Tomkovich 1654
9. Bob Pelican 1631
10. Geoff McAuliffe 1616
11. Jim Castellano 1454
12. Pat Mazzillo 1435
13. Joe Renna 1373
14. Bert Shiffman 1257
15. Robert Vinson 1244
16. Luis Ruales 705
17. Joe Azzarello ----
18. Nelson Gutierrez ----

Late joins will be accepted until the start of round 2 on January 17th.

TEST

This is a test post for the KCC Tournaments Blog. Results, standings and pairings will appear here, possibly games also.