Balakrishnan Wins Kenilworth Championship

10 year old NM Praveen Balakrishnan beat LM Mark Kernighan last night to win the 22nd Kenilworth Championship.

LM Scott Massey took 3rd on tiebreaks over expert Michael Goeller and newcomer Nelson Gutierrez.

5th Round Results:

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

Pelican: 1/2 point bye

Final Standings

Tied players listed in tie-break order.

1. Balakrishnan 4.5
2. Kernighan 4.0
= 3-5. Massey, Goeller, Gutierrez 2.5
= 6-7. Tomkovich, Mangion 3.0
= 8-10. Carrelli, Moldovan, McAuliffe 2.5
= 11-16. Vinson, Hart, Renna, Shiffman, Sturniolo, Castellano 2.0
17. Pelican 1.5
= 18-19. Azzarello, Ruales 1.0
20. Mazzillo 0.0


Unofficial Prize List:

1st - Praveen Balakrishnan
2nd - Mark Kernighan
3rd - Scott Massey
U2100 - Michael Goeller
U1800 - Nelson Gutierrez
U1600 - Robert Vinson
U1400 - Joe Renna

Congratulations to Praveen and all the prize-winners.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

5th Round Pairings

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

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

Shiffman: 1 point bye

Kenilworth Championship - 4th Round

Mark Kernighan maintained his half-point lead with a win over Scott Massey. Praveen Balakrishnan stayed within striking distance by beating John Moldovan.

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

Azzarello: 1 point bye
Castellano, McAuliffe: 0.0 byes
Mazzillo withdrew


Standings, after round 4 of 5:

1. Kernighan 4.0
2. Balakrishnan 3.5
3. Mangion 3.0
= 4-8. Massey, Goeller, Carrelli, Moldovan, Gutierrez 2.5
= 9-11.  Hart, Tomkovich, Vinson 2.0
= 12-14. Sturniolo, McAuliffe, Renna 1.5
= 15-19. Pelican, Castellano, Shiffman, Azzarello, Ruales 1.0
20. Mazzillo 0.0

The final round is on February 7th.

Pairing Changes

Pat Mazzillo withdrew fron the Championship.

Thus, the pairings on boards 8 & 9 have been revised to:

8. Ruales - Renna
9. Azzarello: 1 point bye

Boards 1-7 remain the same.

4th Round Pairings

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

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

Castellano, McAuliffe: 0.0 byes

Wall Chart

Kenilworth CC Championship 2013

Wall Chart

No.	Player	Rating	Points	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
1	Kernighan, Mark D	2200	3.0	B19 1.0	W7 2.0	B9 3.0	W3
2	Balakrishnan, Praveen	2206	2.5	B13 1.0	W8 2.0	B3 2.5	W4
3	Massey, Scott	2203	2.5	W18 1.0	B5 2.0	W2 2.5	B1
4	Moldovan, John	1798	2.5	W17 1.0	HALF 1.5	B10 2.5	B2
5	Mangion, Ian	2042	2.0	B16 1.0	W3 1.0	B13 2.0	W6
6	Hart, Glen B	1684	2.0	HALF 0.5	W14 1.0	B15 2.0	B5
7	Tomkovich, Gregory	1654	2.0	W11 1.0	B1 1.0	B14 2.0	W8
8	Goeller, Michael	2094	1.5	W15 1.0	B2 1.0	W11 1.5	B7
9	Carrelli, Donald A	1864	1.5	HALF 0.5	B12 1.5	W1 1.5	B10
10	Sturniolo, Louis	1659	1.5	B20 1.0	HALF 1.5	W4 1.5	W9
11	Gutierrez, Nelson	1650*	1.5	B7 0.0	W16 1.0	B8 1.5	W13
12	Mc Auliffe, W. Geoffrey	1616	1.5	HALF 0.5	W9 0.5	B19 1.5	-N- 1.5
13	Pelican, Robert J	1631	1.0	W2 0.0	B17 1.0	W5 1.0	B11
14	Castellano, James	1450	1.0	HALF 0.5	B6 1.0	W7 1.0	-N- 1.0
15	Shiffman, Bertram	1257	1.0	B8 0.0	W20 1.0	W6 1.0	B16
16	Vinson, Robert D	1244	1.0	W5 0.0	B11 0.0	W20 1.0	W15
17	Ruales, Luis	705	1.0	B4 0.0	W13 0.0	BYE 1.0	B18
18	Mazzillo, Patrick	1435	0.5	B3 0.0	HALF 0.5	-N- 0.5	W17
19	Renna, Joe	1373	0.5	W1 0.0	HALF 0.5	W12 0.5	B20
20	Azzarello, Joe	800*	0.0	W10 0.0	B15 0.0	B16 0.0	W19

* = assigned rating

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.