Upcoming Events at the Kenilworth Chess Club :
NM Mark Kernighan won the 12-player, Kenilworth G/15 last night. Glen Hart, coming off a fine, =4th result at the U.S. Amateur East, finished in 2nd place. Greg Tomkovich & Mike Wojcio tied for 3rd.
There is an article at the USCF website by Steve Ferrero about Sandi Hutama taking the 66th annual US Amateur Championship East title in Somerset, NJ. The crosstable is also up and shows how Hutama dominated the field with 5.5 out of 6. Jim West has posted a selection of Steve’s excellent photos from the event (note to Jim: fix the blog template; scrolling is a pain.) Diamondback also has shots of the prize winners. A record 220 players participated in this Heritage Event.
When did we see something like this before: the Prime Minister of a country attends a chess match and stays to listen to GM commentary? Day two of the rapid match in Prague brought a similar result to day one: David Navara was not able to win his white game and lost with black against Vassily Ivanchuk, who has been playing top events non-stop for months. Big pictorial report.