#558 Summer Tourney Stats
Most Points Scored
- Total – 14.0 Ian Mangion (+13-4=2)
- With White – 5.0 Mangion (+5-1=0)
- With Black – 9.0 Mangion (+8-4=2), Mark Kernighan (+9-1=0)
Highest Scoring of Possible Points (minimum 5 games)
- Total – .923 Kernighan (+12-1=0)
- With White – 1.000 Kernighan (+3-0=0)
- With Black – .900 Kernighan (+9-1=0)
Highest Plus Score
- Total – +11 Kernighan (+12=1=0)
- With White – +4 Mangion
- With Black – +8 Kernighan
Longest Unbeaten Streaks
- Total – 11 Kernighan (+11-0=0 in weeks 1-11)
- With White – 5 Mangion (+5-0=0 in weeks 1-12)
- With Black – 9 John Moldovan (+5-0=4 in weeks 7-13)
Longest Winning Streaks
- Total – 11 Kernighan
- With White – 5 Mangion
- With Black – 8 Kernighan
Most Games Played
- Total – 20 Mangion
- With White – 10 Joe Renna
- With Black – 14 Mangion
Most Wins
- Total – 13 Mangion
- With White – 5 Mangion
- With Black – 9 Kernighan
Most Losses
- Total – 10 Bert Shiffman
- With White – 6 Renna
- With Black – 5 Shiffman
Most Draws
Total – 6 Moldovan
With White – 3 Max Sherer
With Black – 5 Moldovan
Biggest Upset
- With White : Renna (-541) 1-0 Moldovan in round 6
- Draw With Black : Sherer (-188) vs. Mangion in round 10
- Win With Black : Tomkovich (-114) vs. Moldovan in round 5
honorable mentions :
- Bill Sokolosky (-537) vs Geoff McAuliffe in round 3
- David Pawlowski (-445) vs. Kernighan in round 12
- Shiffman (-388) vs. McAuliffe in round 4
- Renna (-329) vs. Lou Sturniolo in round 12
- Gordon Agress (-323) vs. Sturniolo in round 9
Game Length
- Fastest Win By White : Jim Cole… 21 moves vs. Shiffman, in round 2
- Fastest Win by Black : Moldovan… 10 moves vs. Kruglyak, in round 11
- Shortest Draw : Moldovan-Mangion… an 18 move fizzler in round 2
- Longest Game : Pawlowski 1-0 Kernighan… 118 moves in round 12
Results Breakdown
- Total Number Of Games – 99
- Decisive Games – 89 (89.9%!)
- White wins – 45 (45.5%)
- Black wins – 44 (44.4%)
- Draws – 10 (10.1%)
- Pct. of Points Scored By White – .505
- Pct. of Points Scored By Black – .495
- W-L-D Record of the Higher-rated Player : 65-24-10
- Pct. of Points Scored By the Higher-rated Player – .707
Miscellaneous (minimum 5 games)
- Highest pct. of games won – .923 Kernighan
- Highest pct. of games won or drawn – .923 Kernighan
- Highest pct. of draws – .316 Moldovan
- Scores Collected – 64 (64.6%)
- Most Popular Openings : Nimzo-Indian Defense (10 of the 64 games collected; 12 if we include hybrid Q’s Indians) & Queen’s Gambit (10 games)
- Most Popular e4 Defense : French Defense (7 games, including 2 by transposition)
- Latest novelty : White’s 14.Bd3 in round 10’s McAuliffe-Moldovan
The 99 games played in this year’s KST smashed the previous, unofficial record of 86; which was set in 2006’s 14-week event.
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