Archive for September 26th, 2009

On Saturday, October 10th, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., the Scotch Plains Public Library will be hosting a free chess tournament for players U1800 or unrated.

Here are the details :

Date : Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Site :
Scotch Plains Public Library
527 Bartle Ave
Scotch Plains, NJ

Format : non-rated, 3 round swiss
Time Control : G/45

Rounds : 12:00 noon, 1:40 p.m. & 3:10 p.m.

Entry Fee : Free!

Prizes : The Kenilworth Chess Club will be giving free memberships for the remainder of 2009 to each player scoring 2 or more points.

This event is limited to the first 24 entrants who

1. Have a USCF rating <1800
2. Pre-register by calling the library at 908-322-5007, extension 204.

Sun. 9/25 @ 11:19 a.m.- The dates are finally correct. Sorry for the mistakes.

The 67th Westfield Championship begins on Sunday, October 4th.

Here are the details :

Westfield Chess Club
220 Clark Street
Westfield, NJ

Format : 4-SS, USCF-rated
Time Control : 40 moves/100 + G/60

Rounds : 2:30 p.m. on each day

Entry Fee : $25
Westfield CC membership required ($50 Adults; $40 Juniors)

Prize Fund : $550 Guaranteed
Prizes : $150 for 1st place; $100 for 2nd place; $75 to top U2100, U1850, U1600 & U1350

Registration : at the site on 10/4, from 2:00-2:30 p.m.

No byes in the event.

Steve Stoyko, Mark Kernighan & Ken Chieu lead after 2 rounds of the Sy Fish Memorial.

Full standings :

• 2.0 Stoyko 2240, Kernighan 2200, Chieu 2109
• 1.5 Dan Komunicky 1496
• 1.0 Errol Singh 1900, Ian Mangion 1978, Don Carrelli 1794, David Pawlowski 1777, Mike Wojcio 1613, Ted Mann 1550, Lou Sturniolo 1530
• 0.5 Pat Mazzillo 1352, Joe Renna 1326
• 0.0 Bert Shiffman 1316, Gordon Agress 1277, Jose Garcia 973p

Board by results :

Round 1

1. Wojcio 0-1Stoyko
2. Kernighan 1-0 Mann
3. Sturniolo 0-1 Chieu
4. Singh 1-0 Mazzillo
5. Shiffman 0-1 Mangion
6. Carrelli 1-0 Agress
7. Garcia 0-1 Pawlowski

Kominicky & Renna late-joined & received 1/2-pt byes

Round 2

1. Stoyko 1-0 Singh
2. Mangion 0-1 Kernighan
3. Chieu 1-0 Pawlowski
4. Agress 0-1Wojcio
5. Mann 1-0 Shiffman
6. Garcia 0-1 Sturniolo
7. Renna 0-1 Komunicky

Mazzillo 1/2-pt. bye
Carrelli, who played as a fill in round 1, was not paired.

As for games, there’s just one to offer (see below) because most of the club’s scoresheets “disappeared” between meetings and we ran-out of them.

[Event "2nd Sy Fish Memorial"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ, USA"]
[Date "2009.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Black "Mann, Ted"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1550"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "57"]

{King’s Indian Defense : 4 Pawns Attack, by transposition}
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 0-0 7.f4 Na6 8.Nf3 Nb4 9.Bb1 Bg4 $146 10.0-0 Rc8 11.a3 Na6 12.Qe1 Nc7 13.Nh4 a6 $2 14.f5 gxf5 $2 15.h3 Bh5 16.exf5 Qd7 $2 17.g4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Qg3 h5 $2 20.f6 $1 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 $1 exf6 22.Bf5 Ne6 23.Bxg4 hxg4 24.Qxg4+ Kh8 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Bh6 Ng7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Nf5+ Kg8 29.Qg4+ 1-0

A replay page with this nice win & games from the remaining rounds will be uploaded next Friday.

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This Category 16 event, billed as the “highest rated international invitational tournament in U.S. history”, is named after its founder, former Women’s World Champion Susan Polgar. After six rounds GMs Kuzubov, Andreikin and Hammer lead, but Group B (Cat. 11) is also interesting, since 14-year-old IM Ray Robson is trying to pick up his final GM norm. Illustrated report.

“So we have four games played and White could not win a single game yet,” noted match commentator Klaus Bischoff. “Today we will see Nigel’s last try with the white pieces.” Try he did, and in fact pulled off a fine victory to take a 3.0-2.0 lead in this match (with one game to go). Not a single game so far has been unfought or boring. Report with GM analysis.