Scoring Leaders

Individual Scoring Leaders, through 4 rounds:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 3.5 (+3-0=1)

2. Joe Demetrick, Karpovs 3.0 (+3-0=0)

2. Ian Mangion, Karpovs 3.0 (+2-0=2)

2. Roger Pedersen, Chess Mates 3.0 (+2-0=2)

5. Four or Five players with 2.5

Board Leaders

Board Scoring Leaders, through 4 rounds:

1st board:

Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 2.5 (+2-1=1)

3 players with 1.5

2nd board:

Ian Mangion, Karpovs 3.0 (+2-0=2)

Ed Selling, Staten Island 2.0 (+2-0=0)

Roger Pedersen, Chess Mates 2.0 (+1-0=2)

3rd board:

Max Sherer, Karpovs 3.5 (+3-0=1)

Glen Hart, Summit 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Phil Hepler, Hamilton 1.5 (+0-0=3)

4th board:

Joe Demetrick, Karpovs 3.0 (+3-0=0)

Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Russ Avarella, Sparta 2.0 or 2.5

West Orange 4 Sparta 0

West Orange blanked Sparta on Tuesday night and moved into a 2nd place tie, with Hamilton, at 2-0-1.

Expert Lev Zilbermintz, Alberto Martinez and Mike Rodriguez notched their 1st GSCL victories. Bryan Cohen also won.

Thanks to W.O's Jose Fernandez for the report and results.

4th Round PGN & Notes

3 games from Thursday's matches have been uploaded in java-replay & zipped PGN, including my annotated W over Jackson Hueckel.

Moldovan-Hueckel

after 23...Be5

White to win

The Standings page and others have been updated, as well.

Last Night's Scores + Games

Karpovs 3.5 DOCA Knights 0.5

Chess Mates 2.5 Korchnois 0.5 (mutual forfeit on board 4)

Summit 2 Staten Island 2

Pedersen (CM) 1900 - Lewis (Kor) 1806

B51 Sicilian Defense

Moscow Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.0–0 a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.h3 e5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Nc4 h5?! (N) 10.Nh2 h4 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Ng4 Rb8 15.b3 Qd7 16.Bh2 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Ne3 Kd8 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Qe6 21.Rad1 Kd7 22.d4 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Rb5 24.Qf3 Rg5 25.Rfd1 Rhg8 26.R1d2 d5 27.Kf1 Ke8 28.exd5 cxd5 29.Rxd5 Re5 30.Rxe5 1–0

Moldovan (Su) 1814 - Hueckel (SI) 1946

D34 Queen's Gambit
Tarrasch Defense

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Rc1 d4?! 12.Bxf6! gxf6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Qa4? (N) Qd5 15.Ned2 Rac8 16.a3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 a5 18.Ne1 Qh5 19.Bf3 Qh3 20.Bg2 Qh5 21.Bf3 Qh3 22.Nd3 Bd6 23.Ne4 Be5? 24.Bg2 Qh5 25.f4 f5 26.Nxe5?? Nxe5?? 27.Nf6+ 1–0

Gates (SI) - Sturniolo (Su) 1456

B88 Sicilian Defense
Scheveningen Variation
Sozin Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qd2 Na5 10.0–0–0 Nxb3+ 11.axb3 Bd7 12.f3 Rc8 (N) 13.Kb1 b5 14.g4 e5 15.g5 Nh5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 f6 18.Ne4 0–0 19.gxf6 Nxf6 20.Nxd6 Rc6 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Rd6 23.Qe2 Qc7 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Qg4 Rc8 27.c3 a5 28.Rd5 Bf6 29.Qd1 b4 30.c4 a4 31.c5 a3 32.bxa3 bxa3 33.Ka2 Qa6 34.b4 Qc4+ 35.Qb3 Qe2+ 36.Rd2+ 1–0

Replays, PGN and page updates will follow later today or tonight. 

Chieu Named Kortchnois' Captain

The Kenilworth Chess Club has chosen NM Ken Chieu to be Captain of its Kortchnois team. He replaces Dr. Richard Lewis, who resigned last month.

Hamilton 3.5 DOCA Knights 0.5

Hamilton remained unbeaten as Phil Hepler's league-record 3rd draw of the season backed-up victories by NM Dragan Milovanovic, Charles Miller & Ed Sytnik.

Aaron Kiedes' half-point was the Knights' only bright spot.

Thanks to Kevin Chen for the results.

Kortchnois 3.5 Sparta 0.5

NM Ken Chieu, Richard Lewis and Mikhail Kruglyak swept on boards 1-3 to lead Kenilworth's Kortchnois over Sparta. Bert Shiffman had a draw.

W. Orange-Summit Synopsis

Last night's match started early (20 minutes ahead of schedule) and so did the blunders. In fact, 3 of the games were so-marred and done within 90 minutes of play.

West Orange, making its initial GSCL road trip, got on the board first when Victor Rosas beat John Moldovan, who overlooked looming back rank troubles.

Moldovan-Rosas

Black to win

Summit evened the score at 1 on Don Varneckas's win over Robert Lynn, who allowed a shot and then hung his Q.

Varneckas-Miller

White to win

However, the visiting team moved ahead shortly thereafter as Jose Fernandez matched Rosas's feat and exploited Simon Thomson's lack of luft.

Fernandez-Thomson

White to win

Donnally Miller had a chance to give the hosts a tie but, after overcoming a lost position, he misplayed a winning pawn ending and had to make peace with Bryan Cohen.

Cohen-Lynn

Black to win

West Orange raised its record to 1-0-1 and climbed into a 3rd place tie. Summit fell to 1-2 and 6th in the standings.

Updated round 3 PGN & replay page

West Orange Edges Summit

West Orange edged Summit last night 2.5-1.5. An expanded report, page updates and games will follow later today.

Tonight the 0-1 Kortchnois play 0-2 Sparta.

Kortchnois Need 1 or 2 Players for Tuesday

The Kenilworth Kortchnois need 1 or 2 players for Tuesday's Garden State League match vs. Sparta, which will take place in West Orange. If you'd like to play, please contact Dr. Richard Lewis or me.

Karpovs-Chess Mates Synopsis

A shocking, last-second reversal gave the Kenilworth Karpovs a 3-1 victory over Chess Mates and sole possession of 1st place last night in Rahway.

Max Sherer put the visitors ahead at the 2 hour mark and Ian Mangion drew to set the table for clinching but the match turned as Steve Stoyko was denied by Ari Minkov and a likely full point on board 4 turned into certain loss.

However, with an extra piece and the clock in his favor, Chess Mates' Joe Renna tragically missed a win and allowed Joe Demetrick, who was down to the 5-second increment, to mate him.

Java-Replay
PGN

Karpovs 3 Chess Mates 1

An extended report and zipped PGN will follow. For now, here are the games, in order of finish with the players' current USCF ratings:

board 3
A54 Old Indian Defense
Max Sherer 1820 (K) - Ziggy Bliznikas 1800 (CM)
1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O Na6 9. f4 Nc5 10. Bf3 Re8 {novelty} 11. b4 Ne6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 c5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rd1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Qa4 Rd8 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. e5 Qf8 24. Qb5 f6 25. Qb6 fxe5 26. fxe5 Qe8?? 27. e6 Kh8 28. e7 Rd7 29. Bg4 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Bxg4 31. Qd8 Bd7 32. Rd2 b5 33. Ra2 Kg8 34. Ra7 Bc6 35. dxc6 1-0

board 2

B40 Sicilian Defense
Roger Pedersen 1935 (CM) - Ian Mangion 1966 (K)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 {novelty} Re8 10. Re1 d4 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bf1 Bf5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. a4 Nd5 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qe1 Ncb4 17. Qxe8+ Rxe8 18. Re1 Rxe1 19. Nxe1 b6 20. g3 a6 21. Kg2 Bd7 22. Be2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Bf3 Bc6 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke2 Kf6 28. Nb1 Be5 29. Bg2 Ke6 30. Bxd5+ Nxd5 31. f4 Bf6 32. Bc1 g5 33. Ng2 Nb4 34. Ne1 gxf4 35. Bxf4 Bg5 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Ke5 39. Nd2 Ba4 40. Ndf3+ Kf6 41. Kd2 Bc6 42. Ke2 Ba4 1/2-1/2

board 1
B07 Pribyl Defense
Steve Stoyko 2202 (K) - Ari Minkov 1970 (CM) 
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 {novelty} exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. c3 Rad8 15. b4 Rd6 16. g4 Rfd8 17. Bc4 Bf8 18. Ng3 Ne8 19. Nf5 Rd2 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Qg5 c5 22. Bd5 R2xd5 23. exd5 cxb4 24. a5 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. c4 Ne4 27. Rfe1 Nd2 28. Kg2 b3 29. Ne3 Bc5 30. Nf1 Nxc4 31. Rac1 Bb4 32. Re4 b2 33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Rxb2 Bxa5 35. Rxb7 Nd6 36. Rxa7 Nxe4 37. Rxa5 f6 38. Ne3 Rc7 39. h4 Kf7 40. Ra8 Nd6 41. Rd8 Ke7 42. Rh8 Kf7 43. h5 Rc8 44. Rxc8 Nxc8 45. Nc4 Ke7 46. Kg3 Nd6 47. Ne3 Kd7 48. f4 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Nd2+ 50. Kg3 Ne4+ 51. Kf3 Nd2+ 52. Ke2 exf4 53. Kxd2 fxe3+ 54. Kxe3 Ke7 {& agreed drawn after further play.} 1/2-1/2

board 4

D02 QP Game
Joe Renna 1252 (CM) - Joe Demetrick 1664 (K)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc1 c5 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nb3 Re8 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Nxd7 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Qxd7 14. Rac1 Qb5 15. Bf1 Qb6 16. Rb1 e5 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Nc1 Rac8 19. Nd3 e4 20. Ne1 Red8 21. Qf4 Rc6 22. c3 Rdc8 23. g4 g5 24. Qxf5 Rd8 25. cxd4 h6 26. e3 Rf6 27. Qe5 Rxf2 28. Qg3 Rf6 29. b3 Qa5 30. Rb2 Qc3 31. Rc2 Qa5 32. Rdc1 Rfd6 33. Rc8 Qxa2 34. Rxd8+ {34.Qxd6 1-0 Bliznikas} Rxd8 35. Qc7 Re8 36. Qd7 Re6 37. Rc7 Rf6 38. Rxb7?? Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxf1# 0-1 {Black had 1 second left}

The games were relayed live on Playchess. They can be viewed there until around 12:30 a.m. Saturday 11/10. Go to the Broadcast Room and look for games from Jpmoldovan.