#1000! Ellner Memorial Starts April 12th

5th Annual Irving Ellner Memorial

• Starts April 12th at 8:20 p.m.
• USCF Rated
• 6-round Swiss
• G/75 time control
• Rounds will commence at 8:20 p.m. on April 12th, 19th, 26th and May 10th, 17th, 24th. There is no game on May 3rd!
• Entry Fee: $15
• Prizes: 1st $100, 2nd $50, 3rd $25, Best under 1900 $20, U1500 $20.
• All prizes are guaranteed. They will be higher if there are more entries.
• Register with TD Geoff McAuliffe during our 3/29 and 4/5 meetings or before 8:20 p.m. on 4/12 @ Kenilworth Community Center, 575 Boulevard, Kenilworth, N.J.

#999 KCC Calendar Updated

The Kenilworth Chess Club's Calendar for 2012 has been updated.

Please note the following additions and changes:

• March 29th & April 5th: Non-rated, 4-round, G/30 Fischer Random Tourney. 2 games per week. EF: Free!
• The 5th annual Irving Ellner Memorial will begin April 12th, not 4/19. Details in the next post.
• The Kenilworth Karpovs-Hamilton match has been rescheduled for May 31st.
• LM Scott Massey will give part 2 of his Alexander Alekhine lecture on June 5th 7th. The years 1927-1946 will be covered. Admission: $5.

#998 Venue Change For April 1st Westfield Quads

The Westfield Chess Club's April 1st Quads will held in the YMCA's Bauer Family Branch

at 422 East Broad Street, which is between Saint Paul Street and South Euclid Avenue.

The Y's main location on Clark Street is having a new transformer put in on 4/1 and will be closed that day. The work was not done today due to weather concerns. 

Apr. 1   Westfield Quads 3 RR, G/40 T/D 5s, G/45. Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., YMCA Virginia Bauer Family Branch, 422 East Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 1:30-2:15 p.m. Rds.: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m.

 

For more information contact WCC President Todd Lunna at 732-526-7163 or lunnaco@aol.com

I will be directing the Quads. Please register by 2:15 p.m. and bring a chess clock if you own one.

#997 Westfield Scholastic Change

Sunday's Westfield Spring Scholastic will be held at the YMCA's main location, 220 Clark Street, as originally scheduled.

 

For more information contact Westfield CC President Todd Lunna at 732-526-7163 or lunnaco@aol.com

 

-----Original Message-----
From: patrick mazzillo
To: john moldovan
Sent: Fri, Mar 23, 2012 5:06 pm
Subject: scholastic at the Y after all

Hi John!

 

The March 25 Scholastic will be at the Y as originally scheduled. The Y will be closed for a new transformer April 1. (This is not an April Fool's joke!) That April 1 quad will be at the Bauer location.

 

Pat

#996 Westfield Spring Scholastic

An important announcement from the Westfield Chess Club:

The March 25th Westfield Spring Scholastic will take place in the YMCA's Bauer Family Branch at 422 East Broad Street in Westfield.

The Y's main location on Clark Street is having a new transformer put in and will be closed that day.

Mar. 25   Westfield Spring Scholastic NOTE VENUE CHANGE: Virginia Bauer Family Branch, 422 East Broad St., Westfield, NJ 07090 not Westfield Y, 220 Clark St., Westfield, NJ 07090. K-12 3 Sections: Open, Under 1250, Under 750. Open: 3 SS, G/40 T/D 5 s, G/45. Trophies to top 5 in each section. EF: $20, $15 at site $30, $25 members. Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m. Rds.: 2:45-4:25-6:05 p.m. Under 1250: 4 SS, G/25 T/D 5s, G/30. Trophies to top 5 in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members at site $30, $25 members. Reg.: 2-2:30 p.m. Rds.: 2:45-4:00-5:15-6:30 p.m. Under 750: 4 SS, G/25 T/D 5s, G/30. Trophies to top 5 in each section. EF: $20, $15 Members at site $30, $25 Members. Reg: 2-2:30 p.m. Rds: 2:45-4:00-5:15-6:30 p.m. Tiebreaks for trophies.

For more information contact WCC President Todd Lunna at 732-526-7163 or lunnaco@aol.com

#995 Hiatus

This blog will be on hiatus for the next 5-6 weeks except for a few possible announcements.

I will continue making posts for Chess Mates' blog and post on the Garden State Chess League blog, as needed.

#994 PGN Updates

Mangion-Palakollu and Mazzillo-Sturniolo have been added to the PGN and java-replay for round 5 of the Kenilworth Championship.

My running PGN Archive for 2012 has been updated with all the games posted since January 21st.

#993 Kenilworth Quads

The Kenilworth CC will be running USCF-rated, G/60 Quads over the next 3 weeks. Please register by 8:20 p.m. tonight.

Round 1 will commence at 8:30 p.m. Rounds 2 & 3 will be played March 15th and March 22nd.

EF: $10. Prizes: $30 to first in each quad.

#992 USATE Tiebreak Update

On Sunday, a U.S. Amateur Team East official revealed that Modified Median was used as the first tie-breaker for places 1-5 and acknowledged that USCF rule 34G2 (the USAT System!!) was only used to determine the other prizes in the tournament.

	Modified Median	Solkoff
Master Maters	23.5	27.5
Go Ahead, Mate My Day	22.5	26.5
Three And Half Masters	22.5	26.0
Caro-Cain Defense	22.5	25.5
*Chessmates Of Rahway NJ	21.0	23.5

* Finished 9th and did not qualify for the Best NJ prize because GM Yudasin lives in NY.

Perhaps, at some point, someone will explain why 2 methods are used (or necessary) and publicly release complete standings with tie-breaks info. The event's 294 teams and 1237 players deserve as much.

#991 Sherer Wins Kenilworth Blitz

Max Sherer won the Kenilworth Blitz tournament held on February 23rd, by winning taking a Bullet playoff against Don Carrelli 2-0.

Ian Mangion took 3rd place. Mark Kernighan was 4th. Joe Renna had the best U1500 score.

#990 Corr Update

Since my last report, there has been 1 draw in CZE vs. USA. With 6 games left we trail 22.5-21.5.

A 56 to 58 board U.S.-Sweden match is in the works. If you are interested in playing contact U.S. captain Tom Biedermann.

#989 Westfield Quads

I will be directing the Westfield Quads tomorrow and would appreciate if the players were to register by 2:15 p.m. and bring clocks. Thanks.

#988 USATE Standings Error?

My calculations indicate Chessmates of Rahway NJ had better tie-breaks than the 4th and 5th placed teams at the USATE.

#987 GSCL Matches At KCC Tonight

Tonight, the Kenilworth Chess Club will be hosting 3 Garden State Chess League matches:

• Chess Mates (0-3) vs. Summit (1-2-1)
  
• Hamilton (2-0-2) vs. Staten Island (1-3)
  
• Kortchnois (2-2-1) vs. Karpovs (4-0-1)