Notes from week 2 of the Kenilworth consultation game have been added to the existing Java-Replay page & zipped PGN file.
The aforementioned's opening (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6) will be the subject of tomorrow's night's 4-round, G/15, Thematic Tournament.
The White team, headed by FIDE Masters Steve Stoyko & Tom Bartell (a pair of ex-N.J. State Champions), won the Kenilworth consultation game that carried over from May 17th.
Black played poorly in the 2nd session but was holding until a fatal turn at move 34 & a stunning Exchange sac (see 2nd diagram below) did him in.
A total of 22 players participated!! With such support & several open dates on the 2007 KCC calendar, there is a good possibility that we'll have another consultation contest in the fall.
Complete game score with notes from week 1 in Java-Replay & PGN
The 17th Kenilworth Championship has finally finished. Justin Roach is the U1800 champ after a forfeit victory over Gordon Agress. Greg Tomkovich will apparently get the 2nd-place U1800 trophy since Mike Wojcio (who had the better tie-breaks) has eschewed the scheduled G/30 playoff.
In addition to deciding the top prize, Gordon's default clinched the 2nd-place U1400 award for Harry Smith. Joe Renna won the U1400 title.
Sokolosky-Cole, which was to determine 10th place, has not been played, either. I don't expect that it will be.
The Internet Chess Club recently announced that it has acquired the World Chess Network and U.S. Chess Live and merged them into a new server. Details here, here, here and here.
USCL Basic & WCN Silver members will lose half of their remaining subscription time when those accounts are transferred. ICC members won't have access to the new entity.
I'm sorry to see USCL go, because it was the site of my greatest tournament victory (table ... standings), and will miss playing on WCN; where, unlike other servers, I could easily get a rational G/20 match. Hopefully, World Chess Live will allow guests to play, as its parents did. If so, you'll likely find me there sometime. :-)
How do you folks feel about the demise of the 2 ICC rivals?? Please leave a comment.
The Kenilworthian, Michael Goeller, has posted in-depth, theoretical notes on our adjourned consultation game. I've used the same tact as last year & uploaded a behind-the scenes report with basic opening commentary.
I want to remind everyone that there will be a consultation game at the Kenilworth Chess Club tonight. Around 8:30 p.m., we will form 2 teams & begin play. I'm looking forward to it & hope you are too.
I've annotated a lot of games since the new year (at least 80 for this blog!!) & need a break. So, for the next 4 weeks or so, I'll be making few posts.
I've annotated Sunday's Checkmate Championship games & finalized the event's Java-Relay page & zipped PGN file. This update also includes a revision of last week's Moldovan-Sherry.
All 3 remaining games from the 17th Kenilworth Championship were postponed last Thursday (5/3). With the club calendar full, they will now have to be played in the skittles room or at another site.
I'd like to invite members of the Kenilworth Chess Club to suggest starting positions for our upcoming theme tournament. You may leave the move orders as comments, e-mail them to me or bring them to tonight's or next week's meeting.
Michael Goeller has suggested one of his favorites, the Urasov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4). I'll offer 4 lines that I've never seen anyone play at Kenilworth :