Summer Game-100 Swiss

The club's summer Game-100 swiss system tournament got under way on Tuesday, June 23rd with the schedule picking up tonight with Round 2 at 8:00 p.m. (Tuesday evening June 30th the club hosted the Garden State Chess League, with at least one make-up game in the summer swiss.) Victor Rosas is directing the tournament and I will work with Victor and other club members to endeavor to post as many of the tournament games as possible, along with schedule information and results. To that end I have sent an e-mail to the creator of the Silverlight Chessboards (Martin Bennedik)to seek his permission to use his weblog display boards here at our site for preesnting games. (See The Week in Chess site: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html for an example of these boards.)

In the meantime, here is the game Piccoli - Cohen from round one:

White - John Piccoli - 1561 Black - Bryan Cohen - 1851


1. e4 c5
2. Bc4 d6
3. d3 e6
4. a3 Nf6
5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Nc3 Be7
7. h3 a6
8. Bg5 Qc7
9. Bxf6 Bxf6
10. Qd2 0-0
11. g4 Nd4
12. Nxd4 Bxd4
13. 0-0-0 b5
14. Ba2 b4
15. Nb1 Bd7
16. ab cb
17. f4 Rfc8
18. Bb3 a5
19. Rde1 a4
20. Bc4 a3
21. ba ba
22. Ba2 Rab8
23. Nxa3 Bb2+
24. Kd1 Bxa3
25. Ref1 Ba4
26. Bc4 Rb2
27. Rh2 Rxc2
28. Qxc2 Bxc2+
29. Rxc2 Qb6
30. Ke2 d5
31. Ra2 dxc4
32. dc Rxc4
33. Rxa3 Qb2+
34. Kd3 Qxa3+
35. Kxc4 Qa6+
36. Kd4 Qxf1
37. f5 ef
38. gf Qf2+
39. Kd5 Kf8
40. h4 Qxh4
41. Kd4 Ke7
42. Ke3 Kd6
43. Kd3 Kc5
44. e5 Qd4+
45. Ke2 Qxe5+
46. Kf3 Kd4
47. Kg4 Ke4
48. f6 Qf4+
49. Kh3 Kf3
50. fg Qg3 MATE

Best regards,

Glen Hart

Bartell Simul Postponed to May 29th

Just a quick note to pass along the news that FIDE Master Tommy Bartell has postponed his planned simultaneous exhibition at the Kenilworth Chess Club (see my previous post) until May 29, 2008. (He is going to play in a North America FIDE master invitational event which will take him out of town on the 15th.) I plan on attending and I hope to see some of the West Orange regulars there! I will get an update on the ongoing quads from TD Charlie Hart and see if I can post a mid-point, or "half-time" report on this double round robin event this weekend. If anyone has games or commentary on the event please let me know.

Best regards,

Glen Hart

Tommy Bartell Plans Kenilworth Simul

FIDE Master and two-time New Jersey State Champion Tommy Bartell will give a simul at the Kenilworth Chess Club on Thursday, May 15th. Here are the details from John Moldovan's e-mail...hope you can make it!

The Kenilworth Chess Club is very pleased to announce that FIDE Master Thomas Bartell will be giving a simultaneous exhibition on May 15th.
Tom, who won the N.J. State Championship in 2004 (= 1st) & 2005, will take Black on half the boards.

Here are the full details :

Simultaneous Exhibition
by FM Thomas Bartell
May 15th, 2008
8:30 p.m.

Kenilworth Community Center
575 Boulevard
Kenilworth, NJ 07033

$10 entry fee
If you beat Tom, you'll get your money back!

Non-members welcome!

Please arrive early (the club opens at 8 p.m.) so we can have everyone seated and ready to go at starting time.

2008 WOCC Championship Games

Here are three games played by the top finishers in this year's edition of the club championship. Bryan Cohen submitted his 5th round victory over the always dangerous Bob West and Victor Rosas - our new club champion - submitted his win over Bryan, who finished in second place, and his draw with defending club champion Peter Radomskyj from the final round, enabling him to secure sole possession of first place. I will endeavor to format these in the on-line chess game viewer later this week. I am presently experiencing some technical difficulties with my high speed internet connection at home and only have access from the office. Thanks for your patience and enjoy the games.

West, Robert (1746) – Cohen, Bryan (1858)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. c5 Bg7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. b4 Qc7 8. Bd3 e5 9. de Nxe5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Qb3 d4 14. 0-0 Be6 15. Qc2 Nd5
16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qd3 0-0 18. e4 Be6 19. f4 b5 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. f5 Bc4 22. Qh3 Qe7 23. Rf4 Qg5 24. Bc1 Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Rh4 d3 27. Rxh5 d2? 28. Bxd2 Rxd2
29. Rg5 Kh8 30. Re1 Rfd8 31. e5 Rd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kf2 Rf1+ 34. Ke3 Bh6 0-1

Rosas,Victor - Cohen,Bryan [D71]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Bg7 5.g3 Nxd5 6.Bg2 c5 7.e4 Nf6 8.d5 0-0 9.Nc3 Nfd7 10.0-0 h6 11.Be3 f5 12.Nh4 Kh7 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Bxc5 Na6 16.Bd4 Qe8 17.Rae1Nb4 18.Qb1 Ned3 19.Bxg7 Nxe1 20.Bxf8 Nxg2 21.Kxg2 Qxf8 22.Re1 Bd7 23.Re5 Qf6 24.f4
Rf8 25.a3 Na6 26.Qe1 Rf7 27.b4 Rg7 28.Kf2 Rf7 29.Qe3 b6 30.Ne2 Nc7 31.Nd4 Nb5
32. Ndxf5 Bxf5 33.Nxf5 Nd6 34.Nd4 Nc4 35.Qd3+ 1-0


Rosas,Victor - Radomskyj,Peter [A45]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Nf6 5.d5 Qb6 6.Bc1 e6 7.e4 d6 8.c4 Be7 9.Bd3 0-0
10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.b3 exd5 12.exd5 Ne5 13.Bc2 Nh5 14.0-0 f5 15.Nbc3 Bd7 16.f4 Ng6 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.Ng3 Nh4 19.Re1 Rae8 20.Bb2 Bd8 21.Qf1 Ng4 22.Qd3 Bf6 23.Na4 Qa5 24.Bc3 Bxa4
25.Bxa5 Bd4+ 26.Qxd4 cxd4 27.bxa4 Ne3 28.Re2 Nxc4 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Re1 Ne3 31.Re2 Rc8 32.Bd3 g6 33.Bd2 Nxd5 34.Re6 Rc6 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Ne2 Rb6 37.Nxd4 Rb2 38.Nb3 Nxg2
39.Kxg2 Nxf4+ 40.Kg3 Nxd3 41.Re7+ Kg8 42.Bh6 f4+ 43.Bxf4 Nxf4 44.Kxf4 Rxa2 45.a5 b6 46.Rxa7 bxa5 47.Nxa5 Rxh2 48.Kg5 Rh5+ 49.Kf6 Rf5+ 50.Ke6 Rf8 51.Nc6 ½-½



Oh, and by the way, here are some scores that I neglected to post from the final make-up rounds of the championship. As you can see from the games above, Rosas v. Radomskyj was drawn and Victor Rosas beat Bryan Cohen. Also, John Hagerty defeated Nicholas Kant, Harvey Susswein defeated Ken Ganning, Paul Corcoran beat Harry Katz and I drew with Leon Hariton. Other reports: Victor Rosas defeated Bob West and Charles Kirck defeated Nicholas Kant. That should bring the reporting up to date. Thanks.

Victor Rosas is 2008 Club Champion!

It's official...Victor Rosas is the new club champion after drawing in his final game with defending club champion Peter Radomskyj to finish with a strong 4 1/2 out of 5 points. Bryan Cohen and Harvey Susswein both had fine tournament performances and finished tied for second with 4 points each. Peter Radomskyj came third at 3 1/2.
Please join me in extending hearty congratulations to Victor and the other strong finishers who made this year's event a memorable one. Full results, some games and the detailed announcement for our next event (double round robin quads to be run by Mr. Charles Hart, tentatively set to start on April 22nd) will be posted this weekend. Thank you.

West Orange C.C. Make-up and Round 5 Results

Following are the missing results from earlier rounds:

Davenport, Rodney v. Ellsman, Mark 1/2-1/2
Rosas, Victor v. Cohen, Bryan Postponed
Burn, Murray v. West, Robert 0-1
Leffew, Richard v. Volpe, John 1-0
Hagerty, John v. Kant, Nicholas Postponed

Following are the available Round 5 results:

Rosas, Victor - Radomskyj, Peter Postponed
West, Robert - Cohen, Bryan 0-1
Susswein, Harvey - Ganning, Ken Postponed
Leffew, Richard - Stephan, Walter 1-0
Katz, Harry - Corcoran, Paul Postponed
Hariton, Leon - Hart, Glen Postponed
Trieste, Ed - Ellsman, Mark 1/2-1/2
Fortunato, Joe - Nayak, Mohan 0-1
Kant, Nicholas - Kirck, Charles Postponed
Paris, Shea - Hagerty, John 1/2-1/2
Levanda, Mark - Davenport, Rodney 1/2-1/2

John Volpe had the full point bye.

Please contact me with any questions or leave a comment.

Best regards,

Glen Hart

WOCC Championship Make-up Results and Round 5 Pairings

The results from the last two weeks of make-ups are as follows:

Ken Ganning - Leon Hariton 1-0
Nicholas Kant - Mark Ellsman 1/2 - 1/2
West, Robert v. Rosas, Victor Postponed
Stephan, Walter, v. Katz, Harry 1/2 - 1/2
Hagerty, John v. Hart, Glen 1/2 - 1/2

I am not sure of the following results, but will post them tomorrow night:

Davenport, Rodney v. Ellsman, Mark Postponed
Rosas, Victor v. Cohen, Bryan Postponed
Burn, Murray v. West, Robert Adjourned
Leffew, Richard v. Volpe, John Postponed
Hagerty, John v. Kant, Nicholas Postponed

Following are the Round 5 pairings for tomorrow evening (Tuesday, March 18th). The first player has the white pieces:

Rosas, Victor - Radomskyj, Peter
West, Robert - Cohen, Bryan
Susswein, Harvey - Ganning, Ken
Leffew, Richard - Stephan, Walter
Katz, Harry - Corcoran, Paul
Hariton, Leon - Hart, Glen
Trieste, Ed - Ellsman, Mark
Fortunato, Joe - Nayak, Mohan
Kant, Nicholas - Kirck, Charles
Paris, Shea - Hagerty, John
Levanda, Mark - Davenport, Rodney

John Volpe has the full point bye.

Please contact me with any questions or leave a comment.

Best regards,

Glen Hart