West Orange C.C. Added to NJSCF "Local Chess Blogs" List

I wanted to extend a special welcome to those of you who may have linked to our blog via the New Jersey State Chess Federation's (NJSCF) homepage. I want to thank Aaron Kiedes, the NJSCF website manager for linking us to their homepage. I expect that we'll garner a good deal more exposure for our club through this connection! I will post the results of our WOCC teams in the USATE event as well as the results from Round 4 of the club championship which was played this past Tuesday evening after I confer with John tonight. (I was absent during this round.) And by the way, if you are interested in joining us on Tuesday evenings please leave a comment (you can e-mail me at glen.hart@verizon.net too) and someone from the club will be sure to contact you.

Thank you...Glen Hart

Cohen - Hariton...the verdict from Fritz 11

Here is the game analysis in a quick run that I made through the Fritz 11 engine.

[Event "West Orange CC Championship"]
[Site "West Orange, NJ, USA"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bryan Cohen"]
[Black "Leon Hariton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (15m)"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008"]

{B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 {last book move} 8. f3 {
Consolidates g4} O-O 9. Qd2 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. O-O +/=) 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bh6 (
11. g4 Nb6 +/-) 11... Nb6 (11... Bxh6 !? {looks like a viable alternative} 12.
Qxh6 b5 =) 12. h4 Bd7 (12... d5 13. Nxd5 Nbxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. h5 +/=) 13. h5 Nc4 (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rfc8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. f4 +/-) 14.
Bxc4 +/- Qxc4 15. g4 Rfc8 ?? {shortens the misery for Black} (15... Kh8 +/-) 16. Bxg7 (16. hxg6 {might be the shorter path} fxg6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+
Kf7 +/-) 16... Kxg7 17. hxg6 fxg6 (17... h5 {doesn't do any good} 18. gxh5 fxg6
19. Qg5 +/-) 18. Qh6+ Kf7 19. g5 e5 (19... Ng8 {praying for a miracle} 20.
Qxh7+ Ke8 +/-) 20. gxf6 exd4 21. Qg7+ (21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. Qe7#) 1-0

Call For Games

OK...the call for games has elicited the following submission, Bryan Cohen's fine attacking win on the white side of the Sicilian Dragon against Leon Hariton in the second round of our current 2008 West Orange club championship...enjoy!

WOCC Champ. - Rd. 3 Results, Rd. 4 Pairings

Here are the results that have been reported so far for Round Three:

Rosas, Victor v. Cohen, Bryan Postponed
Burn, Murray v. West, Robert Adjourned
Radomskyj, Peter v. Hart, Charles 1-0
Hart, Glen v. Ganning, Ken 0-1
Ellsman, Mark v. Stephan, Walter 0-1
Hariton, Leon v. Fortunato, Joe 1-0
Kirck, Charles v. Nayak, Mohan 0-1
Paris, Shea v. Levanda, Mark 1/2-1/2
Katz, Harry v. Davenport, Rodney 1-0
Leffew, Richard v. Volpe, John Postponed
Hagerty, John v. Kant, Nicholas Postponed

Ed Trieste had a full point bye

Here are the Round 4 pairings (for Tuesday, February 26th). As usual, the first name has the white pieces:

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

Mark Levanda draws the full point bye

If there are any questions please contact either John Hagerty, Victor Rosas or myself...(973.723.7250); glen.hart@skanska.com

Good Luck to all...Glen Hart

Hart to Hart - Round 1 2008 WOCC Championship

Here is a quick example of how a published game might look when posted to our blog (my first round draw in the club championship with Charlie Hart). This was generated through a web site called Chess Publisher using the PGN file I created. There are many other ways to publish games as well (such as using Chessbase and other software programs) which I'll use as I get a little more sophisticated. You can use the board right online to view the game. I'll add light notes at a later date.

Call For Games

All West Orange Chess Club members...please submit one of your games from a club event to me - preferably as a PGN file, but a clear and legible scoresheet is acceptable as well - and I will endeavor to post them to our blog site. See me on Tuesday evening for further details. We'll start with club events and then perhaps we can move to posting other best games of club members. Thanks...Glen Hart

West Orange Chess Club Championship 2008 Third Round Pairings

Following are the Round 3 Pairings for the 2008 edition of the West Orange Chess Club Championship. The round is scheduled for this coming Tuesday evening (February 12th) at 8:00 p.m. As usual, the first player has the white pieces and the second player has the black pieces.

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

Ed Trieste draws the full point bye


If there are any questions please contact either John Hagerty, Victor Rosas or myself (973.723.7250; glen.hart@skanska.com ) Good Luck to all...Glen Hart

2008 WOCC Championship - First Makeup Round Results

In the first make-up round last evening (Tuesday, February 5th), the following results were reported:

Round 1 make-ups and adjournments:

Leffew, Richard - Fortunato, Joseph (Adjournment) 0 - 1
Corcoran, Paul - Levanda, Mark 1 - 0
Hariton, Leon - Trieste, Ed 1 - 0

Round 2 make-up:

Hart, Charles - Hagerty, John 1 - 0

If there are any questions please contact either John Hagerty, Victor Rosas or myself (973.723.7250; glen.hart@skanska.com ). The round three pairings will be posted as soon as they are available this weekend.

Regards...Glen Hart

WOCC Round 2 Results - First make-up Round

Round 2 Results:

Radomskyj, Peter v. Burn, Murray 0 - 1
Stephan, Walter v. Rosas, Victor 0 - 1
West, Robert v. Leffew, Richard 1 - 0
Ganning, Ken v. Corcoran, Paul 0 - 1
Fortunato, Joseph v. Susswein, Harvey Adjourned 0 - 1
Cohen, Bryan v. Hariton, Leon 1 - 0
Hart, Charles v. Hagerty, John Postponed
Levanda, Mark v. Hart, Glen 0 - 1
Nayak, Mohan v. Paris, Shea 1 - 0
Trieste, Ed v. Katz, Harry 0 - 1
Kant, Nicholas v. Ellsman, Mark Postponed
Volpe, John v. Kirck, Charles 0 - 1
Davenport, Rodney Full point bye

In the first make-up round this Tuesday, February 5th, the following games will be played:

Round 1 make-ups and adjournments:

Leffew, Richard - Fortunato, Joseph (Adjournment)
Corcoran, Paul - Levanda, Mark
Hariton, Leon - Trieste, Ed

Round 2 make-up:

Hart, Charles - Hagerty, John

If there are any questions please contact either John Hagerty, Victor Rosas or myself (973.723.7250; glen.hart@skanska.com ) Regards...Glen Hart