Announcement: Fall Swiss, Five Rounds

New Jersey
Fall Swiss, West Orange Chess Club, 2011 , Five Rounds: Tuesdays Sept 13, 20, 27, & Oct 11, 18. G/100+5 sec delay. 8:00 to 11:30 pm. Two ½ byes available in any round. Must know by end of round three.

EF $25, members $20, Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Best Under 1900 , 1700, and 1500 (amounts based on entries).

Scholastics and Masters welcome alike. Details:

http://westorangechessclub.blogspot.com/ and Contact:
John Hagerty buickchess at g mail dot com, and phone:
(9seven3) 7three6-3four3three

Chess For Life's Annual Chess Exhibition at the Panera Bread Cafe in W. Orange, New Jersey

[Double Clicking Image Above Will Expand This Handsome Flyer. Details Indicated.]

Time to time we recieve notice that club members are involved in events set to help the larger chess community, students, or are involved in commercial endeavours of a positive nature. Such efforts cannot help but be great for chess as a whole. We heartily applaud the effort on the part of CFL, Damon, and his staff. Below is an instance.

Please find below which the club recieved from one of our established club members, Damon T. Garrett. As many of you know, he is President of 'Chess For Life!' It works with children in our Region, and State (click link in red, to go directly to their site).

His emails is: dgarrett at chessforlife dot us
He can be conveniently reached at: (9-seven-3) 9-eight-5-1-zero-2-four.

"Greetings Everyone! Here we go again, Chess For Life's (CFL) Annual Chess Exhibition at the Panera Bread Cafe in W. Orange, New Jersey (click for map). I would personally appreciate your support, as you plan to come and bring plenty of kids, your family, staff, and your leadership team to this magnificent event on Saturday, September 17th @ 3:00pm.

"Our Team has been preparing to make this an exciting family event! We have provided the beautiful polished flyer for you (above), prepared by The Panera Bread Cafe Corporation, for your convenience. Kindly forward this flyer to all those that you invite. In the spirit of developing an effective networking team, may I ask you to invite all those in your sphere of influence, not only to attend, but, to invite all who they influence.

"This Fun & Free event promises to be an attraction for our youth, chess players, enthusiast, an dthe many of you who always say, 'I wished I would have learned chess when I was younger'… Well, here's your chance!!! So come join me and our terrific staff at our Annual Chess Ehibition.

"And finally, I'd also ask if you would" drop us a line" to let us know that you plan to attend" (modified from email, for blog)...

"Thank you for your partnership as you help CFL's efforts to promote chess education & leadership for our youth culture!"

West Orange Chess Club, Draft, Tournament and Activities Schedule 2011-2012

On Top Of The World, First Getting There, then Up

DRAFT Sun 21 Aug 2011
PRELIMINARY 2011-2012 SCHEDULE:CLUB TOURNAMENTS, LEAGUES, AMATUER:

West Orange Chess Club, Late Summer Quads 2011
Tue 09. 16. 23 Aug 2011 (Three Round)

West Orange Chess Club, Fall Swiss 2011
Tue 13, 20, 27 Sept (Five Rounds)

Garden State Chess League 1
Tue 04 Oct (John Hagerty to advise after meeting of GSCL Thur 08 Sept 2011, possibly Nine Rounds?)

West Orange Chess Club, Fall Swiss 2011
Tue 11, 18 Oct

Garden State Chess League 2
Tue 01 Nov

West Orange Chess Club, 2011 Late Fall Swiss
Tue 08, 15, 22, 29 Nov (Likely Six Rounds, John to confirm)

Garden State Chess League 3
Tue 06 Dec

West Orange Chess Club, 2011 Late Fall Swiss
Tue 13, 20 Dec

Garden State Chess League 4
Tue 03 Jan 2012

West Orange Chess Club Annual Board Meeting
Tue 10 Jan 2012

[Proposed to be discussed] West Orange Chess Club, 2012 Annual Blitz Championship
Tue 24 Jan (!DRAFT! One Evening or 24 & 31 Jan to converge? Allows A & B
group to have Round Robin. i.e. 24 participants, two groups of preliminary
twelve, top three of each have double round robin, second evening. Top three
reduces loose of opportunity, for example from single games)

Garden State Chess League 5
Tue 07 Feb

2012 World Amateur Team Championship
Sat, Sun, and Mon 18, 19, 20 Feb (Six Rounds)

Garden State Chess League 6
Tue 06 Mar

West Orange Chess 2012 Club Championship
Tue 20, 27 Mar (Seven Rounds)—Rounds 1-2

Garden State Chess League 7
Tue 03 Apr

West Orange Chess Club 2012 Club Championship
Tue 10, 17, 24 Apr—rounds 3-5

Garden State Chess League 8
Tue 01 May

West Orange Chess 2012 Club Championship
Tue 08, 15 May—Rounds 6-7

[Proposed, to be (1) educated then (2) discussed: ] New Jersey State Annual Chess 960 Rapids Championship (AKA Fischerdom), Qualifying
Tue 29 May, 2011 (Swiss, Three evenings

Garden State Chess League 9
Tue 05 June

West Orange Chess Summer Quad (2012)
Tue 19, 26 June, 03 July & Tue 17, 24, 31 July (Five Rounds)

New Jersey State Annual Chess 960 Rapids Championship Semifinals
Tue 07 Aug (Concept for convergence, similar to Blitz 24,31 Jan above)

New Jersey State Annual Chess 960 Rapids Championship Finals
Tue 21 Aug

Comments welcome, WOCC Club President:
John Hagerty +9-seven-3 7-three-6 3-four-3-three

Go

Evan Go Grandmasters Have Bad Moments:



And, you must, you must, you just have too see this

"The game of the century refers to a famous game of go between Honinbo Shusai (white) and Go Seigen (black) that was played to celebrate the 60th birthday of Honinbo Shusai. The game began on October 16, 1933 and finished on January 29, 1934.

"Each player was given twenty-four hours of thinking time. Shusai was arguably the strongest player of his day, and was head of the famous Honinbo go school, most prestigious of the schools originally founded at the behest of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu at the start of the 17th century. Go Seigen was famed as prodigy, first among a generation of young new brilliant players, and would go on to become one of the most celebrated players of the 20th century. This led newspapers to dub the match the game of the century.

"As the older player, Shusai had the right to adjourn the game at any time he saw fit. As there was as yet no practice of sealing the last move (putting in an envelope, hidden from the public and the opponent) Go Seigen was said to have had played the entire Honinbo go school. Players were allowed to analyze the game during adjournments, and Honinbo Shusai took thirteen adjournments, often at critical parts of the game. This clouded the game with controversy.

"A particularly brilliant move played by Honinbo Shusai was said to have been discovered by one of his pupils, Nobuaki Maeda, who later denied this. Before the move, Shusai had been behind for most of the game. Shusai would eventually win by 2 points, though it must be mentioned that this was a game without komi (points to compensate white for the fact that black moves first), which put Shusai at a disadvantage from the start".

Brings to mind the imprimateur of Fischer or Bottvinik or Kasparov. The editor is not kidding or being sarcastic. Feel a bit of sorrow or evanescence. Grab a kleenex.

Game sequence--past above clipped text--begins at about the 1:25 minute mark. Chills:

Third Round Colors, Ruling

Great Physicist, Richard Feynman [1]

The third round pairings in a Quad is a coin toss, between the players, the night of the game. Winner to get White. Tournament Director Charles Hart specifically researched the ruling. Thus Rogers table is proxy only, for the third round.

Evidentially, it used to be that the winner got to choose, but if you think about it, its better the way it is. No one can prepare for the one color with better than a 50% chance. Also when determined the night of the game, it further takes away the potential advantage of a player known as Wht or Blk well before the game.

For IF the winner, for example, knew he wanted to choose Blk, anticipating that his opponent would likely want the conventionally conceived advantage of Wht if he instead won the toss (the other player), this random winner would be able to plan for Blk as a likelihood, given his predeliction for Blk in this specific instance. Not perfectly probable, but reasonably.

The editor is not saying this is good or bad, only that if two players well known to each other arrived at this juncture, said player could prepare better. Blk being more predictable, and despite the tempo disadvantage, having the potential advantage of predictability. Its the same in the stock market. Predictability is premium!

Its the old saw: "Woman decides, man abides". So Blk, if you ask me!

[1] Feynman was the person, who at a near glance, was able to determine the reason for the disasterous failure of the Challenger Space Shuttle, the O-Rings. Nice quick summery of his perspicacity linked here. A real practical genius. His utterly amazing summary, Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle, linked here in red. Incredible mind. Math genius of practical kind also.

Club Update: Table for Late Summer Quad, Round Two

Humor Can Carry a Bit of the Truth. HIlarious!

West Orange Summer Quads -- West Orange Summer Quads
Name/State ID Group/Team Rate Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3
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1. Radomskyj, Peter |2277 | W 4 | B 3 | W 2 |
NJ 12460475 | | | 1.0 | |
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2. Pedersen, Roger E |1982 | W 3 | B 4 | B 1 |
NJ 10092990 | | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
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3. Cohen, Bryan Paul |1918 | B 2 | W 1 | W 4 |
NJ 20020149 | | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
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4. Boxer.Matthew |1916 | B 1 | W 2 | B 3 |
NJ 12510577 | | | 0.5 | |
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5. Hart, Charles M |1900 | W 8 | B 7 | W 6 |
NJ 10004071 | | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
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6. Martinez, Alberto |1894 | W 7 | B 8 | B 5 |
NJ 12490535 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | |
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7. Burn, Murray |1849 | B 6 | W 5 | W 8 |
NJ 10104891 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
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8. Garrett, Damon T |1827 | B 5 | W 6 | B 7 |
NJ 12545276 | | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
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9. Nayak, Mohan Rao |1726 | W 12 | B 11 | W 10 |
NJ 12237580 | | 0.0 | | |
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10. Katz,Harry S |1707 | W 11 | B 12 | B 9 |
NJ 12052860 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
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11. West,Robert |1684 | B 10 | W 9 | W 12 |
NJ 12904515 | | 0.0 | | |
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12. Rivero,Rene Thoma |1639 | B 9 | W 10 | B 11 |
NJ 12441215 | | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
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13. Korn, David Allan |1613 | W 16 | B 15 | W 14 |
NJ 14564164 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | |
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14. Paris, Shea |1592 | W 15 | B 16 | B 13 |
NJ 12659701 | | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
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15. Fortunato,Joseph |1534 | B 14 | W 13 | B 16 |
NJ 12932570 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
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16. Palacios,Danny |1454 | B 13 | W 14 | W 15 |
NJ 12801718 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
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17. Trieste, Edward |1393 | W 20 | B 19 | B 18 |
NJ 12029830 | | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
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18. Kirck, Charles |1384 | W 19 | B 20 | W 17 |
NJ 12505370 | | 1.0 | 1.5 | |
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19. Falconi, Stefano |1177 | B 18 | W 17 | B 20 |
NJ 14571505 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
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20. Bernard, Jaron |1060 | B 17 | W 18 | W 19 |
NJ 13556911 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
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Club Update: Pairings, Summer Quad, Round 2

Variety is the Spice of Life

West Orange Orange Chess Club, Summer Round Robin, Round 2, pairings:

Rd Bd Scr White Scr Black
02 101. Cohen, Bryan Paul Radomskyj, Peter
02 102. Boxer.Matthew Pedersen, Roger E
02 201. Burn, Murray Hart, Charles M
02 202. Garrett, Damon T Martinez, Alberto
02 301. West, Robert Nayak, Mohan Rao
02 302. Rivero, Rene Thoma Katz, Harry S
02 401. Fortunato, Joseph Korn, David
02 402. Palacios, Danny Paris, Shea
02 501. Falconi, Stefano Trieste, Edward
02 502. Bernard, Jaron Kirck, Charles

Club Update: Results for Round One, Late Summer Quad

Parallels Between Sustained Investigation in Mathematics at the Highest Level and the Rigors of Top Level Chess Preparation. At end of video, continuation to part 2 of 5 is very particularly interesting, stunning one might say!.

West Orange Orange Chess Club, Summer Round Robin, Results:

Rd Bd Scr White Scr Black
01 101. xxx Radomskyj, Peter (0.0) xxx Boxer.Matthew (0.0)
01 102. 0.5 Pedersen, Roger E (0.0) 0.5 Cohen, Bryan Paul (0.0)

01 201. 0.5 Hart, Charles M (0.0) 0.5 Garrett, Damon T (0.0)
01 202. 1.0 Martinez, Alberto (0.0) 0.0 Burn, Murray (0.0)

01 301. 0.0 Nayak, Mohan Rao (0.0) 1.0 Rivero, Rene Thoma (0.0)
01 302. 1.0 Katz, Harry S (0.0) 0.0 West, Robert (0.0)

01 401. 1.0 Korn, David Allan (0.0) 0.0 Palacios, Danny (0.0)
01 402. 1.0 Paris, Shea (0.0) 0.0 Fortunato, Joseph (0.0)

01 501. 1.0 Trieste, Edward (0.0) 0.0 Bernard, Jaron (0.0)
01 502. 1.0 Kirck, Charles (0.0) 0.0 Falconi, Stefano (0.0)