KCC Minutes

May 14th Meeting

2009-06-05T21:24:00.002-04:00

Following a presentation by Member-At-Large Bill Sokolosky & a debate on becoming a 501 (c) (7) not-for-profit oraganization, KCC members voted 10-2 in favor of the motion. There were several abstentions.

2009 KCC Calendar

2009-01-24T18:03:00.021-05:00

2009 Kenilworth CC Calendar of Events

updated 6/5 @ 9:24 p.m.

January

1 no meeting (New Year’s Day)
8 open date
15 Kenilworth Championship - round 1
22 Kenilworth Championship - round 2
29 Kenilworth Championship - round 3

February

5 Kenilworth Championship - round 4
12 Kenilworth Championship - round 5
19 Kenilworth Championship - postponements
26 open date

March

3 TUESDAY Garden State match :
K. Karpovs-Staten Island, at W. Orange, 8 p.m.
5 Garden State match : K. Kortchnois at Maplewood, 7 p.m.
5 open date at the Kenilworth CC
12 Kenilworth Quads - round 1
USCF-rated, G/60, 3-RR, EF: $10
Prizes : $32 to 1st in each quad
19 Kenilworth Quads - round 2
26 Kenilworth Quads - round 3

April

2 open date
7 TUESDAY Garden State match : W. Orange-K. Kortchnois (at W. Orange)
9 Garden State match : Maplewood at Kenilworth Karpovs
16 Irving Ellner Memorial - Round 1
USCF-rated, G/45, 3-SS, EF: $10,
Prizes : $ b/entries... 80% returned.
See here for details.
23 Irving Ellner Memorial - Round 2
30 Irving Ellner Memorial - Round 3

May

5 TUESDAY Garden State match : K. Karpovs at West Orange, 8 pm
6 WEDNESDAY Garden State match : K. Kortchnois at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.
7 Garden State match : Maplewood vs. Staten Island, at Kenilworth 8:15 p.m.
Quiet skittles for those not playing in the match.
14 Meeting to consider becoming a 501c7 Not-For-Profit Organization
21 Non-league mega-match between the Karpovs & Kortchnois
G/60. No board or rating limit. All KCC members can play.
28 G/15 Tournament

Non-rated. 4-SS. Free entry. No prizes.

June

4 Garden State matches :
Hamilton-K. Karpovs & Summit-K. Kortchnois, 8:15 p.m.
11 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 1st round

non-rated, G/60, EF: $5 for KCC members; $6 for non-members
Prizes : 60% for 1st, 30% for 2nd, 10% for 3rd
18 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 2nd round
25 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 3rd round
29 MONDAY Garden State match : K. Karpovs at Summit, time TBA*
30 TUESDAY Garden State match : K. Kortchnois-Sparta, at W. Orange, 8 p.m.

* tentative

July

2 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 4th round
9 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 5th round
16 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 6th round
23 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 7th round
30 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 8th round

August

6 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 9th round
13 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 10th round
20 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 11th round
27 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 12th round

September

3 Kenilworth Summer Tournament - 13th round
10 to be announced
17 to be announced
24 to be announced

October

1 Sy Fish Memorial - round 1 & 2
USCF-rated, G/30, 4-SS, EF: $10. Prizes TBD
8 Sy Fish Memorial - rounds 3 & 4
15 to be announced
22 to be announced
29 to be announced

November

5 to be announced
12 to be announced
19 to be announced
26 no meeting (Thanksgiving Day)

December

3 to be announced
10 Annual Business Meeting
17 Holiday Party
24 ?? (Christmas Eve)
31 ?? (New Year’s Eve)

All of the above dates are Thursdays unless otherwise indicated in boldface green.

This calendar will be updated several times during the year; as events are added.

Much of the open fall schedule will be filled as follows :

Garden State League meeting for the 2009-2010 season.
1 or 2 Garden State League matches.
Another 3 or 4-round USCF-rated tourney.

Options for the remaining dates include :

a non-rated, 3-round, Gauntlet-style match-tournament
consultation game
lectures
simultaneous exhibition
blitz tournament
bughouse tournament
partner tournament

If the KCC is required to re-locate and meet on Tuesdays, a new calendar will be posted here & sent to our members.

Business Meeting Minutes

2008-12-15T14:31:00.003-05:00

Minutes of the December 11th Business Meeting

1. A $50 back-payment to Geoff McAuliffe for directing the 2007 & 2008 Club Championships was approved.

2. The purchase of 4-5 cheap, plastic, tournament-size chess sets & two digital chess clocks was approved.
3. The sponsorship of USATE entries was eliminated.
4. A dues-reduction from $20 per year to $15 was approved. Junior/Student dues were reduced from $10 to $7.50 per annum.
5. A Senior Citizen discount for KCC memberships was approved. The dues for persons 65+ will be $10.
6. A motion to allow pro-rated dues-refunds, if the KCC moves to Tuesday nights during 2009, was approved.
7. A vote on forming a 501c non-profit corporation was postponed.
8. Greg Tomkovich resigned as Vice-President.
9. Ian Mangion, Mark Kernighan, Don Carrelli, Lou Sturniolo & Max Sherer tabbed as V.P. nominees. Kernighan, Carrelli & Sturniolo declined to run.
10. Mangion elected Vice-President by a 12-3 count.
11. John Moldovan, Geoff McAuliffe & Joe Renna re-elected to their posts. All were un-opposed.
12. A motion to use old, donated trophies for 2009 Club Championship prizes was approved.
13. Members voted 7-6 with 4 abstentions to run the 2009 Club Championship as an unrated tournament.
14. Given the past problem with last-minute entries, the TD was given authority to select the 2009 Club Championship format.

Minutes of the Oct. 9th Meeting

2008-12-15T14:10:00.002-05:00

1. The KCC rejected the Froelich Building on North Avenue in Westfield as a possible future site because a replacement building in Kenilworth had been secured.

2. When ejected from its current location (the Kenilworth Community Center), the KCC will meet on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m., at the VFW Hall on 21st Street.

* KCC Meeting Tomorrow *

2008-10-08T23:48:00.000-04:00

There were a few developments this week regarding possible replacement sites for our club. So, a meeting for 8:15-8:35 p.m tomorrow (Thursday 10/9) has been scheduled to discuss them.

The 3rd round of the Fish Memorial will start at 8:40, rather than 8:30.

Calendar Update

2008-09-09T09:59:00.003-04:00

2008 Kenilworth Chess Club Events Calendar
(Updated 10/8)

10/02 - Sy Fish Memorial Swiss, rounds 1 & 2 (USCF-rated G/30); Fee $6.00
10/09 - Sy Fish Memorial Swiss, rounds 3 & 4 (USCF-rated G/30)
10/16 - Team Match : West Orange at Kenilworth
10/23 - Lecture by NM Scott Massey on Exchanging Pieces; Fee : $5.00
10/30 - Team Match : Union County College at Kenilworth

11/06 - Team Match : Roselle at Kenilworth
11/13 - Consultation Game
11/20 - Conclusion of the Consultation Game
11/27 - no meeting (THANKSGIVING DAY)

12/04 - open date
12/11 - Annual Business Meeting
12/18 - Annual Holiday Party
12/25 - no meeting (CHRISTMAS DAY)

Minutes of the Emergency Meeting

2008-07-19T09:13:00.001-04:00

Minutes of the emergency business meeting held on Thursday, July 17th :

Members were informed that the Kenilworth Community Center will be demolished in the coming months to make room for a new police station.
Mike Wojcio revealed this would likely occur in the October 2008-June 2009 time frame but warned there is a 10-20% chance the club’s final week at the center could be in September 2008. He will contact Kenilworth mayor Fiaminga and other officials about a getting replacement building in the borough and try to pin-point the eviction date.
A show of hands indicated most members would be willing to meet on another weeknight, should Thursday not be available at our new site, and in another Union County town. Geoff McAuliffe suggested that if a different night was selected, we could meet at the new facility and Kenilworth, until the center closes.
Jack McCorkell will investigate options in Cranford (which is home or former home to 6 of our members) while Howard Osterman does so in Westfield, Clark and Scotch Plains. Bill Sokolosky will be looking into some Kenilworth spots.

Emergency Meeting Thursday

2008-07-14T19:00:00.001-04:00

Member-At-Large Mike Wojcio has informed me that Kenilworth will be expanding the police headquarters and demolishing the Community Center.

At the moment, we do not know when this is going to occur or if the town will be providing another location for the club. Regardless, we need to develop a contingency plan. So, there will be an emergency business meeting for Thursday 7/17, at 8:15 p.m.

P.S. - Given, Mike W.'s long history as President and experience in dealing with the politicians, I urge you to heed his advice and not say anything inflammatory to any Kenilworth official.

West Orange Reminder

2008-06-24T06:38:00.002-04:00

I just want to remind everyone that we have a match at West Orange tonight.

8:00 p.m.
Toby Katz Community Center
Degnan Park
650 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052

G/90

For the lineup, see my blog.

* Bartell Simul on 5/29 *

2008-05-23T21:25:00.001-04:00

The Kenilworth Chess Club is very pleased to announce that FIDE Master Thomas Bartell will be giving a simultaneous exhibition on May 29th. 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 29th, 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.

Directions

Revised KCC Calendar

2008-05-23T21:22:00.001-04:00

2008 Kenilworth Chess Club Events Calendar
(as of 05/23)

5/29 - Simultaneous Exhibition by Tom Bartell ($10 fee)

6/05 - Summer Tournament : 1st round
6/12 - Summer Tournament : 2nd round
6/19 - Summer Tournament : 3rd round
6/24 - Team Match : Kenilworth at West Orange
6/26 - Summer Tournament : 4th round

7/03 - Summer Tournament : 5th round
7/10 - Summer Tournament : 6th round
7/17 - Summer Tournament : 7th round
7/24 - Summer Tournament : 8th round
7/31 - Summer Tournament : 9th round

8/07 - Summer Tournament - 10th round
8/14 - Summer Tournament : 11th round
8/21 - Summer Tournament : 12th round
8/28 - Summer Tournament : 13th round

9/04 - open date
9/11 - open date
9/18 - open date
9/25 - open date

10/02 - Sy Fish Memorial Swiss, rounds 1 & 2 (USCF-rated G/30)
10/09 - Sy Fish Memorial Swiss, rounds 3 & 4 (USCF-rated G/30)
10/16 - Team Match : West Orange at Kenilworth
10/23 - open date
10/30 - open date

11/06 - open date
11/13 - open date
11/20 - open date
11/27 - no meeting (THANKSGIVING DAY)

12/04 - open date
12/11 - Annual Business Meeting
12/18 - Annual Holiday Party
12/25 - no meeting (CHRISTMAS DAY)

2008 KCC Events Calendar

2008-01-04T10:22:00.001-05:00

Here's the Kenilworth Chess Club events calendar for 2008, as of 3/25

Please note the following change from the Jan. 23rd update :

The blitz tournament for 4/24 has been postponed.

The schedule for April 10th-May 29th remains tentative.

1/03 - registration period for the Club Championship
1/10 - registration period for the Club Championship
1/17 - Club Championship : 1st round
1/24 - Club Championship : 2nd round
1/31 - Club Championship : 3rd round
2/07 - Club Championship : 4th round
2/14 - Club Championship : 5th round
2/21 - Club Championship : 6th round
2/28 - Club Championship : 7th round
3/06 - Club Championship : 8th round
3/13 - Club Championship : 9th round
3/20 - Club Championship : 10th round
3/27 - Club Championship : 11th round
4/03 - Club Championship : playoffs or postponements
4/10 - Club Championship : awards ceremony
4/17 - Handicapped Tandem Tournament
4/24 - open date
5/01 - consultation game
5/08 - conclusion of the consultation game
5/15 - open date
5/22 - open date
5/29 - open date
6/05 - Summer Tournament - 1st round
6/12 - Summer Tournament - 2nd round
6/19 - Summer Tournament - 3rd round
6/26 - Summer Tournament - 4th round
7/03 - Summer Tournament - 5th round
7/10 - Summer Tournament - 6th round
7/17 - Summer Tournament - 7th round
7/24 - Summer Tournament - 8th round
7/31 - Summer Tournament - 9th round
8/07 - Summer Tournament - 10th round
8/14 - Summer Tournament - 11th round
8/21 - Summer Tournament - 12th round
8/28 - Summer Tournament - 13th round
9/04 - open date
9/11 - open date
9/18 - open date
9/25 - open date
10/02 - USCF-rated G/30 Tournament, rounds 1 & 2
10/09 - USCF-rated G/30 Tournament, rounds 3 & 4
10/16 - open date
10/23 - open date
10/30 - open date
11/06 - open date
11/13 - open date
11/20 - open date
11/27 - no meeting (THANKSGIVING DAY)
12/04 - open date
12/11 - Annual Business Meeting
12/18 - Annual Holiday Party
12/25 - no meeting (CHRISTMAS DAY)

Matches versus other clubs, lectures and other events will be added at a later date.

Business Meeting Postponed

2007-12-13T14:01:00.000-05:00

From KCC President Joe Demetrick :

Due to the weather and the importance of some of the issues to be raised at the annual business meeting (Dues, Club Championship format, Officer Elections), I am going to re-schedule the annual business meeting to Thursday, December 27th so that we can get as many people as possible to attend. The annual Holiday party will continue to be held next Thursday, December 20th. The club will provide pizza and soda. Please feel free to bring other food (chips, cookies, etc.) to the party. As a reminder, alcohol is not permitted at the Kenilworth Community Center.

Tonight is designated as an open night, the Community Center should be open for people who would like to go. No scheduled events are planned.

2007 Summer Tournament

2007-06-12T19:35:00.000-04:00

With one week to go in the Summer Tournament Ari Minkov beat John Moldovan to clinch at least a tie for first place with 13 point. Last years winner, Greg Tomkovich beat Pat Mazillo to keep alive slim hopes of a first place tie with 11 points. Mark Kernighan drew with Ed Selling by repeating the position with seconds left on his clock to take sole possesion of third place with 9.5. John moldovan is still in the hunt for a cash prize with 9 points. In other action Max Shcerer and Joe Renna split 2 games.

Ari Minkov 1941 13.0
Greg Tomkovich 1740 11.0
Mark Kernighan 2200 9.5
John Moldovan 1774 9.0
Pat Mazzillo 1290 5.0
Ed Selling 1710 4.0
Max Scherer 1380 3.5
Mark Bilenky 2004 3.0
Joe Demetrick 1560 3.0
Mikhail Krugliak 1259 3.0
Joe Renna 1150 3.0
Jim Cole 1127 2.0
Dmitry Yanpolsky 1200 1.5
Rich Lewis 1735 1.0
Mike Wojico 1665 1.0
Juan Huaman UNR 1.0
Mike Goeller 2020 0.5
Dimitriy Yanpolskiy 1200 1.5
Harold Smith UNR 1.0
Doran Race 1765 0

Prizes 1st $57.00 2nd $28.50 3rd $9.50

2007-05-04T11:24:00.000-04:00

Ari's Lecture Proposal:
(to be given in September)
CHESS PLAYING POLITICIANS
Everybody's doing their job,
it's the politicians who keep screwing us up.
--Anonymous
We don't normally associate chessplayers with politicians, however there have been a number of politicians who have also been into playing chess. Among some of the more notable people in this group are Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, and Vladimir Lenin. Even some of the founding fathers of America played. This group included George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. In this lecture, we will analyze a handful of games were one of the players was also a politician. Below, I have provided the scores to the games that I intend to analyze with you so that YOU can come prepared with your own analysis. I also intend to throw in a special surprise at the beginning of the event.

WARNING: I intend to make this lecture more in the spirit of Andy Soltis's "Chess to Enjoy" than that of a typical John Nunn book (but if you feel like bringing in homemade Fritz/Nunn type of analysis than feel free to do so). The Kenilworth Chess Club is fortunate to have two separate rooms to conduct its usual activities. If anyone has a problem with the theme or arrangement of this lecture than I strongly suggest that they "do their thing" in the smaller room, which has previously been done on multiple occasions under similar circumstances involving lectures. Even if there is a non-chess meeting that is initially taking place in that room, those people typically leave before 9:00 pm, which gives the club members plenty of time to avoid the lecture (and you can even find out ahead of time if there is going to be a meeting in that smaller room that night).
Napoleon I (Former Emperor of France) - The Automaton Schoenbrunn Vienna, 1809
1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ne2 Bc5 5.a3 d6 6.0–0 Bg4 7.Qd3 Nh5 8.h3 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nf4 10.Qe1 Nd4 11.Bb3 Nxh3+ 12.Kh2 Qh4 13.g3 Nf3+ 14.Kg2 Nxe1+ 15.Rxe1 Qg4 16.d3 Bxf2 17.Rh1 Qxg3+ 18.Kf1 Bd4 19.Ke2 Qg2+ 20.Kd1 Qxh1+ 21.Kd2 Qg2+ 22.Ke1 Ng1 23.Nc3 Bxc3+ 24.bxc3 Qe2# 0–1

Anderssen,A - Wyvill,M (Former British MP) London, 1851
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Nd2 d5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Nd7 11.f4 f5 12.Rf3 c5 13.Rh3 Rf7 14.b3 g6 15.Nf3 Nb6 16.Bf2 d4 17.Bh4 Nd5 18.Qd2 a5 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Ng5 Ne3 21.Qf2 Bb7 22.Bf1 Ng4 23.Qh4 Qd7 24.Rd1 Rc8 25.Be2 h5 26.Rg3 Qe8 27.Rd2 Rg7 28.c3 Ne3 29.cxd4 cxd4 30.Rxd4 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 Nd5 32.Rgd3 Qc6 33.Rd2 Qb6 34.Bc4 Rc2 35.Ke1 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Qg1+ 37.Bf1 Rc7 38.Rd1 Rc2 39.Qg3 Ba6 40.Qf3 Bxf1 0–1

Urusov,S (A Russian Prince) - Kolisch,I unknown, 1866
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc5 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Be3 d6 12.Rad1 Nxa4 13.Qxa4 Bd7 14.Qe4 Bc6 15.Nd5 dxe5 16.Qxe5 Bd6 17.Qh5 Re8 18.c4 Re4 19.Rd4 Re5 20.Qf3 Bc5 21.Rg4 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Bxd5 23.Qg3 Qe7 24.Rxg7+ Kh8 25.cxd5 Rxe3 26.Rgxf7 Rxg3 27.Rxe7 Rg7 28.Rff7 Rag8 29.Rxg7 Rxg7 30.Re8+ Rg8 31.Rxg8+ Kxg8 32.Kf2 1–0

Steinitz,W - Churchill,L (Former British MP) Blind Simultaan, 1870
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Qe7 6.d4 d6 7.Nxg4 Qxe4+ 8.Qe2 d5 9.Ne5 Nh6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Qxe4 dxe4 12.Bxf4 Nf5 13.0–0–0 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nd6 15.c4 f6 16.c5 fxe5 17.Bxe5 Nf7 18.Bxh8 Nxh8 19.Re1 b6 20.Rxe4+ Kd8 21.Bc4 Bb7 22.Rg4 Ng6 23.h5 Ne7 24.Re1 Nbc6 25.d5 Nb4 26.c6 Bc8 27.Rg7 Nbxc6 28.dxc6 Nxc6 29.Bb5 Bb7 30.Rd1+ Ke8 31.Rxc7 Kf8 32.Rf1+ Kg8 33.Bc4+ 1–0

Revd Fr Guila - Pope Leo XIII (Head of the Vatican) Perugia, c.1875
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.fxg7 Rg8 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Qh5 Qf6 13.0–0 Rxg7 14.Qb5+ c6 15.Qxb7 Rxg2+ 16.Kxg2 Qg6+ 17.Kh1 Bd5+ 18.f3 Bxf3+ 19.Rxf3 Qg1# 0–1

Rutherford,W (Former British MP)- Lasker,Emanuel GBR tour sim Great Britain, 1895
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.e4 Ng6 8.Qc2 Be7 9.Bd3 0–0 10.Ne2a6 11.Ng3 b5 12.h4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Ne2 Nh5 15.e5 g6 16.e6 fxe6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6+ Ng7 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.hxg5 e5 21.Rh7 Ra7 22.Qh6 Bf5 23.g6 Bxg6 24.Qxg6 Qf6 25.Rh6 Qxg6 26.Rxg6 Rd7 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Nc3 Kf7 29.Rg5 b4 30.Ne4 Ra8 31.Kd2 Ne8 32.Rh1 Ke7 33.Rg8 Rxa2 34.Rhh8 1–0

Wilson, Woodrow (Former U.S. President)- Langleben Buffalo, 1898
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.d4 e6 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.b4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.Bf3 Qd7 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nd4 14.Nxg6 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 fxg6 16.Bb2 0–0 17.0–0 Nxd5 18.Qg3 Nf4 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Rd2 c6 21.Rfd1 Rad8 22.f3 Bc7 23.Qf2 Qg5 24.Kh1 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Rb8 26.Rd7 Bb6 27.Qd2 Be3 28.Qc2 Nh3 29.Nd1 Bb6 30.Qxc6 Nf4 31.Qc2 h6 32.Bc1 Qh4 33.Qd2 Rc8 34.Ne3 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 Rc2 36.Bd2 Rb2 37.g3 Rb1+ 38.Bc1 Qh3 39.Rxg7+ Kxg7 40.Qa7+ Kf6 41.Qb6+ Ne6 42.Qg1 Rb3 43.Qd1 Nd4 44.f4 Rxg3 45.fxe5+ Kxe5 0–1

Bonar Law (Former PM of the UK)- Harley London,1920
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 dxe4 6.Nxd4 Nd6 7.Re1 Be7 8.Qg4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nxb5 10.Qxg7 Rf8 11.Bh6 d5 12.Qxf8 Kd7 13.Qxf7 Kd6 14.Rxe7 1-0

Krylenko (Soviet Commissar of Justice)- Lykum URS, 1925
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0–0 d6 7.d4 Bd7 8.Qb3 Qe7 9.dxe5 Bb6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Qd1 0–0–0 12.Na3 Bg4 13.Qd3 Nf6 14.Bd5 Rhe8 15.Qc4 Qd7 16.Nd4 Bc5 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rb1 Kc7 19.Bf4 Bxa3 20.Qa6 Rb8 21.Qxa7+ Kd8 22.Rxb8+ Ke7 23.Rb7 1–0

Stalin (Former Dictator of the USSR)- Jeziov URS, 1926
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 e6 8.f4 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bf3 Qb6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Be7 13.g4 Nc5 14.Qg2 0–0 15.Rad1 Rfe8 16.g5 Nfd7 17.Rd2 e5 18.Nf5 Ne6 19.Nxe7+ Rxe7 20.f5 Nd4 21.f6 Ree8 22.Bh5 g6 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qh3 Ne6 25.Qh6 Qd8 26.Rf3 Nxf6 27.gxf6 Rc8 28.Rdf2 Qxf6 29.Rxf6 Rc7 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.exd5 Nf8 32.Bg5 Nh7 33.Rxd6 e4 34.Be3 Rce7 35.Bd4 f6 36.Bxf6 Nxf6 37.Rdxf6 1–0

Silverman,J (Former British MP)- Eliskases,E Birmingham, 1937
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Bd6 8.0–0 0–0 9.d4 Be6 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.Qe2 d4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Ne3 16.Bxe3 dxe3 17.Rxf4 Nc6 18.Qh5 Qxb2 19.Bxf7+ Kh8 20.Qxh7+ 1–0

Bogolyubov, Stolzyk - Alekhine, Frank (Governor-General of Poland in WWII) Warsaw, 1941
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 0–0 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bh4 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0–0 c5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.f4 Nxc3 16.bxc3 f6 17.Qh5 fxe5 18.fxe5 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Rf8 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Bg6 Qe6 22.g4 d4 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Qf5+ Qxf5 25.gxf5 dxe3 26.Bh5 b5 27.Kf1 Be4 28.Ke2 Bxf5 29.a3 a5 30.Kxe3 b4 31.axb4 axb4 32.Kd4 Be6 33.Bg6 Ke7 34.Kc5 b3 35.Kb4 Bf7 36.Bf5 g6 37.Bd3 g5 38.Kc3 h5 39.Kd4 h4 40.Ke3 Kf8 41.Kd4 Kg7 42.Kc3 Be6 43.Kd4 g4 44.Kc3 Kh6 45.Kd4 Kg5 46.Be4 Bf5 0–1

Landsbergis (Former President of Lithuania)- Suetin Lvov, 1951
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.Be3 0–0 10.a4 Nc6 11.Qe1 Bd7 12.Qg3 Rfd8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Bd3 Rab8 17.Kh1 dxe5 18.fxe5 f5 19.exf6 Qxg3 20.f7+ Kf8 21.hxg3 Rxb2 22.a5 e5 23.Bb6 Rc8 24.Bxa6 Rc6 25.Rfb1 Rh6+ 26.Kg1 Rbxb6 27.axb6 Bc5+ 28.Kf1 Bxb6 29.Bb7 Rf6+ 30.Ke1 Bf2+ 31.Kd2 Be6 32.Rb5 Bd4 33.c3 Rf2+ 34.Ke1 Bxc3+ 35.Kxf2 Bxa1 36.Bxd5 Bxd5 37.Rxd5 Kxf7 38.Kf3 Ke6 39.Ke4 h5 40.Ra5 Bd4 41.Ra6+ Kf7 42.Kf3 Bc5 ½–½

Havel,V (Former President of Czechoslovakia)- Kok,B Prague, CZE 1990
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Ned7 12.Rg1 c6 13.a3 Ba5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxa5 Qxa5 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qe7 Rab8 19.Bc4 Qf5 20.Rd4 c5 21.Rg5 1–0

Terrazas,F - Castro,F (Current Dictator of Cuba) Havana, 1966
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Bd6 4.d4 h6 5.e5 Bb4+ 6.c3 Ba5 7.Bxf4 g5 8.Bg3 Qe7 9.Be2 d6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.d5 Bd8 13.dxc6 b5 14.Qxb5 a6 15.Qa4 g4 16.c7+ Bd7 17.cxd8Q+ Rxd8 18.Qd4 gxf3 19.Qxh8 Qxe2# 0–1

Match vs West Orange

2006-06-10T16:20:00.000-04:00

We will be having a match at West Orange Tuesday June 27th at 8:00 pm. Time control is game 90. There will be 10 boards. If you are interested in playing, email me at GTomkovich@ aol.com, (if you haven't spoken to me already).

KCC Shirts

2006-04-05T21:00:00.000-04:00

We will be ordering shirts for Club members who are interested. These will be Navy Blue Golf Shirts with the Kenilworth Chess Club logo on them. High quality! Cost is $21.95 per shirt. The Club will be absorbing the one-time set up charge for the logo. I am going to try to get in contact with everyone before I order - pls see/call/email me and let me know if you're interested - thanks!

Meeting Tonight (3/2) OPTIONAL due to Snow

2006-03-02T10:09:00.000-05:00

Given the inclement weather, tonight's games are all OPTIONAL for everyone playing in the Club Championship. People who are not there will not be charged with a bye this week. That said, I believe that the Community Center will be open, and we will have games if people are there.

Minutes of meeting on 12-22-05

2005-12-24T11:10:00.000-05:00

Minutes of the Kenilworth Chess Club Business Meeting on 12/22/05

Club Treasury: The club began the year with $740 and ended the year with $771 (excluding the expenses of the party held on 12/22/05)

Club Expenses: The club was contemplating buying some carbon-copy score- sheets as well as a remodeling of the cabinet.

Club Championship: It was decided to keep it at Game 90 with 5 second delay for electric clocks, trophies will continue to be awarded but may possible be smaller then the ones awarded in previous years, $25 for the entrance fee with an additional $10 deposit to ensure that no one takes more than 2 byes (the $10 will be returned if they cooperate with that condition; if a person takes an unauthorized 3rd bye they will lose that deposit and will lose games that they cannot make up after the 4th unauthorized bye. Geoff McAuliffe will direct this tournament. This tournament will consist of 2 round robin sections: an open section and an under 1800 section. It will also be unrated.

U.S. Teams: The club will allocate $150 toward people interested in forming a team and divide that $150 on the basis of the number of teams that are formed. This $150 will be reimbursed to the team(s) once they have complied with the condition of showing up and other such conditions. Only the people who are current members (for the 2006 year) in good standing are eligible to play for this team and their team name must include the phrase "Kenilworth Chess Club."

Elections: Joe Demetrick was elected president, Greg Tomkovich was elected vice-president, Geoff McAuliffe was elected treasurer, Mike Goeller was elected secretary, Pete Cavaliere was elected tournament director, Mike Wojcio, Bill Sokolosky, Howard Osterman, Mike Stallings, and Pat Mazzillo were elected members-at-large. Scott Massey was elected permanent member-at-large.

Club Meeting Postponed

2005-12-17T20:02:00.000-05:00

Amendment to the minutes of meeting on 12-8-05
Due to the insufficient club attendance on 12-15-05, the club meeting that was supposed to have taken place on that day had been canceled. It will instead be held on 12-22-05 instead, assuming that there is a quorum and that the rest of the club agrees to it.

Business Meeting POSTPONED

2005-12-17T16:03:00.000-05:00

Due to the weather and a limited number of members present, it was decided to postpone the annual business meeting to Thursday, December 22nd. This will coincide with the Holiday Party. Hopefully, we'll be able to get through the topics (Club Championship, Elections, etc.) quickly.

For the Holiday Party, we are planning on having Pizza, Soda, Cake, and whatever else people would like to bring. See you then!

Amendment to Meeting on 12-8-05

2005-12-11T14:17:00.000-05:00

Amendment to Minutes of 12-8-05 Officers Meeting

The third option for the Club Championship is to keep the status quo. Additionally, The option to have an under 1800 and an open section concurrently will be in a round robin format.

Format for 2006 Club Championship

2005-12-10T11:35:00.000-05:00

It's that time of year again! This week brings the Business Meeting and the discussion on the format of the Club Championship. I have jotted down some notes to help guide the discussion. I'll bring copies of this to the meeting on Thursday @ 8PM. These are some of the options for the format that have been kicked around, but it is certainly not intended to be all inclusive. If you have another idea on how to run the tournament please put that idea on the table. I personally believe that the growth of the Club has made the current one-section format not practical given the length of time it would take to complete.

Time Control:	G/90 (last year) or something else Time Delay Clocks (note that if it is USCF Rated – delay is preference)
Prizes:	Trophies Cash and Plaque What places?
USCF Rated	Not (traditional) or Rated
Entry Fee:	$25 last yr
TD	Who wants to run it – make rulings / pairings, etc.
Section:	Options: 1. One Section Round Robin: The current traditional format. This format has 2 key advantages. First, everyone plays in the same section for the Championship, and second that everyone plays everyone else once. This format has become somewhat untenable though due to the growth of the Club. To accommodate 15 people in the tournament, we would be looking at the tournament running at least though the early part of April if not longer. Last year, a number of people did not participate in the tournament given the commitment that it entailed. With more members, this situation could potentially be worse. A key item of a Club Championship is that it should be inclusive of as many members as possible. 2. Multiple Section Round Robin This would help alleviate the problem of the length of the tournament, though comes at the cost that not everyone would be playing for the Club Championship. A way to solve this would be to have two sections, Open and U1800. The winner of the Open Section would be declared Club Champion, and the winner of the U1800 is the U1800 Champion. Everyone is eligible to enter the Open section, however, only those in the U1800 section are eligible to be U1800 Champion. Ratings would be used from the latest printed Supplement. 3. Swiss Format This would preserve the advantage of having everyone in the same section. Also, the tournament would be of a fixed length of time. However, this format has two main drawbacks. First, everyone would not be guaranteed to play everyone else, and second, bye weeks would become substantially more difficult to manage than the Round Robin type format.
Deposit:	Fee to discourage no shows How many no-shows determines forfeiture of deposit

Minutes of Kenilworth Chess Club Meeting on 12/8/05

2005-12-09T13:33:00.000-05:00

Minutes of the Kenilworth Chess Club Meeting on 12-8-05

1. Mike Stallings announced that he will accept another term if nominated, but cannot show up on a regular basis.

2. An end of the year report about the state of the club will be emailed out detailing its financial status.

3. A club meeting and elections will be held on 12-15-05. The Club Championship format, the sponsoring of a U.S. Amateur Team, and the financial status of the club are intended to be discussed.

4. The Club Championship's format will likely need to be modified. Among the proposals are an open section and/with an under 1800 section (similar to most major tournaments such as the World Open) or Swiss system.

5. A proposal to apportion between $100-$200 on the Club Team(s). A decision on this matter will be finalized at the 12-15-05 general meeting.

6. The club's treasury currently has about $700. A proposal was made not to allow it to go under $400.

Please Note: Club meetings take place on an intermittent (as opposed to a frequent) basis. Minutes of those meetings are contingent upon the number of meetings that are held and are therefore not made up on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

5 Minute Tournament results

2005-11-11T19:40:00.000-05:00

We ran a 5 minute tournament on November 10, with a very strong turnout from both Kenilworth and Roselle. The results were as follows:
Daftan1 9.5 1st
Scott Massey 9 2nd
Maricio 8.5 3rd
Steve Stoyko 8
Mark Kernihan 7.5 Ken Cheiu 6 Ceaser Sorto 5.5 Mike Goeller 4 Mike Wojcio 2.5 Top under 1800 Pete Cavalier/ Brian 2 Ed Selling 1.5 Thanks to all who played. Next week A lecture by Scott Massey on Rook and Pawn endgames at 7:00 followed by a match vs Roselle at 8:30.