Minkov Wins Checkmate Championship

Ari Minkov won the 6th Checkmate CC Championship 0.05 points ahead of NM Mark Kernighan. Bob Sherry finished 3rd.


Final Round Pairings :

Mann 1/2-1/2 Minkov
Kernighan 1-0 Renna
Sherry 1-0 Azzarello

Shiffman received a full-point bye.


5th Round Replays
5th Round PGN

Zipped ChessBase Archive with all available games & complete list of results.


Final Standings :

1. Minkov 4.00
2. Kernighan 3.95
3. Sherry 3.00
= 4-5. Shiffman & Renna 2.00
6. Mann 1.50
= 7-10. Chieu (wd), Carrelli (wd), Moldovan (wd), Azzarello 1.00

Crosstable


Checkmate CC Champions :

2005 Ari Minkov & Ted Mann
2006 Mark Kernighan
2007 Ari Minkov
2008 Mark Kernighan
2009 Mark Kernighan
2010 Ari Minkov

Checkmate Ch. - 5th Round Pairings

Preliminary pairings for Easter Sunday's final round :

1. Mann (1.00) - Minkov (3.50)
2. Kernighan (2.95) - Renna (2.00)
3. Sherry (2.00) - Azzarello (1.00)

Shiffman (1.00) will likely receive a full-point bye.

Checkmate Ch. - Round 4 Update

Complete 4th Round Results :

Renna 0-1 Minkov
Mann 0-1 Sherry
Shiffman 1-0 Azzarello
Kernighan 0.45 point bye

Standings entering the final round :

1. Minkov 3.50
2. Kernighan 2.95
= 3-4. Sherry, Renna 2.00
= 5-10. Chieu (wd), Carrelli (wd), Moldovan (wd), Mann, Shiffman, Azzarello 1.00

4th round replay
4th round zip

Checkmate Championship - Round 4

Mark Kernighan took a bye & Bob Sherry won against Ted Mann (see PGN below). Results of the other games have yet to be reported.

[Event "6th Checkmate Championship"]
[Site "Springfield, NJ"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mann, Ted"]
[Black "Sherry, Bob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.29"]

{B23 Sicilian Defense : Grand Prix Attack}
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 0-0 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bf2 Be6 14. Qd2 Rab8 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. b3 Qc7 18. Nd3 c4 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. Bd4 Nd6 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Rf3 Nb5 23. c3 Nxd4 24. cxd4 cxb3 25. axb3 Bg4 26. Na6 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qb6 28. Qxd5 Qxb3 29. Qd6 Rbd8 30. Nd7 Qd3 31. Kh1 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Bxd4 33. Nxf8 Bxa1 0-1

Updated standings & a zip file will follow.

Checkmate Ch. - 4th Round Pairings

Preliminary pairings for next Sunday's 4th round :

1. Renna (2.0) - Kernighan (2.5)
2. Mann (1.0) - Minkov (2.5)
3. Azzarello (1.0) - Sherry (1.0)

Shiffman (0.0) will likely receive a full-point bye.

Checkmate Championship - Round 3

As an experiment, two games were broadcast live on the Playchess server & managed to attract an observer!

Pairings & Results :

Kernighan 1-0 Mann
Sherry 0-1 Minkov
Renna 1-0 Shiffman

Azzarello received a full-point bye.


Standings after 3 of 5 rounds :

= 1-2. Kernighan, Minkov 2.5
3. Renna 2.0
= 4-9. Chieu (wd), Carrelli (wd), Moldovan (wd), Sherry, Mann, Azzarello 1.0
10. Shiffman 0.0

Java-replay
PGN

standings corrected 3/22 @ 1:49 p.m.

Checkmate Ch. - 3rd Round Pairings

The pairings for the Round 3 of the Checkmate Championship, on Sunday March 21st, are expected to be :

1. Mann (1.0) - Kernighan (1.5)

2. Sherry (1.0) - Minkov (1.5)

3. Shiffman (0.0) - Renna (1.0)

Azzarello (0.0) receives a full-point bye.

Checkmate Championship - Round 2

Pairings and Results:

1. Minkov ½–½ Kernighan
2. Sherry +- Moldovan
3. Shiffman 0-1 Mann
4. Azzarello 0-1 Renna


Standings after 2 rounds :

= 1-2. Kernighan, Minkov 1.5
= 3-8. Chieu (wd), Carrelli (wd), Moldovan (wd), Sherry, Mann, Renna 1.0
= 9-10. Shiffman, Azzarello 0.0

2nd round replay (added 3/29)
2nd round PGN (added 3/29)

Checkmate Ch. - 2nd Round Pairings

If no one takes a bye, the match-ups for the Checkmate Championship's 2nd Round will be as follows:

1. Carrelli (1866, 1.0) - Kernighan (2200, 1.0)
2. Chieu (2166, 1.0) - Minkov (1968, 1.0)
3. Sherry (1812, 0.0) - Moldovan (1847, 1.0)
4. Shiffman (1315, 0.0) - Mann (1515, 0.0)
5. Azzarello (unrated, 0.0) - Renna (1312, 0.0)

Checkmate Championship - Round 1

The 6th Checkmate Chess Club Championship began Sunday night with a reasonably strong field that includes 6 players rated 1800+.

Among those competing are defending/3-time Champion NM Mark Kernighan, expert Ken Chieu and 2-time winner Ari Minkov.


1st Round Pairings & Results:

1. Kernighan 1-0 Bob Sherry
2. Ted Mann 0-1 Chieu
3. Minkov 1-0 Bert Shiffman
4. Joe Renna 0-1 Don Carrelli
5. John Moldovan 1-0 Joe Azzarello

A java-replay page & a zipped PGN file with 4 complete games & 1 fragment have been uploaded for viewing & download.

Checkmate Championship Starts 3/7

6th Checkmate Chess Club Championship

• starts Sunday, March 7th, 2010
• non-rated
• 5-SS
• Rounds : March 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th & April 4th... all starting at 9:00 p.m.
• Time Control : G/45+0 or G/40 + 5 second delay. Black gets to choose.
• A player may request a 0.45 point bye for any round but the request must reach the TD 4 hours before the round.
• No entry fee or prizes
• To register, send an e-mail to Tournament Director Bob Sherry by March 6th.

We're Back

We've been offline for nearly 5 months and haven't re-upped any of the content from our defunct Geocities site, as yet, but the Checkmate Chess Club is back!

It is hoped that all the old java-replays, PGN files, crosstables, etc. will be on-site within the next 2 months. Thanks for being patient.