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.