tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49987062128696588482024-03-08T07:45:53.053-08:00Checkmate Chess ClubTHIS BLOG SERVES AS THE HOME PAGE FOR THE CHECKMATE CHESS CLUB, WHICH MEETS AT THE BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORE IN SPRINGFIELD, N.J.Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-35454852303148884422013-04-12T18:38:00.002-07:002013-04-12T18:38:50.306-07:00Checkmate Club Now Meets On Saturday Nights<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In view of the new Sunday hours at Barnes and Noble, the Checkmate Chess Club now meets there on Saturday nights, from 8:30 to 11 p.m.</span>Chess Coronerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634575182995991578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-7350607050169686952013-04-05T14:18:00.001-07:002013-04-05T14:18:14.521-07:00Barnes & Noble Now Closes At 9 p.m. On Sundays<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Barnes and Noble's Sunday hours are now 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since tables have not been generally available for chess until after 8 p.m., the Checkmate Chess Club's future is in doubt.</span>Chess Coronerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634575182995991578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-9995099081878100332010-04-06T11:24:00.001-07:002010-04-06T12:12:12.334-07:00Minkov Wins Checkmate Championship<span style="font-family: verdana;">Ari Minkov won the 6th Checkmate CC Championship 0.05 points ahead of NM Mark Kernighan. Bob Sherry finished 3rd.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Final Round Pairings :</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mann 1/2-1/2 Minkov</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kernighan 1-0 Renna</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sherry 1-0 Azzarello</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shiffman received a full-point bye.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">5th Round </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r5.htm">Replays</a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 5th Round </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r5.zip">PGN</a><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Zipped ChessBase Archive with </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/2010_Checkmate_Championship.zip">all available games</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> & complete list of results.</span><br /> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Final Standings :</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. Minkov 4.00</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. Kernighan 3.95</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. Sherry 3.00</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">= 4-5. Shiffman & Renna 2.00</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">6. Mann 1.50</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">= 7-10. Chieu (wd), Carrelli (wd), Moldovan (wd), Azzarello 1.00</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_final_crosstable.htm">Crosstable</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Checkmate CC Champions :</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2005 Ari Minkov & Ted Mann</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2006 Mark Kernighan</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2007 Ari Minkov</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2008 Mark Kernighan</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2009 Mark Kernighan</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">2010 Ari Minkov</span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-48611102477250213202010-03-30T20:45:00.000-07:002010-03-30T20:58:01.040-07:00Checkmate Ch. - 5th Round Pairings<span style="font-family:verdana;">Preliminary pairings for Easter Sunday's final round :</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />1. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mann (1.00) - Minkov (3.50)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">2. Kernighan (2.95)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Renna (2.00)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />3. Sherry (2.00) - Azzarello (1.00)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Shiffman (1.00) will likely receive a full-point bye.</span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-20261689168193748382010-03-30T20:25:00.000-07:002010-03-30T20:57:18.912-07:00Checkmate Ch. - Round 4 Update<span style="font-family:verdana;">Complete 4th Round Results :</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Renna 0-1 Minkov</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Mann 0-1 Sherry</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Shiffman 1-0 Azzarello</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Kernighan 0.45 point bye</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Standings entering the final round :</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />1.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Minkov 3.50</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />2. Kernighan 2.95<br />= 3-4. Sherry, Renna 2.00<br />= 5-10. Chieu (wd), Carrelli (wd), Moldovan (wd), Mann, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Shiffman, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Azzarello 1.00<br /><br />4th round <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r4.htm">replay</a><br />4th round <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r4.zip">zip</a></span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-73532772043777204902010-03-29T20:53:00.000-07:002010-03-29T21:11:02.290-07:00Checkmate Championship - Round 4<span style="font-family: verdana;">Mark Kernighan took a bye & Bob Sherry won against Ted Mann (see PGN below). Results of the other games have yet to be reported.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">[Event "6th Checkmate Championship"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[Site "Springfield, NJ"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[Date "2010.03.28"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[Round "4"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[White "Mann, Ted"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[Black "Sherry, Bob"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[Result "0-1"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[ECO "B23"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[WhiteElo "1515"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[BlackElo "1812"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[PlyCount "66"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[EventDate "2010.03.07"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[EventType "swiss"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[EventRounds "5"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[EventCountry "USA"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />[SourceDate "2010.03.29"]</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />{B23 Sicilian Defense : Grand Prix Attack}</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />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</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />Updated standings & a zip file will follow.</span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-78776896627285692912010-03-21T21:56:00.000-07:002010-03-22T10:51:23.080-07:00Checkmate Ch. - 4th Round Pairings<span style="font-family:verdana;">Preliminary pairings for next Sunday's 4th round :</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />1. Renna (2.0) - Kernighan (2.5)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />2. Mann (1.0) - Minkov (2.5)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />3. Azzarello (1.0) - Sherry (1.0)</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Shiffman (0.0) will likely receive a full-point bye.</span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-47446537400841947162010-03-21T20:57:00.002-07:002010-03-22T10:50:31.887-07:00Checkmate Championship - Round 3<span style="font-family:verdana;">As an experiment, two games were broadcast live on the Playchess server & managed to attract an observer!<br /><br />Pairings & Results :<br /><br />Kernighan 1-0 Mann<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sherry 0-1 Minkov<br />Renna 1-0 Shiffman<br /><br />Azzarello received a full-point bye.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Standings after 3 of 5 rounds :<br /><br />= 1-2. Kernighan, Minkov 2.5<br />3. Renna 2.0<br />= 4-9. Chieu (wd), Carrelli (wd), Moldovan (wd), Sherry, Mann, Azzarello 1.0<br />10. Shiffman 0.0<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r3.htm">Java-replay</a><br /><a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r3.zip">PGN</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">standings corrected 3/22 @ 1:49 p.m.</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-62698185990474569832010-03-15T13:06:00.000-07:002010-03-15T13:13:45.679-07:00Checkmate Ch. - 3rd Round Pairings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The pairings for the Round 3 of the Checkmate Championship, on Sunday March 21st, are expected to be :</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">1. Mann (1.0) - Kernighan (1.5)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">2. Sherry (1.0) - Minkov (1.5)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">3. Shiffman (0.0) - Renna (1.0)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Azzarello (0.0) receives a full-point bye.<br /></span><div><br /></div></div>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-48953775223553516662010-03-14T20:25:00.000-07:002010-03-30T20:47:06.979-07:00Checkmate Championship - Round 2<span style="font-family:verdana;">Pairings and Results:<br /><br />1. Minkov ½–½ Kernighan<br />2. Sherry +- Moldovan<br />3. Shiffman 0-1 Mann<br />4. Azzarello 0-1 Renna</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Standings after 2 rounds :<br /><br />= 1-2. Kernighan, Minkov 1.5<br />= 3-8. Chieu (wd), Carrelli (wd), Moldovan (wd), Sherry, Mann, Renna 1.0<br />= 9-10. Shiffman, Azzarello 0.0<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">2nd round <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r2.htm">replay</a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" >(added 3/29)</span><br />2nd round <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r2.zip">PGN</a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" >(added 3/29)</span></span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-69117221616034833592010-03-09T14:10:00.000-08:002010-03-30T20:58:25.188-07:00Checkmate Ch. - 2nd Round Pairings<span style="font-family:verdana;">If no one takes a bye, the match-ups for the Checkmate Championship's 2nd Round will be as follows:</span> <ol style="font-family: verdana;"><li>Carrelli (1866, 1.0) - Kernighan (2200, 1.0)</li><li>Chieu (2166, 1.0) - Minkov (1968, 1.0)</li><li>Sherry (1812, 0.0) - Moldovan (1847, 1.0)</li><li>Shiffman (1315, 0.0) - Mann (1515, 0.0)</li><li>Azzarello (unrated, 0.0) - Renna (1312, 0.0)</li></ol><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-61880440798048211872010-03-09T13:35:00.000-08:002010-03-09T20:18:06.200-08:00Checkmate Championship - Round 1<span style="font-family:verdana;">The 6th Checkmate Chess Club Championship began Sunday night with a reasonably strong field that includes 6 players rated 1800+.<br /><br />Among those competing are defending/3-time Champion NM Mark Kernighan, expert Ken Chieu and 2-time winner Ari Minkov.<br /><br /><br />1st Round Pairings & Results:<br /></span><ol style="font-family: verdana;"><li>Kernighan 1-0 Bob Sherry</li><li>Ted Mann 0-1 Chieu</li><li>Minkov 1-0 Bert Shiffman</li><li>Joe Renna 0-1 Don Carrelli</li><li>John Moldovan 1-0 Joe Azzarello</li></ol><span style="font-family:verdana;">A <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r1.htm">java-replay page</a> & a <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/checkmatechessclub/cccc_2010_r1.zip">zipped PGN file</a> with 4 complete games & 1 fragment have been uploaded for viewing & download.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-80130722724729451032010-02-24T19:07:00.000-08:002010-02-24T19:09:35.944-08:00Checkmate Championship Starts 3/7<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>6th Checkmate Chess Club Championship</b></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">starts Sunday, March 7th, 2010</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">non-rated</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">5-SS</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Rounds : March 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th & April 4th... all starting at 9:00 p.m.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Time Control : G/45+0 or G/40 + 5 second delay. Black gets to choose.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">A player may request a 0.45 point bye for any round but the request must reach the TD 4 hours before the round.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">No entry fee or prizes</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">To register, send an </span><a href="mailto:rsherry8@comcast.net"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">e-mail</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> to Tournament Director Bob Sherry by March 6th.</span></li></ul></div>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998706212869658848.post-12305006971145155512010-02-24T18:30:00.000-08:002010-02-24T19:23:17.974-08:00We're Back<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">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!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">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.</span></div>Checkmate CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12374690450487678373noreply@blogger.com0