Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to our members & chess friends.

Holiday Party, Business Meeting & Officer Elections Tomorrow!

Good news!

The Kenilworth Chess Club's business meeting, officer elections & holiday party will take place, as scheduled, tomorrow night, beginning at 8 p.m.

NEW VENUE AND TIME FOR UNION COUNTY FINALE

NEW VENUE AND TIME FOR UNION COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE

Thursday 12/13 at 7:30 p.m.

Chess Mates Academy 
75 East Cherry St.
Suite 11
Rahway, NJ 07065


You can park in The Waiting Room's lot across the street. 


There will be no chess at the Kenilworth Recreation Center again this week, due to continued construction.

The center's availability for Thursday, December 20 will be known by Tuesday, the 18th.

TOMORROW'S MEETING CANCELED

TOMORROW'S KENILWORTH CHESS CLUB MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED!

THE REC CENTER WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION & SAFETY CONCERNS.

The December 13th meeting will be canceled or moved to a different venue or day.


Revised Kenilworth Chess Club Schedule for December & Early January:

December 6 - Meeting canceled. 4th Round of Union County Championship postponed. Make-up date & venue TBA.
December 13 - To be announced. A substitute venue is being sought. If that attempt fails, the meeting will be canceled.

December 20 - Annual Business Meeting & Holiday Party
December 27 - To be announced.
January 3 - To be announced.
January 10 - LM Scott Massey's lecture on the Magnus Carlsen-Fabiano Caruana match. Admission: $5.

TOMORROW'S MEETING CANCELED!

TOMORROW'S KENILWORTH CHESS CLUB MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED!

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 1 to 9 p.m. 3.3 inches of snow are expected in Kenilworth.

ROUND 3 OF THE UNION COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN RE-SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 29TH.

Round 4 has been re-scheduled for December 6th.

The club's business meeting has been re-scheduled for December 20th.

Summer Tournament Concludes Next Week, Rated Swiss & Scholastic Starts August 2nd

THE 2018 SUMMER TOURNAMENT CONCLUDES NEXT WEEK.

For current standings visit the Chess Coroner blog or our Facebook group.


A 5-round, USCF-rated swiss & scholastic will begin on August 2nd.

For details visit http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/calendar/index.html#aug

Summer Tournament Starts Tonight!

The Kenilworth Summer Tournament starts tonight!

Be there or be square.

Book Auction Tonight

Select items from the Kenilworth CC library will be auctioned tonight, including a collection of Chess Informants.

The club intends to sell the 60 or so Informants as 1 lot and the 4 Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings volumes will comprise another. All others items will be single-pieces.

Summer Tournament Starts May 3rd

The Kenilworth Summer Tournament will be starting on May 3rd, a month earlier than in previous years.

Here are the rules of the tournament:

• The tournament will run from May 3 through July 26.
• The event is NON-RATED.
• Entry Fee is $5 for club members, $6 for non-members. $5 of each EF goes into the prize fund.
• The time control is G/60.
• G/55+5 (delay) may be used if there is mutual agreement between paired players. Increment settings are not allowed.
• You may play anyone who is entered. The first time you play an opponent, the lower rated or unrated player has White. In subsequent games against the same opponent you alternate colors. If both players are unrated or have identical ratings, they toss for initial color.
• You may not play the same opponent more than four times in the tournament.
• Games may begin at 8:00 p.m. in weeks 1-7 (May 3-June 14), 7:15 p.m. in weeks 8-13 (June 21-July 26). No game may start later than 9:30 p.m.
• You may play up to 2 games per week. You may play those games simultaneously. You can skip weeks but the more you play the more points you can accumulate.
• You get one point for a win, a half-point for a draw and zero for a loss. No bye points are awarded.
• The winner is the person who has the most points at the end of the tournament.
• Prizes: 1st place: 40%. 2nd place: 20%. 3rd place: 10%. U1600: 10%, Under Age 18: 10%, Under Age 13: 10%.
• Registration will remain open for the duration of the tournament. However, if there is an overwhelming turnout, the TD may cut-off entries as early as July 5th.
• Bring clocks. The club has a limited number for use.

John Moldovan won last year, in 2016 and in 2008. Other past winners of this popular event include LM Scott Massey (2004), LM Mark Kernighan (2005, 2011), Greg Tomkovich (2006), Ari Minkov (2007, 2010), Ian Mangion (2009) and Bob Sherry (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).

Kenilworth Ch. - Prize Winners & Crosstable

1st place: LM Mark Kernighan

2nd place: John Moldovan

3rd place: Gilberto Benitez

U1800: Greg Tomkovich

Biggest Upset: Moldovan (as Black) 1/2-1/2 vs. Kernighan in round 5.

Crosstable

Kernighan Wins Club Championship

LM Mark Kernighan won the 27th Kenilworth Championship held January 11th thru February 22nd. It is the 3rd club title in 4 years for Kernighan & his 4th overall.

John Moldovan finished 2nd & the scored the biggest upset.

Gilberto Benitez was 3rd. Greg Tomkovich topped all U1800 players.


Final Standings:

1. Kernighan 6.5
2. Moldovan 5.0
3. Benitez 4.5
= 4-5. Selling, Tomkovich 4.0
= 6-8. Pelican, McAuliffe, McCorkell 3.5
9. Gottlieb 2.5
10. Dovydaitis 2.0
11. Ruales 1.5
12. Abujawdeh 1.0 (withdrawn)

For round by round coverage, including annotated games, visit the Chess Coroner blog.

Club Championship Starts Next Week

The 27th Kenilworth Club Championship starts next Thursday, January 11th.

Here are the events' details:

January 11 - 27th Annual Kenilworth Chess Club Championship: Round 1, 8:30 p.m.

• NON-RATED
• 5 to 7 rounds. 2 sections: Championship & Reserve.
• The Championship Section will be a 6 to 8 player Round-Robin. Participants will include the top 4-6 rated players entered plus the 2016 & 2017 Kenilworth CC Champions. The 2017 Reserve Section winner may also play in this section, if he so chooses.
• The Reserve Section will be a Swiss or RR of the same length as the Championship Section.
• G/75 with 5 second delay time control.
• Rounds will commence at 8:30 p.m. on January 11, 18 & 25 + February 1 & 8. If 6th & 7th rounds are necessary, they will be played on February 22nd & March 1st.
• Postponed games from Rounds 1-5 will be made-up on February 15th. Postponed games from rounds 6-7 would be made-up on March 8th.
• Cost: $10 entry fee + dues + $5 anti-forfeit deposit = $30 for most players.
• KCC membership is required. Dues for 2018 are $10 for age 17 or less, $10 for those age 65+, $15 for everyone else.
• Prizes: Trophies to 1st & 2nd in each section. Additional trophies may be awarded if the number of entries warrant doing so.
• Register with Treasurer Geoff McAuliffe during our 1/4 meeting and or before 8:25 p.m. on 1/11 @ Kenilworth Community Center, 575 Boulevard, Kenilworth, N.J.
• Late-joins allowed prior to round 2, at the TD's & Club President's discretion. For example: The late-joiner would make an even number of players in a section.
• The Tournament Committee reserves the right to make changes as are deemed necessary for the good maintenance of the tournament.

LM Mark Kernighan won last year, also in 2008 & 2015. Other past Champions include LM Scott Massey (who has won the title 12x!!), Rene Ray (1996), FM Steve Stoyko (2005, 2006, 2007), IM Yaacov Norowitz (2009), LM Arthur Macaspac (2010, 2012), NM Ken Chieu (2011) and IM Praveen Balakrishnan (2013, 2014) and John Moldovan (2016).

Round by round coverage of the tournament will be posted on the Chess Coroner Blog.

For stories of past championships, see the 2005 Club Championship website, 2006 Championship website, the Chess Coroner Blog and the KCC Tournaments Blog.

KCC Tournaments & Kenilworth Kibitzer Blogs Closed

The KCC Tournaments blog & Kenilworth Kibitzer, which have been inactive for some time, are officially closed.

They will remain online but links from the club's home page will be removed.

Tonight's Meeting Canceled

Tonight's Kenilworth CC meeting has been canceled, due to the winter storm.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, January 11th.

Join us then for round 1 of our Club Championship!