April Schedule

Our tournament schedule for April is:

Sundays 12:30 p.m.

4-round G/45 Swiss  

Register: 11:30 a.m - 12:20 p.m.

Rounds: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00 & 5:45 p.m.

Entry Fee: $30 Chess Mates members, $40 non-members

Prize Fund: 70% of EF 

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (+ category prizes if there are enough players)

Mondays 8 p.m.

G/5 Blitz

Entry Fee: $15 Chess Mates members, $20 non-members

Prize Fund: 80% of EF 

Prizes: 1st, 2nd (+ category prizes if there are enough players)

Wednesdays 8 p.m.

G/5 Blitz

Entry Fee: $15 Chess Mates members, $20 non-members

Prize Fund: 80% of EF 

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (+ category prizes if there are enough players)

Fridays 7 p.m.

G/30 Quads

Register: 6:30 p.m - 7:00 p.m.

Rounds: 7:00, 8:15 & 9:30 p.m.

Entry Fee: $20 Chess Mates members, $25 non-members

Prizes Per Quad: $50 for 1st, $20 for 2nd

Saturdays 1 p.m.

G/30 Scholastic Quads

Register: 12 noon - 12:55 p.m

Rounds: 1:00, 2:15 & 3:30 p.m.

Entry Fee: $10 for Chess Mates members, $15 for non-members

Prizes Per Quad: $25 + free lesson for 1st

USAT Playoffs At Chess Mates

West Orange Krush, winners of last month's USATE tourney in Parsippany, will be competing in the U.S. Amateur Team playoffs today at Chess Mates, starting at 1 p.m. The games will be broadcast on the Internet Chess Club.

More details here.

March Schedule

Our tournament schedule for March is:

Sundays 12:30 p.m.

4-round G/45 Swiss  

Register: 11:30 a.m - 12:20 p.m.

Rounds: 12:30, 2:15, 4:00 & 5:45 p.m.

Entry Fee: $15 $30 Chess Mates members, $20 $40 non-members

Prize Fund: 70% of EF 

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (+ category prizes if there are enough players)

Mondays 8 p.m.

G/5 Blitz

Entry Fee: $15 Chess Mates members, $20 non-members

Prize Fund: 80% of EF 

Prizes: 1st, 2nd (+ category prizes if there are enough players)

Wednesdays 8 p.m.

G/5 Blitz

Entry Fee: $15 Chess Mates members, $20 non-members

Prize Fund: 80% of EF 

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (+ category prizes if there are enough players)

Fridays 7 p.m.

G/30 Quads

Register: 6:30 p.m - 7:00 p.m.

Rounds: 7:00, 8:15 & 9:30 p.m.

Entry Fee: $20 Chess Mates members, $25 non-members

Prizes Per Quad: $50 for 1st, $20 for 2nd

Saturdays 1 p.m.

G/30 Scholastic Quads

Register: 12 noon - 12:55 p.m

Rounds: 1:00, 2:15 & 3:30 p.m.

Entry Fee: $10 for Chess Mates members, $15 for non-members

Prizes Per Quad: $25 + free lesson for 1st

Saturdays 1 p.m.

G/60 Quads

Register: 12 noon - 12:55 p.m

Rounds: 1:00, 3:15 & 5:30 p.m.

Entry Fee: $20 for Chess Mates members, $25 for non-members

Prizes Per Quad: $50 for 1st, $25 for 2nd

New Schedule

Chess Mates has changed its schedule and overhauled its tournament calendar.

We are now open on Friday night... closed on Tuesday and Thursday.

Our new tournament schedule is:

Sundays, 10:30 a.m. - 5-round G/45 Swiss or 3-round G/30 Quads, as listed on the sidebar

Mondays, 8 p.m. - G/5 Blitz

Wednesdays, 8 p.m. - G/5 Blitz for U2200

Fridays, 7 p.m. - G/30 Quads

Saturdays, 1 p.m. - G/60 Scholastic Quads and Open Quads

Grandmaster Leonid Yudasin will be giving lessons prior to most Blitz events and a simul on the last Monday of the month.

Sarkar-Lenderman PGN & Replay

[Event "Chess Mates G/45 11-21-2010"]
[Site "Rahway, NJ"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2008.02.21"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxc5 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Nbd6+ Ke7 13. Nxb7 Bb4 14. e4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Bxe4 16. Ncd6 Bxd6 17. Bxa6 Bb4 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Rf1 f6 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Kxd2 Rc2+ 22. Ke3 Bxg2 23. Rac1 Rhc8 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Bd5 27. b4 e5 28. Na5 f5 29. Bb7 Ke6 30. Bxd5+ Kxd5 31. b5 Kc5 32. Nc6 a6 33. Nxe5 axb5 34. axb5 Kxb5 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. Kf4 g6 37. Nd7+ Kd4 38. Nf8 {Black resigned after further play.} 1-0

Sarkar-Lenderman Game

By Roger E. Pedersen

The Sunday Grand Prix chess tournaments at Chess Mates have attracted such top chess talent as Super GM/resident teacher Leonid Yudasin, GM Michael Rohde, GM Mark Paragua, GM Alex Lenderman, GM Alex Stripunsky, IM Justin Sarkar, IM Jay Bonin, FM Victor Shen and numerous other masters.
 

In a recent event, IM Sarkar scored this victory over GM Lenderman en route to a first-place finish:
 

Sarkar 2428 - Lenderman 2628
Chess Mates' G/45 Grand Prix, 11/21/2010

D17 Queen's Gambit
Slav Defense
Krause Attack

1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.Nxc4

8...c5 9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Bxc5 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Nbd6+ Ke7 13.Nxb7 Bb4 14.e4

14...Nxe4 15.fxe4 Bxe4 16.Ncd6 Bxd6 17.Bxa6 Bb4 18.Bf4 Rac8 19.Rf1 f6 20.Bd2 Bxd2 21.Kxd2 Rc2+ 22.Ke3

22...Bxg2? 23.Rac1 {+-} Rhc8 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Rf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Bd5 27.b4 e5 28.Na5 f5

29.Bb7 Ke6 30.Bxd5+ Kxd5 31.b5 Kc5 32.Nc6 a6 33.Nxe5 axb5 34.axb5 Kxb5 35.Ke3 Kc5 36.Kf4 g6 37.Nd7+ Kd4 38.Nf8 {Black resigned after further play.} 1-0

Chess Mates' Grand Opening

Sunday October 10 was the Grand Opening for Chess Mates - 1531 Irving Street, Rahway.

The day started with a ribbon cutting followed by lunch: Pizza, spaggetti, meatballs, pigs in a blanket, Subway sandwiches, empanadas, chicken wings and pancit (Phillipino noodles).
I must have sucked down 5 empanadas in a row. They were so delicious.

After lunch National Master Yaacov Norowitz gave a lecture based on different types of pawn structures and control of light and dark squares. Yaacov is a blitz grandmaster and has beaten Vishy Anand on ICC.

Following Yaacov's intresting lecture Grandmaster Yudasin gave a simul against 16 players.
James Walker an expert visiting from Kentucky defeated Mr. Yudasin and Ken Chieu ( master)
drew.
Grandmaster Yudasin a 4 time condenter for the World Championship gives lectures on Mon and Thur each week for $15 followed by a blitz tournament.

After a short break there was a 7 round unrated blitz tournament with 15 competitors.
1st Yaacov Norowitz (QR 2490) 6.5-.5
2nd Daftani Maraj(QR 2161) 6-1
3rd Roger Pedersen (QR 1784) 4.5-2.5
Winners were awarded memberships in the club.

Thanks to the following people for competing and coming to the chess club for the Grand Opening: Yaacov Norowitz, Daftani Maraj, Roger Pedersen, Ken Chieu, Lev Zilbermintz, James Walker (KY), Errol Singh, Frank Bloise (NY), Arunas Simonaitis (NY), Fermin Arias, Richard Blank (PA), Bessale Yarjovski (NY), Jevon O'Neal, William Bybel (PA), John Herson, Joe Renna,
Don Varneckus and other guests.

We hope you had an enjoyable time, please come again.

Many thanks to Arthur, Gracielle and mom for making this a truly Grand Opening'

Arthur - stay safe and good luck in the army. Hope to see you soon.

Last of all : Special thanks to John Moldovan (my friend and mentor) for his patience in showing me the ropes at the club. John has left to pursue other endeavors . I hope I can fill his shoes.

New Tournament Directors

After much deliberation, I have decided to leave Chess Mates and focus upon correspondence chess, the Garden State Chess League and other interests.

The TD shoes in Rahway will be aptly filled by Bessalel Yarjovski, Ziggy Bliznikas and Roger Pedersen. You should eventually see them posting and updating here, along with Joe Renna, but, if there is some delay in transition, I'll keep the blog current.

In closing, I'd like to thank Arthur and Gracielle Macaspac for the opportunity, acknowledge their patience and wish them well.

Norowitz Wins Grand Opening Blitz

SM Yaacov Norowitz won Sunday's non-rated 15-player Grand Opening Blitz Tournament. NM Maraj Daftani was 2nd. 11th-seed Roger Pedersen surprised by taking 3rd. Lev Zilbermintz and NM Ken Chieu headed a 6-way tie for 4th.

To view the event crosstable and full standings click here.

Grand Opening Article

Jim West On Chess has posted a very nice article by Lev Zilbermintz, entitled Rahway Club Holds Grand Opening. 2 games from GM Leonid Yudasin's Simultaneous Exhibition and 3 from the blitz tournament were included in the piece.

Chess Mates Grand Opening Photos

Photos from the Chess Mates Grand Opening can be found on OurTownRahway.com photo albums.

Here: http://ourtownrahway.com/gallery.asp?gallery=Chessmates_Grand_Opening

Bonin Wins Sunday Swiss

IM Jay Bonin won yesterday's G/45. There was a 5-way tie for 2nd between IM Justin Sarkar, NM James West, expert Sam Barsky, expert Vladimir Polyakin, and Mauricio Camejo.

Monday Blitz

SM Yaacov Norowitz won the September 27th blitz tourney with 4.0 from 4. NM Maraj Daftani was 2nd. David Rubenfeld took the U1900 prize.

Grand Opening Schedule

Here is the events schedule for our Grand Opening/Open House on Sunday, October 10th:

10:00 a.m. – Open
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Ribbon Cutting & Lunch
12:30-2:00 p.m. - Lecture by SM Yaacov Norowitz
2:00-4:00 p.m. - Simul/Lecture by GM Leonid Yudasin
4:30–6:30 p.m. - Blitz Tournament (No Entry Fee!!)
6:30-8:00 p.m. – Casual Play

Note: The house will take care of snacks & prizes.