Cherry Street Open: 2nd Round Photos

Cherry Street Open

Photos taken at the start of round 2:

Cherry Street Open: 2nd Round Pairings

Cherry Street Open

2nd Round Pairings

1. Smith - Privman
2. Macaspac - Sarkar
3. Bartell - West
4. Prilleltensky - Polyakin
5. Cohen - O'Connor
6. Komunicky - Weiss
7. Camejo - Giammanco
8. Chinnambeti - Polese
9. Drennan - Mc Donald

Cherry Street Open: 1st Round Results

Cherry Street Open

1st round results:

Weiss 0-1 Smith
Sarkar 1-0 Camejo
Polese 0-1 Bartell
Privman 1-0 Drennan
Giammanco 0-1 Prilleltensky
West 1-0 Komunicky
Mc Donald 0-1 Macaspac
Polyakin 1-0 Chinnambeti

1/2 point byes: O'Connor, Cohen


Standings after round 1:

= 1-8. Smith, Sarkar, Bartell, Privman, Prilleltensky, West, Macaspac, Polyakin 1.0
= 9-10. O'Connor, Cohen 0.5
= 11-18. Weiss, Camejo, Polese, Drennan, Giammanco, Komunicky, Mc Donald, Chinambeti 0.0

Cherry Street Open Participants

Cherry Street Open

Participants, by rating:

  1. Smith, Bryan G 2569 GM
  2. Sarkar, Justin 2461 IM
  3. Bartell, Thomas 2455 IM
  4. Privman, Boris 2350 FM
  5. Prilleltensky, Matan 2308 LM
  6. West, James R 2205 LM
  7. Macaspac, Arthur 2202 NM
  8. Polyakin, Vladimir 2101 LM
  9. Weiss, Howard M 2055
10. Camejo, Mauricio 2000 NM
11. Polese, Thomas A 1909
12. O'Connor, Michael 1819
13. Drennan, Luke A 1724
14. Giammanco, Daniel 1516
15. Komunicky, Daniel 1510
16. Mc Donald, Edward 1499
17. Cohen, Ken 1317
18. Chinnambeti, Abhin 1133

Cherry Street Open Underway

The Cherry Street Open is underway with 17 players, including 1 GM, 2 IMs, 1 FM, 3 LMs & 2 NMs!!

Late-joins will be accepted until the start of round 2 at 1:30 p.m. Here are some photos from the early action:

Cherry Street Grand Prix Tomorrow

Tomorrow we are running the Cherry Street Open, a Grand Prix tournament with a $1000 guaranteed prize fund.

Here are the details:

SEPT. 20   Cherry Street Open

TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 10

4-SS. G/55 d5. Address: 75 East Cherry St., Suite 10A, Rahway, NJ 07065. EF: $60, members $50, IM $30, GM free (IM/GM -30 from prize). Prize Fund:$1000 Guaranteed! Prizes: $250-150, U2300 $150, U2100 $150, U1900 $150, U1600 $100, Biggest Upset $50. Reg.: 10:15-10:50 a.m. Rds.: 11:00 a.m., 1:30, 3:45, 6:00 p.m. 1 bye allowed, commit prior to game 3. Info: chessmates@chessmatesnj.com, 732-499-0118.

We'd also like to remind you that Chess Mates Chess School is starting-up this weekend. For information, visit http://www.chessmatesnj.com/Lesson_Info.html or call Arthur Macaspac at 760-583-8429.

Tonight's Casual Chess Canceled

Tonight's casual chess meeting has been canceled. Our next event will be Friday's blitz tournament.

August G/90 Canceled

The August G/90 was canceled due to lack of attendance.

The games played on August 1 will be submitted with the August Training Games.

Attention Jonathan Robert Morris: Please contact Chess Mates for a refund or credit!

Boris Privman Sweeps 3rd Saturday Swiss

FM Boris Privman won yesterday's tournament with a perfect score.

July 20 & July 27 Quads Are Open To All

A clarification: Our July 20 & July 27 Quads will be open to all, as stated in Chess Life and in the online TLAs, not just U1800s, which is mistakenly listed on our calendar.

We regret the error and confusion.

Photos from 1st Saturday Tournaments

These photos were taken by me on Saturday, during the Swiss and double round robin tournaments.

Leonardo Moreira lost both games to Ken Cohen, in the double round robin.

Aaron Jacobson was defeated by FM Boris Privman, in the Swiss tournament.

In a minor piece endgame, John Moldovan's bishop was no match for FM Boris Privman's knight.

Brandon Jacobson successfully defended a rook versus bishop ending against Lev Zilbermintz, drawn by the 50 move rule.

Brandon Jacobson Wins 1st Saturday Swiss

8 players showed up for yesterday's quads which, due to the big difference in ratings, were turned into a 6-player Swiss and a 2-player double round robin.

The winner of the Swiss tournament was Brandon Jacobson, while FM Boris Privman and Lev Zilbermintz shared second place.

Round One: French Defense

Lev Zilbermintz (USCF 2118) - John Moldovan (USCF 1781), Rahway NJ 7/5/2014

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.c3 a6 8.Ba4 Nd5 9.Qe2 exf3 10.Ngxf3 Be7 11.Bc2 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 O-O 13.O-O-O b5

14.Qd3 f5 15.g4 Bf6 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Rhe1 Qf6 19.g5 Qxg5 20.Rxe5 Rad8 21.Kb1 Bc6 22.Bb3 Qg4 23.Nf3 Rfe8 24.Qe3 Bb7 25.Rg1 Qh5 26.Rxe6 f4 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qd4 Qf5+ 29.Ka1 Qf8

30.d6+ Kh8 31.d7 Rd8 32.Ne5 c5 33.Qxc5 Qxc5 34.Nf7+ Kg8 35.Nxd8+ Kh8 36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.d8=Q+ Qf8 38.Nh6+, Black resigns.

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Round Two: Alekhine Defense, Four Pawns Attack

Brandon Jacobson (USCF 2096) - Boris Privman (USCF 2331), Rahway NJ 7/5/2014

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g6 6.Nc3 dxe5 7.fxe5 Bg7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be3 Bf5 10.Be2 Qd7 11.O-O O-O-O 

12.Qb3 f6 13.d5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 fxe5 15.Rfd1 e6 16.d6 c6 17.Bxb6 Bh6 18.Qa4 a6 19.Bxd8 Qxd8 20.Bf3 Be3+ 21.Kh1 Bd4 22.c5 h5 23.Rxd4 exd4 24.Qxd4 Rh7 25.b4, and White wins in ? moves.

Chess Mates To Open At 10 a.m. Today

Chess Mates will open at 10 a.m. this morning. We will be running G/30 Quads at 10:30 a.m. & G/45 Quads at 1:30 p.m.

JULY 4TH BLITZ CANCELED

TONIGHT'S BLITZ TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN CANCELED!

Chess Mates will be closed this afternoon and tonight.