Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In a festive mood, I am posting 17 games from last month’s team tournament, the US Amateur Team East. You will be able to replay games from Darius Jafary, Dr. Craig Fisher, and Scott Strattner. The latter inexplicably lost the scoresheet for his 4th round game; it was a loss, which means it is quite possible I tore up the sheet in rage and threw it out the hotel window…but it is still a shame to not have a record for it anymore. In any case, there are some interesting games to be found, and as always the computer found some fascinating variations (either to save a game, or win it earlier).
From the TD, Michael O’Connor:
Thank you to all of you who participated in the 2013 Dutchess County Championship. A special congratulations to the trophy winners:
Ernie Johnson First Place
Ayman Haoula Second Place
Bob Simmons Class A
Mike O’Connor Class B
Al Musumeci Class C
[Editor’s note and interesting statistic: Class winners Bob Simmons (A), Michael O’Connor (B), and Al Musumeci (C) all ended up with 3.5 points, showing the strong parity among club members, regardless of USCF rating]
Here are the final standings:
Standings. DCC_2013
# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Ernie Johnson W3 W11 H— W2 W7 4.5 13 13 13 41.5
2 Ayman Haoula W14 W6 W17 L1 W9 4.0 12 13.5 13 44
3 Michael O’Connor L1 W19 H— W17 W10 3.5 10 10 8 33
4 Bob Simmons W18 D9 H— D10 W13 3.5 9 9 10 30.5
5 Al Musumeci L10 H— W26 W14 W11 3.5 8 8 7.5 25
6 George Oliveras W16 L2 W21 L13 W15 3.0 11 13 9 38
7 Darius Jafary W26 W15 H— D9 L1 3.0 10.5 10.5 11 33
8 Jay Mayur W27 H— H— U— W18 3.0 3.5 3.5 8.5 5.5
9 Scott Strattner W12 D4 H— D7 L2 2.5 9 13 9 41.5
10 Craig Fisher W5 D17 H— D4 L3 2.5 8.5 12 9 34
11 Ken Evans W19 L1 H— W12 L5 2.5 7.5 12 8 31
12 Daniel Rosa L9 W18 H— L11 W17 2.5 5.5 8 6 28.5
13 David Antonucci H— H— H— W6 L4 2.5 3 6.5 6.5 19.5
14 Michael Mendez L2 W16 L15 L5 W22 2.0 10 14 5 37
15 Noah Kulick W28 L7 W14 U— L6 2.0 7 10 8 27.5
16 Mark Webb L6 L14 D18 D19 W26 2.0 6 9 3.5 22.5
17 Naor Isak W29 D10 L2 L3 L12 1.5 10.5 14.5 7 39.5
18 Andrew Schmidt L4 L12 D16 W20 L8 1.5 10 13.5 3.5 35
19 Richard Whearty L11 L3 H— D16 D20 1.5 6.5 10 2.5 25.5
20 Muhil Arumugam H— H— U— L18 D19 1.5 1.5 3 4 6.5
21 Bill McGreevy H— H— L6 H— U— 1.5 0 3 4 9
22 Alex Xin H— H— U— U— L14 1.0 0 2 3.5 5
23 Angelo Limardo H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
24 Dharshan Ram H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
25 Krishnan Ram H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
26 Sanjay Natesan L7 H— L5 U— L16 0.5 5 8.5 1.5 23
27 Jeff Messerich L8 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 3.5 1.5 9.5
28 James Lynch L15 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 2.5 1.5 8
29 Garrett Deutermann L17 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 1.5 1.5 7
2 Ayman Haoula W14 W6 W17 L1 W9 4.0 12 13.5 13 44
3 Michael O’Connor L1 W19 H— W17 W10 3.5 10 10 8 33
4 Bob Simmons W18 D9 H— D10 W13 3.5 9 9 10 30.5
5 Al Musumeci L10 H— W26 W14 W11 3.5 8 8 7.5 25
6 George Oliveras W16 L2 W21 L13 W15 3.0 11 13 9 38
7 Darius Jafary W26 W15 H— D9 L1 3.0 10.5 10.5 11 33
8 Jay Mayur W27 H— H— U— W18 3.0 3.5 3.5 8.5 5.5
9 Scott Strattner W12 D4 H— D7 L2 2.5 9 13 9 41.5
10 Craig Fisher W5 D17 H— D4 L3 2.5 8.5 12 9 34
11 Ken Evans W19 L1 H— W12 L5 2.5 7.5 12 8 31
12 Daniel Rosa L9 W18 H— L11 W17 2.5 5.5 8 6 28.5
13 David Antonucci H— H— H— W6 L4 2.5 3 6.5 6.5 19.5
14 Michael Mendez L2 W16 L15 L5 W22 2.0 10 14 5 37
15 Noah Kulick W28 L7 W14 U— L6 2.0 7 10 8 27.5
16 Mark Webb L6 L14 D18 D19 W26 2.0 6 9 3.5 22.5
17 Naor Isak W29 D10 L2 L3 L12 1.5 10.5 14.5 7 39.5
18 Andrew Schmidt L4 L12 D16 W20 L8 1.5 10 13.5 3.5 35
19 Richard Whearty L11 L3 H— D16 D20 1.5 6.5 10 2.5 25.5
20 Muhil Arumugam H— H— U— L18 D19 1.5 1.5 3 4 6.5
21 Bill McGreevy H— H— L6 H— U— 1.5 0 3 4 9
22 Alex Xin H— H— U— U— L14 1.0 0 2 3.5 5
23 Angelo Limardo H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
24 Dharshan Ram H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
25 Krishnan Ram H— H— U— U— U— 1.0 0 0 3.5 0
26 Sanjay Natesan L7 H— L5 U— L16 0.5 5 8.5 1.5 23
27 Jeff Messerich L8 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 3.5 1.5 9.5
28 James Lynch L15 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 2.5 1.5 8
29 Garrett Deutermann L17 H— U— U— U— 0.5 0 1.5 1.5 7
(names in italics did not actually show up to play, but were assigned byes in case they did)
See the USCF for full crosstable.
Also check out our Gallery for pictures from the tournament.
I do not have the full tournament results; I will pass along that information as soon as it is available, along with pictures and submitted games. But with a last round victory and 4.5 total points, Ernie Johnson has reclaimed his crown. Congrats!
Going into the last round, Ernie Johnson leads with 3.5 points (he has won all his games, taking a draw in the 3rd round in order to play in the USATE). Ayman and Darius have 3 points each, followed by a large number of players with 2.5 points.
Monday March 4th is the last round of the 2013 DCC tournament. Hope to see you there.
Standings. DCC_2013
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Ernie Johnson 10089115 1995 W8 W7 H— W2 3.5
2 Ayman Haoula 14624013 1936 W18 W11 W14 L1 3.0
3 Darius Jafary 14321073 1756 W25 W12 H— D4 3.0
4 Scott Strattner 12524932 1951 W15 D6 H— D3 2.5
5 Craig Fisher 10124743 1820 W9 D14 H— D6 2.5
6 Bob Simmons 10104424 1800 W16 D4 H— D5 2.5
7 Ken Evans 10122627 1814 W19 L1 H— W15 2.5
8 Michael O’Connor 12592786 1688 L1 W19 H— W14 2.5
9 Al Musumeci 12355500 1500 L5 H— W25 W18 2.5
10 David Antonucci 12902559 1845 H— H— H— W11 2.5
11 George Oliveras 12520533 1771 W20 L2 W17 L10 2.0
12 Noah Kulick 12854987 1900 W27 L3 W18 U— 2.0
13 Jay Mayur 12799903 1766 W26 H— H— U— 2.0
14 Naor Isak 13984194 1757 W28 D5 L2 L8 1.5
15 Daniel Rosa 12799045 1673 L4 W16 H — L7 1.5
16 Andrew Schmidt 12432863 1477 L6 L15 D20 W21 1.5
17 Bill McGreevy 12321140 1504 H— H— L11 H— 1.5
18 Michael Mendez 12495089 1638 L2 W20 L12 L9 1.0
19 Richard Whearty 13468991 1489 L7 L8 H— D20 1.0
20 Mark Webb 12840342 1444 L11 L18 D16 D19 1.0
21 Muhil Arumugam 14630661 807 H— H— U— L16 1.0
22 Angelo Limardo 12547105 1500 H— H— U— U— 1.0
23 Dharshan Ram 13657630 1358 H— H— U— U— 1.0
24 Krishnan Ram 14242030 754 H— H— U— U— 1.0
25 Sanjay Natesan 15060528 unr. L3 H— L9 U— 0.5
26 Jeff Messerich 13821971 295 L13 H— U— U— 0.5
27 James Lynch 12088510 1506 L12 H— U— U— 0.5
28 Garrett Deutermann 12719411 unr. L14 H— U— U— 0.5
2 Ayman Haoula 14624013 1936 W18 W11 W14 L1 3.0
3 Darius Jafary 14321073 1756 W25 W12 H— D4 3.0
4 Scott Strattner 12524932 1951 W15 D6 H— D3 2.5
5 Craig Fisher 10124743 1820 W9 D14 H— D6 2.5
6 Bob Simmons 10104424 1800 W16 D4 H— D5 2.5
7 Ken Evans 10122627 1814 W19 L1 H— W15 2.5
8 Michael O’Connor 12592786 1688 L1 W19 H— W14 2.5
9 Al Musumeci 12355500 1500 L5 H— W25 W18 2.5
10 David Antonucci 12902559 1845 H— H— H— W11 2.5
11 George Oliveras 12520533 1771 W20 L2 W17 L10 2.0
12 Noah Kulick 12854987 1900 W27 L3 W18 U— 2.0
13 Jay Mayur 12799903 1766 W26 H— H— U— 2.0
14 Naor Isak 13984194 1757 W28 D5 L2 L8 1.5
15 Daniel Rosa 12799045 1673 L4 W16 H — L7 1.5
16 Andrew Schmidt 12432863 1477 L6 L15 D20 W21 1.5
17 Bill McGreevy 12321140 1504 H— H— L11 H— 1.5
18 Michael Mendez 12495089 1638 L2 W20 L12 L9 1.0
19 Richard Whearty 13468991 1489 L7 L8 H— D20 1.0
20 Mark Webb 12840342 1444 L11 L18 D16 D19 1.0
21 Muhil Arumugam 14630661 807 H— H— U— L16 1.0
22 Angelo Limardo 12547105 1500 H— H— U— U— 1.0
23 Dharshan Ram 13657630 1358 H— H— U— U— 1.0
24 Krishnan Ram 14242030 754 H— H— U— U— 1.0
25 Sanjay Natesan 15060528 unr. L3 H— L9 U— 0.5
26 Jeff Messerich 13821971 295 L13 H— U— U— 0.5
27 James Lynch 12088510 1506 L12 H— U— U— 0.5
28 Garrett Deutermann 12719411 unr. L14 H— U— U— 0.5
The USCF is planning to roll out another rating system, for Blitz events, starting March 1st. The rule update document (link to PDF) outlines the new rating:
Blitz rating system:
Blitz has its own rating system. To be rated, the time controls require from 5 to 10 minutes total playing time. See also 5C. Ratable time controls, and have a minimum primary time control of 3 minutes. All rounds must use the same time control. Hence G/3 inc/2 is rated under the Blitz system. Currently Lightning and Bullet are not included in any rating system.
The following (also found in the rules update) is a useful overview of the various time controls and which rating system they fall under.
5C. Ratable time controls. There are three rating systems. Regular (slow), Quick (fast) and Blitz. For the purposes of rating G/minutes and inc/seconds (or d/seconds), add minutes (mm) and seconds (ss) for total playing time for each player. (i.e. total time equals minutes plus (seconds times 60)) or mm+ss; e.g.: G/60 d/5 = 60+5 = 65 minutes total playing time for each player. Multiple time controls add all mm for each control: mm = mm(1) + mm(2) + …
Regular only: total playing time for each player is greater than 65 minutes. mm+ss > 65
Dual (both regular and quick): total playing time for each player is from 30 to 65 minutes. 30 < mm + ss < 65
Quick only: total playing time for each player is more than 10 and less than 30 minutes. 10 < mm+ss < 30
For Regular, Dual and Quick the primary time (mm in minutes) must be at least 5 minutes.Blitz: total playing time for each player is from 5 to 10 minutes inclusive and the primary time control must be at least 3 minutes. 5 < mm+ss < 10 All rounds must use the same time control.
Below are the standings after three rounds of the 2013 Dutchess County Championship. Ayman Haoula tops the list with the only perfect score, followed by Ernie and Darius (who is riding a hot streak), with 2.5 points each.
The penultimate round starts at 7;30pm Monday 2/25 – about 70 hours away, as of this update. Hope to see you there.
SwissSys Standings. DCC_2013
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O] Prize
1 Ayman Haoula 14624013 1936 W15 W4 W10 3.0 3.5 4.5 6 10
2 Ernie Johnson 10089115 1995 W12 W11 H--- 2.5 3 3 5 6
3 Darius Jafary 14321073 1756 W21 W5 H--- 2.5 2.5 2.5 5 5
4 George Oliveras 12520533 1771 W22 L1 W16 2.0 4 4.5 4 9
5 Noah Kulick 12854987 1900 W25 L3 W15 2.0 3.5 4.5 4 8.5
6 Scott Strattner 12524932 1951 W13 D8 H--- 2.0 3.5 3.5 4 7
7 Craig Fisher 10124743 1820 W14 D10 H--- 2.0 3 3 4 6
8 Bob Simmons 10104424 1800 W20 D6 H--- 2.0 2.5 2.5 4 5
9 Jay Mayur 12799903 1766 W24 H--- H--- 2.0 1 1 3.5 1
10 Naor Isak 13984194 1757 W26 D7 L1 1.5 2 6 4 11.5
11 Ken Evans 10122627 1814 W23 L2 H--- 1.5 0.5 3 3 6
12 Mike O'Connor 12592786 1688 L2 W23 H--- 1.5 0.5 3 2 6
13 Daniel Rosa 12799045 1673 L6 W20 H--- 1.5 0.5 2.5 2 5
14 Al Musumeci 12355500 1500 L7 H--- W21 1.5 0.5 2.5 1.5 5.5
15 Michael Mendez 12495089 1638 L1 W22 L5 1.0 2.5 5.5 2 10.5
16 Bill McGreevy 12321140 1504 H--- H--- L4 1.0 0 2 1.5 4
17 Angelo Limardo 12547105 1500 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 0 0 1.5 0
18 Dharshan Ram 13657630 1358 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 0 0 1.5 0
19 Krishnan Ram 14242030 754 H--- H--- U--- 1.0 0 0 1.5 0
20 Andrew Schmidt 12432863 1477 L8 L13 D22 0.5 2 4 0.5 7.5
21 Sanjay Natesan 15060528 unr. L3 H--- L14 0.5 1.5 4 0.5 7.5
22 Mark Webb 12840342 1444 L4 L15 D20 0.5 1.5 3.5 0.5 6.5
23 Richard Whearty 13468991 1489 L11 L12 H--- 0.5 1.5 3 0 6
24 Jeff Messerich 13821971 295 L9 H--- U--- 0.5 0 2 0.5 4.5
25 James Lynch 12088510 1506 L5 H--- U--- 0.5 0 2 0.5 4
26 G. Deutermann 12719411 unr. L10 H--- U--- 0.5 0 1.5 0.5 4
Once again Vassar-Chadwick sent multiple teams to one of the most enjoyable tournaments of the year, the US Amateur Team East. Participants included the following (with their final score and rating change in parenthesis):
Vassar-Chadwick.com (3.5)
Board 1: Ernie Johnson (2, -20) Board 1 is a thankless job…
Board 2: Scott Strattner (4, -1)
Board 3: Ken Evans (4, -11)
Board 4: Darius Jafary (5.5, +10) Congrats to Darius for a tremendous result!
Vassar-Chadwick B (3.0)
Board 1: David Bedoukian (2, -8)
Board 2: Dr. Craig Fisher (4, +27) That’s a healthy jump in rating points!
Board 3: Bob Simmons (1.5, 0)
Board 4: Dan Rosa (3.5, +12)
as well as:
Northeastern Huskies (2.5)
Board 1: David Antonucci (0, -44) Did I mention how difficult it is to play board 1?
Board 2: Michael Raphael (2.5, -16)
Neither the group or individual scores (or rating adjustment) can tell the full picture. You may sweat out a grueling 6 hour draw against a scrappy youngster who seems to play the right move every time, only to find out his rating is 350 points less than yours. All kids are underrated! What makes USATE a memorable time is the camaraderie and spectacle of joining over a thousand other chess-obsessed folks for team-oriented combat. I am already looking forward to next year – and next time I’m going to take a quick draw to make sure I can make it to Arthur’s for their great prime rib.
Frequent visitors (they exist, right?) may have noticed that our site went off-line for a couple weeks. Our hosting provider suffered from a server failure, and our webmaster suffered from a lack of a reliable backup.
But after some frantic rebuilding, and other interruptions (such as USATE), we are back in business.
Stay tuned for more information!