Thursday, September 25, 2008

Week 5 Results

Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Chicago Blaze 1.5 - 2.5
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) - FM Florin Felecan (2449) .5 - .5
IM Larry Kaufman (2424) - IM Emory Tate (2392) 0-1
FM Ray Kaufman (2348) - FM Mehmed Pasalic (2375) .5 - .5
Aaron Kahn (2291) - IM Angelo Young (2356) .5 - .5

Another loss for the Kingfishers, but they stay in 5th place, on tiebreaks.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Week 5 Lineup

Wednesday, 7:30 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment

Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Chicago Blaze

FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) - FM Florin Felecan (2449)
IM Larry Kaufman (2424) - IM Emory Tate (2392)
FM Ray Kaufman (2348) - FM Mehmed Pasalic (2375)
Aaron Kahn (2291) - IM Angelo Young (2356)

Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Week 4 Results

Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Queens Pioneers 1-3
GM Pawel Blehm (2580) - IM Eli Vovsha (2504) 1-0
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2399) - IM Alex Lenderman (2463) 0-1
FM Ralph Zimmer (2261) - NM Parker Zhao (2227) 0-1
Ian Harris (2051) - NM Michael Thaler (2146) 0-1

Friday, September 12, 2008

Week 4 Lineup

Monday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment

Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Queens Pioneers

GM Pawel Blehm (2580) - IM Eli Vovsha (2504)
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2399) - IM Alex Lenderman (2463)
FM Ralph Zimmer (2261)
- NM Parker Zhao (2227)
Ian Harris (2051) - NM Michael Thaler (2146)

Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Week 3 Results

Carolina Cobras vs. Baltimore Kingfishers 1-3
IM Lev Milman (2502) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) 0-1
IM Jonathan Schroer (2441) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2399) .5-.5
FM Oleg Zaikov (2376) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2261) 0-1
Udayan Bapat (2179) - Aaron Kahn (2259) .5-.5

The Baltimore Kingfishers grabbed their first win of the season with a convincing 3-1 score. Erenburg was first to finish with the Black side of a Berlin Defense. Then, almost simultaneously, Kahn and Enkhbat drew their games, by agreement and repetition, respectively. The Kingfishers had secured at least a draw in the match and all attention turned to board 3, where Zimmer, playing black, was already up a pawn and had a significant time advantage. He secured his position and took advantage as his opponent blundered in the time pressure.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Week 3 Lineup

Wednesday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment

Carolina Cobras vs. Baltimore Kingfishers
IM Lev Milman (2502) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
IM Jonathan Schroer (2441) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2399)
FM Oleg Zaikov (2376) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2261)
Udayan Bapat (2179) - Aaron Kahn (2259)

Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Week 2 Results

Philadelphia Inventors vs. Baltimore Kingfishers 2.5 - 1.5
GM Sergey Kudrin (2617)
- GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) 1/2-1/2

FM Thomas Bartell (2415) - IM Larry Kaufman (2392) 1-0
NM Daniel Yeager (2304) - FM Ray Kaufman (2327) 1-0
NM Elvin Wilson (2240) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2261) 0-1

Another tough week for the Baltimore Kingfishers as early in the match, the positions were looking in their favor, but timely reversals by Daniel Yeager and Thomas Bartell did in the Kaufmans. With the match already decided in Philadelphia's favor, FM Ralph Zimmer salvaged the match score in a wild ending.

MD Action/Quick/Blitz Championships

Over the Labor Day weekend, the Maryland Chess Association (MCA) sponsored the Maryland Action, Quick, and Blitz Championships. The event was run by TDs Wilbert Brown and Sathish Nath.

In the Action (G/30) tournament, GM Sergey Erenburg won with 6.0/7 with FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat trailing in second with 5.5/7. Other Kingfisher members FM Ralph Zimmer, Scott Low, and Jared Defibaugh finished in a six-way tie for 3rd at 5.0/7.

In the Quick (G/15) tournament, GM Sergey Erenburg, IM Larry Kaufman, and IM Ray Kaufman all tied for first with 6.0/7. They were the only ones to take points off one another as Ray beat Sergey, Sergey beat Larry, and Larry beat Ray in the tournament.

In the Blitz (G/5) tournament, IM Larry Kaufman won with 7.5/10. In second, there was a three-way tie between Kingfishers FM Ray Kaufman, Jared Defibaugh, and possible-future-Kingfisher Shinsaku Uesugi.

You can see the entire tournament crosstables on the USCF's MSA site.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Week 2 Lineup

Wednesday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment

Philadelphia Inventors vs. Baltimore Kingfishers

GM Sergey Kudrin (2617) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
FM Thomas Bartell (2415) - IM Larry Kaufman (2392)
NM Daniel Yeager (2304) - FM Ray Kaufman (2327)
NM Elvin Wilson (2240) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2261)

Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.