Tennessee Tempo vs. Baltimore Kingfishers 2.5-1.5
GM Jaan Ehlvest (2668) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) 0.5-0.5
FM Todd Andrews (2350) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) 0-1
FM John Bick (2249) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) 1-0
Gerald Larson (2120) - Aaron Kahn (2291) 1-0
The Kingfishers end the season with a record of 1.5-8.5 in Match Points and 14/30 in Game Points. Overall, it's been a disappointing season except for the performances (7/10) on Board 1, for which Baltimore is tied with Miami for the league lead. Special note goes to GM Sergey Erenburg for his +3 performance (5.5/8) and 16 MVP points on Board 1.
Looking forward to a clean slate next year!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Senior World Chess Championships
The 18th Senior World Chess Championship is scheduled to begin tomorrow in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. Our own IM Larry Kaufman (seed #20) will be competing! First prize includes a gold medal, 2500 Euro (about 3100 USD), and the GM title.
Week 10 Lineup
Wednesday, 8:00 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
Tennessee Tempo vs. Baltimore Kingfishers
GM Jaan Ehlvest (2668) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
FM Todd Andrews (2350) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446)
FM John Bick (2249) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2328)
Gerald Larson (2120) - Aaron Kahn (2291)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
Tennessee Tempo vs. Baltimore Kingfishers
GM Jaan Ehlvest (2668) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
FM Todd Andrews (2350) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446)
FM John Bick (2249) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2328)
Gerald Larson (2120) - Aaron Kahn (2291)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Week 9 Results
New York Knights vs. Baltimore Kingfishers 3-1
GM Pascal Charbonneau (2524) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) 1-0
IM Irina Krush (2534) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) 0.5-0.5
SM Gregory Braylovsky (2445) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) 1-0
NM Matthew Herman (2271) - Aaron Kahn (2291) 0.5-0.5
GM Pascal Charbonneau (2524) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) 1-0
IM Irina Krush (2534) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) 0.5-0.5
SM Gregory Braylovsky (2445) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) 1-0
NM Matthew Herman (2271) - Aaron Kahn (2291) 0.5-0.5
Monday, October 20, 2008
Week 9 Lineup
Wednesday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
New York Knights vs. Baltimore Kingfishers
GM Pascal Charbonneau (2524) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
IM Irina Krush (2534) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446)
SM Gregory Braylovsky (2445) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2328)
NM Matthew Herman (2271) - Aaron Kahn (2291)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
New York Knights vs. Baltimore Kingfishers
GM Pascal Charbonneau (2524) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
IM Irina Krush (2534) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446)
SM Gregory Braylovsky (2445) - FM Ralph Zimmer (2328)
NM Matthew Herman (2271) - Aaron Kahn (2291)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Week 8 Analysis
First, congratulations to GM Sergey Erenburg for winning Game of the Week (GOTW), which carries a prize of $100. View the full article.
This week's analysis has been uploaded:
Notes: Analysis done with the aid of the Chess Tiger engine.
An 'A' denotes the move has an annotation.
A '▼' denotes variations.
Here's How to Publish a Chess Game
This week's analysis has been uploaded:
Notes: Analysis done with the aid of the Chess Tiger engine.
An 'A' denotes the move has an annotation.
A '▼' denotes variations.
Here's How to Publish a Chess Game
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Week 8 Results
Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Boston Blitz 1-3
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (2576) 1-0
IM Larry Kaufman (2424) - SM Denys Shmelov (2446) 0-1
FM Ray Kaufman (2348) - NM Marc Esserman (2307) 0-1
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - NM Ilya Krasik (2144) 0-1
Sadly, the Kingfishers have been officially eliminated from reaching the playoffs. It's been a tough season so far, but there are still two weeks left for the team to try to end on a high note.
There is one bright spot to keep an eye on: Sergey's win this week took 1 point off IM Alex Lenderman's lead in the MVP race. Stay tuned to see if Sergey can catch him!
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (2576) 1-0
IM Larry Kaufman (2424) - SM Denys Shmelov (2446) 0-1
FM Ray Kaufman (2348) - NM Marc Esserman (2307) 0-1
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - NM Ilya Krasik (2144) 0-1
Sadly, the Kingfishers have been officially eliminated from reaching the playoffs. It's been a tough season so far, but there are still two weeks left for the team to try to end on a high note.
There is one bright spot to keep an eye on: Sergey's win this week took 1 point off IM Alex Lenderman's lead in the MVP race. Stay tuned to see if Sergey can catch him!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Week 8 Lineup
Wednesday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Boston Blitz
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (2576)
IM Larry Kaufman (2424) - SM Denys Shmelov (2446)
FM Ray Kaufman (2348) - NM Marc Esserman (2307)
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - NM Ilya Krasik (2144)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Boston Blitz
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (2576)
IM Larry Kaufman (2424) - SM Denys Shmelov (2446)
FM Ray Kaufman (2348) - NM Marc Esserman (2307)
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - NM Ilya Krasik (2144)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Week 7 Analysis
So I've been investigating several ways of displaying game analysis. So far, this method intrigues me the most. Let me know what you think of it!
Edit: Switched to this method.
Notes: Analysis done with the aid of the Chess Tiger engine.
An 'A' denotes the move has an annotation.
A '▼' denotes variations.
Edit: Switched to this method.
Notes: Analysis done with the aid of the Chess Tiger engine.
An 'A' denotes the move has an annotation.
A '▼' denotes variations.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Week 7 Results
Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Carolina Cobras 0.5-3.5
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - IM Lev Milman (2502) 0.5-0.5
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) - IM Jonathan Schroer (2441) 0-1
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - FM Oleg Zaikov (2376) 0-1
Aaron Kahn (2291) - Udayan Bapat (2179) 0-1
Look for a more detailed report tomorrow night.
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - IM Lev Milman (2502) 0.5-0.5
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) - IM Jonathan Schroer (2441) 0-1
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - FM Oleg Zaikov (2376) 0-1
Aaron Kahn (2291) - Udayan Bapat (2179) 0-1
Look for a more detailed report tomorrow night.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Week 7 Lineup
Wednesday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Carolina Cobras
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - IM Lev Milman (2502)
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) - IM Jonathan Schroer (2441)
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - FM Oleg Zaikov (2376)
Aaron Kahn (2291) - Udayan Bapat (2179)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
Baltimore Kingfishers vs. Carolina Cobras
GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) - IM Lev Milman (2502)
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) - IM Jonathan Schroer (2441)
FM Ralph Zimmer (2328) - FM Oleg Zaikov (2376)
Aaron Kahn (2291) - Udayan Bapat (2179)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Week 6 Results
New Jersey Knockouts vs. Baltimore Kingfishers 2-2
GM Joel Benjamin (2644) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) 0-1
IM Dean Ippolito (2500) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) 1-0
NM Mackenzie Molner (2397) - FM Ray Kaufman (2348) 1-0
NM Victor Shen (2265) - Aaron Kahn (2259) 0-1
Benjamin-Erenburg after 30. ... Ke7
After enticing Benjamin's queen to the back rank, Sergey blocks in the white queen, planning to push his queenside pawns. After some maneuvering and eventually letting the white queen out, black's b-pawn could not be stopped. Sergey has improved to 2-0 against GM Benjamin. How many people can say that?
Enkhbat-Ippolito after 45. ... Rf7
Enkhbat had just over 4 minutes while Ippolito was just above 1 minute. Meaning to play 46. Ra8, Enkhbat mouseslipped 46. Ra7. Apparently not noticing that the slip had occurred, he was still trying to play Ra8, which was then set as the premove, so when Ippolito played Kxf3, it caused Enkhbat to make another move 47. Ra8. If not for the double mouseslip, he might have been able to notice that 47. Kc6 was still winning. (For example: 47. Kc6 Kg2 48. d6 Kxh2 49. Rxc7 Rf8 50. d7 Kg1 51. Rc8 h2 52. Rxf8 h1=Q+ 53. Kb6 {not 53. Kc7 Qh2+ when black can find a perpetual})
Molner-Ray Kaufman after 25. ... Ne3
In rematch of Week 1, Mackenzie Molner seems to have Ray's number as again it was the first game of the night to finish. Test your wits by figuring out how Molner finished the game.
Kahn-Shen after 40. c5
In severe time trouble, Shen plays 40. ... Rc3+? (dxc5 may have put up more resistance in light of the trick 41. Ne5+ Kg7 42. dxc5 Bxc5+ 43. Kd2? Be3+!). Aaron eventually won a piece and the game after stopping black's pawns.
With only the draw and Philadelphia's defeat of Boston, the Baltimore Kingfishers fall to 6th place. They are 1.5 match points behind Boston in the race for the last playoff spot.
GM Joel Benjamin (2644) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592) 0-1
IM Dean Ippolito (2500) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446) 1-0
NM Mackenzie Molner (2397) - FM Ray Kaufman (2348) 1-0
NM Victor Shen (2265) - Aaron Kahn (2259) 0-1
After enticing Benjamin's queen to the back rank, Sergey blocks in the white queen, planning to push his queenside pawns. After some maneuvering and eventually letting the white queen out, black's b-pawn could not be stopped. Sergey has improved to 2-0 against GM Benjamin. How many people can say that?
Enkhbat had just over 4 minutes while Ippolito was just above 1 minute. Meaning to play 46. Ra8, Enkhbat mouseslipped 46. Ra7. Apparently not noticing that the slip had occurred, he was still trying to play Ra8, which was then set as the premove, so when Ippolito played Kxf3, it caused Enkhbat to make another move 47. Ra8. If not for the double mouseslip, he might have been able to notice that 47. Kc6 was still winning. (For example: 47. Kc6 Kg2 48. d6 Kxh2 49. Rxc7 Rf8 50. d7 Kg1 51. Rc8 h2 52. Rxf8 h1=Q+ 53. Kb6 {not 53. Kc7 Qh2+ when black can find a perpetual})
In rematch of Week 1, Mackenzie Molner seems to have Ray's number as again it was the first game of the night to finish. Test your wits by figuring out how Molner finished the game.
In severe time trouble, Shen plays 40. ... Rc3+? (dxc5 may have put up more resistance in light of the trick 41. Ne5+ Kg7 42. dxc5 Bxc5+ 43. Kd2? Be3+!). Aaron eventually won a piece and the game after stopping black's pawns.
With only the draw and Philadelphia's defeat of Boston, the Baltimore Kingfishers fall to 6th place. They are 1.5 match points behind Boston in the race for the last playoff spot.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Week 6 Lineup
Wednesday, 7:15 PM EDT
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
New Jersey Knockouts vs. Baltimore Kingfishers
GM Joel Benjamin (2644) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
IM Dean Ippolito (2500) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446)
NM Mackenzie Molner (2397) - FM Ray Kaufman (2348)
NM Victor Shen (2265) - Aaron Kahn (2259)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
Time Control 90 min. with 30 sec. increment
New Jersey Knockouts vs. Baltimore Kingfishers
GM Joel Benjamin (2644) - GM Sergey Erenburg (2592)
IM Dean Ippolito (2500) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2446)
NM Mackenzie Molner (2397) - FM Ray Kaufman (2348)
NM Victor Shen (2265) - Aaron Kahn (2259)
Note: Players in bold have the white pieces.
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