Thursday, December 25, 2014

Happy Holidays


The Westfield Chess Club wishes its members and patrons the happiest of holidays.

We will be closed on December 28th. Our next event will be the January 4th Quads.

E. Singh Wins Holiday Blitz

Errol Singh won the Westfield Chess Club's annual Holiday Blitz tournament, which took place on Sunday, December 21st and featured 24 participants.


Westfield Holiday Blitz
December 21, 2014


Rank
Player
Pts
1
Errol Singh
6.0
2
FM Boris Privman
5.5
3
Lev Zilbermintz
5.0
= 4
LM Peter Radomskyj
4.5
= 4
David Zhurbinsky
4.5
= 6
NM Ken Chieu
4.0
= 6
Roshan Idnani
4.0
= 6
Jevon O'Neal
4.0
= 9
Taran Idnani
3.5
= 9
Leonid Fleysher
3.5
= 9
Ramneek Singh
3.5
= 9
Merric Hu
3.5
= 9
Albert Tang
3.5
= 14
Ilya Zhurbinskiy
3.0
= 14
Brandon Ng
3.0
= 14
Sam Chatsky
3.0
= 14
Justin Lee
3.0
= 14
Eric Song
3.0
19
Jonathan Qi
2.5
 = 20
John Moldovan
2.0
 = 20
Jun Tang
2.0
 = 20
Jessica Lee
2.0
23
Mina Awad
1.5
24
Alex Chen
1.0
 
To view a crosstable of the event, click here.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Holiday Party & Blitz Tournament

On Sunday afternoon (12/21), the Westfield Chess Club is having its annual Holiday Party and Blitz Tournament.

The club will be providing pizza, snacks and beverages. Members may bring food, as well. Alcohol is not permitted.

The day's full schedule is:

12:30 p.m. - Staff Meeting.
1 p.m. - Members' Meeting (should be brief) followed the party.
4-6 p.m. - Blitz Tournament

Tournament Details

Non-rated. 7-SS. G/5; d2. Register: 3:45-3:55 p.m. Rounds: 4:00 p.m. then ASAP. EF: Free.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Jon Edwards Presentation On November 23rd

On Sunday, November 23, the Westfield Chess Club will be hosting a presentation by, & book signing with, Jon Edwards, author of ChessBase Complete: Chess in the Digital Age.


The event will take place from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m, in room 109 the Kellogg Room, prior to the Westfield Quick Swiss.

Jon, a 2-time U.S. Correspondence Champion, has written many other chess books including .

Photos From Last Week's Octos

Here are a handful of photos from last week's Westfield Octos, which attracted 40 participants:

A view from the directors' post.

LM Peter Radomskyj (right front) & Michael Yen (to Peter's right) tied for 1st in Section 1.
Michael surpassed 2100 in the process.

David Liu (right front) won in Section 2.

Baron Wu (near the center window, facing right) was Section 3's winner.

Derek Clasby (right front) claimed the top spot in Section 4.

Eric Wu (green shirt) swept Section 5. He was the only player to go 3-0.

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Tomorrow's Octos


Tomorrow's Westfield Octos will be held in the Kellogg Room on the YMCA's 2nd Floor.

Registration will be from 1:15 to 2:00 p.m. Play will begin at 2:15.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Open Section Winners

Trophy winners from the Open Section of Sunday's Westfield Fall Scholastic:


From L-R: Ramneek Singh (1st place), John Cartier (3rd), Piush Sarkar (4th) and Nick Rizzo (2nd).
 
Not pictured: Kevin Corrigan (5th) and Travis Alverio (Honorable Mention)


Final Open Section Standings, in tie-break order.

Congratulations to the 16 trophy winners and thanks to all 34 who participated.

Our next Scholastic event will be on January 18th, 2015.

U1250 Winners

Trophy winners from the U1250 Section of Sunday's Westfield Fall Scholastic:


Above, from L-R: Dillon Shelton (2nd place), Thoshan Omprakash (1st), Ronak Bhatia (3rd), Albert Yao (4th place) and Alexander Chen (5th).


Final U1250 Standings, in tie-break order.

U750 Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 Section of yesterday's Westfield Fall Scholastic:


From L-R (with trophies) : Aneek Mahajan (5th place), Anish Reemala (3rd), Michael Pylypovych (1st), Johnson Lin (4th) and Dylan Volinski (2nd).


Final U750 Standings, in tiebreak-order.

Fall Scholastic Winners

Ramneek Singh (1763), Thoshan Omprakash (1208) and Michael Pylypovych (624) were section winners in Sunday's Westfield Fall Scholastic, which featured 34 participants.


The full list of trophy recipients and some additional photos will follow.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Zilbermints Wins Westfield Championship

Lev Zilbermints won the Westfield Championship today by going 1.5/2 in the last 2 rounds.

(photo credit: Jim West)

LM Peter Radomskyj and Ilya Zhurbinskiy tied for 2nd.

Michael Yen, Errol Singh (both U2200), David Zhurbinsky (U2000), Ramneek Singh, Sam Chatsky (both U1800) and Nicole Yen (U1600) won class prizes.

For a complete list of participants, results, photos and final standings, click here.

Zilbermints, M. Yen & Feng Lead Westfield Championship

Lev Zilbermints, Michael Yen and Ryan Feng lead the 2014 Westfield Championship at its midway point.

LM Peter Radomskyj and David Zhurbinsky are a half-point back.






Monday, September 8, 2014

Club Championship September 21 & 28

On September 21 & 28, the Westfield Chess Club will be running its annual Club Championship. As in recent years, the event will be a 4-round Swiss with an 85+5 (delay) time control.

The entry fee is $20. Westfield CC membership ($40/year) is required.

For prizes, registration & round times, etc., click here.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Westfield Open Moved To 11/9

To avoid competing with the recently re-scheduled, $18,000 Boardwalk Open (originally slated for 10/25-26), the Westfield Chess Club has pushed its Westfield Open back to November 9th and moved its 11/9 Quads up to November 2nd.

Note: The September issue of Chess Life will show incorrect dates for the aforementioned events.

Monday, August 25, 2014

NJ All-Girls Chess Camp


On Saturday, November 6th & Sunday, December 7th, Alice Dong will be leading a free, NJ All-Girls Chess Camp at the Dean of Chess Academy in Branchburg.

More details can be found in the links below:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gcnj2014
Eventbrite, for signing up: http://gcnj2014.eventbrite.com/
GoFundMe, for donation: http://www.gofundme.com/gcnj2014

Westfield CC Closed On August 31

The Westfield Chess Club will be closed on Sunday, August 31.

Our next event will be the September 7th Quads.

Yesterday's Quads

Yesterday's Westfield Quads were held in the spacious Kellogg Room, on the YMCA's 2nd floor.



Being able to walk around, view the games and not have everyone crowding the TD's table was a treat but we will be returning to our usual location on September 7th.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Open Section Winners

Trophy winners from the Open Section of Sunday's Westfield Summer Scholastic:


From L-R: Dylan Raphael (Honorable Mention) and Ronak Bhatia (4th place).
 
Not pictured: Amey Pasarkar (1st), Rohit Narayanan (2nd), Kevin Corrigan (3rd), Michael Berrios (5th), Baron Wu (Honorable Mention)

Congratulations to the 20 trophy winners and thanks to all 44 who participated.

U1250 Winners

Trophy winners from the U1250 Section of Sunday's Westfield Summer Scholastic:


Above, from L-R (with trophies): Ashwin Balaji (Honorable Mention), Max Gorbaty (1st place), Derek Clasby (2nd), Aziz Kodirov (3rd), Aayush Ajith (Honorable Mention) and Dina Brustein (5th).

Not Pictured: Jason Lu (4th) & Dillon Shelton (Honorable Mention).


The happy 2nd place finisher creating a photo op.

U750 Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 Section of yesterday's Westfield Summer Scholastic:


From L-R (with trophies) : Ethan Chan (5th place), Jack Silver (3rd), Felix Liu (4th), Ashwin Kaliyaperumal (2nd) and Albert Yao (1st).

Summer Scholastic Winners

Amey Pasarkar (1752), Max Gorbaty (1172) and Albert Yao (665) were section winners in Sunday's Westfield Summer Scholastic, which featured 44 participants.


The full list of trophy recipients and some additional photos will follow.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Rating List Policy Change

Effective July 27, we will be using the most recent rating list to pair our events, instead of the current month's list.

Thus, the ratings we use in the latter half of a month will be more up to date and representative than they are now.

In addition to the July 27th Quads, the change will affect: the August 24th Quads, October 19th Octos, October 26th Quads & whatever we decide to run on November 23rd, November 30th, & in late December.

The no rating-request policy will continue.

Monday, June 16, 2014

New Registration & Round Times

Starting on June 22, our regular hours will be 1:15-7:45 p.m.

For most events, our official registration period will be 1:15 to 1:45 p.m. From 1:46 until 2:00 we will list-check and do a final confirmation via roll call. Once the roll call ends entries will be closed!

From 2:01-2:14 we will divide the players into sections and make the 1st round pairings.

Play is scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m. Rounds 2 & 3 are slated for 4:00 & 5:45.

We expect quads & octos to end around 7:15 p.m. & be submitted for rating by 7:30.

Camejo & Qi Win Dad's Day Dud

The thrown-together team of NM Mauricio Camejo and Jonathan Qi won yesterday's quick-rated, novel and poorly attended Dynamic Duos.


Team Standings

1. Camejo & Qi 2.5
= 2. Kavy Sivakumar & Israel Shlionsky 2.0
= 2. Aaron & Areyh Shlionsky 2.0
= 2. Alex and Mark Schwartzberg 2.0
5. Michael & Nicole Yen 1.5
= 6. Michael & Jun Yin 1.0
= 6. John Moldovan & Pat Mazzillo 1.0
8. Desikan & Aayush Ajith 0.0


Individual Standings, by board

Board 1

1. A. Schwartzberg 2.5, = 2-3. Sivakumar & Camejo 2.0, = 4-5. M.Yen & Aa. Shlionsky 1.5 = 6-7. M. Yin & Moldovan 1.0, 8. A. Desikan 0.5

Board  2

1. Qi 3.0, = 2-4. Ar. Shlionsky, I. Shlionsky & M. Schwartzberg 2.0, = 5-7. N. Yen, P. Mazillo, J. Yin 1.0, 8. A. Ajith 0.0

Friday, May 9, 2014

Club Championship: September 21-28

On September 21 & 28, the Westfield Chess Club will be running its annual Club Championship. As in recent years, the event will be a 4-round Swiss with an 85+5 (delay) time control.

The entry fee is $20. Westfield CC membership ($40/year) is required.

For prizes, registration & round times, etc., click here.

Hours Of Operation

Here are our hours of operation for May 11-June 15:

May 11  1:00-5:00 p.m.
May 18  1:30-8:00 p.m.
May 25  Closed.
June 1  1:30-8:00 p.m.
June 8  1:30-8:00 p.m.
June 15  1:15-6:00 p.m.
 
Starting on June 22, our regular hours will be 1:15-7:45 p.m.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Mother's Day Quick Swiss

The Westfield Chess Club has scheduled a Quick Swiss for May 11th, Mother's Day.

Click here for details.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Open Section Winners

Trophy winners from the Open Section of Sunday's Westfield Spring Scholastic:


From L-R: Jayadeep Boya (5th place), Albert Tang (Honorable Mention), Ramneek Singh (2nd), Michael Berrios (3rd).

Not pictured: Aaron Jacobson (1st), Sasha Prystupa (4th).
Congratulations to the 16 trophy winners and thanks to all 45 who participated.

U1250 Winners

Trophy winners from the U1250 Section of Sunday's Westfield Spring Scholastic:


Above, from L-R: Eric Wu (5th place), Derek Clasby (4th), Max Gorbaty (1st), David Zhao (3rd) and Aziz Kodirov (2nd).

U750 Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 Section of yesterday's Westfield Spring Scholastic:


From L-R: Pranav Sitaraman (5th place), Isaac Tu (4th), Dina Brustein (1st), Benjamin Ma (3rd) and Simon Pearl (2nd).

Spring Scholastic Winners

Aaron Jacobson (2146), Max Gorbaty (1050) and Dina Brustein (730) were section winners in Sunday's Westfield Spring Scholastic, which featured 45 participants.


The full list of trophy recipients and some additional photos will follow.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Westfield Spring Scholastic

On April 13 (Palm Sunday), the Westfield Chess Club will be running its Spring Scholastic tournament.

You can still register at the advance rate ($15 for club members and $20 for non-members) by sending us an email.

For more information click here.

If your child needs to join the USCF, please do so before Sunday or arrive early.

Rating Request Policy

Effective immediately, we will no longer accept rating requests from players or their parents.

Published ratings for the current month will be used for all tournaments, unless we state otherwise. Where allowed by rule, the Chief TD may assign a rating.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

E. Singh & Chatsky Win Quick Swiss

Errol Singh and Sam Chatsky won the Westfield Quick Swiss held on Super Bowl Sunday.

Mauricio Camejo, Aaron Jacobson and Tom Polese tied for 3rd.

Jonathan Qi and Ramneek Singh earned the U1700 prize.

Riaan Sheth and Anurag Shetty had the best U1000 scores.

With a larger than expected turnout, we added $100 to the prize fund and 2 class prizes.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Open Section Winners

Trophy winners from the Open Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:


From L-R: Jayadeep Boya (1st place), Jonathan Qi (3rd), Nikhil Arayath (4th), Yuvanshu Agarwal (5th).

Not pictured: Brandon Ng (2nd).
Congratulations to the 15 trophy winners and thanks to all 41 who participated.

Our next Scholastic Event will be on April 13th, 2014.

U1250 Winners

Trophy winners from the U1250 Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:


Above, from L-R: Nikhil Kalyanraman (1st place), Sujeeth Shanmugam (2nd) and Warren Bu (5th).


Winson Zhu (3rd), at right, was absent when the first photo was taken.

 Not pictured: Aayush Ajith (4th).

U750 Winners

Trophy winners from the U750 Section of yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic:



From L-R: Warren Sunada-Wong (5th place), Bhaskar Jain (2nd), Dina Brustein (1st), Vpharri Ramanujan (4th) and Navya Thatigutla (3rd).

Updated 1/21 @ 1:50 p.m.

Winter Scholastic Winners

Jayadeep Boya (1625), Nikhil Kalyanraman (1023) and Dina Brustein (280) were section winners in yesterday's Westfield Winter Scholastic, which featured 41 participants.


The full list of trophy recipients and some additional photos will follow.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Higher Entry Fee Reminder

A reminder: Starting today, the entry fee for our Quads & Octos is $20 for Westfield CC members and $25 for non-members.

The prize-fund for each quad has been increased as well, to $60.