Calendar – 2007
The Kenilworth Chess Club meets every
Thursday night starting by 8:00 p.m. in the Recreation
Building at 575 Kenilworth Boulevard. We welcome all
chessplayers to attend even if they are not going to
participate in the evening’s main event. We usually
have a skittles and discussion room available when
more serious chess is being played in the main hall.
Highlights of the year include the Club Championship
tournament running through March and the Holiday
Party in late December. See the 2005
Calendar and 2006 Calendar for details
about past years. Other events may be added to open
dates, including team matches or rated events (TBA or “to be announced”).
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
January 4th –
Open Week. Collect 2007 Dues and Entry Fee for Club Championship. See Geoff McAuliffe, treasurer.
January 11 -Last day to enter club championship. Please come by 8:15 at the latest, with rounds starting at 8:30.
Club
Championship, Week 1. We will have a new site dedicated
to the championship by early February to show all of
the games. The 2005
Club Championship website and 2006 Championship website will give
you an idea of how this will look.
As with 2006, this year it will be broken into two sections, an Open section with players
vying for the championship and an Under-1800 section with players vying for
the Under-1800 title. The format will also be the
same as last year’s event: a time control of Game-90, with 5-second-delay
upon request. Trophies for Club Champion, second place, and third place, Under-1800,
and Under-1500. The event will be Unrated. Entry Fee: $25, plus a $10 deposit
toward excessive byes. Club membership ($15) required. Bye Policy: Two free
byes. After the two free byes, players forfeit their
$10 deposit for an additional bye. Four byes results in forfeit.
Tournament Director: Geoff McAuliffe (TD) Sections: Open Section (for Club Championship)
and Under-1800 (for under-1800 title).
January 18 – Club
Championship, Week 2
January 25 – Club
Championship, Week 3
February
1 – Club
Championship, Week 4
February
8 – Club Championship, Week 5
February
15 – Club Championship, Week 6
February
17-19 – World Amateur Teams and U.S.
TEAM EAST, PARSIPPANY, NJ. The club will sponsor
teams up to $150 total. In 2005 we had two teams
entered and won best NJ team. In 2006, our A-Team finished a respectable 21st in a field of 272. Stop by to visit if you are not playing. It is a great event.
February
22 – Club
Championship, Week 7
March
1 – Club
Championship, Week 8
March
8 – Club Championship, Week 9
March
15 – Club Championship, Week 10 (if necessary)
March
22 -Final rounds of under-1800 section, Kenilworth CC Championship (believe it or not)
March
29 – Final rounds of under-1800 section, Kenilworth CC Championship (believe it or not)
April
5 – 8:30 P.M. FIVE MINUTE TOURNAMENT CANCELLED
April
12 – Final rounds of under-1800 section, Kenilworth CC Championship (believe it or not)
April
19 – Final rounds of under-1800 section, Kenilworth CC Championship (believe it or not)
April
26 – Final rounds of under-1800 section, Kenilworth CC Championship (believe it or not)
May
3 – Open night, casual play and any remaining make-up games from the club championship.
May
10 – FIVE MINUTE TOURNAMENT. $5 Entry fee. All money returned as prizes. This one is for real! Additional funds to sweeten the pot! Light refreshments.
May
17 – CONSULTATION GAME – Day One. Last year’s Consultation Game was such a hit that we are bringing it back early. Two teams meeting in separate rooms take each other on in a game at 5 minutes per move. Teams vote on their choice of move, but team captains make the final call. Check out blog entries on last year’s event to see how it works: Adjourned KCC Consultation Game and KCC Consultation Game Concludes — and the java replay of the game itself. It was originally conceived on the model of the 2005 Polgar-Nakamura Exhibition Match, with two masters challenging each other in separate rooms, discussing their strategies to the audience present and answering questions about their thinking during the game. But it quickly turned into a team match, and that seems the best model for this year. Light refreshments.
May
24 – CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY NIGHT and CONSULTATION GAME – Day Two. The consultation game concludes. Awards presentation for the club championship.
May 31 – THEMATIC TOURNAMENT – theme to be announced at least one week in advance (see The Kenilworthian or The Chess Coroner for details). Four rounds at Game-15. Entry fee $5 — all money returned as prizes. Starts promptly at 8:30 pm with rounds ASAP thereafter. Last year’s tournament (see details here and here) was enjoyed by six participants.
June 7 – Start of Summer Tournament.
Please submit your entry and pay your entry fee by
this date. Here are the tentative rules of the tournament:
- Entry Fee is $5.00.
- The tournament will run from June 7 through August
31.
- The time control is G/60.
- You may play anyone in the tournament. The first time you play an opponent, the lower rated player has white, in subsequent games against the same opponent you alternate colors.
- You may not play the same opponent more than four times in the tournament.
- You get one point for a win, one half point for a draw, and zero for a loss.
- You may play as many or as few games as you like, but no more than two in one night. The more you play the more points you can win.
- All games are to be played at the Kenilworth Chess Club during normal operating hours.
- The winner is the person who has the most points at the end of the tournament.
- The prizes are 60% for first place, 30% for second, and 10% for third.
June
14 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament, casual
games and other events to be announced.
June
21 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament, casual
games and other events to be announced.
June
28 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament, casual
games and other events to be announced.
July
5 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament, casual
games and other events to be announced.
July
12 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament, casual
games and other events to be announced.
July
19 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament, casual
games and other events to be announced.
July
26– Kenilworth Summer Tournament
August
2 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament
August
9 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament
August
16 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament
August
23 – Kenilworth Summer Tournament.
August
30 – End of Kenilworth
Summer Tournament
September
6 – TBA.
September
13 – TBA.
September
20– Lecture on Politics and Chess.
September
27 – TBA.
October 4 – FM Steve Stoyko Lecture #1
Join us for a lecture by 3-Time Kenilworth Chess Club Champion Steve Stoyko on “A 1.e4 Repertoire for Black” based on the French Defense (1.e4 e6). This is the beginning of a series of lectures which will continue on October 25th, following our rated tournament. Steve’s previous lecture series was on the Lasker’s Defense to the Queens Gambit as the heart of the Black repertoire based on 1.d4 d5. The cost is $5.
October
11 – RATED TOURNAMENT. Kenilworth Classic G-30 Rated Swiss Tournament. Club will open at 7:00 p.m. for short lecture or game analysis.
8:00-8:30 Registration
for Game 30 Rated Tournament, two rounds per night
for two nights. Rounds 1 and 2: 8:30-9:30 and 9:50-10:50.
October
18 – RATED TOURNAMENT. Kenilworth Classic G-30 Rated Tournament, day 2. Club will open at 7:00 p.m. for short lecture or game analysis.
October
25 – FM Steve Stoyko Lecture #2
Join us for a lecture by 3-Time Kenilworth Chess Club Champion Steve Stoyko on “A 1.e4 Repertoire for Black” based on the French Defense (1.e4 e6).
November
1 – FM Steve Stoyko Lecture #3
Join us for a lecture by 3-Time Kenilworth Chess Club Champion Steve Stoyko on “A 1.e4 Repertoire for Black” based on the French Defense (1.e4 e6).
November
8 – Lecture series continues
November
15 – ANNUAL SCOTT MASSEY LECTURE.
The annual lecture by Life Master and long time club champion Scott Massey is for many the highlight of the club calendar. This year the topic of Akiba Rubinstein has been suggested.
November
22 – NO MEETING. Closed for
Thanksgiving Holiday.
November 29 –
Lecture series continues
December
6 – TBA.
December
13 – Annual Business Meeting.
December
20 – Annual Holiday Party
December
27 – TBA.
Updated 01.05.2006 |
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