State Championship Qualification #2
John F. Kennedy Middle School
Natick, MA
01-28-01
By Joel Johnson
( For a summary of the event by Peter Lee, click here )
Despite being held in the middle of winter and on Super Bowl Sunday, 103 players competed in the State Championship Qualification #2 scholastic event held at the John F. Kennedy Middle School in Natick, MA on January 28, 2001.
The event was successfully organized on behalf of MACA by Mike Hoffpauir. While Chief TD was yours truly, who received an enourmous amount of assistance from Tony Gavelis, Steve Frymer, Peter Lee, and Joel Aronson.
Now, for the results:
Grades 10-12
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total 1 Eric Burgess 1147 B--- W2 L3 B--- 3.0 2 Sanjayan Manivannan 1386 W3 L1 B--- D3 2.5 3 Chris Estremera 1299 L2 B--- W1 D2 2.5
Eric Burgess(1147) -
Sanjavan Manivannan(1386)
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 (h3) Bg4 7.
b4 Bb6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. O-O-O (A man after my own
heart. He won't let the breeze around his King bother him.) Nd4 13. Bd4
ed4 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Rdg1 Ne5 16. Bb3 Nf3 17. Qf3 a5 18. g5 h5 19. Qe2 ab4 20. f4
(ab4 - no need to give Black any counterplay) Ra4 21. f5 (Ba4 - by not taking
any of the material back, White is providing ample defenses to his attack that
center on merely giving back only part of the material.) Ra3 22. fg6 Rb3 23. gf7
Rf7 24. g6 Rf4 25. Qh5 Rc3 26. Qh7 Kf8 27. Rf1 (27. Qh8 Ke7 28. Qg7 Ke6 29. Qh7
Qa8! Wins for Black.) Rf1?? (The losing blunder - Black is still winning after
Qf6) 28. Rf1 Ke7 29. Qg7 Ke6 30. Qf7 Ke5 31. Rf5# 1-0
Grades 7-9
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total 1 Nikita Konovalchuk 1409 W10 W4 D2 W6 3.5 2 Matthew Klegon 1178 W16 W8 D1 W7 3.5 3 Mark D Limperis 1119 W17 W5 L6 W8 3.0 4 Gregory Siciliano 994 W18 L1 W11 W10 3.0 5 Ari Shatz unr. W12 L3 W9 W13 3.0 6 Eric T Bair 1232 W15 D7 W3 L1 2.5 7 Elijah D Robinson 867 W14 D6 W13 L2 2.5 8 Yury Olshansky unr. W9 L2 W12 L3 2.0 9 Alex H Lee 1098 L8 W11 L5 W16 2.0 10 William Luff 858 L1 W18 W14 L4 2.0 11 M. Patterson 797 W13 L9 L4 W15 2.0 12 Chris Chapman 876 L5 W17 L8 W14 2.0 13 Dana Monnier 1181 L11 W16 L7 L5 1.0 14 Jacob Edelman unr. L7 W15 L10 L12 1.0 15 David Baritz 842 L6 L14 W17 L11 1.0 16 K. Naryshkin 754 L2 L13 W18 L9 1.0 17 Derek Gavelis 706 L3 L12 L15 W18 1.0 18 Ramvineeth Nitta unr. L4 L10 L16 L17 0.0
Mark Limperis(1119) -
Yury Olshansky (Unr)
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4?! (Nc3) Ne4 4. Bd3 Nf6 (d5) 5. Nf3 g6 6.
O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh6? (With this move, Black
let's White's Queen in and he later wastes moves, that could be used for
developing his queenside, chasing White's Queen away. Better alternatives
are: c6, followed by Qc7 and e5 or just Bh8.) 11. Qh6 Ng4 12. Qh4 Ngf6 13. Ng5
e5 14. de5 de5 15. Bc4 Rf8 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Nce4 h5 18. Rd3 Ne4 19. Ne4 Qd8
(Kg7) 20. Qg3 (Black was hoping to trade Queens to help eleviate his under
developed position. However, it's just another move that could have been
used to develop his queenside and after White's move, Black has also walked into
a pin.) h4? (b6) 21. Qe3 b6 (Not now! Kg7 had to be played here.) 22. Qh6
Qe7 23. Rd7! (Also winning is 23. Qg6 Kh8 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Rd7! Followed by Nf6.)
Bd7 24. Ng5 Rfe8 (There is no defense, other than losing the Queen for the
Knight with Qg5.) 25. Qh7 Kf8 26. Qh8# 1-0
Matthew Klegon(1178) -
Nikita Konovalchuk(1409)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cd5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nc3 6. Bc3 e6 7. Bf4
Bd6 8. Bd6 Qd6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bd3 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14.
Rac1 e5 15. Qc2 e4 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Nb3 b6 18. c4?! Nb4 19. Qd2 Nc6 (19. … Nd3
20. Rb1 f5) 20. a3 Ne4 21. Qe2 Ng4 (21. … Nf3 22. Kh1 Qh5 23. h3 (23. gf3 ef3
24. Qf1 Rd6 25. Nd2 Rh6 26. Qg1 Rg6 27. Qf1 Rg2 wins.) Rd6 24. Nd2 Rf6
with the idea of g5, g4, and Black is doing quite well.) 22. h3 Nh6 23. Kh1 Nf5
24. Nd2 Nh4 25. g3 Nf5 26. Kh2 Rd6 27. c5 Rf6 28. cb6 cb6 29. Ne4! Rfe6 30. Nd2?
(Nc3) Nd4 31. Qc4 Rf6 32. Qf1 (32. Qd4?? Rf2 33. Kh1 Qg3 wins; 32. Kg2 is
better.) Nf5 33. Ne4 Rfe6 (33. … Re4 34. Rd8 Re8 35. Re8 mate; 33. … Ne3 34.
Nf6 Qf6 35. fe3) 34. Nd2 h6 35. Nf3 Rf6 (35. … Re3!? 36. fe3 Qg3 37. Kh1 Ne3
38. Qe2 Qh3 39. Nh2 Re6 is unclear.) 36. Qd3? (Qg2) Re3! 37. Nh4 Rd3?? (37. …
Nh4! 38. Qg6 (38. Qd8 Kh7 wins) Rf2 39. Kg1 Rg2 40. Kh1 (40. Kf1 Ng6 wins) fg6
41. gh4 Ree2 and Black is easily winning.) 38. Ng6 Rd1 39. Rc8! Kh7 40. Nf8
½-½
Grades 4-6
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total 1 Chris Williams 1137 W26 W18 W6 W8 4.0 2 Xander Frantz 883 W9 W10 W12 D3 3.5 3 David Plotkin 1101 W27 W7 W5 D2 3.5 4 Wesley J Robinson 1054 D25 W17 W13 W12 3.5 5 Daniel J Ford 908 W29 W11 L3 W19 3.0 6 Colin Zwanziger 954 W24 W13 L1 W14 3.0 7 Michael Chao 953 W14 L3 W17 W15 3.0 8 Alex Kogan 1046 W34 W16 W15 L1 3.0 9 A.Mahalingam-Dhingraunr. L2 W22 W33 W16 3.0 10 Michael Perchonok 971 W30 L2 W28 W21 3.0 11 Izak B Shapiro 1014 W35 L5 W25 W20 3.0 12 Daniel Hoffpauir 1022 W28 W20 L2 L4 2.0 13 Matthew Appleby 1160 W21 L6 L4 W25 2.0 14 Elsie Kenyon 640 L7 W27 W18 L6 2.0 15 Gray Davidson 589 B--- W19 L8 L7 2.0 16 Nick Amphlett 932 W31 L8 W23 L9 2.0 17 Caleb M. Landis 745 W33 L4 L7 W31 2.0 18 Alexander Appleby 935 W23 L1 L14 W30 2.0 19 Krishnan Dasaratha 973 W22 L15 W26 L5 2.0 20 Peter Russell 919 W32 L12 W31 L11 2.0 21 William S Pride 824 L13 W30 W29 L10 2.0 22 Noah Arbesfeld 741 L19 L9 W27 W29 2.0 23 Matt Bailey-Adams 636 L18 B--- L16 W26 2.0 24 Tim Trubko 650 L6 L26 B--- W28 2.0 25 Alexander Place 791 D4 W33 L11 L13 1.5 26 Alex Filipek 803 L1 W24 L19 L23 1.0 27 Adam Goldsmith 800 L3 L14 L22 W32 1.0 28 M. Ezra Boykin 758 L12 W32 L10 L24 1.0 29 Doughton Tse unr. L5 W35 L21 L22 1.0 30 Samuel F Rabe 651 L10 L21 W34 L18 1.0 31 John Laing unr. L16 W34 L20 L17 1.0 32 Lucas Fowler unr. L20 L28 W35 L27 1.0 33 Stavros V Tsitos 974 L17 L25 L9 U--- 0.0 34 Sean W Stafford 761 L8 L31 L30 U--- 0.0 35 Eric Beard 758 L11 L29 L32 U--- 0.0
Alex Kogan(1046)-Chris
Williams(1137)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. a3 (h3) Bg4 6. b4 Bb6 7.
h3 Bh5 8. Bb5 Nge7 9. a4 a6 10. Bc6 Nc6 11. a5 Ba7 12. c3 (White has wasted a
bunch of moves pushing Pawns on the queenside. What has he
accomplished? Has he restricted Black's dark squared Bishop?
NO Has he gained development? NO Those moves could have been
better used to develop his queenside pieces.) d5! (Black wants to
open up the position to exploit his lead in development!) 13. ed5 Qd5 14. g4
(White's position is very difficult, but creating a big weakness on the kingside
doesn't seem like the right choice. I would prefer 11. Na3 and dare Black
to play 11. … Bf3 12. Qf3 Qf3 13. gf3 which leads to a poor ending for White,
but still with some hope.) Bg6 15. Ba3 (Why? Where's the Knight going?)
O-O-O 16. Bb2 f5 17. Nh4 Qd3 18. Na3? Qh3 (18. … Qg3 19. Ng2) 19. Nf5 Bf5 20.
gf5 Qf5 (or 20. … Rd3 followed by 21. … Rg3 mate) 21. Nc2 Rhf8 22. Qe2 Qc2
23. Ba3 Rd2 24. Qe1 R2f2 25. Rf2 Bf2 0-1
Grades K-3
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total 1 Jason L Stoll 820 W20 W15 W4 W3 4.0 1st Place 2 Calvin F Bohn 645 W14 W16 W9 W8 4.0 3 Reilly Nathans 890 W19 W18 W6 L2 3.0 4 Elie Litvin 834 W13 W7 L2 W15 3.0 5 Jack I Rice 592 L15 W20 W14 W9 3.0 6 Jacob Modest 769 W17 W8 L3 D7 2.5 7 Sam Gagnon unr. W10 L4 W11 D6 2.5 8 Gregory Brodsky 1080 W21 L6 W12 L1 2.0 9 Matt Arbesfeld 909 W12 W11 L1 L5 2.0 10 Matthew E Vaughan 899 L7 W13 D17 D16 2.0 11 Tyler S Del Sesto 693 W22 L9 L7 W19 2.0 12 Dan Moraff unr. L9 W22 L8 W17 2.0 13 Jeffrey Hu unr. L4 L10 W21 W18 2.0 14 Alex Lockwood unr. L1 W19 L5 W21 2.0 15 Scott Thomas unr. W5 L2 W18 L4 2.0 16 Michael Keselman 941 L18 L1 W20 D10 1.5 17 David Yasinoosky unr. L6 W21 D10 L12 1.5 18 Jeffrey Sheehan unr. W16 L3 L15 L13 1.0 19 Glennon Montgomery unr. L3 L14 W22 L11 1.0 20 Matthew K Papulis unr. L2 L5 L6 W22 1.0 21 Ian Chan unr. L8 L17 L13 L14 0.0 22 Harry Abrahams unr. L11 L12 L19 L20 0.0
Jason Stoll(820)-Reilly
Nathans(890)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc6 dc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 ed4 7. Qd4
Qf6?? (7. … f6 8. e5! fe5 9. Ne5 Qe7 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Nf6 13.
Bf6 gf6 14. Qe3 += Strain-Roring, corr. 1972 [ECO]) 8. Qf6? (e5) Nf6? (gf6) 9.
e5 Be7 10. ef6 Bf6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Ng5 Bg5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Be7 Rfe8
16. Rac1 b5 17. g3 a5 18. Re5 g6 19. f3 b4 20. g4? Be6! 21. Bg5 bc3 22. Bc3 (b3)
Rf8 23. a4 f6? (Bd5) 24. Re6 fg5 25. Rc6 (Kg2) Rf3 26. Rc7 Rf4 27. h3 Ra4 28.
Rc5? (Rd1 - the seventh rank is worth quite a bit.) h6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Rc7 Rf7
31. Rc6 Rf3 (31. … Kh7 32. Ree6 Rg7 =) 32. Rd1 (Re7) Rh3 33. Rd8 Kf7 34. Rd7
Ke8 35. Rh7 Rg3 (35. … Kd8 36. Ra6 Rc3 37. Ra8 Rc8 38. Rh8 Kc7 39. Rac8 wins.)
36. Kf2 Kd8 37. Ra6? (37. Kg3 or 37. Rd6 Kc8 (Ke8 38. Ra6 wins) 38. Rg6 Rf4 39.
Kg3 Rf8 40. Ra6 wins) Rc3 38. Ra8 Rc8 39. Rh8 Kd7 40. Rac8 Ra2 41. Rhd8 (Rca8)
Ke7 42. Ke3 h5 43. Rg8 hg4 44. Rg6 Kf7 45. Rg5 (Ra6) Ra3 46. Kf4 Ra4 47. Kg3 Ke6
48. Rc6 Kd7 49. Rb6 (Rh6) Kc7 50. Rh6 Ra3 51. Kg4 Ra4 52. Kf3 (Kh5) Ra3 53. Ke2
Rh3 54. Rh3 Kd6 55. Rh6 Ke7 56. Ra5 Kf7 57. Rb6 Ke7 58. Ra7 Kd8 59. Rb8#
1-0
Grades K-6, Under 500
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total
1 Lior Rozhansky unr. W18 W8 W3 W2 4.0
2 Jonathan Calaj unr. W19 W10 W6 L1 3.0
3 Joseph Kreinsen unr. W9 W21 L1 W11 3.0
4 Nathan Kessel unr. bye D7 W21 W9 3.0
5 Alex Doucette unr. D11 W20 D7 W12 3.0
6 Nathaniel Bohn 406 W14 W12 L2 D8 2.5
7 Pierce Louis unr. D16 D4 D5 W19 2.5
8 Avi Chad-Friedman unr. W15 L1 D11 D6 2.0
9 Vishna Nitta unr. L3 W13 W17 L4 2.0
10 Benjamin Shamah unr. W13 L2 L12 W16 2.0
11 Stephen G. Tucker unr. D5 W16 D8 L3 2.0
12 Joshua Carter unr. W17 L6 W10 L5 2.0
13 Ben O'Leary unr. L10 L9 W23 W21 2.0
14 Max Abugov unr. L6 D19 D18 D17 1.5
15 Sophia Dolan unr. L8 D18 L19 W23 1.5
16 Phillip Calaj unr. D7 L11 WF20 L10 1.5
17 Zachary Pertman unr. L12 W23 L9 D14 1.5
18 Delphine Rodrik unr. L1 D15 D14 D20 1.5
19 Grace Nathans unr. L2 D14 W15 L7 1.5
20 Valerie Law unr. Bye L5 LF16 D18 1.0
21 Joey Hattis unr. W23 L3 L4 L13 1.0
22 Dan Kessel unr. bye ---- ---- ---- 0.5
23 Odile Rodnik unr. L21 L17 L13 L15 0.0
24 Aaron Bianchi unr. ---- ---- ---- ---- 0.0
25 Billy Whalen unr. ---- ---- ---- ---- 0.0