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GM Kekelidze wins Marshall Invitational, Salakhutdinov earns IM Norm!

posted Feb 4, 2012 7:54 PM by MCC Staff   [ updated Feb 12, 2012 8:02 PM ]

#NameRtngPostRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9TotPrize
1GM MIKHEIL KEKELIDZE24582504D4W5W9W3D2W10W8W7W6 8.01000.00
2GM NICK E DE FIRMIAN25122509W10W7D4D9D1W8W6D5D3 6.5500.00
3ILDAR SALAKHUTDINOV22622312W8D6W5L1W10W7D4D9D2 6.0250.00  IM NORM!
4MATTHEW J HERMAN23962392D1W9D2D8L6W5D3W10L7 5.0150.00
5IGOR SORKIN23742367D6L1L3W10W7L4W9D2D8 4.5100.00
6FM ALEC GETZ23262321D5D3W10L7W4L9L2W8L1 4.0
7FM ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY23192316W9L2D8W6L5L3D10L1W4 4.0
8CHRISTOPHER WU21482166L3W10D7D4W9L2L1L6D5 3.5
9FM CARLOS PUJOL23132290L7L4L1D2L8W6L5D3D10 2.5
10FM LEIF A PRESSMAN22802243L2L8L6L5L3L1D7L4D9 1.0


MCC Invitational - Schedule of Play

posted Feb 2, 2012 5:26 PM by MCC Staff   [ updated Feb 12, 2012 7:59 PM ]

Reception: Friday, February 3, 6pm

1st Round: Friday, February 3, 7pm:            Herman-Kekelidze         1/2-1/2
                                                                             Pujol-Ostrovskiy                 0-1
                                                                             De Firmian-Pressman        1-0
                                                                             Wu-Salakhutdinov               0-1
                                                                             Getz-Sorkin                       1/2-1/2

2nd Round: Saturday, February 4, 12pm:   Kekelidze-Sorkin                    1-0
                                                                             Salakhutdinov-Getz           1/2-1/2
                                                                             Pressman-Wu                        0-1
                                                                             Ostrovskiy-De Firmian        0-1
                                                                             Herman-Pujol                        1-0

3rd Round: Saturday, February 4, 6pm:     Pujol-Kekelidze                        0-1
                                                                            De Firmian-Herman             1/2-1/2
                                                                            Wu-Ostrovskiy                      1/2-1/2
                                                                            Getz-Pressman                        1-0
                                                                            Sorkin-Salakhutdinov             0-1

4th Round: Sunday, February 5, 12pm:     Kekelidze-Salakhutdinov       1-0
                                                                           Pressman-Sorkin                    0-1
                                                                           Ostrovskiy-Getz                      1-0
                                                                           Herman-Wu                          1/2-1/2
                                                                           Pujol-De Firmian                  1/2-1/2

5th Round: Sunday, February 5, 6pm:        De Firmian-Kekelidze        1/2-1/2
                                                                           Wu-Pujol                                    1-0
                                                                           Getz-Herman                            1-0
                                                                           Sorkin-Ostrovskiy                    1-0
                                                                           Salakhutdinov-Pressman        1-0

6th Round: Saturday, February 11, 12pm:  Kekelidze-Pressman                1-0
                                                                             Ostrovskiy-Salakhutdinov      0-1
                                                                             Herman-Sorkin                          1-0
                                                                             Pujol-Getz                                   1-0
                                                                              De Firmian-Wu                          1-0

7th Round: Saturday, February 11, 6pm:    Wu-Kekelidze                               0-1
                                                                             Getz-De Firmian                          0-1
                                                                             Sorkin-Pujol                                 1-0
                                                                             Salakhutdinov-Herman              1/2-1/2
                                                                             Pressman-Ostrovskiy                1/2-1/2

8th Round: Sunday, February 12, 12pm:    Kekelidze-Ostrovskiy                    1-0
                                                                            Herman-Pressman                        1-0
                                                                            Pujol-Salakhutdinov                 1/2-1/2
                                                                            De Firmian-Sorkin                     1/2-1/2
                                                                            Wu-Getz                                          0-1

9th Round: Sunday, February 12, 6pm:      Getz-Kekelidze                                0-1
                                                                            Sorkin-Wu                                      1/2-1/2
                                                                            Salakhutdinov-De Firmian         1/2-1/2  (Salakhutdinov IM norm!)
                                                                            Pressman-Pujol                            1/2-1/2
                                                                            Ostrovskiy-Herman                    1-0

Marshall Invitational: February 3 - 12, 2012

posted Jan 31, 2012 12:14 PM by MCC Staff   [ updated Jan 31, 2012 12:19 PM ]

The field is finalized for the 2012 Marshall Chess Club Invitational, a ten player International Master norm round robin. The tournament will take place at the Marshall and spectators are welcome. The event will take place over two weekends with rounds starting at 7pm on Friday, February 3, and at noon and 6pm on the following two Saturdays and Sundays.  Before round one, the Club will host a reception for players, their guests and Marshall members at 6pm. We are grateful to Mr. Jeremy Graham, whose generosity has made this event possible.

Participants:

GM Nick De Firmian (ELO 2512)
GM Mikheil Kekelidze (2459) (GEO)
Matthew Herman (2396)
Dr. Igor Sorkin (2374) (ISR)
FM Alec Getz (2326)
FM Alexandr Ostrovskiy (2319)
FM Carlos Pujol (2313) (CUB)
FM Leif Pressman (2280)
Dr. Ildar Salakhutdinov (2262) (RUS)
Christopher Wu (2148)

6 points are required for an International Master norm.

Book Fair: December 13-14

posted Jan 11, 2012 3:01 PM by MCC Staff 

The Marshall Chess Foundation Presents

THE MARSHALL CHESS CLUB BOOK FAIR

Come and Browse

All Proceeds benefit The Marshall Chess Foundation

 With thousands of books, periodicals, tournament bulletins, opening and
endgame collections.


Members Only Preview Sale: Friday, January 13th, 2012, 6 to 9 p.m.

Public Book Sale: Saturday, January 14th, 12 to 6 p.m.

Significant Discounts for Club Members on both days!

 

Lecture: FIDE Master Ron Young: Tuesday, December 13, 7:30PM

posted Dec 8, 2011 9:45 AM by MCC Staff

 

The Marshall Chess Club

 

presents

 

FIDE Master

 

Ronald Young

 

“ The Art of Artfulness “


Marshall Chess Club founding member Marcel Duchamp famously stated that “Not every artist is a chess player, but every chess player is an artist.”

FIDE Master Ronald Young will in this lecture present and analyze games which demonstrate the concept of chess as an art form. FM Young has been a fixture on the American Chess scene for decades.  He is the winner of many prestigious tournaments, including the 1987 Manhattan Chess Club Championship and the 1991 New England Blitz Championship. 

 

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

7:30 PM

Lecture Fee:  Members free, non-members $10

Lecture: GM Nick De Firmian - Tuesday, November 29, 7:30 PM

posted Nov 29, 2011 7:14 AM by MCC Staff

The Marshall Chess Club
Presents a

 Lecture

By

International Grandmaster

Nick De Firmian

GM NICK DE FIRMIAN is acclaimed as one of the world's leading expert on chess openings. He "taught" the supercomputer Deep Blue the opening moves it used to defeat World Champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. A three-time United States Chess Champion., he has represented the United States in seven Chess Olympiads and three World Championship cycles.

Nick is the coach of the U.S. delegation at the World Chess Championship, taking place in Brazil from November 18-26, 2011.  The delegation is composed of 64 American players, including 16 members of the Marshall Chess Club.

 “Report from the World Youth Chess Championship”

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

7:30 p.m.

Free to MCC members, guest fee $10

Refreshments will be served

 

Laurie & Brian Hulse Wedding - Reception & Lecture

posted Nov 17, 2011 1:39 PM by MCC Staff


Cordially invites you to a

 The Marshall Chess Club

Reception and Lecture

 

Honoring

 

Newly wedded Marshall Chess Club Governors

 

Laurie & Brian Hulse

 

 

Please join us for a celebratory reception in honor of the marriage between Laurie and Brian Hulse.  Both Laurie and Brian are members of the Marshall Chess Club Board of Governors and they first met at the Club!

 

Following the reception, Brian, a FIDE Master and the 1978 MCC

Club Champion, will give a lecture on “Pawn Down Endgames”.

 

Tuesday, November 22nd 2011

 

Reception: 7:00-8:00 p.m., Lecture: 8:00 p.m.

 

Refreshments will be served

 

Marshall Chess Club

23 West 10th Street

New York, NY 10011

Phone 212-477-3716 Fax 212-995-9281

www.marshallchessclub.org

GM Mikheil Kekelidze Wins 95th Marshall CC Championship with 7/9 Points-12-Year Old Christopher Wu Is Clear Second With 6.5 Points!

posted Oct 31, 2011 7:44 AM by MCC Staff

#NameRtngPostRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9TotPrize
1GM MIKHEIL KEKELIDZE25732565W25W21L6W8W3W2D4D5W12 7.02000.00
2CHRISTOPHER WU21742249H---W27W11W7W6L1W12W4L3 6.51000.00
3FM ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY24052402W9W12W8L6L1D11W22D7W2 6.0425.00
4FM LEIF A PRESSMAN23362339W10L8W29W14D5W6D1L2W17 6.0425.00
5IM JAY BONIN24012389X---D7D14D12D4W8D6D1D9 5.5100.00
6NM YEFIM TREGER22832302W22W30W1W3L2L4D5W9L7 5.5225.00
7NM JAMES A BLACK JR22232259W24D5W20L2D21U---W14D3W6 5.5225.00
8NM OLIVER CHERNIN22022227W17W4L3L1W20L5D10W23D11 5.0
9NM LEVY ROZMAN21842212L3W23W17H---D12D18W11L6D5 5.050.00
10BENJAMIN KATZ21232132L4W28D21D29H---H---D8D16W20 5.050.00
11FM ASA HOFFMANN23472301H---W16L2D20W29D3L9D13D8 4.5
12NM MIRO REVERBY22432237W28L3W30D5D9W21L2D17L1 4.5
13FM BRIAN HULSE22012167D29L20D24D22W26D14D23D11D16 4.5
14FM NATHAN RESIKA22002196H---W26D5L4D18D13L7W24D15 4.5
15NM GEORGE P BERG20952078H---L29L27D16W24L22W30W21D14 4.5
16NM EDWARD A FRUMKIN20432058H---L11L18D15D27W29W28D10D13 4.5
17YEFREM ZATS19862037L8W32L9D26D23W20W18D12L4 4.5
18NM JOSHUA COLAS22112169L30H---W16H---D14D9L17L20W23 4.0
19NM PETER GILRUTH22082201H---H---U---U---U---W26L24W29W27 4.0
20EDWARD P KOPIECKI20332054H---W13L7D11L8L17W27W18L10 4.0
21NM JUSTUS D WILLIAMS22652227W23L1D10W27D7L12U---L15D24 3.5
22DANIEL VULIS21172121L6D24D26D13W30W15L3U---U--- 3.5
23MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY20892061L21L9D28W32D17W27D13L8L18 3.5
24JESSICA REGAM20292045L7D22D13D25L15D32W19L14D21 3.5
25NM CORY A EVANS21972185L1H---H---D24U---U---D29U---W30 3.0
26FRANK RO PACIULLI19821972H---L14D22D17L13L19L31D28W33 3.0
27WIM SHERNAZ KENNEDY19001914H---L2W15L21D16L23L20W32L19 3.0
28JASON J MARGIOTTA20472007L12L10D23H---H---D30L16D26U--- 2.5
29PHILIP T SHING17911845D13W15L4D10L11L16D25L19U--- 2.5
30TANER TURE19891977W18L6L12H---L22D28L15U---L25 2.0
31NAGIB E [FILLER] GEBRAN20022017U---U---U---U---U---U---W26U---U--- 1.0
32ANATOL [FILLER] OSTROVSKIY18871859H---L17U---L23U---D24U---L27U--- 1.0
33WIM DOROTHY TEASLEY20001983U---U---U---U---U---U---U---U---L26 0.0

Pairings for Round 7. MCC Championship

posted Oct 29, 2011 3:13 PM by MCC Staff   [ updated Oct 29, 2011 8:27 PM ]

Pairings for Round 7. MCC Championship

Bd#ResWhite#ResBlack
11 .5
GM MIKHEIL KEKELIDZE (5.0)5 .5
FM LEIF A PRESSMAN (4.5)
217 1
CHRISTOPHER WU (4.5)8 0
NM MIRO REVERBY (4.0)
33 .5
IM JAY BONIN (4.0)6 .5
NM YEFIM TREGER (4.0)
419 0
DANIEL VULIS (3.5)2 1
FM ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY (3.5)
54 0
FM ASA HOFFMANN (3.5)16 1
NM LEVY ROZMAN (3.5)
614 0
FM NATHAN RESIKA (3.0)9 1
NM JAMES A BLACK JR (3.0)
710 0
NM JOSHUA COLAS (3.0)28 1
YEFREM ZATS (3.0)
818 .5
BENJAMIN KATZ (3.0)12 .5
NM OLIVER CHERNIN (3.0)
921 .5
MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY (3.0)13 .5
FM BRIAN HULSE (3.0)
1022 0
JASON J MARGIOTTA (2.0)23 1
NM EDWARD A FRUMKIN (2.5)
1125 1
JESSICA REGAM (2.0)11 0
NM PETER GILRUTH (2.0)
1220 1
NM GEORGE P BERG (2.0)27 0
TANER TURE (2.0)
1324 1
EDWARD P KOPIECKI (2.0)30 0
WIM SHERNAZ KENNEDY (2.0)
1415 .5
NM CORY A EVANS (1.5)32 .5
PHILIP T SHING (2.0)
1529 0
FRANK RO PACIULLI (1.5)26 1
NAGIB E [FILLER] GEBRAN (0.0)

MCC CHAMPIONSHIP 6th Rd. Pairings

posted Oct 28, 2011 1:48 PM by MCC Staff   [ updated Oct 29, 2011 3:50 PM ]

Pairings for Round 6. MCC Championship

Bd#ResWhite#ResBlack
11 1
GM MIKHEIL KEKELIDZE (4.0)17 0
CHRISTOPHER WU (4.5)
25 1
FM LEIF A PRESSMAN (3.5)6 0
NM YEFIM TREGER (4.0)
32 .5
FM ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY (3.0)4 .5
FM ASA HOFFMANN (3.0)
412 0
NM OLIVER CHERNIN (3.0)3 1
IM JAY BONIN (3.0)
57 0
NM JUSTUS D WILLIAMS (3.0)8 1
NM MIRO REVERBY (3.0)
616 .5
NM LEVY ROZMAN (3.0)10 .5
NM JOSHUA COLAS (2.5)
713 .5
FM BRIAN HULSE (2.5)14 .5
FM NATHAN RESIKA (2.5)
819 1
DANIEL VULIS (2.5)20 0
NM GEORGE P BERG (2.0)
929 0
WIM SHERNAZ KENNEDY (2.0)21 1
MICHAEL LAYEVSKIY (2.0)
1027 1
YEFREM ZATS (2.0)24 0
EDWARD P KOPIECKI (2.0)
1123 1
NM EDWARD A FRUMKIN (1.5)31 0
PHILIP T SHING (2.0)
1226 .5
TANER TURE (1.5)22 .5
JASON J MARGIOTTA (1.5)
1311 1
PETER GILRUTH (1.0)28 0
FRANK RO PACIULLI (1.5)
1425 .5
JESSICA REGAM (1.5)30 .5
ANATOL [FILLER] OSTROVSKIY (0.5)

18½ BENJAMIN KATZ (2.5)

BYE

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