Round 7 report

Round 7 for me an interesting round. As Bill and I headed for time trouble my position improved and my time as well. Eventually it was down to me having 7 seconds and Bill 5 or something like it. When the clocked beeped both of us turned our heads expecting his time to be down, but no it was mine and he had a full second left. Well done and an important point for him. The round is not over yet a couple make up games are to follow and group b lost another participants to real life demands, Ulysses had to forfeit his remaining games. This said the games go on and we have three more rounds to go.

Bill Brock vs Matthias Pfau 1-0(hide chess board)

Rob eaman vs Mack Smith 1/2-1/2(hide chess board)

Eugene Gorodetsky vs King Ong 1-0(hide chess board)

Fred Furtner vs Vlatko Primorac 1-0(hide chess board)

David Guidry vs Due Le 0-1(hide chess board)

Pradeepan Kunhiraman vs Jim Duffy 1/2-1/2(hide chess board)

Ted vs Sonny Mata 0-1(hide chess board)

Round 6 Report

Another round with a great turn out, this is really catching on! Lets keep it up for the final rounds.

Pfau, Matthias vs. Eaman, Rob 1-0(hide chess board)

Smith, Mack vs. Ong, King 1-0(hide chess board)

Acevedo, Ulysses vs. Guidry, David 0-1(hide chess board)

Furtner, Fred vs. Le, Duc 0-1(hide chess board)

Kunhiraman, Pradeepan vs. Sensat, Jason 1-0(hide chess board)

Ted vs. Parra, Juan 1-0(hide chess board)

Round 5 Report

Round 5 was played on June 27. With few cancellations we had a full house and enjoyed a nice evening of fine chess.

Eaman, Rob vs. Ong, King draw(hide chess board)

Gorodetsky, Eugene vs Pfau, Matthias 1-0(hide chess board)

Le, Duc vs. Acevedo, Ulysses 1-0(hide chess board)

Mata, Sonny vs. Thompson, Geoffrey 0-1(hide chess board)

Duffy, Jim vs. Primorac, Vlatko 1-0(hide chess board)

Ted vs. Prokopowicz, Pete 0-1(hide chess board)

Shevchuk, Eugene vs. Sova, Andrew 0-1(hide chess board)

Round 4 Report

Another round plagued by short term cancellations. But those who did make it had a nice evening and some interesting games. For all those who like statistics, at this point the win ratio for white and black is 59% to 41% in favor of black, so much for the first move advantage!


Brock, Bill vs. Ong, King 0-1(hide chess board)

Smith, Mack vs. Pfau, Matthias 0-1(hide chess board)

Sensat, Jason vs. Primorac, Vlatko 0-1(hide chess board)

Guidry, David vs. Le, Duc 0-1(hide chess board)

Thompson, Geoffrey vs. Parra, Juan 1-0(hide chess board)

Ted - Sova,Andrew 0-1(hide chess board)

Round 3 Report

Round 3 this Monday was very much reduced by unsceduled absences ranging from babysitter shortage to stolen motor bikes. So round 3 will continue for a while as people play their make up games at a later date. This took nothing away from a nice evening and some good games, Jasons victory comes to mind.



Sensat, Jason vs.Furtner, Fred 1-0(hide chess board)

Mata, Sonny vs Fine, Adam 1-0(hide chess board)

Shevchuk, Eugene vs Ted 1-0(hide chess board)

Thompson, Geoffrey vs Prokopowicz, Pete 1-0(hide chess board)

Pfau, Matthias vs Ong, King 1/2-1/2(hide chess board)

Eaman, Rob vs Brock, Bill 0-1(hide chess board)

Le, Duc vs Kunhiraman, Pradeepan 0-1(hide chess board)

Primorac, Vlatko vs Guidry, David 1/2-1/2(hide chess board)

Analysis Videos

1. Video link to a wonderfully instructive knight vs pawns endgame
2. Video link to an instructive game covering positional advantage vs development and lack of coordination of pieces
3. Video link to four endamges

Round 2 Report

We had a wonderfull clear view to the south and I believe all enjoyed the evening games, Fred so much he played to move 88. The games can be found below and see you for the next round.

Guidry, David vs. Furtner, Fred 0-1(hide chess board)

Ong, King vs. Gorodetsky, Eugene 1/2-1/2(hide chess board)

Primorac, Vlatko vs. Acevedo, Ulysses 1/2-1/2(hide chess board)

Smith, Mack vs. Eaman, Rob 0-1(hide chess board)

Mata, Sonny vs. Shevchuk, Eugene 0-1(hide chess board)

Parra, Juan vs. Fine, Adam 0-1(hide chess board)

Pfau, Matthias vs. Brock, Bill 1-0(hide chess board)

Prokopowicz, Pete vs. Gale, Mark 0-1(hide chess board)

Duffy, Jim vs Le, Duc 1–0(hide chess board)

Thompson,Geoffrey vs Sova,Andrew 1–0(hide chess board)

Round 1 Report

The tournament started with great enthusiasm displayed by organizers and participants alike.

Gorodetsky, Eugene vs Brock, Bill 0-1(hide chess board)

Sensat, Jason vs. Duffy, Jim 0-1(hide chess board)

Furtner, Fred Acevedo, Ulysses 1/2-1/2(hide chess board)

Eaman, Rob vs. Pfau, Matthias 1/2-1/2(hide chess board)

Parra, Juan vs. Mata, Sonny 0-1(hide chess board)

Thompson, Geoffrey vs. Ted 1-0(hide chess board)

Fine, Adam vs. Prokopowicz, Pete 1-0(hide chess board)

Primorac vs. Kunhiraman 1/2-1/2 (hide chess board)

Gale vs. Sova 0-1 (hide chess board)

King vs Smith 0–1(hide chess board)

Su11 Tournament

Welcome to the 2nd Citadel Investment Group Summer tournament. The idea is to offer CICL players good games while the league is taking some time off. This time we attracted 24 players from across the CICL East Division playing in three rating groups. To find out more about the tournament follow the links below:

• Link to Su11 Tournament announcement
• Link to Tournament Participants
• Link to Round Schedule and Match Results
• Link to the games

Best of luck to all participants! Not to be forgotten, the three top players of each group will receive prizes!!!!

Round 8 vs Loyola

Loyola came to visit us for the final round this season. At this point the league standing was not decided and we had to do our best. It turns out we were able to live up to the taske the result was

    Board 1:  MatthiasPfau vs Iain Clark 1:0
    Board 2:  King Ong vs Peter Dimopoulos 1:0
    Board 3:  Pradeepan Kunhiraman vs Mark Wojtyla 1:0
    Board 4:  Vlatko Primorac vs  Joseph Reiter 1:0
    Board 5:  Jason Sensat vs Steve Solomon 1:0
    Board 6:  Duc Le won by forfeit 1:0

There will be no video links for these games. This said we ended the season on an upbeat note, two 6:0 in succession.