Articles on the New Jersey Futurity International

Photo is FM Tom Bartell and Evan Ju in their final round encounter.





We got a lot of press on the New Jersey Futurity International including:

Chess Life Online (link)
Susan Polgar's blog (link)
Dennis Monokroussos' blog (link)
Chess Today ( a daily chess magazine in PDF that I highly recommend.. it is great)
The Chess Drum (link)
The Kenilworthian (link)

and there may be an article soon in the Star-Ledger, a newspaper of northern New Jersey.

Knockouts - Ready for Action!

One picture from the Futurity -- others may appear elsewhere, so I'll wait a few days before posting more.

Here are the four New Jersey Knockouts in the tournament (from left to right, IM Ippolito, FM Bartell, Ju, and Molner), ready for their final round battles.

Erenburg wins NJ Futurity International

GM Sergey Erenburg has won the New Jersey Futurity International with a score of 6.5/9. His last round victory over IM Mikhail Zlotnikov sealed the victory, as penultimate round co-leader and countryman GM Leonid Yudasin drew IM Amon Simutowe. Third place went to GM Magesh Panchanathan.

NM Evan Ju, coming off his upset-prize-winning eighth round victory over GM Gennadi Zaichik, needed just a draw against FM Tom Bartell to secure an IM norm. Unfortunately for Ju, Bartell's passed c-pawn proved to be a fatal thorn in Ju's side, as he succumbed to severe time pressure in a difficult position.

The brilliancy prize went to a violent attacking display by NM Mackensie Molner, which you can replay here.

The New Jersey State Chess Federation website has a crosstable, results, and games.

Stay tuned to this blog in August, when we will preview the New Jersey Knockout inaugural season in the United States Chess League, and then check in every week during the season for results, as the Knockouts try to floor the competition.

Futurity Round 7 Results and Crosstable

Results of Round 7

Molner 1-0 Simutowe
Yudasin 1-0 Ju
Zaichik 1-0 Panchanathan
Bartell 1/2 Zlotnikov
Ippolito 1/2 Erenburg

The tournament concludes tomorrow. None of the leaders play each other, but the tension should be palpable nonetheless. IM Amon Simutowe has the roughest road, playing GM Yudasin and GM Erenburg.

Again, UNOFFICIALLY, Evan Ju needs a win and a draw tomorrow to secure his IM norm.

Crosstable

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	+/-
1	Yudasin	2550	*	=	=	=	1	.	.	=	1	1	5	2580	30
2	Panchanathan	2486	=	*	=	0	1	1	1	.	.	=	4.5	2520	34
3	Erenburg	2565	=	=	*	1	=	.	=	1	=	.	4.5	2510	-55
4	Zaichik	2473	=	1	0	*	.	1	.	=	=	0	3.5	2455	-18
5	Ju	2173	0	0	=	.	*	0	1	.	1	1	3.5	2440	267
6	Simutowe	2421	.	0	.	0	1	*	0	1	1	=	3.5	2344	-77
7	Molner	2293	.	0	=	.	0	1	*	=	0	1	3	2344	51
8	Bartell	2398	=	.	0	=	.	0	=	*	=	=	2.5	2323	-75
9	Ippolito	2395	0	.	=	=	0	0	1	=	*	.	2.5	2296	-99
10	Zlotnikov	2367	0	=	.	1	0	=	0	=	.	*	2.5	2285	-82

The final rounds 8 and 9 are tomorrow (Wednesday July 11th).

Futurity Round 6 Results and Crosstable

Round 6 Results

Four white wins and a draw in the morning round today...

Simutowe 1-0 Ippolito
Erenburg 1-0 Bartell
Zlotnikov 1-0 Zaitchik
Panchanathan 1/2 Yudasin
Ju 1-0 Molner

Crosstable after Round 6

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	+/-
1	Panchanathan	2486	x	=	=	1	1	.	.	=	1	.	4.5	2595	109
2	Yudasin	2550	=	x	=	.	.	=	=	1	.	1	4	2581	31
3	Erenburg	2565	=	=	x	=	.	1	1	.	=	.	4	2529	-36
4	Ju	2173	0	.	=	x	0	.	.	1	1	1	3.5	2488	315
5	Simutowe	2421	0	.		1	x	0	1	=	.	1	3.5	2408	-13
6	Zaichik	2473	.	=	0	.	1	x	=	0	.	=	2.5	2383	-90
7	Bartell	2398	.	=	0	.	0	=	x	.	=	=	2	2316	-82
8	Zlotnikov	2367	=	0	.	0	=	1	.	x	0	.	2	2266	-101
9	Molner	2293	0	.	=	0	.	.	=	1	x	0	2	2264	-29
10	Ippolito	2395	.	0	.	0	0	=	=	.	1	x	2	2251	-144

Round 7 is underway! The pairings...

Molner-Simutowe
Yudasin-Ju
Zaitchik-Panchanathan
Bartell-Zlotnikov
Ippolito-Erenburg

...

Corrected Futurity Results, Round 5

Ju 0-1 Simutowe
Molner 0-1 Panchanathan
Yudasin 1-0 Zlotnikov
Zaichik 0-1 Erenburg (corrected)
Bartell 1/2 Ippolito

Erenburg beat Zaichik in Round Five, so that actual standings after five rounds are:

Panchanathan 4.0
Yudasin 3.5
Erenburg 3.0
Ju, Zaichik, Simutowe 2.5
Molner, Bartell, Ippolito 2.0
Zlotnikov 1.0

Futurity Results, Round 5 and Norm Possibilities

Results of Round 5

Ju 0-1 Simutowe
Molner 0-1 Panchanathan
Yudasin 1-0 Zlotnikov
Zaichik 1/2 Erenburg
Bartell 1/2 Ippolito

GM Magesh Panchanathan won twice today to lead the New Jersey International Futurity by a half-point at 4/5 over GM Leonid Yudasin at 3.5/5. It was a tough day for third-round leader 15 year old US Cadet Champion Evan Ju, who lost both his games to Panchanathan and IM Amon Simutowe. Indeed, IM Simutowe erased memories of his bad (2 loss) day on Sunday, with wins today over FM Tom Bartell and Ju.

Four rounds left in this exciting tournament, that has seen 48% decisive games and only two short draws. For games and tournament details, go to the NJSCF site.

Crosstable

	Name	Rate	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	+/-
1	Panchanathan	2486	*	.	.	1	=	1	1	.	.	=	4	2604	118
2	Yudasin	2550	.	*	=	.	=	.	.	=	1	1	3.5	2600	50
3	Zaichik	2473	.	=	*	.	=	1	.	=	=	.	3	2546	73
4	Ju	2173	0	.	.	*	=	0	.	.	1	1	2.5	2447	274
5	Erenburg	2565	=	=	=	=	*	.	=	.	.	.	2.5	2395	-170
6	Simutowe	2421	0	.	0	1	.	*	.	1	.	=	2.5	2344	-77
7	Molner	2293	0	.	.	.	=	.	*	=	0	1	2	2362	69
8	Bartell	2398	.	=	=	.	.	0	=	*	=	.	2	2346	-52
9	Ippolito	2395	.	0	=	0	.	.	1	=	*	.	2	2297	-98
10	Zlotnikov	2367	=	0	.	0	.	=	0	.	.	*	1	2145	-222

Norm Possibilities

Here are my completely unofficial estimates of norm possibilities for the participants. It is based on my personal lookups of FIDE ratings, and those ratings may not be officially certified. In addition, I had to unearth the arcane norm tables from the FIDE regulations, and there's no guarantee that I did it properly. Please, DO NOT COUNT ON THESE ESTIMATES.

IM norm: 5 points for everyone

GM norm: 7 points for everyone, except Evan Ju, where it is 6.5 - his opponents' rating average is in a higher category than others.

Evan Ju needs 4/4 in the last four rounds for GM norm, 2.5/4 in the last four rounds for IM norm.

Both FM Tom Bartell and Mackenzie Molner need 3/4 in the last four rounds for IM norm.

None of the IMs have a chance for a GM norm, unfortunately.

Again, let me emphasize that this is UNOFFICIAL and MY ESTIMATES ONLY. Your mileage may vary.

Futurity Round 4 Crosstable

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Perf	+/-
2486	1	Panchanathan	x	.	1	.	.	=	.	1	.	=	3	2582	96
2550	2	Yudasin	.	x	.	=	.	=	=	.	1	.	2.5	2558	8
2173	3	Ju	0	.	x	.	.	=	.	.	1	1	2.5	2553	380
2473	4	Zaichik	.	=	.	x	.	.	=	1	=	.	2.5	2541	68
2293	5	Molner	.	.	.	.	x	=	=	.	0	1	2	2431	138
2565	6	Erenburg	=	=	=	.	=	x	.	.	.	.	2	2376	-189
2398	7	Bartell	.	=	.	=	=	.	x	0	.	.	1.5	2334	-64
2421	8	Simutowe	0	.	.	0	.	.	1	x	.	=	1.5	2331	-90
2395	9	Ippolito	.	0	0	=	1	.	.	.	x	.	1.5	2272	-123
2367	10	Zlotnikov	=	.	0	.	0	.	.	=	.	x	1	2143	-224

Round 4 Results
Zlotnikov 0-1 Molner
Simutowe 1-0 Bartell
Ippolito 1/2 Gennadi
Erenburg 1/2 Yudasin
Panchanathan 1-0 Ju

GM Magesh Panchanathan knocked Evan Ju off the leader's perch with a 37-move English Opening to take sole possession of first place.

Futurity Crosstable after Round 3 (with Performance Ratings)

Crosstable after Round 3 in Score Order

For games, go the the New Jersey State Chess Federation site by clicking here.

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	Total	Perf	+/-
1	Ju	2173	x	.	.	.	.	=	.	1	1	.	2.5	2709	536
2	Zaichik	2473	.	x	.	=	=	.	.	.	.	1	2	2590	117
3	Panchanathan	2486	.	.	x	.	.	=	.	=	.	1	2	2584	98
4	Yudasin	2550	.	=	.	x	=	.	.	.	1	.	2	2555	5
5	Bartell	2398	.	=	.	=	x	.	=	.	.	.	1.5	2439	41
6	Erenburg	2565	=	.	=	.	.	x	=	.	.	.	1.5	2317	-248
7	Molner	2293	.	.	.	.	=	=	x	.	0	.	1	2319	26
8	Zlotnikov	2367	0	.	=	.	.	.	.	x	.	=	1	2227	-140
9	Ippolito	2395	0	.	.	0	.	.	1	.	x	.	1	2205	-190
10	Simutowe	2421	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	=	.	x	0.5	2175	-246

Rounds 4 and 5 are today, 6 July 2007.

Remaining pairings...

ROUND 4 (10:00 am 9 July)
Simutowe-Bartell
Ippolito-Zaichik
Erenburg-Yudasin
Zlotnikov-Molner
Panchanathan-Ju

ROUND 5 (4:00 pm 9 July)
Ju-Simutowe
Molner-Panchanathan
Yudasin-Zlotnikov
Zaitchik-Erenburg
Bartell-Ippolito

ROUND 6 (10:00 am 10 July)
Simutowe-Ippolito
Erenburg-Bartell
Zlotnikov-Zaitchik
Panchanathan-Yudasin
Ju-Molner

ROUND 7 (4:00 pm 10 July)
Molner-Simutowe
Yudasin-Ju
Zaitchik-Panchanathan
Bartell-Zlotnikov
Ippolito-Erenburg

ROUND 8 (10:00 am 11 July)
Simutowe-Erenburg
Zlotnikov-Ippolito
Panchanathan-Bartell
Ju-Zaitchik
Molner-Yudasin

ROUND 9 (4:00 pm 11 July)
Yudasin-Simutowe
Zaitchik-Molner
Bartell-Ju
Ippolito-Panchanathan
Erenburg-Zlotnikov