BCC Championship Participants

Last night the 2006 Boylston Chess Club Championship kicked off. Here are the ten players competing for this year's crown:

1. FM Paul MacIntyre (2334)
2. NM Charles Riordan (2330)
3. FM Chris Chase (2292)
4. NM Vadim Martirosov (2270)
5. NM Alex Cherniack (2264)
6. NM Ilya Krasik (2202)
7. Chris Williams (2186)
8. Lawyer Times (2139)
9. Brian Salomon (2005)
10. Jason Rihel (1953)

The participants include:

• Four previous BCC Champions


• Three members of the 2006 Boston Blitz


• Three fourths of the "G8 Predecessors", winners of the 2006 US Amateur Team Championship


• The 2005 11th Grade US National Scholastics Champion

Over on the junior circuit, nine players are competing in this year's Hauptturnier:

1. David Glickman (1991)
2. Kyle Clayton (1939)
3. Jonathan Lee (1801)
4. Walter Driscoll (1732)
5. Bernardo Iglesias (1717)
6. Frank Frazier (1707)
7. Robert Oresick (1600)
8. Ted Gorzcyca (1494)
9. Greg Hager (959)

Both tournaments are single round robins with a time control of 30/90, SD/45.