NEW YEARS DAY: HERB HEALY WRAP UP

Boylston Chess Club Champion, NM Lawyer Times took clear first with a perfect 4-0, in Herb Healy Rated Open Section. NM Denys Shmelov, BCC Blitz Champion was 2-3rd along with NM Farzad Abdi, who hit a new high of master rating 2212. Congratulations Farzad!

NM Lawyer Times: a perfect 4-0.

NM Denys Shmelov, 2-3rd with 3.5 points.

NM Farzad Abdi, 2-3rd with 3.5 points.

There were 32 players in the Rated Open Section.

The Herb Healy Non-Rated Open Section found IM Jonathan Yedidia and NM Alex Cherniack sharing first place 3.5 points. And NM Charles Riordan, NM Mika Brattain and Robert Huntington were 3-5th with each with 2.5 points.

IM Jonathan Yedidia, 1-2nd, Herb Healy, Non-rated Open Section.

NM Alex Cherniack, 1-2nd, Herb Healy, Non-rated Open Section.

There were 15 players in the Herb Healy Non-rated Open Section.

The BCC extends a Happy New Year to all chess players in New England and around the world. Happy 2013!