Sunday, May 05, 2013

TOP SCHOLASTIC PLAYER IN MASSACHUSETTS CAPTURES 1ST PLACE IN BCC MASTER QUAD

NM MIKA ANDREW BRATTAIN SCORED 2.5 POINTS OUT OF 3 FOR CLEAR 1ST IN THE BCC MASTER QUAD. NM CAREY THEIL WAS CLEAR 2ND WITH 2 POINTS.
NM MIKA BRATTAIN, CLEAR 1ST IN BCC MASTER QUAD.
NM Mika Brattain vs NM Carey Theil: draw!
Joshua Quint, black v Nithin Kavi, R3. Jesse Nicholas observes.
Jesse won QUAD 2 with 2.5 points. Quint was 2nd with 2 points.
Opening set-up: Jesse Nicholas (right) vs Josh Quint, Round 3.
Hector Perez (right) plays Mike Griffin, Round 2. Perez won QUAD 3
with 2.5 points.
Jason Tang plays black vs Alex Fauman. 
Alex scored 2 points to capture clear 2nd in QUAD 3.
Garrett Kingman plays black vs Robert Title in Round 2
Kingman scored a perfect 3.0 to capture clear first in QUAD 4.
(background): Lucy Cai vs Jerry Williams; Sammi Pan, black vs Michael Yu; 
William Wisdom vs Allen Yuen.
Jiaying Lucy Cai vs Jerry Williams, Round 2.
(background): Wisdom vs Yuen.
Postmortem: Cai vs Williams: (left to write) Jerry Williams, Bernardo Iglesias, TD, 
NM Eric Godin, Michael Yu, Garrett Kingman, Lucy Cai and Jason Tang.
William Wisdom vs Allen Yuen. 
Allen scored a perfect 3.0 in the Mini-Swiss Event to secure 1st place.
Michael Yu and Anthony Di Nosse went 2-3rd with 2 points.
Allen Yuen (right) faces off with Michael Yu in Round 3,
to determine the winner of the Mini-Swiss.
Faces in the field: Lucy, Sammi, Will . . . 
Middlegame: Perez (right) vs Jason Tang
Complex middlegame: Natasha Christiansen (right) vs Nithin Kavi, Round 3.
Natasha is the wife of GM Larry Christiansen of 
2nd Tuesday of the Month Simuls at South Station.
Larry is playing in the US Chess Championship, in St. Louis, MO. Indeed at the time
of the publishing of this post, Larry is playing GM Gata Kamsky. Both are 2 for 2 at this time.
The Greater Boston Area Chess Community shouts out a hearty cheer for Larry's success!
Also: congratulations to Garrett Kingman and Allen Yuen who will be graduating from Harvard University at the end of May! We always enjoy the participation of Harvard students and welcome all the Crimson Family:  faculty, staff and student body to play in BCC events year-round!
Final note: to me, this looks like a win for White: Black to move.
What's your opinion?
There were 21 participants in this event.
See you next Thursday for Round 2 of the Thursday Night Swiss. 
This month has 5 Thursdays, so five rounds. Not too late to join
this BCC premier event with a half-point bye for Round 1. 
Also, this coming Saturday, May 11: BCC Grand Prix!
Mark your chess calendar!
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