Thursday, August 29, 2013

BCC: 4SS G/60 ONE DAY ONLY

Yes, we have all been waiting patiently for the arrival of the
New England Open Chess Championship
Yet, not all of us have three days, or even two days 
to devote to chess this coming Labor Day Weekend.
Some of us might not have the cash to spend
on the entry fee and/or the hotel room.
Others may not have readily available 
transportation to the site in Leominster.
So, the BCC is
providing an option:
A one day event for less than half the
entry fee of the NE Open,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST
and centrally located by 
public transportation
or easy-access by car.
You get 4 rounds of 60/SD
quality chess.
PLUS: if you are a chess addict,
and are rated U2000, 
you can play the BCC event
and register for the 2 day
NE Open event, on Sunday and Monday!
You see: you have many options
to consider.
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT!

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

BCC RAPIDS: QUICK FUN AND GOOD CHESS

LAST WEEK: 2 RAPID QUADS:
QUAD 1:
BCC Champion Lawyer Times (right) plays
Ed Astrachan in Round 1. NM Times was a 
a perfect 3-0 to take Quad 1.
QUAD 2
Howard Goldowsky faces off with
Richard Mooney in Round 1.
Goldowsky was perfect with 3-0
to take Quad 2.
NM Alex Markovits (MIT) squares off with
Jesse Nicholas (BC) in Round 1 of Quad 1.
Markovits, a new face at the BCC is a freshman at MIT.
Welcome Alex Markovits!
BCC Rapids' regulars:
Joel Wald, black vs Mateos Sahakian,
prepare to do battle in Round 1.
Yes, today is Wednesday!
Tonight is another
installment of
BCC Rapids:
CHECK THE FACTS:
Registration: 6:30 in the evening.
See you soon!
Nathan Smolensky, TD

Monday, August 26, 2013

BCC: TWO PREMIER EVENTS FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 27TH // GM LARRY CHRISTIANSEN SIMUL // NM ALEX CHERNIACK BEGINNERS LESSON // LAST SESSION

                                                             PHOTO: NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN
GM Larry Christiansen is back from the World Cup in Tromso, Norway
to give yet another of his very popular South Station Simuls.
Yes, tomorrow, Tuesday, August 27th
from 5:00 to 7:00 PM
South Station, Boston, MA USA
Grandmaster Larry Christiansen will play you!
Chess sets and mats provided.
So come to play, to watch, to shmooze.
Free entry for participation in this splendid event.
So come, bring a friend, bring two! Bring your camera!
PLUS
NM Alex Cherniack will present the last of 
his 6 classes for beginners, at the Boylston Chess Club, 
in Somerville, MA 
from 7:00 to 8:30  So this is your
last chance to get your questions answered.
Get ready to learn a new thing or two.
See you soon!

BCC: CHARLES DRAFT MEMORIAL // 34 PLAYERS // NM HAL TERRIE CAPTURES OPEN // TIM O'MALLEY U1900 // INTENSE COMPETITION // LIVELY POSTMORTEMS // CRISP SKITTLES BLITZ GAMES

OPEN SECTION:
NM Hal Terrie vs Joshua Quint, Round 4.
Terrie knotched clear first with 3.5 points.
Joshua scored 3 points to share 2-4th place
with BCC Champion NM Lawyer Times and
Mateos Sahakian.
Natasha Christian, back from the World Cup in Tromso, Norway
faces off with BCC Champion NM Lawyer Times. Round 1.
NM Eric Godin thinking vs Nathan Smolensky, Round 3.
Carey Theil black, vs Mateos Sahakian. Mateos drew this 
game and boosted his rated to 2000. Bravo Mateos!
Full House: NM Eric Godin v Nathan Smolensky. . . 
Carey Theil, black v Sahakian; Conway Xu black vs Nithin Kavi;
Next to wall: Jason Tang vs Carissa Yip, Round 3.
Background side left: Brandon Wu; 
Background side right: Stephen Frymer and IM Marc Esserman observe.
The tension was so thick, you could cut it with a knife . . . 
Conway Xu plays black vs Jesse Nicholas
At the wall: Jerry Williams vs Joshua Quint, Round 1.
In the heat of battle: Jason Tang v Nithin Kavi, Round 4.
Eddie Wei, 7 vs Lucy Cai, 9: draw.
Round 4.
NM Eric Godin:
Best Tee Shirt.
Arthur Nugent plays black with Eddie Wei, extra game.
Background: Howard Goldowsky, black vs Richard Kahn;
Paul Howard, black vs Bowen Wang;
Chris Estremera vs Walther Driscoll;
Round 2.
Carissa Yip, black vs Eddie Wei, Round 1.
Lucy Cai, black vs Nithin Kavi; Nathan Smolensky vs Harold Dondis.
U1900 SECTION:
Timothy O'Malley, black vs Christopher Estremera, Round 3.
Tim won the U1900 Section with 3.5 points.
 Chris shared 2-4th place with Bowen Wang and Eric Feng.
(background): Paul Howard, black vs Howard Goldowsky.
Bowen Wang vs Richard Kahn: endgame!
Round 3. Howard Goldowsky (left, standing)
and TD Bernardo Iglesias (right, standing), observe.
Eric Feng vs Tony DiNosse, Round 3.
Jackson Parker vs Walter Driscoll, Round 1.
(Background): Paul Howard vs Pooja Welling;
Richard Kahn vs Tony DiNosse.
Sky view: Charles Draft Memorial, Round 1.
The sparkle of the BCC: Top juniors in Massachusetts:
Conway Xu, Jason Tang, Carissa Yip, Nithin Kavi, Jesse Nicholas.
                                                                           Photo: Bernardo Iglesias
Steve Stepak vs Walter Driscoll.
["To be honest, facing both of the over 1800 players
in the U1900 Section, I was 'out of gas'
by Round 3. A good experience high-lighting
that a chess tournament demands not only good chess skills,
but stamina: brain power to focus on a position to see what to do when.
At the same time, I am grateful to have learned much from all my games, 
to be applied next time  (Labor Day Weekend
is the New England Open in Leominster, MA
so no BCC event scheduled on Saturday August 31st!)
Next BCC Saturday event: QUADS on September 7th 2013!"]
See you all soon!
A "thank you" to TD Bernardo Iglesias
for running a large and complicated event, very well.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Monday, August 19, 2013

BCC RAPIDS: THRIVING // EXCITING // CHALLENGING

PRESENTING: RAPID QUADS 3RR 30/SD (+5"delay)
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21 //  7:00 PM START TIME
LAST WEDNESDAY: 3 QUADS
QUAD 1:
Jason Spector, black vs Andrew Wang.
Andrew won his quad with 3 points.
Jason was 2nd with 2 points.
Jesse Nicholas, black vs NM Lawyer Times, Round 1.
BCC Club Champion NM Lawyer Times invites you
to join him this Wednesday for the
next installment of BCC Rapids.
QUAD 2:
Oliver Traldi plays Joel Wald.
Traldi won the quad with 2.5 points.
Wald was 2nd with 2.
QUAD 3.
Ilya Rozonoyer plays Richard Mooney, Round 1.
Ilya won QUAD 3 WITH 2.5 points.
Mooney was 2nd with 1.5 points.
Seth Lieberman plays Otto Schroepfer, Round 1.
Otto is visiting the Boston area from Minneapolis, MN.
Jeff Weinstein (background, left) observes.
BCC Rapid Quads
Get on your horse and ride!

BCC EDUCATIONAL: NM ALEX ON CHESS FOR BEGINNERS // BRING A FRIEND // FREE

INSTALLMENT 5
TOMORROW:TUESDAY
AUGUST 20TH 2013
7:00-8:30PM
CHESS FOR BEGINNERS
NM Alex Cherniack shares some
thoughts on techniques and tactics of chess.
CALL:  (617) 629-3933
if the door is locked.
See you tomorrow!

BCC GRAND PRIX AUGUST: FIGHTING CHESS // EXPERIENCE AND WIT // VETERANS & JUNIORS

OPEN SECTION:
NM Eric Godin v Mateos Sahakian, Round 1.
Godin went undefeated to win the event with 3.5 points.
 Carey Theil b v Jason Tang, Round 3.
Theil scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place.
(background): Carissa Yip v Uri Feld.
 
NM Hal Terrie b v Brian Perez-Daple, Round 3.
Terrie scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place.
Rohan Shankar v Lucy Cai, Round 4.
(background): Nithin Kavi vs Brandon Wu
Daniel Wang, (upper right) observes.
Nithin Kavi, Mateos Sahakian  and Siddarth Arun scored 
2.5 points to share 2-3rd place.
Veteran Mike Griffin plays black vs 9 yr old Lucy Cai, Round 3: draw!
Lucy, playing "up" in the Open Section is fast
perfecting her chess technique.
U1800 SECTION:
Suraj Ramanathan wins U1800 section with 3.5 points.
Suraj from Chennai (Tamil Nadu/Madras) whose family
comes from the same region as the current world
chess champion: Viswanathan Anand and the
mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1878-1920),
carries on in the tradition of great, calculating minds,
and shares the Tamil Language with these personalities of history.
And like his countrymen, Suraj is a gentleman
and a joy to share chess with.
Suraj plays black vs Richard Kahn in Round 4: draw.
Richard scored 2.5 points to share 2-3rd place with 
Michael Yu.
                                                                                                             Photo: ChessPress
Steve Stepak v Michael Yu, Round 1.
Critical position: find the draw. . .
"I considered the correct move. But it was too ugly.
So I made the more aesthetic move and quickly lost."
Bravo Michael, who scored 2.5 points to share 2-3rd place!
New facees in the field:
Tom Shneer plays Jackson Parker, Round 3.
Welcome Tom and Jackson!
(background): Ray Behenna plays Tony DiNosse.
Mr. Ram Ramanathan and family: wife Savi,
4 yr old son Bharat and 9 yr old chess prodigy Suraj.
Relocating from Chicago, they are now living in Canton, MA.
Welcome Ramanathan family.
Anticipation:
And a "thank you & well done" to TD Nathan Smolensky
who is setting up the pairings for
Nithin Kavi, Carissa Yip and Jasen Tang,
who, as you can see, can't wait to see 
with whom they are going to play!
KIDS: THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE BCC
Some of the kids of the BCC: (left to right)
in pre-tournament warm-ups:
Eddie Wei, Suraj Ramanathan, Daniel Wang, Michael Yu
and Brandon Wu.
Grand Prix update //
including August results
GRAND PRIX STANDINGS 
THROUGH AUGUST 2013
U2400: Eric Godin 20; Hal Terrie 7.5; Andrew Wang 5.
 U2200: Jesse Nicholas 19.5; Carey Theil 9.5; Emmanuel Mevs 4;
Arthur Nugent 4; Joe Perl 3; Timothy Sage 3; Luis Baez-Rosario 2.5;
Siddhardt Arun 2.5; Philip Nutzman 2; Tony Blum 1.5.
U2000: Nithin Kavi 13.5; Carissa Yip 12; Mike Griffin 10;
Jason Tang 10; Arthur Tang 8; Mateos Sahakian 7.5;
Sandeep Vadlamudi 7; Michelle Chen 6.5; Conway Xu 6; 
Brandon Wu 4.5; Loring Lauretti 4;
Jerry Williams 4.0; Uri Feld 3.5; Luke Lung 3;  Nathan Smolensky 3;  
Ross Eldridge 2.5; Aashish Welling 2.5; Joel Wald 2; Armen Martirosyan 2; 
Seth Lieberman 2; Bowen Wang 2; Walter Driscoll 2; Oliver Traldi 2;
Harold Dondis, 2; Brian Perez-Daple 2; Rohan Shankar 2; Aidan Sowa 1.5;  
James McConville 1.5; Katherine Gasser 1; Allen Wang 1; Syed Al-Mamun 1; 
Natasha Christiansen 1; Robert Neale 1; S. Chandrashekar 1. Lucy Cai, .5.
U1800: Rohan Shankar 8; Tony Cortizas 7; Harold Dondis 6.5;
Eric Matthews 3; James Byrd 2; Robert Holmgren 1.5. 
U1600: David Martin 11; Chen Bai 8.5; Eddie Wei 8; Richard Mooney 8;
Daniel Giaimo 7.5; Steve Stepak 7.5; Eric Feng 6.5;
William Wisdom 5.5; Gabriel Birzu 4.5;
Andrew Okoh 4;  Maxwell Zhao 3.5; Eddie Wang 3; Kevin Anthony 3; 
Matthew Lee 2.5; Richard Kahn 2.5; Mark O'Brien 2; Bernard Coleman 1.5;
Raymond Behenna 1.5.
U1400: Lucy Cai 8; Sandeep Shankar 8; Brandon Wu 6; Daniel Wang 6; 
Michael Yu 5; Aaron Brown 2.5; Christopher Burkhart 1.5; Pooja Welling 1.5; 
Ron Riley 1. 
U1200: Larry Jin 7; David Sun 7; Anthony DiNosse 7; Richard Chen 5.5;
 Edward Chiu 2.5; Winston Zhao 2; 
Tom Shneer / Sammi Pan/ Ji Tuo / Alexander Shi Jin /; Derek Jin /& Eric Han 1.