Polar Vortex Premier

Polar Vortex Premier

January 17 and January 24, 2015

Calling All Masters, Experts, and A-Players

You are cordially invited to play in a BCF tournament with a slightly different format.  The event will include four rounds  held over two Saturdays (January 17 and January 24) to accommodate the slower time control of G/120 d5.  Thus, you will have the opportunity to play slow games on a Saturday, rather than a weekday after school or work.  Further, you will have the benefit of facing opposition rated at least 1800.

The prize fund is guaranteed:  $200 first, $100 second, and $50 top under 2100.

The entry fees are $20 for BCF members, $35 for non-members, with all collected entry fees benefiting the BCF.

Titled players (GMs and IMs) are very welcome:  
they will receive free entry, and the first three titled players to register and complete the schedule (maximum of two byes) will receive an appearance fee of $50 each.

Come play at a more leisurely pace in the handsome new site of the BCF.  E-mail any questions to natashaus@alum.mit.edu.

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB NEW ADDRESS: 40 NORRIS STREET // CAMBRIDGE // MA // USA // VISUAL GUIDE

THE WAY TO THE 

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB 

FROM DAVIS SQUARE T 

ON THE RED-LINE

Out the back entrance to the

pedestrian path headed towards

Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Yes, this is the way to the BCC:

straight down the path to Mass Ave.
[this is a 10 minute walk]

HISTORIC PATH: YES KEEP GOING WEST

You are walking west, from David T to Mass Ave.

APPROACHING MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

FROM THE PEDESTRIAN PATH

Yes, cross Mass Ave on the Pedestrian Walk when you have the

"green" light.

GRANDMASTER MARTIAL ARTS

Yes we have crossed the street in front of the Grandmaster Iron Kim.

Now, facing this storefront, we turn LEFT and walk south down 

Massachusetts Avenue, towards Harvard Square and keep walking

until you come to this:

NORRIS STREET

This is Norris Street, facing south towards

Harvard Square; now, from here you take

a RIGHT, and walk down the street a bit until 

you see 40 Norris Street building (red brick)

crossing the street.

Here you have 2 front doors, one of which is

handicapped access ramped!

40 Norris Street, Cambridge Entrance

from the street

40 NORRIS ST

RAMPED 

ENTRANCE

These entrances do get you to the basement

where the BCC is located in 101 and 103

but they are always locked!

So an even easier way to get in to the BCC

during tournaments and event is to go

to the side entrance . . . 

down the alley . . .

to here:

BBC basement entrance, whose door will be unlocked during

Club events.

Yes! Right down the stairs: be careful!

Arrived: Boylston Chess Foundation

and the Boylston Chess Club

WELCOME! COME ON IN!

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

TOURNAMENT ROOM

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

HAPPY NEW YEAR, TO ONE AND ALL!

HOPE TO SEE YOU 

JANUARY 1st: 

Herb Healy Memorial 

& Open House

NEW YEARS DAY EVENT: 

PUSH FOR DETAILS

 SPONSORED BY

THE BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB PRESENTS: CHESS CAMP FOR KIDS // 1st EVENT AT NORRIS STREET SITE // JACOB RASIN / MASTER TEACHER // DISCOVERY //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

CHESS CAMP

December 24th, 26th, 29th, 30th

40 Norris Street Map

40 Norris Street Photo

CHESS CAMP: 
PRESS HERE FOR THE FACTS

SM Jacob Rasin: USCF highest rating 2496 

Trained in the intense and competitive chess world of the Soviet Union, Jacob brings 

a crystal clear understanding of chess to the young children of the New England 

Chess Community. Jacob is good with kids of all ages, from five through sixteen year olds. 

Kids love his instruction and his sense of humor.

KIDS PLAY CHESS

These students are applying what they learned to

improve their playing of the Royal Game!

CHESS IS FUN

These kids are discovering a whole new world!

Boylston Chess Club Chess Camp

Awakening of the Mind

for Kids of all Ages

BCC Tournament Room, 40 Norris Street, Cambridge, MA

NICE !!

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS // FOR SATURDAY // DECEMBER 20 // 10 AM - 3 PM // SET UP CLUB // CHECK OUT PLAYING VENUE //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

CALL FOR 

VOLUNTEERS

 BECOME PART OF CHESS HISTORY IN THE MAKING

Come on over to the BCC's new site at 

40 Norris Street, Cambridge, MA to:

Put away books

Put felt tips on table legs

Arrange tables and chairs

Hang up pictures

Set up chess sets

Set up computers, printers, phone, TV

Re-stock cabinets and drawers

Pub up bulletin boards

Put up demonstration boards

and other little things that

make the Club perfect!

Come on over! 

Lend a hand.

Saturday

December 20th !!

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

new site of Boylston Chess Club

40 NORRIS STREET, CAMBRIDGE: 

PRESS HERE FOR DIRECTIONS

BOYLSTON CHESS FOUNDATION PRESENTS: HERB HEALY MEMORIAL // 40 NORRIS STREET // CAMBRIDGE / MA // OPEN HOUSE // JANUARY 1st //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

HERB HEALY MEMORIAL

and Open House

4SS // 2 SECTIONS

HERB HEALY: 

PRESS HERE FOR DETAILS

NEW HOME OF THE BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

40 NORRIS STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

PRESIDENT

WISHES YOU !

A HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 CAREY THEIL

Carey "EveryGreen" Theil vs Jason Tang
GRANDMASTER
LARRY CHRISTIANSEN
3 TIME USA CHAMPION
PLAYING THE HERB HEALY 2012

Larry invites you to come on over to the new
site of the BCC and play chess, socialize and take
photos of the celebration, inaugurating the
 40 Norris Street venue.

GM Larry C, loved by all,
especially the kids!
NM Mika Brattain
MASS State Chess Champion
BCC Blitz Champion 2014
BCC Co-Champion 2014

Invites you to play in the 

Herb Healy Memorial on New Years Day!

Herb Healy, 2009

Mika awaits your challenge!

INAUGURATING 

THE HARRY LYMAN

ROOM AT THE BCC, 40 NORRIS ST, 

CAMBRIDGE, MA USA

NM Harry Lyman, circa 1993. PHOTO: STEVE STEPAK

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB OF THE

BOYLSTON CHESS FOUNDATION

BCC BENEFACTOR AND OLDEST CLUB PLAYER

92 years young, Harold Dondis, Esq.

Greg Hager Memorial Co-Champion, U1950 Section, 2014
HERB HEALY MEMORIAL

NEW YEARS EVENT

LOVED BY KIDS OF ALL AGES

Bernardo Iglesias, TD, Natasha Christiansen and

Harvard Graduate, IM Marc Esserman,

Herb  Healy Memorial, 2009.

Irving Yaffe, in Memoriam.

Irv catered the Herb Healy for years!

Passing the baton to

MIKE GRIFFIN (right)

Boylston Chess Club Veteran Player and

Member of the Board

now catering the Herb Healy Memorial.

Bravo, Mike!

HERB HEALY MEMORIAL 2015

SPECIAL REQUEST
To etch this event into the annals
of chess history, I encourage all the
people who will come on over to the
40 Norris Street address, for fun, frolic,
conversation, laughter, celebration
and chess, to bring your cameras.

Yes, players, parents, and visitors who
will come over for a chess tournament or
just a visit, bring your SLRs and your iPhones and take
photos of this maiden voyage of the BCC in
Cambridge, Massachusetts

 
Take as many photos as you like and
send them to me in a jpeg format:
 stevechess2003@yahoo.com
and I will edit and prepare them for
the photo essay of this historic event
to appear on the Boylston WebLog.
(appropriate photo credits will be noted)

HERB HEALY MEMORIAL
JANUARY 1st 2015
Boylston Chess Club
40 Norris Street
Cambridge, MA
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE
FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
CELEBRATION

40 Norris Street