Sunday, March 02, 2014

BCC MARCH QUADS: DZHUMAEV /// XU / WU / CHRISTIANSEN / // RAMANATHAN // PHU SI VO // DT ZHOU / O'BRIEN // TOP CHARTS // SAMMI PAN BIRTHDAY GIRL TURNS 9 //

QUAD 1
NM Almir Dzhumaev, MIT student,
undefeated in 3 rounds, takes clear 1st place.
Arthur Tang, black vs NM Chris Williams, Round 1: draw.
Arthur was also undefeated with 2 draws and a win for clear 2nd place.
QUAD 2
Conway Xu plays black vs Natasha Christiansen, Round 1: draw.
(background): Loring Lauretti, black vs Brandon Wu;
Mike Griffin vs Suraj Ramanathan;
Matthew Manzo vs William Ravn.
Conway, Brandon and Natasha scored 2 points for 
1-3rd place in QUAD 2.
QUAD 3
9 yr old Suraj Ramanathan, undefeated with 2 points,
takes clear 1st in Quad 3, boosts rating to 1718.
Matthew Manzo vs William Ravn, R1.
Matt and Will shared 2-3rd place with 1.5 points.
Phu Si Vo (hat) plays Yuanzhe Wang, Round 1.
Vo went undefeated with 2.5 points to clinch 1st place.
David Martin, black vs Professor Jerry Williams, Round 1.
David scored 2 points to take clear 2nd place.
Professor Williams was 3rd with 1 points.
3SS
David Tianyi Zhou sporting new haircut, goes undefeated
in the "Small Swiss" of the February QUADS event.
Here, David is playing black vs Tom Shneer: draw!
David shared 1-2nd place with Mark O'Brien with 2.5 points each.
8 yr old David up'd his rating +39 to 1386. Bravo David!
BIRTHDAY GIRL MARCH 2, 2005
Sammi Pan plays chess, 3SS Round 1.
Sunday is the birthday party!
Happy Birthday, Sammi!
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
Bernardo Iglesias was the TD
Great Job, Bernardo!
Looking forward to Spring:
March 20 at 12:57 P.M. 
Daylight Saving Time (United States) 2014 
begins at 2:00 AM on March 9th
"Spring ahead" one hour!

1 comment:

Robert Oresick said...

Again, great photos and sense of the event. Thanks Steve