BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
APRIL GRAND PRIX
IN 2 SECTIONS
OPEN
ON THE ROAD TO CHESS MASTERY
ON THE ROAD TO CHESS MASTERY
Andrew Hoy 3 points for 1-2nd place.
Andrew was 3 for 3 and withdrew the event
in the last round! His rating was +35 to 2120.
Matthew Manzo vs Arthur Tang, Round 1.
Arthur scored 3 out of 4 and shared 1-2nd place.
He was +4 to 2050 rating.
Michael Mahoney vs NM Hal Terrie.
Michael put up a good fight but lost in the end.
Hal went on to score 2.5 out of 4 for clear 3rd place.
Poised beyond his years . . .
Natasha Christiansen white vs Derek Jin, Round 2.
Derek held his ground for the full point.
(backgound): Mark Neale
Prodigy marches onward and upward
7 year old Derek Jin scored 2 points in the Open Section
for clear 4th place. His rating was +34 to 1481
tops in his age category in Massachusetts.
Under the gaze of the Masters
Arthur Tang vs Ross Eldridge, Round 2.
U1800 SECTION
Daniel Zhou v Richard Alan Chen, Round 1.
Richard won this game and shared 1-3rd with
Daniel's brother David Tianyi Zhou and Alex Brown.
Daniel was 2 for 4 on the day with a +99 to 1052 rating.
David Tianyi Zhou vs Jesse Enoch Liu, Round 1.
David scored 3 points to share 1-3rd place.
Jesse is a new face at the BCC, a junior veteran who
plays regularly out of Waltham, MA with 133 games
under his belt and a 50 percent + win/loss/draw average.
David Zhou has played 106 games 51wins; 13 draws; 42 loses,
for a 54.2 percent average.
REMATCH!
Sammi Pan plays Alex Brown: a see-saw battle, with
Sammi having the win in her view at one point, could not
close the deal and Alex went on to find the checkmate for
the full point. Alex, the lowest rated player in the field, received
a full-point bye in Round 1 and went on to score a respectable 2 out of 3
to collect the 3 points and a share of 1-3rd. With this result,
Alex earned a +117 to 1035 rating and a 3 point total
in the BCC GP U1200 standing. Bravo, Alex!
Keeping pace in the GP standings:
Photo: Bernardo Iglesias
Phu Si Vo plays Steve Stepak in Round 2.
Vo won this D94 Gruenfeld but lost to Richard Chen.
So Phu and Steve share 4-5th place with 2.5 points each.
Critical Game
Richard Alan Chen defends vs Alex Brown, Round 3.
Richard won this game and was 3 for 3 at this point. He
chose to withdraw from the event and did not play Round 4.
(background): David Tianyi Zhou vs Ed Chiu.
Jesse Enoch Liu plays white vs Tony DiNosse, Round 3.
UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF HARRY LYMAN
BCC GRAND PRIX, ROUND 1.
(left to right): Matt Manzo v Arthur Tang;
Andrew Hoy v Mark Neale;
Michael Mahoney v NM Hal Terrie.
Grand Prix Category Leaders through April
NM Hal Terrie 1st U2400: 4
Nithin Kavi 1st U2200 7;
Andrew Hoy, Arthur Tang 2-3rd 3
Aashish Welling 1st U2000: 7
Steve Stepak 1st U1800: 10
Phu Si Vo 2nd, 9.5
Julian Morris 1st U1600: 4
Richard Alan Chen 1st U1400: 5
David Zhu Sun 2nd, 4.5
David Zhou 3rd, 4
Ed Chiu 4th, 3.5
Daniel Zhou 1st U1200: 5.5
Tom Shneer 2nd, 5
Boshen Li, Dongping Zhou, Alex Brown,
3-5th, 3
Bernardo Iglesias was
the tournament director
for this event.
PHOTOS BY STEVE STEPAK
except the one of Vo-Stepak, Round 2,
which was taken by Bernardo Iglesias!
GASHIMOV MEMORIAL 2014 UPDATE
CARLSEN REGAINS THE LEAD!
(adds new meaning to "warming up")
ps: Carlsen goes 4/5 in second
half of event to win 1st place:
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