Wednesday, September 10, 2014

BCC HOSTS US CHESS LEAGUE MATCH: SAN FRANCISCO VS SOMERVILLE (NEW ENGLAND)

BCC HOSTS WEST COAST VS EAST COAST 3 HOUR TIME DIFFERENCE
NEW ENGLAND NOR'EASTERS
VS
SAN FRANCISCO MECHANICS
THE LINE-UP FOR THE HOME TEAM:
BOARD 1: GM ALEXANDER IVANOV
New England Open Co-Champion 2014
BOARD 2: NM MIKA BRATTAIN
Massachusetts State Chess Champion 2014
BOARD 3: NM LAWYER TIMES
BCC Club Champion 2012
BOARD 4: NM ANDREW LIU
Massachusetts Scholastic Chess Champion
The Field of Battle:
GM Daniel Naroditsky (SF) vs GM Alexander Ivanov (NE) 1-0
Mass State Champion Mika Brattain holds the draw vs GM Jesse Kraai
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 d6 7.a3 Nge7 8.b4 0-0 9.Rb1 Bf5 10.d3 Qd7 11.Ne1 Rab8 12.Nc2 Bh3 13.Ne3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 f5 15.Ned5 Nxd516.Nxd5 f4 17.f3 Ne7 18.Nc3 Nf5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Qa4 Qxa4 21.Nxa4 b6 22.Bd2 fxg3 23.hxg3 Bh6 24.Bxh6 Nxh6 25.Nc3 Nf5 26.Kf2 Nd4 27.a4 Nc6 28.Ne4 Kg729.Rh1 h6 30.Ke3 Rbd8 31.Rb2 Rh8 32.Ra1 Rd7 33.a5 Nxa5 34.Nxc5 Nxc4+ 35.dxc4 bxc5 36.Rba2 Ra8 37.Ra5 Rc7 38.Ke4 h5 39.e3 g5 40.Ra6 Rf7 41.Rd1 Rf642.Rd7+ Kg6 43.Rxf6+ Kxf6 44.Rd6+ Kg7 45.Ra6 h4 46.gxh4 gxh4 47.Kxe5 h3 48.Kd5 h2 49.Ra1 Rh8 50.Rh1 Rh5+ 51.Kc6 Kf6 52.Kb5 Ke6 53.Ka6 Rh7 54.Kb5Rh5 55.Ka6 Rh7 1/2-1/2
FM Cameron Wheeler (SF) vs NM Andrew Liu (NE) 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Rb8 13.Nc3 Bf5 14.e4 Bc8 15.Re1 Ba616.Bf1 Bxf1 17.Nxf1 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nc4 19.Qc2 Qa5 20.Rec1 Nde5 21.Kg2 Rb7 22.a3 Rfb8 23.Nd1 Rb3 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Nd2 R3b7 26.f4 Nd7 27.Nc4 Qa6 28.Nde3Rb3 29.Nf1 R3b5 30.Nfd2 Qb7 31.a4 Rb4 32.b3 Ra8 33.Na3 Nf6 34.Nb5 Rc8 35.Nc4 Ne8 36.Na5 Qd7 37.Nc6 Rxc6 38.dxc6 Qxc6 39.Re1 Nf6 40.Nc3 d5 41.e5 d4+42.Ne4 Nd5 43.Qxc5 Qb7 44.Rbc1 Nc3 45.Kg1 Rxb3 46.Nxc3 dxc3 47.Rxc3 Rxc3 48.Qxc3 Qa7+ 49.Qe3 Qxa4 50.Rc1 h5 51.Qc5 e6 52.Qb6 Bf8 53.Rb1 Qc2 54.Qb8Kg7 55.Qb7 Bc5+ 56.Kh1 Bd4 57.Rf1 Qe2 58.Qg2 Qd3 59.Qf3 Qc2 60.Rd1 Bb6 61.Re1 Qd2 62.Rb1 Bc5 63.Qg2 Qd3 64.Re1 Bb6 65.Qe4 Qd2 66.Rf1 Bc5 67.h3Be3 68.Qg2 Qb4 69.Rd1 Bc5 70.Kh2 h4 71.Qf3 Qb2+ 72.Qg2 hxg3+ 73.Kxg3 Qb3+ 74.Qf3 Qc2 75.Rh1 Bb4 76.h4 Qc3 77.Qxc3 Bxc3 78.Rc1 Bd2 79.Rc7 Be380.Kf3 Bd2 81.Rd7 Bc1 82.Rd3 Kh6 83.Ke4 Bb2 84.Rd7 Kg7 85.Rc7 Kg8 86.Kd3 Kg7 87.Rb7 Bc1 88.Ke4 Kg8 89.h5 gxh5 90.Rb1 Ba3 91.Rh1 Kg7 92.Rxh5 Be793.f5 exf5+ 94.Kxf5 Bd8 95.Rh3 Be7 96.Rb3 Bh4 97.Rb7 Kf8 98.Ke4 Be7 99.Kd5 Bh4 100.Kd6 Bg3 101.Rb8+ Kg7 102.Rb3 Bh2 103.Rh3 Bf4 104.Rf3 Bh2 105.Rf21-0
NM Lawyer Times (NE) vs Hans Niemann (SF) 1-0
2.5-1.5 for the West Coast, this time.
BERNARDO IGLESIAS, SITE TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

1 comment:

dvigorito said...

two corrections: Andrew was board 3 and Lawyer was board 4; and GM Jesse Kraai held the draw against Mika!