BCC BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP: ELITE 7 // DOUBLE ROUND ROBIN // ABDI / SMOLENSKY TIE 1-2nd //

BOYLSTON BLITZ (2XRR)

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014

ELITE 7

CO-CHAMPIONS

NM Farzad Abdi 9 points: 1-2nd place.

MACA PRESIDENT

Nathan Smolensly 9 points: 1-2nd place.

HONORED GUEST

Andrew Trattner, MIT

MIT-Harvard Chess Festival Director

(MIT: November 9, 2014)

2XRR: BLITZ CROSSTABLE

Farzad Abdi (2269) 9

Nathan Smolensky (1926) 9

Tom Killgeen (2000*) 7.5

Andrew Trattner (2015) 6.5

Steve Stepak (1619) 6

Soren Pedersen (1881) 3

Tony DiNosse (1079) 1

UPSETS

Tony DiNosse's win over NM Farzad Abdi

Steve Stepak's win over Nathan Smolensky 

BERNARDO IGLESIAS, TD

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK