BCC FRIDAY NIGHT BLITZ EVENT RESOUNDING SUCCESS: 10 PLAY // 6 DOUBLE ROUND SWISS // IM ESSERMAN CAPTURES GOLD / TIMES 2ND // SLADE 1ST U2000 // K ALEXANDER 1ST U1800 //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

FRIDAY NIGHT BLITZ

10 PLAYER FIELD

EVERYONE GETS A 

BCC BLITZ RATING!

IM Mark Esserman scored a convincing 11.5 out of 12

to take clear first place and $100 cash prize. Marc

earned a 2537 rating for his efforts.

NM Lawyer Times plays black vs Natasha Christiansen

in Round 1. Lawyer scored 9/12 for clear 2nd place and

a $50 cash prize. Natasha was 5.5/12. Lawyer posted a

2324 BCC Blitz rating and Natasha put up a 1858 rating.

IM Esserman vs Charles Slade.  Charles who honed his blitz

chess skills at the Au Bon Pain Cafe summer chess scene,

scored an impressive 8/12 for a 2055 BCC Blitz Chess Rating

and the U2000 prize (his pre-tournament rating was 1886) of

$30. Bravo, Charles!

 

Alexander Khari, a Harvard Square blitz chess veteran, playing

black, scored 5 points (rating 1596 to 1609) to claim the U1800 

prize of $20. Here he is seen playing Mateos Sahakian who 

scored 6 points to "claim" clear 4th place (no cash prize) and 

a 2018 BCC Blitz Chess Rating. Bravo Mateos!

Anatoly Levin playing white vs Sergio Miranda-Elmalech.

Anatoly scored 5 points for a BCC Blitz Chess Rating of

1946. Sergio, new to the chess scene, and unrated at the time 

of the event, scored 2 points to mint a BCC Blitz Chess Rating

of 1437.  Bravo, Sergio!  Keep up the good work.

Doctor Chess, otherwise known simply as "Doc" plays black

vs BCC tournament player Soren Pedersen.  Doc scored 3 points

to newly mint a BCC Blitz Chess Rating of 1589 taking clear 

9th place and Soren scored 5 points good for 6-8th place and a 

BCC Blitz rating of 1882.
CHECKMATE!!

[NOTE: numbers seen in photo of chess matt are
"wrongly" set up. So actually white's pawns are going
east (right), which boxes black's king into the mate.]

Mateos Sahakian, a BCC tournament regular, is seen here playing
the black pieces vs Khari Alexander.
(background): Event TD Andrew Hoy wearing blue shirt;
Sergio Miranda-Elmaleh plays Anatoly Levin.
Upper right corner, IM Marc Esserman, playing on 1st board.
MASTER GAME

Anatoly Levin, black vs NM Lawyer Times.

Mateos Sahakian vs Charles Slade in Round 3.
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION

Congratulations to NM Andrew Hoy
who put in a lot of time to see to it that
the first BCC Friday Night Blitz was
put together and worked well, gets A+ for
his efforts.  The event was absolutely
fantastic and all the players and
spectators enjoyed every minute of their
time spent at the 40 Norris Street venue.
Thanks you Andrew, for your contribution
to the BCC. And special mention is in
order. The Thursday Night Swiss for
January was completed this past Thursday
and Andrew scored 3.5 out of 4 in the
Open Section to win clear 1st place and
 the cash prize; and a +14 to 2200 rating!
Bravo, Andrew!

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK