BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS: OSCAR PANNO // FARZAD ABDI & CARISSA YIP SHARE SPOTLIGHT // NICHOLAS OBLAK U1950 // 27 PLAY // MANY NEW FACES

MILESTONE

Carissa Yip shared a piece of 1st place in the Open Section of

the BCC Legends of Chess, February 21. Brava, Carissa!

Carissa scored 3 wins + a 1st round half point bye to 

earn a +41 to 2191 rating!
FOCUSED

NM Chris Williams sets up king-side assault vs Carissa Yip's
Sicilian Dragon. Carissa defended strongly and won the game!

COOL UNDER FIRE

A relaxed NM Farzad plays white vs NM Chris Williams in

Round 3. The game ended in a draw!

FARZAD PLAYS THE GENERAL

Terrence Fricker does battle with NM Farzad Abdi

in Round 4. This was a critical game for Farzad if he

wanted to take a piece of 1st place. He was up to the 

task, scored the point and tallied 3.5 out of 4 to share

1st place with Carissa Yip. Farzad was +10 to 2254 for 

his efforts. Terrence scored 2 points and a +25 to 1984

sharing 6-7th place in the Open Section.

3RD - 5TH PLACE

NM Chris Williams on the move vs Carissa Yip in Round 4.

Chris scored 2.5 points to share 3-5th place with Andrew Hoy

and Evan Meyer.

NM Andrew Hoy (right) defends dramatically to score the full

points over Pinyi Hu in Round 4. Andrew scored 2.5 points

to share 3-5th place with NM Chris Williams and Evan Meyer.

Evan Meyer (left) was strong with Black vs Brandon Wu to take 

the full point and a total of 2.5 to share 3-5th place.

U1950 SECTION

  

Nicholas Oblak, a West Point Cadet, takes a sip of 

coffee on his road to clear first place in the U1950 section

with 3.5 points, for a +16 to 1919 rating. Bravo, Nicholas!

 

Nowell Sheinwald, a UMass Lowell student from New 

York State, scored 3 points to take clear 2nd place

in the U1950 section for a +8 to 1931 rating. Bravo, Nowell!

NEWS THE OLD-FASHION WAY

Harold Dondis, Esq. checks out the New York Times

during a break in the action.

ENGLISH: THE VERDICT?

Looks even. Round 4 game. Chess is not only

applied intellect, but also endurance. This time

Black prevailed in a complicated endgame.

FATHER AND SON

David Zhou shares some chess pointers with his

dad, Dong Ping in the BCC Skittles Room.

NM ANDREW HOY, TD

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK