BCC QUADS: 22 BRAVE THE SNOW / ICE AND COLD // COMPETITIVE ENCOUNTERS // EXCELLENT CHESS //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

4 QUADS + SMALL SWISS

QUAD 1

PRECISE / CONSISTENT

NM Eric Godin scored 3 out of 3

for clear 1st place! Bravo, Eric!

QUAD 2

Mark Fins scored 2/3 for 1-2nd place and a

+24 to 1924 rating. Bravo, Mark!

Conway Xu went undefeated with 2 draws
and a win for 2/3 points to share 1-2nd
place with Mark Fins. Conway was
+17 for 1948 rating. Bravo, Conway!
QUAD 3

Natasha Christiansen went undefeated: 2 draws 
and a win for 2/3 points to share 1-2nd place
and a +9 to 1860 rating. Brava, Natasha!

Maxwell Zhao went undefeated with
2 draws and a win for 2/3 points to
share 1-2nd place and a +16 to 1821
rating. Bravo, Max!
QUAD 4
CHEMISTRY Ph.D. CANDIDATE

Pinyi Hu scored 2 wins and a draw for 2.5
points and clear 1st place. Pinyi earned
+50 to 1786 rating points. Bravo, Pinyi!
3SS

Winston Zhao scored 2 wins and a draw to
share 1-2nd place with Nicholas Belous.
Winston earned +19 to 1444 rating points.
Bravo, Winston!

Nicholas Belous, 2nd place in the MACA Spiegel Cup,
January, 2015, for 11 and under also scored 2 wins and a
last round draw with Winston to share
1-2nd place and a +120 to 1352 rating
points! Bravo, Nicholas!
NATHAN SMOLENSKY, TD

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