BCC FRIDAY NIGHT BLITZ: 7 2RR = 14 GAMES // ANDREW HOY PERFECT 14 POINTS 1ST PLACE // ALEJANDRO BOTTA 2ND // NIKITA ROLDAN-LEVCHENKO 1ST U1800 //

NM Andrew Hoy (right) on the move vs Tony DiNosse.

(background): Lev Shaket, black vs Alejandro Botta.

Andrew scored a perfect 14 points to take clear 1st place.

Bravo, bravissimo, Andrew!

Nikita Roldan Levchenko, black vs Dan Aldrich.

Nikita took the U1800 prize with 7.5 points. Bravo, Nikita!

NEW FACE AT THE BCC FRIDAY NIGHT BLITZ

Lev Shaket (right), plays black vs Alejandro Botta.

This is Lev's first visit to the BCC, Cambridge. Lev scored

7 points just a half point shy of sharing the U1800 prize.

Welcome, Lev!

A SHOT OF CHESS HISTORY

Edgar Walther (2400) vs Bobby Fischer (2600)

at the Zurich International, Round 15, 1959.

Note how nicely GM Mikhail Tal is dressed in

his double-breasted suit. Bobby is wearing his

signature flannel shirt and cords.  The real story

of this photo is that Walther had a beautiful win

with zugzwang, had he made the suggested move.

Bobby said: ". . . if 38.Re8 ! +- I would have resigned!"

["Zurich"][Date "1959.05.19"][Round "15"][Result "1/2-1/2"]

[White "Edgar Walther"][Black "Robert James Fischer"][ECO "B99"]

[WhiteElo "2400"][BlackElo "2600"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6

7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6

12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5 Nb6 16. f5 e5

17. f6 gxf6 18. gxf6 Bf8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Kd8 21. Nc6+

Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Be4 Qb6 24. Qh5 Kc7 25. Bf5 Rd8

26. Qxf7+ Kb8 27. Qe6 Qc7 28. Re3 Bh6 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. f7 Bg7

31. Rcd3 Bf8 32. Qxe5 dxe5 33. Rxd8+ Ka7 34. R1d7 h5 35. Rxb7+

Kxb7 36. c3 Kc7 37. Ra8 Kd6 38. Rxa6?!+ (38.Re8 ! + -) Ke7

39. Re6+ Kxf7 40. Rxe5 b4 41. cxb4 Bxb4 42. h3 Kf6 43. Rb5 Bd6

44. Be4 Re8 45. Rf5+ Kg7 46. Bf3 Re1+ 47. Kc2 Rf1 48. Rd5 Rf2+

49. Rd2 Rxd2+ 50. Kxd2 h4 51. Kd3 Kf6 52. Kc4 Ke7 53. Kb5 Kd7

54. a4 Kc7 55. b4 Kb8 56. a5 Ka7 57. Kc4 Bg3 58. b5 Bf2

59. Be2 Be3 60. Kb3 Bd2 61. b6+ Kb7 62. Ka4 Kc6 63. Bb5+ Kc5

1/2-1/2

A SHOT FROM HARVARD SQUARE CHESS TABLES JULY 2015

NM Chris Williams entertains the crowd,

Australians on holiday, fascinated by

the blitz chess action . . . 
Au Bon Pain Chess Cafe, Harvard Sq. Cambridge MA