BCC HERB HEALY NEW YEAR'S DAY BASH: TOTAL SUCCESS: 54 PLAY // 39 IN RATED // 15 IN NON RATED // NM CHRIS WILLIAMS / NM ALEX CHERNICK TOPS //

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 
CAMBRIDGE, MA

Tournament Director Bernardo Iglesias gives opening 

instructions to players before start of Round 1.  54 players

participated in this marvelous event to kick off the BCC

2016 Tournament Schedule.  Bravo, BCC!

AND THE WINNER

RATED SECTION

NM Chris Williams Tops tournament hall with perfect 4 - 0 score!

CHAMPION'S CORNER

BCC President Andrew Hoy white vs NM Chris Williams.

FM Charles Riordan (right) 2-3rd with 3.5 points.

Brandon Wu, black on the move vs NM Mika Brattain, Round 1.

Mika won this game and was 2-3rd with 3.5 points.

Brandon was 4-7th with 3/4 points.

MODERN TECHNOLOGY

Ernest Shreiber, white vs Bryant Vernon.

Bryant introduces computerized board/clock which

automatically records each move. This is a first for 

the BCC.  Thank you, Bryant!

Long-time BCC veteran WIM Dr. Vesna Dimitrijevic,

deep in thought in Round 1, scored 2.5 points

overall, in the Rated Section.

FIRST RATED TOURNAMENT

Professor Natesh Pillai, Department of Statistics,

Harvard University, on the move with black,

in the Rated Section, scored 2.5 points to

establish a provisional (first) rating of 1810!

Bravo, Natesh!

NON-RATED SECTION

NM Alex Cherniack (left) plays white vs Paul Mishkin, Round 1.

Alex won the game and the section with 3.5/4 points.

FM Bill Kelleher, former BCC Champion,

and former FIDE Vice President, scored 3

points to share 2-3rd in the Non-rated section.

 CHESS FUN

3-time USA Champion, GM Larry Christiansen gives his

student, NM Carissa Yip a fun chess work-out during the 

festivities of the BCC New Year's Day tournament.

FUN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

KIDS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

Skittles Chess at the BCC

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

STEVE STEPAK, BCC,  JANUARY 1 2016

PHOTO: TONY CORTIZAS

CHESS POINTERS FROM THE BOSS

                                              PHOTO: SERGIO

Steve Stepak listens;

Garry Kasparov talks.

After these words of wisdom, I just know 

I have to get better at chess.