Monday, January 11, 2016

BCC PLAYERS ABOUND AT BOSTON CHESS CONGRESS // FM BILL KELLEHER TAKES POINT FROM GM LUKE MCSHANE // MANY BCC PLAYERS FILL THE HALL //

BOSTON CHESS CONGRESS
JANUARY 2016
FM Bill Kelleher (2311), former BCC Champion took the full point
from his 1st Round game with GM Luke McShane (2815).
Bill finished the event with 3/5 points for 10-19th place
 and McShane scored 4/5 for 2-4th place.
BOSTON CHESS CONGRESS WINNER
GM Alexander Shabalov won clear 1st in the
Open Section with 4.5/5 points.
NM Carissa Yip
NM Carissa Yip v NM Professor Sage: draw!
(Background left): Mark Fins.
Suraj Ramanathan plays Round 4.  Suraj finished with 2.5 points
in the U2100 Section for a 1908 to 1912 rating.
BCC Board Member Bryant Vernon plays
white in Round 5 of Boston Chess Congress.
Bryant scored 2.5 points in the Premier Section
for a 2000 to 2032 rating.
BCC PLAYERS
Ernest Schreiber (right); Bob Sullivan, black vs Natasha 
Christiansen, Derek Jin, Jerry Li . . .
Alex Yu, Round 4, playing winner of U2100 Section
WFM Martha Samadashvili; (background): Anton
Brash vs MIT Sophomore, Andy Trattner.
ROUND 5
Kevin Lu, black vs WFM Martha Samadashvili: Martha won
the game and the U2100 Section! Brava, Martha!
Former BCC President, MACA President and Chess Horizon's
Editor Nathan Smolensky (right) . . . 
Chess player and coach: GM Eugene Perelshteyn
Dan Schmidt plays Joe Perl; Jason Tang vs NM Hal Terrie . . . 
NM Farzad Abdi (2220) takes the full point from
 NM Yoon-Young Kim (2331) in Round 4.
along the wall: NM Siddarth Arun . . . Brian Salomon . . . 
Joy Cao, Round 4 . . . Joy scored 2.5 points in
the U1700 section for a 1386 - 1413 rating. Brava, Joy!
Nithin Kavi, (left, standing) plays Robert King.
Nithin finished with 2.5 points in the Premier Section
for a 2130 - 2137 rating.
Maxwell Zhao, Round 5.
WIM Dr. Vesna Dimitrijevic plays black in Round 5.
GM Alexander Ivanov, Round 4.
Alex scored 4 points for 2-5 place.
Alan Song, Round 4.
Matthew Meredith vs former BCC President
IM David Vigorito; GM Luke McShane vs 
NM Alex Cherniack . . . Round 4.
BCC BENEFACTOR
Mark Fins, Round 4
Derek Jin, 9 yrs old,  says "hi" . . . 
Derek, playing in the U2100 Section,
scored 2.5 points for a rating of 1862-1867.
Jason Tang vs NM Hal Terrie, Round 4: draw!
Bryant Vernon . . . Alej Botta . .  
BEST DRESSED
Adia Onyango New York - Kenya
Chess Instructor and Director
Bernie Xu, U1900 Section . . . 
Bob Oresick, former BCC official, vs David Katzman: draw!
NM Lawyer Times, former BCC Champion plays black
vs Joe Perl, Round 5.
Ernest Shreiber, black vs Derek Jin, Round 5: 
point to Derek Jin . . . 
NM J. Timothy Sage, Professor of Physics and Chess Club 
Advisor, Northeastern University, plays 
NM Carissa Yip, Round 4: draw. 
Background, center: Mark Fins . . . 
Alan Song vs Max Zhao, Round 5: draw!
 
Carissa Yip, Round 4 . . . 
FUN BETWEEN ROUNDS
BLITZ CHESS . . .
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
PHOTOGRAPHICS: STEPAK

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