MASSACHUSETTS GIRLS OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
MAY 1, 2016
CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION
NERVES OF STEEL
Joy Cao: Massachusetts
Girls Open Chess Championship
Joy Cao:: Sandra Shur tied 3.0/3.0
Tiebreak format: Blitz Chess
Two 5 Minute Blitz Games (5 second delay) decided: Joy Cao 2-0 over Sandra Shur
Sophie Rozenholtz, black vs Sandra Shur, Round 1
Sandra won the trophy for 2nd place.
Audrey Gaines vs Tianna Wang. Audrey finished 2/4 on
the day. Tianna was 3/4, for 3nd place trophy.
Joy Cao vs Mary Mealdey Ings, Round 1.
Mary finished 1/4 on the day.
Yue (Kerry) Huang,
2/4 for 50 percent.
U1000 SECTION
Ami Lei: Clear 1st Place: 3.5/4
U1000, ROUND 1
Saanvi Sai Tiruveedhula vs Sree Dasari, Round 1.
Sree won the trophy for 1st U600.
Saanvi scored 3/4 for 2nd place trophy. Sree also
scored 3 points for the day. (background): Suhavi Sai
Tiruveedhula vs Amy Lei; Rachael Kuzmin vs Anna Gorovits;
Michelle Chudnovsky, black vs Anna Katzman
the trophy for 3rd place U600! Brava Shreeya!
SCENES AROUND THE TORNAMENT HALL
Yue (Kerry) Huang, black vs Lydia Shen, Round 1.
Isabella Sawicka vs Michelle Zhang, Round 2.
Michelle scored 3 points to win the trophy for
3 place U1000. Brava! Michelle.
SERIOUS BUSINESS
Suhavi Sai Tiruveedhula, Round 1.
(background): Joy Cao
U1000, ROUND 1
Sree won the trophy for 1st U600.
Saanvi scored 3/4 for 2nd place trophy. Sree also
scored 3 points for the day. (background): Suhavi Sai
Tiruveedhula vs Amy Lei; Rachael Kuzmin vs Anna Gorovits;
Michelle Chudnovsky, black vs Anna Katzman
Amy Lei vs Shreeya Gomathinayagam, Round 2.
(background): Michelle Chudnovsky vs Anna Gorovits;
Rachael Kusmin, black vs Suhavi Sai Tiruveedhula.
Shreeya Gomathinayagam scored 2 points to earnthe trophy for 3rd place U600! Brava Shreeya!
SCENES AROUND THE TORNAMENT HALL
Anna Gorovits
GOOD FRIENDS PLAY CHESS
Michelle scored 3 points to win the trophy for
3 place U1000. Brava! Michelle.
SERIOUS BUSINESS
Michelle Chudnovsky, black vs Anna Katzman, Round 1.
Michelle scored 2 points and won the
trophy for 2nd place U600. Brava Michelle!
(background): Joy Cao
LUNCH BREAK
Parents of participants prepare re-fueling for their children
during the lunch break, after Round 2.
Joy
Cao won the tournament with a 2/2 score in blitz tie breaks against
Sandra Shur,
who took second on tie breaks, and Tianna Wang was
third.
In the U1000 section: Trophies
Amy Lei - 1st
Saanvi Tiruveedhula - 2nd
Michelle Zhang - 3rd
U600 Trophies:
Sree Dasari - 1st
Michelle Chudnovsky - 2nd
Shreeya Gomathinayagam - 3rd
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION
NM Andrew Hoy
Chief TD
MACA INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW HOY
PRESIDENT OF THE BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
BY ED CHIU, MACA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
VIDEOS BY ED CHIU, MACA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
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