BCC SUMMER SOLSTICE RESOUNDING SUCCESS: 46 PLAY / KIDS EXCEL // FM ED SONG / NM OSCAR MALDONADO /AIDAN SOWA / 1-3 RD / OPEN // KALVIN HORI / JOHN ARCHIBALD 1-2ND U1950 //

SUMMER SOLTICE OPEN

SMASHES ALL SATURDAY EVENT ATTENDANCE RECORDS!!

with 46 registered players . . . in 2 sections

FULL HOUSE!!

OPEN SECTION

FM Ed Song vs Brandon Wu, Round 3.

Ed won this game on the road to share 1-3rd place

with Oscar Maldonado and Aidan Sowa: each scoring 3.5 points.
[Ed, a high-school senior, playing out of Michigan, is visiting
Cambridge MA for MIT to check out the possibilities for next year.]

Brandon was 4-6th with Andrew Hoy and Nithin Kavi scoring

3 points each. Brandon was 2188 to 2192 rating hike on his

quest for the 2200 mark! Go Brandon!

NM Oscar Maldonado vs Alan Song, Round 2.

Oscar, visiting from Florida, won this game on the road to 

sharing 1-3rd place with FM Ed Song (no relation to Alan) 

and Aidan Sowa, each scoring 3.5 points.

Alan finished the event with 2.5 points and a +19 rating 

hike to 1994. Bravo Alan!

Aidan Sowa v Nithin Kavi, Round 3. Aidan won this game

and secured a 1-3rd place finish in the Open Section with 3.5 

points. Nithin was 4-6th place with 3 points and a +14 to 

2127 rating hike.

U1950 SECTION

Eddie Wei v Jerry Li, Round 2

Paul Mishkin vs Fridrik Karlsson;

John Archibald (upper right corner) v Calvin Hori: draw!

Archibald and Hori scored 3.5 points each and tied for

1-2nd place in the U1950 section. Bravo Jonny!! Way-t'go!

Skyler Zhou scored 3 points to take clear
3rd place in the U1950 section,
for a +60 point rating hike to 1606.
Bravo, Skyler!

Joy Cao scored 2.5 points in the U1950 section
for a +30 to a 1563 rating. Brava, Joy!

BETWEEN ROUNDS
THE COUCH: 
KIDS LEARNING GROUP CONFIGURATIONS

No doubt focusing on a chess app, Eddie Wei

keeps the kids enthralled . . .

BOYS LEARNING GROUP CONSULTATIONS

Eddie Wei and David Tianyi Zhou lead the group . . .

Bernardo Iglesias, Chief TD

Mother and daughter learning

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK