Sunday, September 25, 2016

Ig Nobel

The BBC had a news article about the Ig Nobel awards, announced at Harvard's Sanders Theatre.

The American science humour magazine, the Annals of Improbable Research, is the inspiration behind the Ig Nobels, which are now in their 26th year.

Boylston CF leaders Andrew and Natasha enjoyed the ceremonies.

Natasha and Andrew (lower left in red) at Saunders Theater Ig Nobel awards ceremony

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37443204

in 2004 Christopher Chabris, a chess master, and Daniel Simons won an Ig Nobel award for their remarkable study of selective visual attention.

In my opinion this could be a source of some blunders in chess when players focused so attentive to certain issues completely miss obvious blunders.

Christopher Chabris

Collection	Ig® Nobel - Winners
Year	2004
Category	Psychology
Countries	United States
Description	Daniel Simons of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Christopher Chabris of Harvard University, for demonstrating that when people pay close attention to something, it's all too easy to overlook anything else -- even a woman in a gorilla suit.
Reference	http://"Gorillas in Our Midst" Daniel J. Simons and Christopher F. Chabris, vol. 28,Perception, 1999, pages 1059-74. ; DEMO: http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/media/ig.html

https://youtu.be/vJG698U2Mvo

http://theinvisiblegorilla.com/gorilla_experiment.html

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Annual Meeting

Boylston Chess Foundation

Annual Meeting

The BCF annual meeting, including the election of officers and Board will be held October 25, 7pm - 8 pm, followed by a meeting by the new Board.

All members are urged to attend and vote.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

October Quads

October Quads

Date	Saturday, October 1, 2016
Event Format	3RR
Time Control	G/65 d10
Sections	Players will be arranged into quads by rating
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes	$$80 First place in top quad, $$50 First place in each of the other quads
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:30pm
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Monday, September 19, 2016

Marc Esserman on the Smith Morra

I was checking my mail this morning and saw an ad for books recommended by Joel Johnson:

Sunday Scholastic

September Scholastic

Date	Sunday, September 25, 2016
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/30 d5
Sections	Two Sections: 14 & Under and 8 & Under
Entry Fee	$25, $20 for BCF members, $5 more at door
Prizes	Trophies for 1st/2nd each age group, medal for 3rd
Registration	10:00am - 10:20am
Round Times	10:30am, 11:50am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm
Description	FREE street parking on Sundays!
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Plus Score

Plus Score Tournament

Date	Saturday, September 24, 2016
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/60 d5
Sections	One Section
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes	Prizes based on score: 4.0 = $100, 3.5 = $60, 3.0 = $40, 2.5 = $20
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm
Description	Max two half point byes (half point byes do not count for prizes)
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

BCC HAROLD DONDIS MEMORIAL SMASHES 2016 ATTENDANCE RECORDS: 50 PLAY // PERELSHTEYN / KATZ / CHUDNOVSKY 1-3RD OPEN // JONATHAN HSU 1ST U1800 SECTION // 2-4TH: NEALE / BELOUS / RAJARAM // HOLMGREN / ZIONG 5-7TH //

BCC HAROLD DONDIS MEMORIAL 4SS

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

CAMBRIDGE, MA USA
OPEN SECTION
[1GM, 1 IM, 1 FM, 6 NM's in attendance]

GM Eugene Perelshteyn, black, vs IM Alexander Katz: draw!

Eugene, Alex and FM Jacob Chudnovsky each scored 3.5
points to share 1-3rd place.

GM Eugene Perelshteyn vs Nathan Smolensky, former

BCC President and current MACA President, Round 1.

NM Brandon Wu vs GM Eugene Perelshteyn, Round 2.

Expert Jerry Li vs IM Alex Katz (MIT) Round 1.

Jerry was 2/4 with a +17 to 2020 rating.

NM Andrew Hoy vs FM Jacob Chudnovsky, Round 1.

Andrew finished with 2.5 points and a +1 to 2254 rating.

Jacob scored 3.5 points to share 1-3rd place with
GM Eugene Perelshteyn and IM Alex Katz.

Expert Andy Trattner (MIT) vs NM Farzad Abdi, Round 1.

Farzad scored 3 points to share 5-7th place with

Sherif Khater and Nithin Kavi and Richard Yi.
Andy scored 2.5 points to share 8-10th place.
(background):

Nithin Kavi, black vs Calvin Hori, Round 1.
(background): Richard Yi vs Paul Mishkin.
Calvin scored 2.5 points to share 8-10th place
and a +28 to 1841 rating.
Richard Yi scored 3 points to share 5-7th place
and a +21 to 2153 rating.

Kevin Lu (MIT) v former BCC Champion, NM Lawyer Times,
Round 3. Lawyer was 1/2 for 2 points. Lu scored 1.5 points.
(background): Sherif Khater, black vs Nithin Kavi.
Khater scored 3 points to share 5-7th place with Nithin and
Richard Yi.
U1800 SECTION

Jonathan Hsu, clear 1st U1800 Section
with 3.5 points and a +79 to 1652 rating.
Bravo, Jonathan!
IN CHESS: SIZE DOESN'T MATTER, OR DOES IT?

Joy Cao, black vs Mark Robert Neale. Mark scored 3 points
to share 2-4th with Nicholas Belous and Achyuta Rajaram.
(Background:) Achyuta Rajaram.

Eric Feng, black vs Nicholas Belous, Round 1.
Nicholas scored 3 points to share 2-4th place.
CRITICAL GAME

Mark Neale rose to the occasion to take the full point in this
4th Round game vs Holmgren. Mark scored 3 points while
Robert scored 2.5 to share 5-6th place with Jason Xiong.

Jason Xiong plays black vs Evan Wei in Round 3.
SCENES AROUND THE
TOURNAMENT HALL

Natasha Christiansen, BCC Vice President and event
assistant TD plays white vs NM Hal Terrie, Round 1: draw!

Open Section: Lewis Tu, black vs Juan Payan, Round 3.

Nicholas Belous, black vs Eric Feng: draw!

Eric Feng, black vs Steve Stepak, Round 2. Photo: JWu
BLUE EAR PLUGS TAKE CARE OF THINGS

Paul Mishkin ready to rumble vs Charles Bing, Round 3.
MILESTONE

Expert Nithin Kavi vs FM Jacob Chudnovsky, Round 2. Draw!
Nithin also drew NM Sherif Khater in Round 3.
For his efforts, Nithin earned a +16 to 2165.
Nithin will soon attain a USCF master rating!
Go for it, Nithin!

Chief TD NM Andrew Hoy

Chief Asst. TD Natasha Christiansen

Asst. TD IM Nathan Katz

PHOTO: BUTTERFLY

GRAPHIC DESIGN

STEVE STEPAK

Board Meeting

BCF Board of Directors Meeting

Date	Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Description		BCF members are always welcome to attend our Board of Directors meetings. An opportunity to learn how your Chess Club works and to contribute your ideas and opinions. 7:00pm - 9:00pm (Mass. Ave. metered parking is FREE after 6:00PM)

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Tornado #125

Tornado #125

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Date	Saturday, September 17, 2016
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/60 d5
Sections	Open & U1900
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes	$300 based on 25 paid entries: Open 1st $125, 2nd $75 U1900 1st $60, 2nd $40
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

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Sept Friday Night Action. CANCELLED

Friday Night Action

CANCELLED

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Date	Friday, September 16, 2016
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/25 d5
Sections	One Section
Entry Fee	$40, $30 for BCF members, $5 more at door
Prizes	$150-$100-$50, U2200 $50 based on 19 paid entries
Registration	6:30pm - 6:55pm
Round Times	7:00pm, 8:15pm, 9:15pm, and 10:15pm
Description	One bye for either round 1 or round 4, request with registration.
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Monday, September 12, 2016

hauptturnier

Hauptturnier

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Date	Monday, September 12 - November 7
Event Format	Round Robin
Time Control	30/90 SD/30 d10
Sections	Players will be arranged into round robin sections
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes	Based on entries
Registration	6:30pm - 7:00pm
Round Times	7:15pm
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List