Monday, November 28, 2016

BCC 2 DAY EVENT: THANKSGIVING PREMIER IN 2 SECTIONS // 33 PLAY // NM CARISSA YIP PERFECT 4-0 / 1ST / OPEN // DAVID MILLIERN / LEWIS TU / JOE RAY / JONATHAN HSU / JOHN ARCHIBALD 1-5TH ! //

BCC THANKSGIVING PREMIER
IN 2 SECTIONS
OPEN SECTION
NM Carissa Yip, making a plan. Round 1.
vs Maxwell Zhao, takes event with perfect 4-0.
+15 to 2319 rating!
NM Carissa Yip vs Maxwell Zhao, Round 1.
NM Carissa Yip vs Maxwell Zhao, Round 1.
Max finished the event with 1.5 points.
MID-STREAM
Yip v Zhao, Round 1.
NM Farzad Abdi v Bernie Xu, Round 1.
Farzad tied 2-3rd with Jason Tang with 3 point out of 4.
Bernie was 1/4 on the day.
Jason Tang vs Mark Fins, Round 1.
Jason scored 3/4 to share 2-3rd place with
NM Farzad Abdi. 
Eric Feng, black vs Natasha Christiansen, Round 1.
Both Eric and Natasha scored 2.5 point to share 4-5th place.
U2000
David Milliern, black vs Joy Cao, Round 1.
David scored 3 points to share 1-5 place with
Lewis Tu (blue top, above right), Joe Ray, Jonathan Hsu and John Archibald.
Joy scored 2 point out of 4 for a solid 50 percent!
Dr. Chase Yarbrough, MD, resident in pediatrics and internal 
medicine at Boston Children's Hospital keeps his mind sharp 
with a little tournament chess. Here he is playing black, vs Joe Ray 
who scored 3 points to share 1-5 place in the U2000 Section. 
Dr. Yarbrough was 2 for 4 on the day.
Kelsey Liu vs Lawrence Tu; Samuel Gloss, black, vs
John Archibald; Jonathan Hsu vs Evan Wei, Round 1.
John Archibald and Jonathan Hsu scored 3 points each,
to share in the pile-up of 1-5th place.
(background, standing): Zubin Balgia.
SCENES AROUND THE HALL 
Calvin Hori vs Alex Yu, Round 1.
Bob Oresick, white vs Max Sunog, Round 1.
Joy Cao, U200 Section, Round 1.
CHIEF EVENT TD: PAUL HODGDEN
CHIEF ASSISTANT TD: NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN
                                                                                             Photo: David Martin
Zubin Baliga vs Steve Stepak
PHOTOS OF EVENT: STEVE STEPAK

December Quads

 
 
 
DateSaturday, December 3, 2016
Event Format3RR
Time ControlG/65 d10
SectionsPlayers 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
Registration9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times10:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:30pm
Entry ListCurrent Pre-Registration List














December Scholastic


DateSunday, December 4, 2016
Event Format4SS
Time ControlG/30 d5
SectionsTwo Sections: 14 & Under and 8 & Under
Entry Fee$25, $20 for BCF members, $5 more at door
PrizesTrophies for 1st/2nd each age group, medal for 3rd
Registration10:00am - 10:20am
Round Times10:30am, 11:50am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm
DescriptionFREE street parking on Sundays.
Entry ListCurrent Pre-Registration List














Sunday, November 27, 2016

BCC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP: NM CARISSA YIP FIRST FEMALE IN BCC HISTORY: 7/10 // 1ST PLACE BY ONE POINT // OVER 2300 RATING, AGAIN //

BCC CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
BCC Logo
FIRST FEMALE BCC CLUB CHAMPION
NM Carissa Yip scores 7 points for clear 1st place by 1 point.
NM Brandon Wu, black vs NM Carissa Yip, Round 6.
NM Lawyer Times vs NM Professor Tim Sage. Round 5.
Lawyer scored 6 points to share 2-3rd place with 
NM Sherif Khater. (background): Bob Oresick plays 
Percy Yip in the Hauptturnier which ran concurrently
with the BCC Club Championship.
Charles Bing, black vs NM Sherif Khater, Round 4.
Sherif scored 6 points to share 2-3rd place with NM Lawyer Times.
NM Brandon Wu vs NM Andrew Hoy,  Round 4.
Brandon and Andrew scored 5 points to share 4-6th place
with NM Professor Sage.
NM Lawyer Times, black vs Bryant Vernon, Round 5.
Bryant scored 4 points to share 7-9th place with
Gabriel Birzu.
(background): Larry Eldridge vs Percy Yip
(way back): Bob Oresick below Harry Lyman portrait.
NM Professor Tim Sage vs Gabriel Birzu, Round 4.
Soren Pedersen, black vs Sherif Khater, Round 6.
Soren finished in 9th place with 2 points.
NM Professor Sage plays Charles Bing, Round 2.
Charles was BCC Junior Champion and had a feed into
the BCC Club Championship. Though Charles played
valiantly, he was clearly outclassed by the other players.
Yet! Charles was a good sport and surely gained a lot
of practical experience playing in the BCC major leagues.
Bravo! Charles, you were a good sport!
EVENT TD: NM ANDREW HOY
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

FULL CROSSTABLE:

BCC HAUPTTURNIER (7 Rounds)
(U2200)
Puichiu (Percy) Yip vs Johannes Lindvall, Round 4.
Percy is the proud father of Carissa Yip who won
the BCC Club Championship. Johannes won the
Hauptturnier with 6.5 out of 7 points.
Bob Oresick vs Larry Eldridge, Round 4.
Larry scored 4.5 points to capture clear 2nd place.
Bob scored 4 points to claim clear 3rd place.
Professor Natesh Pillai, black vs Bob Oresick.
Natesh is professor of statistics at Harvard University
and was unable to complete this event due to his work
commitments. (background): Charles Bing.
EVENT TD: NM ANDREW HOY
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

BOYLSTON FALL FIDE FESTIVAL: 7SS // 37 PLAY / 4 DAY EVENT // GM ALEXANDER IVANOV 1ST // ZUBIN BAGLIA 1ST U2200 //

FIDE
4 DAYS, 7SS, FIDE RATED
OPEN SECTION
Grandmaster Alexander Ivanov wins BCC FIDE Festival
with 6.5/7 feeding only 1 draw to IM Denys Shemlov.
NM Lawyer Times vs IM Denys Shmelov, Round 7.
Denys scored 5.5 points to take clear 2nd place.
Lawyer scored 4 points to share 5-8th place with 
NM Farzad Abdi, Logan Boucher, and Gabriel Birzu.
Jason Tang vs Danila Poliannikov, Round 7.
Jason Scored 4.5 points to share 
3-4th place with Within Kavi.
FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT: NITHIN KAVI
NM Carissa Yip, black, vs expert Nithin Kavi, Round 7.
Nithin, with a hand movement faster than the speed of 
light, opens his game with gusto. Nithin won this game 
to share 3-4th place with expert Jason Tang. Carissa 
scored 3.5 points, to take clear 9th place.
DETERMINATION
NM Farzad Abdi, black vs GM Alex Ivanov, Round 7.
FULL HOUSE
David Grawoig vs Paull Hodgden;
NM Evan Rabin, black vs Logan Boucher;
Logan scored 4 points to share 5-8th place.
(background): Suraj Ramanathan vs Jerry Li, Jason Tang, 
(right) NM Farzad Abdi vs GM Alex Ivanov; (left)
Danila Poliannikov, Zubin Baliga. 
U2200 SECTION
CONSISTENT AND SKILLED
Zubin Baliga clear 1st with 6 points.
CRITICAL GAME
Zubin Baliga vs Fridrik Karlsson, Round 7.
Frederick finished the event with 4 points to share
3-4th place with David Katzman.
David Katzmann (green) vs Uygar Polat (grey), Round 7.
The above game was played to a draw.
Uygar scored 5.5 points to take clear 2nd place.
David shared 3-4th place with Fridrik Karlsson.
(background): Tiana Wang (pink) and Bob Oresick (beard).
SHOTS FROM 
AROUND THE HALL
BEST TEE-SHIRT
Mark Robert Neale: EAT, SLEEP, PLAY . . . 
PAWN LIFT
Suraj Ramanathan (3), black vs Jerry Li (3), Round 7.
TALENTED JUNIORS
NM Carissa Yip, black vs Nithin Kavi, Round 7.
Kerry Huang vs Bob Oresick, Round 7. Bob won this one, 
scoring 3.5 points! Bravo, Bob!  Kerry also collected 3.5 points.
Brava, Kerry! (background): Lewis Tu, black vs Tianna Wang;
Lawrence Tu (2.5), black vs Mark Neale (3.5).
ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSE PLAYER
NM Andrew Hoy, black vs Ryan Wang, Round 7,
extra game. Ryan scored 3.5 points in the U2200 section.
Andrew was the TD for the event.
A ROBUST HANDSHAKE, ROUND 7
NM Farzad Abdi, black vs GM Alexander Ivanov.

CROSSTABLES OF EVENT:

PARTING SHOT: (Photo: Bob Oresick)
PHOTOS OF EVENT BY STEVE STEPAK