SPRING CHESS FESTIVAL
4SS GAME 60 / 5" DELAY
IN 2 SECTIONS: OPEN AND U1800
OPEN SECTION
MEISTRO PERFORMS
10 yr old Jerry Li stays focused vs NM Chris Williams
blitz endgame technique in Round 3. Chris won this game
and went on to score 4 for 4 to take clear 1st place.
Jerry scored 2.5 points to place 4-10th.
Chess Expert Joe Perl vs FM Steve Winer, Round 4.
Joe won this game and scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place.
Steve scored 2.5 points to share 4-10th place.
NM Chris Williams vs NM Brandon Wu, Round 4.
Brandon scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place.
U1800 SECTION
Bob Oresick plays black vs Justin Y Li in Round 1: draw!
Justin went on to score 3 points to share 1-2 place and
Bob scored 2.5 points to share 3-6th place.
(background): Riya Kanury vs Carah Su.
Riya Kanury, black vs Samuel Makarian, Round 2.
Riya scored 3 points to share 1-2nd place.
CRITICAL GAME
Justin Y Li, black v Riya Kanury, Round 4.
Justin won this game to share 1-2nd place.
SCENES FROM
AROUND THE HALL
KIDS LEARN QUICKLY
Jerry Li, black vs NM Chris Williams, Round 2.
(standing): Alexander Fang Meng.
Round 3.
Bob Oresick vs Achuta Rajaram, Round 2.
Achyuta scored 2.5 points to share 3-6th place.
(background): Eric Li vs Justin Y Li.
Jason Tang scored 2.5 points to share 4-10th place.
NM Hal Terrie plays Lewis Tu, Round 1.
Maxwell Chen vs Zubin Baliga, Round 4.
(background): Alexander Fang Meng vs Jerry Li.
Sharvil Trifale vs NM Chris Williams, Round 1.
Sharvil Trifale is playing a respectable endgame vs NM Chris
Williams, as his parents mother (left edge) and father (right edge)
observe. Also, Atul Kannan (standing, purple, left), TD in training,
watches. (foreground): Professor Pillai.
Jerry Li vs Harvard Professor of Statistics Natesh Pillai,
Round 1.
Steve Stepak, black vs Kevin Li, Round 4. [Now this was a
nice game: B07 Pirc Defense vs the 1. e4 . . . . opening.
It was about to be a draw, over 50 moves, played like two
masters might have performed it. Yet! Things don't always
end the way one might expect. I had a feeling that if it
had been my turn the game would have been a draw
through: stalement! I should have put 2 and 2 together,
connect the dots with this "stalemate" thought. What
I didn't calculate was that if my young opponent found
a way to check my king, he would win by checkmate!
Ooch! I admit, I did not see this, and was duly punished
by my carelessness! Bravo, Kevin. He really understands
chess and did see what I should have, so: checkmate!]
FULL HOUSE
ROUND 1
(center): Bernardo Iglesias, Chief TD, adjusts a clock.
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
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