Monday, May 01, 2017

HARVARD SQUARE IN THE PIT: IM JOHN BARTHOLOMEW PLAYS ALL-COMERS FREE // GREAT TIME BY ALL // PROMOTION OF CHESS AS A FUN ACTIVITY //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
NO TOURNAMENTS SCHEDULED
FOR WEEKEND OF APRIL 29-30 DUE TO 
EASTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
[Continental Chess Association]
BCC PLAYERS EXCEL:
GM Alexander Lenderman 1-2nd; GM Samuel Sevian 1-2nd;
GM Alexander Ivanov 3rd; NM Farzad Abdi 1st U2300;
GM Giorgi Kacheishvili, GM Gil Popilski, GM Irina Krush;
WFM Carissa Yip 4-7th; Danila Poliannikov 1st Expert;
Professor J Timothy Sage 2-4th; Anton Barash 1st Class A;
Ryan Wang 1st Class B; NM Farzad Abdi, Ramya Inapuri,
1-2nd Blitz Event!
SUMMERTIME OUTDOORS
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER
International Master John Bartholomew
takes on all-comers in "The Pit" Harvard Square's
current center for casual chess.
IM John Bartholomew: FIDE 2455; USCF HIGHEST 
RATING ATTAINED: 2555; from Minneapolis, MN,
with a 67 percent score, overall.
John is a congenial, generous person who offered
to play all-comers, free. He is a popular figure on
the Internet with his youtube instructional
chess videos.  Bravo, John! Great show!
CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY
The local chess community is anticipating the completion
of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center
(former Holyoke Center) Harvard University's 
administrative building, in 18 months, which suggests
that, given the normal construction delays, we will not 
be seeing summer chess in this location until 2020.
The building will include a cafe with chess activity
inside as well as an outdoor plaza with chess
and games tables  provided for general public usage.
[I handed out lots of business cards to alert
the crowd that the BCC is one of the top
chess clubs in the USA and is just
up the street from Harvard Square!]
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

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