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| banner: Tony Cortizas, Jr. |
| Date | Monday, January 1, 2018 |
| Event Format | 4SS |
| Time Control | G/40 d5 |
| Sections | Rated & Unrated |
| Entry Fee | $35, $20 for BCF members, $5 more at door |
| Prizes | Based on entries |
| Registration | 11:00am - 11:40am |
| Round Times | 11:45am, 1:40pm, 3:30pm, 5:10pm |
| Description | Free food and drinks all day for tournament players |
| Entry List | Current Pre-Registration List |
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by Tony Cortizas, Jr.
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Herb Healy Open House 2018
- Our annual kickoff tournament
- Free food served to all players all day
- Two sections: rated and non-rated
Please
come to the annual BCC open house,
see some old friends,
make some new
ones,
play some chess (rated or unrated),
and enjoy a free lunch.
It's a
great way to start the 2018 chess year.
Registration isn't until 10:45,
so you can sleep in from your celebrating the night before.
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Since
1974 Boston area chess players have started the new year with a tournament and open
house at the Boylston Chess Club.
In 1980 the open house was dedicated
to Herb Healy, described below by Bernardo Iglesias.
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Irving Yaffe, in Memoriam.
Irv catered the Herb Healy for years!
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Passing the baton to
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| BCC Veteran chess player and member, Board of Directors , |
Mike Griffin high-lights one of his prime dogs at the deli table which
he volunteered to organize and operate. Thank you Mike for your
contribution!
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Start 2018 out right.
Come play chess with friends.
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Bernardo did a sketch of the origination of the Herb Healy Open House:
Herbert E. Healy was born on July 13, 1885 and died on Wednesday, January 9, 1974 in Boston. [Thanks to George Mirijanian for providing July 13 as his exact day of birth.]
He was 88 years old and one of the
original Charter members of the Boylston Chess Club at its official
organization in 1919. He was Secretary Emeritus at his death.
“The Club was saddened by the death of Herbert Healy, Charter Member and Secretary Emeritus, on Wednesday night, January 9, 1974. This occurred only days after the Herbert Healy Appreciation Tournament (the 30-30 New Year’s Event) and Testimony was held in his honor. Wednesday had a 10”-12” snowfall, but Mr. Healy showed up at the Union and peeked into the Chess Quarters. [ He went to his home in the South End on Brookline Ave.] He died in his sleep. (Only Dave Hudnut, in the Providence Rhode Island area, remains as a Charter Club Member.)”
In 1980 the New Year's 30/30 was permanently dedicated to him as Herbert E. Healy Open House. Herbert E. Healy along with Harry Lyman, Irvin Yaffee, Myer Edelstein and others customarily provided food to the participants of this event.
This information was taken from minutes of the club from January 27, 1974 and talking with Mr.Harry Lyman and William Lukowiak in past years. There are more testimonies about Mr. Healy that I am omitting.
Bemardo Iglesias
December 2007
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