MIT TRUMPS HARVARD IN BILLY COLLINS INVITATIONAL BLITZ // 22 PLAY // YOUTH + EXPERIENCE PREVAIL // CHESS OUTREACH //

 

 

MASTERS PLAY BLITZ CHESS
SMITH CAMPUS CENTER, HARVARD

First winner of William Collins Speed Chess

Championship, Moise Y. Safra Plaza

(Smith Campus Center, Harvard University:

FM Varun Krishnan, Harvard University)

SOLVING THE PUZZLE
ROUND 1: 2 DRAWS

Ålex Yu vs Michael Isakov
ROUND 3: 2 DRAWS

 Danila Poliannikov (2302) plays black vs  
Jacob Chudnovsky (2449)
DEEP ACTION

 Andrew Lu vs Le Nguyen
CHESS MAKES YOU SMART AND TIRED

Alex Yu plays Ilya Krasik Round 4
(above): Deepyaman Datta (2270) plays Andrew Lu (2230)

 FM CARISSA YIP TAKES TWO: ROUND 6
EARLY STAGES:

FINISHING TOUCHES WITH BLACK:

 Billy Collins in deep consternation vs Carissa  Yip.

 INTENSITY 

Mikhail Minkin, black vs FM Bill Kelleher

(Above, Center) Vesna B. Dimitrijevic, Ph.D. MIT

 veteran chess player in the Boston area

for over 40 years; [USCF rating: 2159; 

FIDE title: Woman's International Master]    
FINAL ROUND

NM Jason Altschuler (USCF: 2380 {highest} vs
FM Mikhail Perelshteyn [USCF: 2674 (highest)]

FM Mikhail Perelshteyn, age 63, chess coach

and proud father of GM Eugene Perelshteyn

captured clear 3rd place.

Andrew Lu (USCF: 2230) vs Aaron Jacobson (USCF: 2426)  
CLEAR 2ND PLACE

 FM Aaron Jacobson (USCF: 2426), Harvard University
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, SM program,
collects his cash prize, handed out by Nathan Smolensky,
organizer of the event and tournament director.

And the winner is: Jason Altschuler, 
Ph.D. 4th year, Computer Science MIT
/Princeton University. Class of 2016
(USCF: 2380)

(seen here with Billy Collins)

PHOTOS AND TEXT:
STEVE STEPAK
[crosstable constructed by: Nathan Smolensky]

Billy Collins, Boston MA, age 64
USCF: 2127

playing chess for 45 years.
 Best result: beating an IM, FM and NM
in one tournament at the Boylston Chess Club,
Davis Square, Somerville.