Boylston Chess : Early Autumn Six Week Swiss Online

 

 

 

Early Autumn Six-Week Swiss Online  

 

 

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Date	Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Event Format	6SS, 1 lichess game per Tuesday night set up
Time Control	Open: G/60 + 10 sec, U1900: G/45 + 5 sec
Sections	Open & U1900 (Unrated); accelerated pairings may be used
Entry Fee	$40, $25 for BCF members
Prizes	Open: $120-$80 based on 10 players; U1900: Trophy to 1st Place
Registration	Deadline October 22, 2024 @ 6 PM
Round Times	6:30pm
Description	Contact info: TD Nick Sterling. E-mail: td@boylstonchess.org. Text/cell: 781-733-0849. If I do not have your e-mail and cell phone # already, please send those to me in case we have to contact each other. If I do not have your lichess Username, please send that to me or include it in the comments in your Registration. For Round 1, Pairings will be posted on Tuesday just after 6 PM on the Boylston CC website. The cutoff time for registration in time to play a Round is Tuesday at 6 PM. Any players who register subsequent to 6 PM will be skipped until the following week's Round. Each Round begins at 6:30 PM except for games whose start times were agreed in advance to be changed. Players must join Zoom and Share their Screens or show their play areas in their camera views. The link will be sent to players by e-mail. Players with scores of at least +2, or in contention for a prize, may, at the TD's discretion, be required to provide at least two separate camera views on Zoom. Players must be current Members of USCF for the OPEN SECTION ONLY, not the U1900. However, if the Sections need to be combined due to insufficient registration, then players who joined the U1900 Section will need USCF Memberships to play in the Open. Forfeit of a Round for any reason may result in forfeit of any prize $$$ that would otherwise have been won, at the TD's discretion. Rating with USCF will be delayed by 72 hours after the completion of the tournament to give lichess time to ensure Fair Play was observed in all games.
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

$15 Open

 The September $15 Open saw 46 combatants fight it out on a fall Saturday. There were a number of outstanding performances. 

John Archibald took first in the open section with a perfect score despite being just the 4th highest rated player at the event start. His performance gained him over 50 points putting him back above 2100. 

An even larger upset was Ben Palmer finishing second with 3.5 points. This outstanding result helped him nearly 150 points crossing not just 1800 but also 1900 for the first time. 

On a more disappointing note Henry He entered the event sitting on 2199 a single point from becoming a titled player. Henry lost his first game in an upset and withdrew. We are rooting for Henry who in his next event will hope to get the 2200 level. 

Jianda Liu won a very competitive under section with a perfect score gaining 60 rating points. Jianda was one of three players in the under section that had the rating to play up.

Lucas Irvine passed 1600 for the first time off a 3 out of 4 performance with his only loss coming from Jianda in round 3  

September quads

The numbers were on the players side as we were able to make 5 quads with no need for a small swiss. 

Michael Carey took care of business with the top rated player winning the top quad with 2.5/3.0.

Ella Zhang and Rejan Dey split the second squad each with 2.0 points. Ella got her rating back over 1700 with the strong event.

Justin Guerra took the third quad with a perfect score.  

Haley Martin, the TD, took the fourth quad with a perfect score. Haley has been on a bit of a hot streak. This event brought her rating to over 1300.  She was under 1100 at the beginning of August. 

Aiden Shang and Santiago Benoit tied in the final quad, each collecting 2 of the possible three points.

Mikayel takes another Friday Night Blitz

Mikayel added to his trophy case with a first place in the Friday Night Blitz event. 10 points out of a possible 12 allowed him to cruise to an easy victory 1.5 points ahead of his closest competitor.

August Tuesday Night Swiss

Andrew Hoy won the open section.  Justin Guerra took first in the under section earning the right to play up next month. It feels like a matter of time until Justin breaks through and leaves the under section for good. Your author here needs to apologize to Michael Brown as his second should have been a first place if I didn't blunder a clearly winning position against Justin in the final round.