BCC WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP: TRALDI, KAVI, WALD

Round 4, BCC Winter Championship, March 9, 2013

 

Oliver Traldi, BCC Winter Co-Champion, Premier Section with 3.5 points.

 

Nithin Kavi: focused! Co-Champion, Premier Section with 3.5 points.

Joel Wald: BCC Winter Champion, U1800 section, 3.5 points.

 NM Eric Godin, black vs Arthur Tang, R3: draw. Godin finished, 3-4th, in Premier Section.

Expert Michelle Chen, finished 3-4th, in Premier Section.

Uri Feld, +10 rating points, Premier Section.

 

Matthew Manzo, clear 2nd, U1800, 3 points, +28 rating points.

Lucy Cai (+17 rating points) black, v Eddie Wei, Round 2, U1800 Section.

 

OK, let's see, what did I do wrong? Brandon Wu, Eddie Wei, Lucy Cai discuss chess.

 Foye v Kavi, Godin v Xu, Feld v Driscoll; Shankar, Manzo, Wald (left, background) . . . Round 2

 

Mark O'Brien v David Martin, Brandon Wu v Matthew Manzo, 

Sandeep Shankar v Joel Wald, Round 2.

To take or not to take that is the question: Farzad Abdi (left) took.

Oliver Traldi demonstrates his win, as the "poison" bishop is taken; 

not taken, position is +/= according to Rybka 4.

 

Brandon Wu, 2.5 points U1800 Section, +69 rating points!

 Conway Xu, 2 points, Premier Section, +17 rating points.

 

Kavi - Traldi, Round 4. The pressure is on. The players are tired.

Who will blink first, who will falter. Chess is a sport. 

In this case, both players were up to the task: neither player cracked under the pressure, 

neither erred. The game was drawn. The players share the title: BCC Winter Champion 2013.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: TIME TO SPRING AHEAD

 Just a quick note to the those aficianados 

of Vernal Equinox, today, Sunday March 10 is the day you move your clocks and wrist watches ahead one hour in the celebration of Daylight Savings Time.

The date of the Vernal Equinox: March 20, 2013, 11:02 AM.

BCC PREMIER WEEKNIGHT EVENT: Thursday March 7th

TNS

Women and Men, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls

Boylston Chess Club Premier Weeknight Event for the Thoughtful Players

The Thursday Night Swiss: 4SS 40/90 (+5"delay) // SD/20
Yes, this is a 4 round Swiss, starting this Thursday, March 7, and going on for 3 more Thursdays.
This is a tournament where each game has a time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes and then the rest of the game in 20 minutes. This time control allows you to have the time to set up your game and plan deep, complex combinations, transposing into won endgames (if your opponent cooperates).

This is a tournament for the player who does not want to rush moves. The winning strategy is clearly performance of sound and creative chess strategy and solid endgame technique.
So come to the Boylston Chess Club for an evening of quiet, serious chess.

Rounds begin at 7:00 PM [Check BCC Home Page "Calendar of BCC Events" for details.]
   

BCC WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP IS BACK: THIS IS IT

This is your chance to claim the title "BCC Champion of the Winter" . . . Yes, the event which was cancelled on February 9th, due to a severe snowstorm, is back. And the weather forecast for this Saturday, March 9th is sunny and mild.

So mark your calendar and review your openings . . . 

DETAILS: 4SS G/60 (+5" DELAY) 

IN 2 SECTIONS: OPEN AND U1800

See BCC Home Page: "Calendar of BCC Events" for more details and round times.

 See you Saturday!

BCC PARAMOUNT MONDAY: 2 SECTIONS 6 IN EACH

BCC 2RR 10 ROUND PARAMOUNT FINDS PLAYER. BOTH SECTIONS ARE EVEN AT 
6 PLAYERS EACH.  WILLIAM WOODROW WISDOM: WELCOME ABOARD!

William Woodrow Wisdom: added to Paramount. 2 Sections even with 6 players each.

Scenes from Round 2 Paramount

Wisdom, black vs O'Malley

 

Godin, black vs Perez-Daple

 

Astrachan, black vs Cross

 Smolensky, black vs Lee

 

Carr, black vs Cortizas

 

Pendergast, black vs Bernardo Iglesias, TD and player . . . 

 Stay Tuned . . .

PARAMOUT RESULTS FROM ROUND 2:

Section1: Perez-Daple v Godin 0-1; Cross v Astrachan draw; Lee v Smolensky 0-1;

Section 2: Iglesias v Pendergast 1-0; Cortizas v Carr 0-1; O'Malley v Wisdom adjourned.

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BCC MARCH QUADS GREAT SUCCESS STORY

6 QUADS, 24 PLAYERS GRACE THE TOURNAMENT ROOM OF THE BCC ON MARCH 2

An enthusiastic bunch of chess players begin Round 1 of March QUADS 2013

NM Andrew Wang 1-2nd with 2 points in Master Quad

Physics Professor Timothy Sage of

Northeastern University, scored 2 points for 1-2nd in Master Quad

Professor Sage on the move vs Jesse Nicholas, Round 1, Master Quad

1. e4 . . . 

NM Eric Godin and Jesse Nicholas, each scored 1 point in Master Quad

Arthur Tang played solid and consistent chess,

going a perfect 3-0 in the A Quads, good for + 41 rating points.

Nithin Kavi, Luke Lung and Arthur Tang, in Round 1 action.

Joshua Quint was clear 2nd with 1.5 points in A Quad.

Conway Xu was clear 1st in B Quad with 2.5 points.

Walter Driscoll III was 2nd with 2 points.

Nisha Deolalikar plays Thomas Carr in Round 2

The Boylston Chess Club welcomes Nisha Deolaikar, Junior

at Harvard University. The March Quads was her first tournament experience at the BCC.

 We hope to see her here many times again in the future.

William Woodrow Wisdom was clear 1st in the C Quads with 2 points.

Richard Mooney II and Brandon Wu were 2-3rd with 1.5 points.

The ever diligent Lucy Cai scored 1 point in the C Quad for a +11 in her rating.

Anthony DiNosse, winner of the Thursday Night Swiss, U1800 Section for February, plays Larry Jin.

Stephen Rubalcaba, black pieces, vs  Abhinav Govindaraju (background). Stephen won the D Quad with 2.5 points. Anthony DiNosse was 2nd with 2.

Abhinav Govindaraju, first time  BCC QUADS player.

The BCC welcomes all newcomers to the BCC tournament roster and extends a hearty invitation to all to return to the Club for more chess action and a warm camaraderie among chess players.

Between rounds fun in the BCC Skittles Room: Luke Lung plays Brandon Wu. 

Arthur Tang and Conway Xu enjoy the action.

The BCC March QUADS: another spectactularly well run chess event, 

directed by Bernardo Iglesias

Upsets Galore During February TNS!

Dan Schmidt: The
Upsetter!

The February Thursday Night Swiss concluded this last week and there were two upsets of note.

First, ending a string of more than 60 straight wins, International Master Marc Esserman lost his 4th round game against Daniel Schmidt, rated 1904. This caused a four way tie for first place with Evan Rabin, Terrence Fricker, Tony DiNosse, and Daniel Schmidt being crowned as Boylston Chess Club's February Thursday Night Swiss Winners!

Tony DiNosse
1st Under 1800

But that wasn't all! The Under 1800 Section had an unusual result as well. Losing the first round against Daniel Schmidt (who, as noted above, was apparently having a pretty good tournament), and gaining a BYE in the second round, 1168-rated Tony DiNosse went on to win the 3rd and 4th rounds against 1804-rated Brian Costello and 1761-rated Thom Medrek to gain the 1st Under 1800 prize for February's Thursday Night Swiss as well as a tie for 1st place. Seth Lieberman won 2nd Under 1800 with two points, winning against 1991-rated Ted Cross and our newest player Tom Stockbridge.

The February Thursday Night Swiss was directed by Doc Kinne, who has been absent of late, but is glad he's somewhat back!

Congratulations to all our winners and players for making February's Thursday Night Swiss one for the record books.