Summer is over. School has started. It's time to get the Friday Night Blitz back at the Boylston, AT ITS NEW LOCATION!
For this season's inaugural outing of the Friday Night Blitz, we've
turbo-charged the prize fund to draw a crowd and have some fun! Come
one, come all!
USCF rated blitz event, USCF membership is required for all players. Please visit new.uschess.org/join-us-chess to join or renew. Event located at 35 Kingston St, Boston, MA, near Downtown Crossing.
Prizes:
Open Section: $400-$200-$100
Top Under 2300 $75
Top Under 2100 $75
U1900 Section: $100-$50
First round (October 6) will be at 40 Norris St, Cambridge, MA.
(Rounds 2-4 will be held at 35 Kingston St, Boston, MA.)
Date
Thursdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27
Event Format
4SS
Time Control
40/90 SD/20 d5
Sections
Open & U1900
Entry Fee
$35, $20 for BCF members
Prizes
$300 based on 25 entries: Open $125, $75; U1900 $60 $40
Registration
6:45pm - 7:10pm
Round Times
7:15pm
Description
This event will be held at35 Kingston St, Boston, MA., beginning rounds 2-4
Bye and withdrawal requests must be received by 6:45pm.
Sections with fewer than 10 players may be merged.
** A current USCF membership is required **
Players rated >=1700 may play in the open section
$360 based on 25 paid entries: Open 1st $150, 2nd $90 U1800 1st $70, 2nd $50
Registration
9:30am - 9:45am
Round Times
10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, and 6:00pm
Description
Will you collect the final infinity stone at the Norris Street Finale? Compete to find out!
In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section.
Rated players rated within 200 points of the lower section maximum may
play up one section.
6SS, 1 lichess game per Tuesday night set up by individual challenge
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 10/18/2022 @ 6 PM
Round Times
Tuesday at 6:30 PM unless two players agree to reschedule
Description
NO CHESS ON TUESDAY 10/4 (night before Yom Kippur)
Contact info: TD Nick Sterling. E-mail: boylstonchess@gmail.com. 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.
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.
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.
$360 based on 25 paid entries: Open 1st $150, 2nd $90 U1800 1st $70, 2nd $50
Registration
9:30am - 9:45am
Round Times
10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, and 6:00pm
Description
In accordance with BCF
policy, unrated players may play in any section. Rated players rated
within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section.
$300 based on 25 paid entries: Open $125, $75 U1900 $60 $40
Registration
6:45-6:55pm
Round Times
7:00pm
Description
Bye and withdrawal requests must be received by 6:30pm.
Sections with fewer than 10 players may be merged; accelerated pairings may be used.
** A current USCF membership is required **
Players rated =>1600 may play in the open section
Free entry for club members rated >= 2200
$300 based on 25 entries: Open $125, $75; U1900 $60 $40
Registration
6:30pm - 6:55pm
Round Times
7:00pm
Description
Bye and withdrawal requests must be received by 6:30pm.
Sections with fewer than 10 players may be merged.
** A current USCF membership is required **
Players rated >=1700 may play in the open section
HOPKINTON
– Katharine (“Kate”) Brownlee Gasser, 75, of Hopkinton, passed away at
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Saturday, August 13, 2022.
Born in New York City, New York, she was the daughter of the late Emily (Graves) and Robertson Sillars.
She met her future husband Morrie Gasser in college, and they have been together ever since, happily married for 53 years.
Kate
held a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Chicago,
a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and was licensed as a Professional Engineer. In
her career, she worked for technology companies as a computer
programmer and mechanical engineer. Her hobbies and talents included
chess, painting and drawing.
In 1962 at the age of 14, she played
in the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship in New York City, and in 1963 she
won the U.S. Women’s Open Chess Championship in Chicago. She was a
lifelong member of the U.S. Chess Federation.
She was passionate
about contributing to the community, working as a volunteer teaching
chess, helping at the Greater Boston Food Bank, and teaching mathematics
at the Cambridge Community Learning Center.
Kate will be
remembered as a kind and compassionate woman who cared deeply for her
friends & family. She was strong minded but scrupulously fair and
honest, always concerned for others. She handled life’s ups and downs
with a song in her heart. We are eternally grateful for her treasured
presence in our lives.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two
children, Daniel Gasser of Danvers and Rebecca Gasser of Rehovot,
Israel, and her siblings David, Janet and Tony Sillars. She also leaves
behind 3 grandchildren, Noa Yaish, Emma Pliska and Dylan Gasser.
A
graveside service will take place at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 18
at the Framingham/Natick Jewish Cemetery, 39 Fairview Avenue in Natick.
In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Friends of the Community Learning Center in Cambridge.
Arrangements are under the care of the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton.
ABSOLUTELY NO ONSITE REGISTRATION AFTER 9:45AM.
** No byes or withdrawals are allowed. All rounds must be played. **
** A current USCF membership is required. **
The BCC needs you! Construction work is ongoing at our new home. The next step is a clean-up before painting.
We
need help vacuuming, sweeping, and dusting (including of ceiling light
fixtures). If you have some time and elbow grease to spare, please come
by at any time between 10 am - 2 pm on Saturday, August 20:
The BCC needs you! Construction work is ongoing at our new home. The next step is a clean-up before painting.
We need help vacuuming, sweeping, and dusting (including of ceiling
light fixtures). If you have some time and elbow gease to spare, please
come by at any time between 10:00am - 2:00pm on Saturday, August 20:
35 Kingston St., Suite 1
Boston, MA 02111
Players may be grouped into sections of six players by Rating; accelerated pairings may be used
Entry Fee
$40, $25 for BCF members
Prizes
None; all proceeds will support the club
Registration
Online only - ends 9:30am August 14
Round Times
10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm
Description
Limited to players
born in 2001 or earlier, or college students. A player of
college-student age not actually in college may be admitted at the TD's
individual discretion.
Free parking on Sundays!
Unrated over the board event
Unrated play for adults (21 years and older) who have no rating or a US Chess rating less than 1500.
Total to play is $30 for up to four games. Winner of each game gets $10. Swiss pairing used to determine player matchups.
First place winner gets an extra $50.
Pizza, wine, and other refreshments served.
$360 based on 25 paid entries: Open 1st $150, 2nd $90 U1800 1st $70, 2nd $50
Registration
9:30am - 9:45am
Round Times
10:00am, 1:45pm, and 5:00pm
Description
In accordance with BCF
policy, unrated players may play in any section. Rated players rated
within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section.
Sections may be merged if there are few players in one section.
