BCC EARTH DAY $5 OPEN: SAVE A TREE, SAVE A SOUL

The first Earth Day happened on April 22, 1970. Established by Gaylord Nelson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, to focus attention on and duty to preserving a healthy, sustainable environment. In the spirit of this concept, the BCC held a 32 player 4 round Swiss, in 2 sections: Premier and U1650. In a highly competitive field of 19 players, NM Carey Theil and Expert Jesse Nicholas tied for 1st place in the Premier Section with a score of 3.5 out of 4.

NM Carey Theil 3.5 points 1-2nd place in Premier Section.

Carey brought his rating over 2200 in this event, to 2204. Bravo Carey.

Keep up the good work.

Jesse Nicholas, 1-2nd with 3.5 points in Premier Section.

Jesse is fast heading towards the 2200 rating mark with 2156. Bravo Jesse.

A tense, calculating struggle in Round 3: Nicholas v Theil: draw!

NM Eric Godin 3-9th, Premier Section with 2.5 points.

Terrence Fricker, 3-9th, Premier Section.

Carissa Yip, 3-9th in Premier Section

Oliver Traldi 3-9th, Premier Section

Carissa Yip vs Seth Lieberman, Round 2: draw.

Lieberman also scored 2.5 points to place 3-9th in Premier Section.

Traldi vs Jerry Williams; Fricker vs Arthur Tang (also 3-9th in Premier Section)

and (back back): Kavi, black vs Dondis. Round 2.

Top Scholastic Players in Massachusetts Nithin Kavi vs Carissa Yip: draw!

Round 4 action. (background) Sandeep Vadlamudi vs Arthur Tang; 

Terrence Fricker, black vs Jerry Williams.

Nithin Kavi, 3-9th, Premier Section; runner up, "best hat."

Harold Dondis, Esq. at 90+ scored +1 rating points in the Premier Section.

Harold won "best hat" of the event. 

Long hard think: Gabriel Birzu plans his strategy vs a

well-prepared Brandon Wu.  Birzu scored 3.5 points to win clear 1st 

in the U1650 Section. Brandon was 2-6th.

Gabriel Birzu plays Michael Yu who came in 2-6th.

Tony Cortizas, 2-6th, U1650 Section

Sammi Pan writes her move playing Tony DiNosse in Round 2.

Sammi also scored 2.5 points to share 2-6th place.

(background) Ted Cross vs Nathan Smolensky, in a make-up 

Paramount Tournament game.

William Wisdom vs David Sun in Round 3. Sun also scored 2.5 points

to place 2-6th in the U1650 Section. 

PS: Is there a win for White in this position?

And Lieberman vs Traldi, Round 4: White is up a pawn. 

Enough to win? Game ended in a draw.  

There were 19 players in the Premier Section;  13 in the U1650,

for a total of 32 participants in Earth Day chess.