MIKA BRATTAIN PERFECT IN BCC MASTER QUAD // 3 QUADS + 3SS FEATURED EVENTS ON HOT SPRINGTIME DAY IN DAVIS SQ, SOMERVILLE MA

 

NM Mika Brattain takes home the prize in master quad with 3-0 performance.

 

Expert Jesse Nicholas (right) plays NM Andrew Wang in Round 2.

 Expert Jason Spector plays black vs Oliver Traldi in Round 2 action: draw!

Expert Jason Spector from Brookline, MA and Nashville, TN places 1-2nd in Expert Quad.

 

Arthur Tang, black vs Oliver Traldi in Round 3. Traldi earned +67 rating points 

to reach the expert category at 2007. Bravo, Oliver.

 

Oliver Traldi plays black vs Siddharth Arun. Traldi recorded 2.5 points for a share of 

first place in Expert Quad. (background, center)  Arthur Tang. Round 1 action.

 

Harvard Law vs MIT: Harold Dondis, Esq. faces off with Thomas Carr.

Sir Thomas won the day with a perfect 3-0 talley in the A Quad.

Harold remains the oldest active club player in the USA if not the World!

3SS EVENT: 8 players

 

Richard Mooney vs Bernardo Iglesias, Round 3: draw.

Sir Richard and BCC Senior TD Bernardo shared the prize with 2.5 points each.

 

Dr. Glenn Feole, visiting from Greenville, SC plays black vs Eric Feng. 

Feng took clear 3rd in the 3SS with 2 points.

 

Top 7 yr old prodigy Eddie Wei considers 

this drawn endgame vs Lucy Cai (Jiaying).

 Lucy Cai, 9, a diligent player and student of chess, 

got her rating back over 1400 to 1403. Brava Lucy!

 

Maxwell Zhao, in 3SS, playing at the BCC for the first time.

Welcome, Max.  Hope to see you again, soon.

 Veteran Harold Dondis, Esq. plays black, sitting next to Bernardo Iglesias, in Round 1.

Harold, the oldest club chess player in the USA won "best hat" again.

THE LIFE-BLOOD OF THE BCC: THE KIDS

 

Lucy Cai, 9, Sammi Pan, 8, Eddie Wei, 7 . . . play chess

and do it very well.

 

Writing down the moves: an essential act in cognitive development and critical thinking!

  

Max Zhao vs Sammi Pan, Round 3. 

(background) Eddie Wei vs Lucy Cai; Eric Feng (rt) vs Dr. Feole

Skittles break from the intense tournament action. A little blitz chess and video games.

NM Andrew Wang (hood) plays Jesse Nicholas.

Max Zhao, Eddie Wei and Lucy Cai enjoy electronic amusements.

Sammi Pan, 8: stallwart chess warrier.

 

Diamond Rooks, brought to you by Traldi-Tang, June 1, 2013, Round 3.