Sunday, July 14, 2013

BCC JULY GRAND PRIX: 15 YOUNG CHILDREN BRING LIFE AND ENERGY TO TOURNAMENT VENUE

OPEN SECTION
NM Hal Terrie vs Sandeep Vadlamudi Round 3.
Hal shared 1-3rd place with 3 points; Sandeep, 4-6th with 2.5.
Joe Perl vs Jesse Nicholas: intense competition, Round 4.
Joe and Jesse shared 1-3rd place with 3 points.
Luis A Baez-Rosario vs Aashish Welling, Round 4.
Luis and Aashish scored 2.5 points, sharing 4-6th place.
YOUNG TALENT IN THE OPEN SECTION:
Nithin Kavi, black vs Bowen Wang;
(background): Arthur Tang . . . Brandon Wu.
9 yr old vs 9 yr old in the Open Section.
Carissa Yip vs Brandon Wu: result: equal position on the board.
Carissa won on time!
Open Section Table:
Arthur Tang, black vs Sandeep Vadlamudi
NM Eric Godin vs Brandon Wu
Aashish Welling vs Ross Eldridge
Joe Perl vs Jason Tang
Bowen Wang vs Carissa Yip:
evaluation from the photo (=) ?
KING MAKER: U1800 SECTION::
                                                                                                     Photo: Bernardo Iglesias
Steve Stepak, black vs Maxwell Zhao. My game with
Sandeep, the black side of a Caro Kann, was indeed a drawn position.
And, I have Max to thank for forcing me to learn the black side of a D93
Gruenfeld Defense (Bf4 line) At the time of our game, I did 
not play accurately and Max duly punished me.
The kids are getting better and stronger every week!
Sandeep Shankar (outpacing his older brother) slipped into 1-2nd place
sharing with Max Zhao, each scoring 3.5 points.
The above photo shows Shankar vs Daniel Wang, Round 4.
Rohan Shankar vs Pooja Welling
James Byrd, black, vs David Martin and
Alexander Shi Jin, black vs Jiaying Lucy Cai.
4-7th: Richard Mooney, Steve Stepak, Daniel Wang, & Eddie Wei: 2.5 points
FUTURE CHESS STARS:
Eddie Wei, black vs Winston Zhao
Alexander Shi Jin, black vs Max Zhao (brother of Winston)
Chess prodigies: Lucy Cai plays 6 yr old Derek Jin 
(younger brother of Alexander Shi Jin).
A proud and thoughtful Derek Jin, yougest 
of the 32 players in this July GP event.
SQUEEZING THE BRAIN
Under 10 yr old section: Eddie, Max and brother Winston, 
considering the possibilities.
Bowen Wang vs Carissa Yip.
Wang is gearing up to full speed.
Carissa is basking in celebrity
as the youngest U10 girl expert in USCF history.
Two future chess masters in the making.
Late stage of Carissa Yip vs Brandon Wu.
(center) TD Bernardo Iglesias, observes:
another fine administering of a
BCC weekend event. Bravo, Bernardo!
GRAND PRIX STANDINGS 
THROUGH JULY 2013
U2400: Eric Godin 16.5; Hal Terrie 5.5; Andrew Wang 5.
 U2200: Jesse Nicholas 19.5; Carey Theil 7.5; Emmanuel Mevs 4;
Arthur Nugent 3; Joe Perl 3; Timothy Sage & Luis Baez-Rosario 2.5;
Philip Nutzman 2; Tony Blum 1.5.
U2000: Nithin Kavi 11; Carissa Yip 10.5; Mike Griffin 9.5
Jason Tang & Arthur Tang 8; Sandeep Vadlamudi 7; Michelle Chen 6.5;
Mateos Sahakian 5.5; Arthur Tang 4; Jerry Williams 4.0; Conway Xu 4;
Conway Xu 6;  Mateos Sahakian 5.5; Jerry Williams, 4;  Loring Lauretti 4; 
Luke Lung 3;  Nathan Smolensky 3;  Ross Eldridge 2.5; Brandon Wu 2.5; 
Aashish Welling 2.5; Joel Wald 2; Armen Martirosyan 2; Seth Lieberman 2; 
Uri Feld 2; Bowen Wang 2; Walter Driscoll 2; 
Aidan Sowa 1.5; Oliver Traldi 1.5; James McConville 1.5;

Katherine Gasser 1; Allen Wang 1; Syed Al-Mamun 1; 
Natasha Christiansen 1; Robert Neale 1; S. Chandrashekar 1.
U1800: Rohan Shankar 8; Tony Cortizas 7; Harold Dondis 5.5;
Eric Matthews 3; James Byrd 2; Robert Holmgren 1.5. 

U1600: David Martin 11; Chen Bai 8.5; Richard Mooney 8;

Daniel Giaimo 7.5; Eddie Wei 7;  Eric Feng 6.5;

William Wisdom 5.5;  Steve Stepak 5.5; Gabriel Birzu 4.5;
Andrew Okoh 4;  Maxwell Zhao 3.5; Eddie Wang 3; Kevin Anthony 3; 
Matthew Lee 2.5; Mark O'Brien 2; Bernard Coleman 1.5.
U1400: Lucy Cai 8; Sandeep Shankar 8; Brandon Wu 6; Daniel Wang 6; 

Aaron Brown 2.5; Christopher Burkhart 1.5; Pooja Welling 1.5; Ron Riley 1. 

U1200: Larry Jin & David Sun 7; Richard Chen & Anthony DiNosse 5.5;
Edward Chiu & Michael Yu 2.5; Winston Zhao 2; 
Sammi Pan/ Ji Tuo / Alexander Shi Jin /; Derek Jin /& Eric Han 1.
August 17th: BCC Grand Prix

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