BCC: 4SS G/60 ONE DAY ONLY

Yes, we have all been waiting patiently for the arrival of the

New England Open Chess Championship

NEW ENGLAND OPEN INFO

Yet, not all of us have three days, or even two days 

to devote to chess this coming Labor Day Weekend.

Some of us might not have the cash to spend

on the entry fee and/or the hotel room.

Others may not have readily available 

transportation to the site in Leominster.

So, the BCC is

providing an option:

A one day event for less than half the

entry fee of the NE Open,

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST

4SS TORNADO DETAILS

and centrally located by 

public transportation

or easy-access by car.

You get 4 rounds of 60/SD

quality chess.

PLUS: if you are a chess addict,

and are rated U2000, 

you can play the BCC event

and register for the 2 day

NE Open event, on Sunday and Monday!

You see: you have many options

to consider.

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT!

BCC RAPIDS: QUICK FUN AND GOOD CHESS

LAST WEEK: 2 RAPID QUADS:

QUAD 1:

BCC Champion Lawyer Times (right) plays

Ed Astrachan in Round 1. NM Times was a 

a perfect 3-0 to take Quad 1.

QUAD 2

Howard Goldowsky faces off with

Richard Mooney in Round 1.

Goldowsky was perfect with 3-0

to take Quad 2.

NM Alex Markovits (MIT) squares off with

Jesse Nicholas (BC) in Round 1 of Quad 1.

Markovits, a new face at the BCC is a freshman at MIT.

Welcome Alex Markovits!

BCC Rapids' regulars:

Joel Wald, black vs Mateos Sahakian,

prepare to do battle in Round 1.

Yes, today is Wednesday!

Tonight is another

installment of

BCC Rapids:

CHECK THE FACTS:

CALENDAR OF BCC EVENTS

Registration: 6:30 in the evening.

See you soon!

Nathan Smolensky, TD

BCC: TWO PREMIER EVENTS FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 27TH // GM LARRY CHRISTIANSEN SIMUL // NM ALEX CHERNIACK BEGINNERS LESSON // LAST SESSION

                                                             PHOTO: NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN

GM Larry Christiansen is back from the World Cup in Tromso, Norway

to give yet another of his very popular South Station Simuls.

Yes, tomorrow, Tuesday, August 27th

from 5:00 to 7:00 PM

South Station, Boston, MA USA

Grandmaster Larry Christiansen will play you!

Chess sets and mats provided.

So come to play, to watch, to shmooze.

Free entry for participation in this splendid event.

So come, bring a friend, bring two! Bring your camera!

PLUS

NM Alex Cherniack will present the last of 

his 6 classes for beginners, at the Boylston Chess Club, 

in Somerville, MA 

from 7:00 to 8:30  So this is your

last chance to get your questions answered.

Get ready to learn a new thing or two.

See you soon!

BCC: CHARLES DRAFT MEMORIAL // 34 PLAYERS // NM HAL TERRIE CAPTURES OPEN // TIM O'MALLEY U1900 // INTENSE COMPETITION // LIVELY POSTMORTEMS // CRISP SKITTLES BLITZ GAMES

OPEN SECTION:

NM Hal Terrie vs Joshua Quint, Round 4.

Terrie knotched clear first with 3.5 points.

Joshua scored 3 points to share 2-4th place

with BCC Champion NM Lawyer Times and

Mateos Sahakian.

Natasha Christian, back from the World Cup in Tromso, Norway

faces off with BCC Champion NM Lawyer Times. Round 1.

NM Eric Godin thinking vs Nathan Smolensky, Round 3.

Carey Theil black, vs Mateos Sahakian. Mateos drew this 

game and boosted his rated to 2000. Bravo Mateos!

Full House: NM Eric Godin v Nathan Smolensky. . . 

Carey Theil, black v Sahakian; Conway Xu black vs Nithin Kavi;

Next to wall: Jason Tang vs Carissa Yip, Round 3.

Background side left: Brandon Wu; 

Background side right: Stephen Frymer and IM Marc Esserman observe.

The tension was so thick, you could cut it with a knife . . . 

Conway Xu plays black vs Jesse Nicholas

At the wall: Jerry Williams vs Joshua Quint, Round 1.

In the heat of battle: Jason Tang v Nithin Kavi, Round 4.

Eddie Wei, 7 vs Lucy Cai, 9: draw.

Round 4.

NM Eric Godin:

Best Tee Shirt.

Arthur Nugent plays black with Eddie Wei, extra game.

Background: Howard Goldowsky, black vs Richard Kahn;

Paul Howard, black vs Bowen Wang;

Chris Estremera vs Walther Driscoll;

Round 2.

Carissa Yip, black vs Eddie Wei, Round 1.

Lucy Cai, black vs Nithin Kavi; Nathan Smolensky vs Harold Dondis.

U1900 SECTION:

Timothy O'Malley, black vs Christopher Estremera, Round 3.

Tim won the U1900 Section with 3.5 points.

 Chris shared 2-4th place with Bowen Wang and Eric Feng.

(background): Paul Howard, black vs Howard Goldowsky.

Bowen Wang vs Richard Kahn: endgame!

Round 3. Howard Goldowsky (left, standing)

and TD Bernardo Iglesias (right, standing), observe.

Eric Feng vs Tony DiNosse, Round 3.

Jackson Parker vs Walter Driscoll, Round 1.

(Background): Paul Howard vs Pooja Welling;

Richard Kahn vs Tony DiNosse.

Sky view: Charles Draft Memorial, Round 1.

The sparkle of the BCC: Top juniors in Massachusetts:

Conway Xu, Jason Tang, Carissa Yip, Nithin Kavi, Jesse Nicholas.

                                                                           Photo: Bernardo Iglesias

Steve Stepak vs Walter Driscoll.

["To be honest, facing both of the over 1800 players

in the U1900 Section, I was 'out of gas'

by Round 3. A good experience high-lighting

that a chess tournament demands not only good chess skills,

but stamina: brain power to focus on a position to see what to do when.

At the same time, I am grateful to have learned much from all my games, 

to be applied next time  (Labor Day Weekend

is the New England Open in Leominster, MA

so no BCC event scheduled on Saturday August 31st!)

Next BCC Saturday event: QUADS on September 7th 2013!"]

See you all soon!

A "thank you" to TD Bernardo Iglesias

for running a large and complicated event, very well.

BCC: HOSTING THE CHARLES DRAFT MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT // SATURDAY AUGUST 24 2013 // SHARING MEMORIES, FRIENDSHIPS // CHESS

A CHESS EVENT

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

TO REMEMBER

AND TO

MAKE NEW FRIENDS

CHARLES DRAFT MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 

BACKGROUND FROM 2011
Check the Facts:
CALENDAR OF BCC EVENTS

This Saturday, August 24th . . . 

Come, share the memories, the stories

and good chess

BCC RAPIDS: THRIVING // EXCITING // CHALLENGING

PRESENTING: RAPID QUADS 3RR 30/SD (+5"delay)

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21 //  7:00 PM START TIME

CALENDAR OF BCC EVENTS

LAST WEDNESDAY: 3 QUADS

QUAD 1:

Jason Spector, black vs Andrew Wang.

Andrew won his quad with 3 points.

Jason was 2nd with 2 points.

Jesse Nicholas, black vs NM Lawyer Times, Round 1.

BCC Club Champion NM Lawyer Times invites you

to join him this Wednesday for the

next installment of BCC Rapids.

QUAD 2:

Oliver Traldi plays Joel Wald.

Traldi won the quad with 2.5 points.

Wald was 2nd with 2.

QUAD 3.

Ilya Rozonoyer plays Richard Mooney, Round 1.

Ilya won QUAD 3 WITH 2.5 points.

Mooney was 2nd with 1.5 points.

Seth Lieberman plays Otto Schroepfer, Round 1.

Otto is visiting the Boston area from Minneapolis, MN.

Jeff Weinstein (background, left) observes.

BCC Rapid Quads

Get on your horse and ride!

BCC EDUCATIONAL: NM ALEX ON CHESS FOR BEGINNERS // BRING A FRIEND // FREE

INSTALLMENT 5

TOMORROW:TUESDAY

AUGUST 20TH 2013

7:00-8:30PM

CHESS FOR BEGINNERS

NM Alex Cherniack shares some

thoughts on techniques and tactics of chess.

CALL:  (617) 629-3933

if the door is locked.

See you tomorrow!

BCC GRAND PRIX AUGUST: FIGHTING CHESS // EXPERIENCE AND WIT // VETERANS & JUNIORS

OPEN SECTION:

NM Eric Godin v Mateos Sahakian, Round 1.

Godin went undefeated to win the event with 3.5 points.

 Carey Theil b v Jason Tang, Round 3.

Theil scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place.

(background): Carissa Yip v Uri Feld.

 

NM Hal Terrie b v Brian Perez-Daple, Round 3.

Terrie scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place.

Rohan Shankar v Lucy Cai, Round 4.

(background): Nithin Kavi vs Brandon Wu

Daniel Wang, (upper right) observes.

Nithin Kavi, Mateos Sahakian  and Siddarth Arun scored 

2.5 points to share 2-3rd place.

Veteran Mike Griffin plays black vs 9 yr old Lucy Cai, Round 3: draw!

Lucy, playing "up" in the Open Section is fast

perfecting her chess technique.

U1800 SECTION:

Suraj Ramanathan wins U1800 section with 3.5 points.

Suraj from Chennai (Tamil Nadu/Madras) whose family

comes from the same region as the current world

chess champion: Viswanathan Anand and the

mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1878-1920),

carries on in the tradition of great, calculating minds,

and shares the Tamil Language with these personalities of history.

And like his countrymen, Suraj is a gentleman

and a joy to share chess with.

Suraj plays black vs Richard Kahn in Round 4: draw.

Richard scored 2.5 points to share 2-3rd place with 

Michael Yu.

                                                                                                             Photo: ChessPress

Steve Stepak v Michael Yu, Round 1.

Critical position: find the draw. . .

"I considered the correct move. But it was too ugly.

So I made the more aesthetic move and quickly lost."

Bravo Michael, who scored 2.5 points to share 2-3rd place!

New facees in the field:

Tom Shneer plays Jackson Parker, Round 3.

Welcome Tom and Jackson!

(background): Ray Behenna plays Tony DiNosse.

Mr. Ram Ramanathan and family: wife Savi,

4 yr old son Bharat and 9 yr old chess prodigy Suraj.

Relocating from Chicago, they are now living in Canton, MA.

Welcome Ramanathan family.

Anticipation:

And a "thank you & well done" to TD Nathan Smolensky

who is setting up the pairings for

Nithin Kavi, Carissa Yip and Jasen Tang,

who, as you can see, can't wait to see 

with whom they are going to play!

KIDS: THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE BCC

Some of the kids of the BCC: (left to right)

in pre-tournament warm-ups:

Eddie Wei, Suraj Ramanathan, Daniel Wang, Michael Yu

and Brandon Wu.

Grand Prix update //

including August results

GRAND PRIX STANDINGS 

THROUGH AUGUST 2013

U2400: Eric Godin 20; Hal Terrie 7.5; Andrew Wang 5.

 U2200: Jesse Nicholas 19.5; Carey Theil 9.5; Emmanuel Mevs 4;

Arthur Nugent 4; Joe Perl 3; Timothy Sage 3; Luis Baez-Rosario 2.5;

Siddhardt Arun 2.5; Philip Nutzman 2; Tony Blum 1.5.

U2000: Nithin Kavi 13.5; Carissa Yip 12; Mike Griffin 10;

Jason Tang 10; Arthur Tang 8; Mateos Sahakian 7.5;

Sandeep Vadlamudi 7; Michelle Chen 6.5; Conway Xu 6; 

Brandon Wu 4.5; Loring Lauretti 4;

Jerry Williams 4.0; Uri Feld 3.5; Luke Lung 3;  Nathan Smolensky 3;  

Ross Eldridge 2.5; Aashish Welling 2.5; Joel Wald 2; Armen Martirosyan 2; 

Seth Lieberman 2; Bowen Wang 2; Walter Driscoll 2; Oliver Traldi 2;

Harold Dondis, 2; Brian Perez-Daple 2; Rohan Shankar 2; Aidan Sowa 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. Lucy Cai, .5.

U1800: Rohan Shankar 8; Tony Cortizas 7; Harold Dondis 6.5;

Eric Matthews 3; James Byrd 2; Robert Holmgren 1.5. 

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

Daniel Giaimo 7.5; Steve Stepak 7.5; Eric Feng 6.5;

William Wisdom 5.5; Gabriel Birzu 4.5;

Andrew Okoh 4;  Maxwell Zhao 3.5; Eddie Wang 3; Kevin Anthony 3; 

Matthew Lee 2.5; Richard Kahn 2.5; Mark O'Brien 2; Bernard Coleman 1.5;

Raymond Behenna 1.5.

U1400: Lucy Cai 8; Sandeep Shankar 8; Brandon Wu 6; Daniel Wang 6; 

Michael Yu 5; Aaron Brown 2.5; Christopher Burkhart 1.5; Pooja Welling 1.5; 

Ron Riley 1. 

U1200: Larry Jin 7; David Sun 7; Anthony DiNosse 7; Richard Chen 5.5;

 Edward Chiu 2.5; Winston Zhao 2; 

Tom Shneer / Sammi Pan/ Ji Tuo / Alexander Shi Jin /; Derek Jin /& Eric Han 1.