GREG HAGER MEMORIAL TOURNAMET
IN 2 SECTIONS: OPEN AND U1950
OPEN SECTION
FM Chris Chase (green and blue) seen here playing
NM Eric Godin in Round 2, went undefeated with 3.5 points,
sharing 1-2nd place with NM Farzad Abdi.
NM Farzad Abdi plays black vs Ryan Sowa in Round 2.
Farzad scored 3.5 points to share 1-2nd place with FM Chris Chase.
Ryan scored 2.5 points good for 4-5th place.
CRITICAL CONFRONTATION: CHRIS VS CHRIS
NM Chris Williams faces off with FM Chris Chase in Round 4.
Chase won the encounter and catapulted himself into 1st place.
Chris Williams finished with 3 points, good for clear 3rd place.
Brandon Wu vs Brian Perez-Dapple in Round 4.
Brandon scored 2 for 4 and Brian went over
50 percent with 2.5 points.
(background): Nithin Kavi, black vs NM Eric Godin.
Godin broke even with 2/4. Kavi scored 1.5/4.
Aiden Sowa, black vs Jason Tang.
Carissa Yip (playing Aiden Sowa), thinking with pen ready.
NM Eric Godin observes.
Carissa up'd her rating to 2023! Brava Carissa!
EYE-BALL TO EYE-BALL
Eddie Wei vs Carissa Yip, Round 2.
LOOKING FOR THE DRAW
Aiden Sowa vs NM Farzad Abdi, Round 2.
NM Chris Williams proposes his idea for drawing chances.
CHESS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Eddie Wei and Boshen Li observe
Tablet Chess Analysis
U1950 SECTION
AMUSEMENT AND BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT
Photo: Bernardo Iglesias
1.c4 Nf6: English Opening
Terrence Fricker deciding on his play vs Steve Stepak.
(comments by Steve Stepak) I have rarely played against
the English. So what to do: stear things to a King's Indian.
I did this with lots of mistakes, and to my view, got
a lost game out of the opening. The game was interesting.
I was being chopped to pieces, but all of a sudden I picked up
my knight from h5: "where to put it" f6: ooh! losing!
The right piece to the wrong square, violating my motto:
always go forward. If I had put the knight on g3 I would have been
threatening a forced mate in 1 or 2; all Terrence could hope for
was perpetual check. But it was not meant to be!
Bitter disappointment. The spectators even pointed to the "g3" square
shaking their heads. My heart sank. I never felt so wounded.
At the same time, (I rationalized) I couldn't have lost to a
nicer guy. Bravo, Terrence who scored 3 points to tie for 1-3rd
place in the U1950 section with Ames Abbot and David Martin.
Ames Abbot, here playing black vs Michael Yu scored 3 points
to share 1-3rd place with Terrence Fricker and David Martin.
(background): Richard Kahn, black vs Walter Driscoll.
David Martin plays black vs Ray Behenna, in Round 2.
David scored 3 points to share 1-3rd place with Fricker and Abbot.
Sandeep Shankar plays David Martin, Round 3: draw!
Sandeep scored 2.5 points to share 4-6th place with
Walter Driscoll and Mark Fins.
Mark Fins vs Boshen Li, Round 3.
Mark scored 2.5 points to share 4-6th place
with Walter Driscoll and Sandeep Shankar.
Walter Driscoll plays Will Wisdom,
Round 1. Walter scored 2.5 points to
share 4-6th place with Shankar and Fins.
Wisdom broke even with 2 for 4.
6 YR OLD SOCCER PHENOM VS A MAN OF EXTINCTION
Photo: Bernardo Iglesias
Steve Stepak, black vs Derek Jin
On vacation from the soccer curcuit, Derek played
accurately vs a Caro Kann to hold the draw in Round 1.
Derek scored 1.5/3 and up'd his rating 42 points to 1292.
There were 32 players in the Greg Hager Memorial
Bernardo Iglesias did a supurb job as TD.
This completes another Premier Event on the BCC Calendar.
And thanks to the relatives and friends of Greg Hager
who are benefactors of the BCC and
provide cookies and snaks for the players and
spectators, every year.
And thanks to the relatives and friends of Greg Hager
who are benefactors of the BCC and
provide cookies and snaks for the players and
spectators, every year.
The last super premier event of the year 2013 is
the Harry Lyman Memorial.
Harry Lyman was my mentor in chess and life
for decades. He was a patient man, a master chess
player and a promotor of chess and education
and recruitment of girls/women into
the tournament chess ranks.
Brian Perez-Dapple plays FM Chris Chase
in Round 1 of the Greg Hager Memorial
under the portrait of Harry Lyman.
Natasha Christiansen, Esq, BCC tournament regular,
wife of GM Larry C (South Station Simuls) and BCF board
member, seen here playing Loring Lauretti in Round 2 of the
Greg Hager Memorial, Open Section,
asked me to extend an invitation to play in the Harry Lyman Memorial, to each
and every chess player in the greater Boston area: mark your calendar!
December 21st 4SS $1,000 guaranteed
(see Bob Oresick post, below)
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