BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS // MIESES / 4SS / FM CHASE 4 - 0 / TOPS ALL // BUCKLES U1800 // MILESTONE: SAMMI PAN RATING OVER 1000 /2nd U1800 //

19 PLAYERS: 12 OPEN / 7 U1800

OPEN SECTION

FM Chris Chase: perfect 4-0 score, sole 1st place.

NM Hal Terrie v Matthew Manzo, Round 3.

Hal scored 2.5 points to share 2-4th place with Oliver Traldi

and Aashish Welling.

(Background): Luke Lung v Loring Lauretti.  Loring scored 2

points; Luke, 1.

HEARTBREAK

Aashish Welling vs Nathan Smolensky, Round 3.

Aashish: solid and fast waits for Nathan's

response with 8 seconds on Nathan's clock.

Smolensky had a won game on the board 

but forfeited on time. 

Aashish scored 2.5 points. Nathan, 1.5/3.

Oliver Traldi vs Arthur Tang: draw. Round 4.

Traldi scored 2.5 points; Tang, 2.

FM Chris Chase v Yongjoo Kim, Round 2.

Kim was 2 for  4.

Nathan Smolensky, black vs Matthew Manzo, Round 2.

Matthew finished the tournament with 2 points.

(background): Natasha Christiansen v Oliver Traldi;

Yongjoo Kim, black vs Loring Lauretti.

 

Oliver Traldi vs Anil Marthi, Round 3.

BEGINNING MOMENTS: ROUND 2

 

Luke Lung . . . Natasha Christiansen . . . Anil Marthi

U1800 SECTION

Mark Buckles vs Boshen Li, Round 4.

Mark went 3.5 out of 4 for sole 1st place.

7 YR OLD SAMMI PAN: HARD WORK PAYS OFF

Sammi Pan scored 2.5 points to take

sole possession of 2nd place.

CRITICAL GAME

Sammi Pan vs Tom Shneer, Round 4.

Sammi won this game and up'd her rating

+59 points to 1014.

ENDGAME TIME

EVALUATION OF POSITION

Sammi Pan vs Tom Shneer.

(This position looks like a draw at this point,

with white to move.  Yes?  No?)sps

Chess fans please comment!

SKITTLES ROOM ACTIVITY

BLINDFOLD BLITZ

Joe Perl, (left) gives a blindfold exhibition in a 5 minute game

vs new member of the Club,

Elia Samuel Harmatz, MIT graduate in neuroscience.

Tom Shneer (center) moves the pieces for white.

Boshen Li (center, up) watches.

WELCOME ELIA

Elia Harmatz, new member of the BCC

from Philadelphia, PA

will be entering in a PhD program

for neuroscience.

He is currently playing the

February Thursday Night Swiss.

The question is: can Elia

construct the neural networks

to master his rook and pawn endgames?

TOURNAMENT OFFICIAL:

Bernardo Iglesias the event TD

ran a superb tournament.

Bravo, Bernardo.