BCC REGULARS EXCEL // THROUGHOUT // AT "MASS OPEN" (MASSACHUSETTS STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP) 2014

KUDOS TO:

THE 2014 MASSACHUSETTS STATE 

CHESS CHAMPION: OPEN SECTION

NM MIKA BRATTAIN

NM Mika Brattain, the current BCC Blitz 

Chess Champion, excels with a score of 5/6,

ahead of GM Alexander Ivanov and NM Denys Shmelov.

Congratulations, Mika! Well done!

2-4th PLACE, OPEN SECTION:

FM Chris Chase, former BCC Champion and winner

of many BCC Saturday Swisses! Bravo, Chris!

Chris scored 4.5 points (for a +18 to 2408 rating) sharing 2-4th 

with GM Alexander Ivanov, many-time winner of BCC classical and blitz 

events for the past 3 decades! and Denys Shmelov, former 

BCC Blitz Chess Champion.

5-7th PLACE, OPEN SECTION

[MACA breakdown: top U2300: 1-2nd,

Chris Williams, Arthur Tang.]

NM Chris Williams, 3.5 points sharing with

IM Igor Foygel and Arthur Tang.

Arthur Tang 3.5 points, +53 to 2054 rating.

[TOP U1950]

Natasha Christiansen, along with Robert Campbell, 

Jose Feliu Camacho, and James Zhou, 3.5 points.

Bravo to all these talented chess players!

SPECIAL NOTE:

Carissa Yip is on track to become the

youngest female USCF master. Her birthday

is coming up soon. Her rating stands now at: 2158.

The entire BCC family of chess players wishes her good 

chess and good luck in her quest to reach this milestone!

Brava Carissa!

U2100 SECTION 1-5th PLACE

Luis Baez-Rosario scored 4.5 points out of 6 to share 1-4th place

in the U2100 Section, with John Vaughan, Brett Kildahl, 

Peter Korzeb, and Aashish Welling. Luis was +17 to 2104 rating!

Aashish Welling, 4.5 points, for 1-5th place, 

+48 to 1993 rating! Bravo, Aashish!

U1800 SECTION: 1-4th

[MACA breakdown: 1st U1800: Robert Stewart;

1-3rd top U1650: Buckles, Shur, Estremera.]

Mark Buckles, 5/6 points to share 1-4th place

with Robert Stewart, Sandra Shur and Chris Estremera.

Mark achieved a +110 rating to 1763! Bravo Mark!

U1500 SECTION

[Top U1350 Prize]

David Tianyi Zhou scored 4.5/6 points to win the top U1350 prize 

and a share of 2-4th place with Andrew The, and Alon Trogan,

for a +7 to 1399 rating. Bravo David!

[Top U1200 Prize]

Alex Brown, (above) David Sigman and

 Edward Chiu each with 3.5 points.

Bravo David, Alex and Edward!

MACA SCHOLASTIC

K-3 U1200 SECTION

2nd Place:

Evan Wei 3 points. Bravo! Evan.

Sammi Pan, 3-5th with Advait Natti 

and Raymond Xu 2.5 points. Brava Sammi Pan!

MASS OPEN 

BLITZ CHESS CHAMPION

NM ANDREW LIU

NM Andrew Liu went 8 out of 10 to clinch 1st place

and the title in the Mass Open Blitz Chess Championship.

Bravo, Andrew! The other top players in this event were:

2nd place: NM Vadim Martirosov; 7.5/10; Libardo Rueda 7/10

for clear 3rd place; 4-7th place 6.5/10 was shared by:

FM Steve Winer, FM Charles Riordan, NM Farzad Abdi

and Josh Marcus. Top U2200 Libardo Rueda 7 points.

Top U2200 Prize

Libardo Rueda, 7 points.

Bravo, Libardo!

Top U2000 Prize

Nathan Smolensky, won the top U2000 blitz

prize scoring 5.5 points. Nathan was also re-elected 

President of MACA at their Annual Meeting. 

Bravo, Nathan, and congratulations!

and Bravo to all your talented and fast players!

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK