Thursday, May 29, 2014

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

1 comment:

Robert Oresick said...

great photos and coverage. I really enjoy getting caught up on tournaments I can't make.