Monday, June 23, 2014

BCC $5 OPEN REPORT: ARUN / PREMIER // FRICKER / PALNATI / BANAKUS /U1950 // ZHAO U1650 // 31 PLAY // MANY NEW FACES // KIDS DOMINATE //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
$5 OPEN IN 3 SECTIONS
PREMIER
NM Siddharth Arun, a perfect 4.0 for clear 1st place.
+8 to 2242 rating.
2-4th
NM Eric Godin makes a plan v Joe Kelly in Round 1.
Eric scored 2.5 points to share 2-4th place.
ROUND 1
NM Hal Terrie, black v Loring Lauretti;
(background): Conway Xu v Peter Teorodescu;
Sandeep Shankar v Varun Panati;
Richard Alan Chen black, vs Adam Banakus
Suraj Ramanathan plays Loring Lauretti in Round 2.
Loring won this game and scored 2.5 points to share 2-4th
place for a +72 to 1844 rating.
10 yr old Brandon Wu v NM Siddharth Arun, Round 1.
Brandon scored 2.5 points for a share of 2-4th place with
NM Eric Godin and Loring Lauretti.
and a +12 to 1940 rating.
ROUND 2:
Joe Kelley, black v NM Hal Terrie; Peter Teodorescu v Brandon Wu;
Varun Palnati v Seth Lieberman; Maxwell Chen v Adam Banakus.
U1950
Terrence Fricker 3 points for 1-3rd and +15 to 1921 rating.
Varun Palnati plays black vs Sandeep Shankar in Round 1.
Varun scored 3 points to share 1-3rd place.
ROUND 2
Varun Palnati v Seth Lieberman; Maxwell Chen v Adam Banakus.
Adam scored 3 points to share 1-3rd and a +21 to 1786 rating.
Maxwell scored 2 points for a +35 to 1428 rating.
U1650
Derek Chubo Zhao scored a perfect 4 points to 
take clear 1st in the U1650 Section for a +227 to 1520 rating.
Bravo, Derek!
Jeff Weinstein plays Derek Chubo Zhao in Round 1.
Ahaan Rungta plays Tom Shneer in Round 1. Tom won this
game and went on to score 3 points to share 2-3rd place
for a +1 to 1427 rating.
(background): David Tianyi Zhou v Shivrath Yandra.
This was the first tournament for both Ahaan and Shivrath,
and the first appearance at the BCC: Welcome Ahaan and Shivrath!
CRITICAL GAME
David Tianyi Zhou, black vs Derek Chubo Zhao, Round 2.
Derek won this game and went on to win the section.
David did well, with 3 points, a share of 2-3rd place
 and a +6 to 1402 rating.
(background): Bernie Xu, black v Richard Alan Chen;
Sandeep Shankar, black v Brian Yin.
NEW FACES ON THE USCF/BCC CIRCUIT
Ahaan Rungta, black vs Shivrath Yandra, Round 2.
(background): Alex Brown, black v Tom Shneer.
(upper right): Alan Song.
Tony DiNosse v Paul Hyatt, Round 2.
Paul scored 2.5 points to take clear 4th place.
ANALYSIS TIME
Richard Alan Chen shares his thoughts with
Niranjan Shankar, Brandon Wu and friends.
NEW FACES
Alan Song plays black vs Raymond Xu.
STRATEGIC BATTLE
Niranjan Shankar plays black vs Daniel Zhou, Round 2.
Both Niranjan and Daniel scored 2 points for 50 percent.
Daniel was +19 to 1057. Bravo, Daniel!
PARTING SHOT
Kids: the future of the BCC
Daniel Zhou, black v Maxwell Chen, Extra Game.
nice clock !
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
31 PLAYERS
TD Nathan Smolensky

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