BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
COMMEMORATE GENEROSITY OF
HAROLD DONDIS AND MARK FINS
Harold Dondis, Esq.
(will be 93 years young in
October, God willing . . . )
after Harold Dondis, but he deferred
to the man who put chess on the New England map
over the decades of the 20th Century.
Bravo, Harold! Generous and humble.
the TD/Skittles Room. Humble is good;
and recognition is also important!
Bravo, Mark. You and Harold made
BCC Cambridge (40 Norris St.) possible.
BCC President Carey Theil brings the men of honor and
service together to share a word on what makes a chess club
thrive. Each of us do our part. And we honored two men today
who did a big part in making the BCC Cambridge possible.
Mark Fins cuts the cake to be shared with the
players, parents and guests of the Father's Day
Swiss, on Saturday, June 20, 2015.
Thank you, Mark for sweetening the day!
BCC FATHER'S DAY SWISS IN 4 ROUNDS
ONE SECTION
OPEN SECTION
Harold Dondis plays white vs former BCC Champion
NM Lawyer Times in Round 2. Lawyer scored 3.5 points
to share 1-3rd place with Nithin Kavi, and Kevin Lu.
Bravo, Lawyer!
CONSISTENT AND SOLID
Nithin Kavi is playing chess with purpose and
conviction. Slowly but surely he is molding
his chess prowess to mastery. Nithin scored
3.5 points scoring 3 wins + a half point bye
to share 1-3rd place with NM Lawyer Times
& Kevin Lu.
Nithin increased his rating +6 to 2188!
Bravo, Nithin.
Keep up the good work!
Khari Alexander scored 2/4 and a +49 to 1645 rating.
Here he is playing black vs Kevin Zifeng Lu who
scored 3.5 points to share 1-3rd place with Lawyer Times
and Nithin Kavi. Kevin increased his rating +37 to 2014.
Khari shared 1-6th in the U1800 prize! Bravo, Kevin & Khari!
David Martin scored 2.5 points seemingly to claim the U1800 prize.
[Unfortunately, David's rating was 1804 in the June Supplement
so he was ineligible for this prize in a June event! Sorry, David!]
Here David is playing the white pieces
vs Charles Bing in Round 4.
PRE-TOURNAMENT WARM-UP
Suraj Ramanathan plays 5 minute blitz with Nithin Kavi
as a warm-up before the tournament.
Mark Fins (top: center) awaits the dedication
festivities to begin as the kids of the BCC
have some fun playing Blitz Chess during
the lunch-time break after Round 1.
ROUND 4: PAIRINGS ARE UP!
SHARING PRE-GAME SMILES
Professor Jerry Williams plays black vs
Brandon Wu. Brandon scored 3 points to claim
4-5th place with Loring Lauretti. And Jerry
shared 1-6th in the U1800 prize.
THE GROUP
Ichun Chen vs Derek Jin; Loring Lauretti, black vs Charles Bing;
Bharath Heggadahalli, black vs Jerry Li: Round 2.
Loring scored 3 points to share 4-5th place with Brandon Wu.
Bharath shared 1-6th in the U1800 prize! Bravo, Bharath!
FIRST CHESS TOURNAMENET
Ichun Chen from Taiwan, studying English
in Cambridge, plays his first rated tournament
at the BCC Cambridge. Welcome, Ichun!
6 SHARE U1800 PRIZE WITH 2 POINTS
Saleem Karamali, Professor Jerry Williams, Khari Alexander,
Skyler Zhou, Mark Neale, & Bharath Heggadahalli shared the
U1800 prize. Congratulations to all!
Saleem Karamali plays white vs Nithin Kavi, Round 1.
Saleem shared 1-6th in the U1800 prize.
Skyler Zhou 2/4 and 1-6th U1800 prize.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Mark Robert Neale was 2/4 in this event
sharing 1-6th in U1800 prize
and looks like a radio DJ from Hawaii!
TD: BERNARDO IGLESIAS
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
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Mahalo Steve
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