BCC GAME 80 (FOR THE THOUGHTFUL PLAYER): EVAN MEYER / JOE PERL 1-2ND // DAVID MARTIN / ROBERT ORESICK / RAY BEHENNA / 1-3RD U1800 // 25 PLAY ! //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

CAMBRIDGE MA

GAME 80 IN 2 SECTIONS

OPEN SECTION

SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL

NM Lawyer times, former BCC Club Champion,

offers his hand to young Evan Meyer, a serious

force emerging on the BCC chess scene.

INTENSE BATTLE::PEACEFUL CONCLUSION

 

Down to the wire, this endgame, observed by Professor Jerry

Williams, was a draw. Bravo, both! Evan scored 2.5/3

to share 1-2nd place with Joe Perl.

[Note: photo upper right: NM Anna Aksharumova former USSR

Women's Champion, and wife of GM Boris Gulko, plays World

Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov in 8 board master clock 

simul, Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 1989. 

Garry won all 8 games: 7 humans and one computer!

(photo: Steve Stepak)]

Joe Perl shakes hands with Brandon Wu in this Round 3 game

which Joe won. Joe scored 2.5/3 to share 1-2nd place with

Evan Meyer. Bravo, Joe!

REMAINING IN THE WINNING MIX

Richard Kahn, black vs David Martin.

David captured 1-3rd place with 2.5/3 points.

DESERVED SUCCESS

Raymond Xu, black vs Bob Oresick. This is Bob's first
top prize of 2015, Bravo, Bob. Keep up the good work!

Ray Behenna scored 2.5/3 to share

1-3rd place in the U1800 section.

Bravo, Ray!

KUDOS

8 yr old Derek Jin drew with Mateos

Sahakian and Professor Jerry Williams

to keep his rating over 1700. Derek

has a high rating point of 1787 and remains

Massachusetts' top 8 yr old and is 11th on the

USCF national ranking list. Bravo, Derek!

SCENES FROM AROUND THE HALL

LITTLE AND BIG

Derek Jin gets a chess lesson from NM Lawyer Times, Round 2.
GETTING INTO 
THE ENDGAME

Richard Kahn, black vs Winston Zhao, Round 3.

Brandon Wu, black vs Mateos Sahakian, 
Round 2. Brandon won this game and was
+4 to 2052 on the day. Bravo, Brandon!
STUDYING CHESS THEORY

Assistant Tournament Director Natasha Christiansen shares
some thoughts on chess theory with Professor Jerry Williams
during the break between Round 2 and Round 3.

Maxwell Zhao, black vs Bharath Heggadahalli in Round 1.
(background): Winston Zhao plays Stephen Savage; 
David Martin plays Richard Kahn; Mateos Sahakian,
black vs Derek Jin; Professor Jerry Williams thinking
vs Jason Tang.

Suraj Ramanathan, black vs Evan Meyer, Round 1.

Maxwell Zhao, black vs Jason Tang, Round 3.

Sebastian Gueler vs Pinyi Hu, Round 1.

Joe Perl defends with black vs Juan Payan, Round 1.

EVENT TD:

BERNARDO IGLESIAS

ASST TD: NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK