BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
CAMBRIDGE
PREMIER VENUE
CHARLES DRAFT MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
IN 2 SECTIONS: OPEN & U1950
OPEN SECTION
Mateos Gouren Sahakian 3.5/4: clear 1st place!
Mateos was +81 to 2091 rating! Bravo, Mateos!
CRITICAL GAME
Joe Perl plays white vs Mateos Sahakian in Round 4.
Mateos held even in the opening and won the endgame
struggle. Bravo, Mateos! Joe Perl scored 3/4 for a
+11 to 2114 rating and a share of 2-4th place.
FIGHTING CHESS
Nithin Kavi held tight with black vs Eric Feng in this
Round 4 game to score the full point, share a piece of
2-4th place and a earn a +7 to 2140. Eric was even on the
day with 2/4. Stellar performances in a very tough field.
CRITICAL GAME
Alex Yu vs Kevin Zifeng Lu, Round 4.
Alex won a well-calculated effort to score 3 points
and share a piece of 2-4th place. Alex earned a
+52 to 1963 rating. Kevin was even
with 2 wins and 2 loses. Bravo, both!
U1950 SECTION
David Martin, a solid, consistent player, 3 time
BCC Grand Prix winner, clinches yet another
1st place performance at the Charles Draft
Memorial 2015!. David scored 3 wins [including
one against me, in a totally drawn endgame,
misplayed. I've got a bit of studying to do in
this area!]
CRITICAL GAME
David Martin, black vs Stephen Savage, Round 4
David won this game to claim clear 1st place.
Bravo, David!
PROPHETIC SHOT
Arthur Emanuel Williams, MIT sophomore, steadly
improves. He scored 2.5 points in this event for a
+17 to 1641 rating performance. Bravo, Arthur!
[Standing: Mr. Feng, father of Eric Feng. Photo: upper
right: World Chess Champion and World Blitz Chess
Champion GM Mikhail Tal. Photo taken by
Steve Stepak at BCC, Boylston Street, Boston, 1988.]
Arthur is a very serious and quiet person. Keep up the
great work, Arthur. You are an inspiration to all of us!
CRITICAL ROUND 4 GAME
Nowell Sheinwald, black vs Arthur Williams.
Nowell won this game, scored 3 points, shared 2-4th
place and was +1 to 1916 rating. Bravo, Nowell!
Jerry Li: 3/4 shares 2-4th place!
Bravo, Jerry!
Thomas Ha recovered from his loss to me
and scored 3 wins in a row to share 2-4th
place and a +196 to 1475 rating.
Bravo, Thomas!
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION
CHIEF TD: WALTER DRISCOLL
AM TD: ANDREW BOYER
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
Walter Driscoll, hard at work managing all the uncertainties,
anomalies, complaints and other unforeseen nightmares that normally
occur in a chess tournament of this size, seems to be happy,
nonetheless. Bravo, Walter, for a performance well done!
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