AI masters go

  

Did you see this?

The older big brother of chess has also fallen to AI.

forget-chess-ai-masters-wickedly-complex-chinese-game-of-go

The singularity seems to be coming closer and closer.

New England Masters

FIDE Rated 

Register Online Now

 

Date	Thursday, March 17 - Sunday, March 20
Event Format	7SS
Time Control	G/90 + 30s increment
Sections	Masters & U2200
Entry Fee	$100 before March 1,  $115 until March 16,  $130 at door.  $20 discount for BCF members (This tournament is free for all GM's and IM's, and if they play all 7 rounds, there will be no deduction of the entry fee from the prize.  If they play fewer than 7 rounds, then the entry fee of $100 (or $80) would be deducted from any prize that they win.  In short,  this tournament, just like all of our tournaments, is free for GM's and IM's.)
Prizes	Masters: $2050 Guaranteed: $1000-$550 U2400 $500  U2200: Prizes based on entries
Registration	6:00pm - 6:45pm
Round Times	Thu 7:00pm,  Fri 1:00pm, 7:00pm,  Sat & Sun 11:00am, 5:00pm
Description	7 round, FIDE rated tournament. $2000 in prizes guaranteed for Masters section U2200 prizes based on entries Byes allowed all rounds, request before starting your first round, no limit on # of byes USCF ratings used for eligibility and prizes
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Polar Vortex Premier

Dates

             Saturday, January 30 & February 6

 

 

Event Format

4SS

 

Time Control

30/90 SD/30 d10

 

Sections

Premier

 

Entry Fee

$35, $20 for BCF members in advance, $5 more at the door

 

Prizes

$150-$50

 

Registration

9:15am - 9:45am

 

Round Times

10:30am and 3:30pm each Saturday

 

Description

Open to all players rated over 1800 on either MSA or the January supplement
Rounds 1 & 2 played on January 30
Rounds 3 & 4 played on February 6

 

Event Dates

Saturday, January 30
Saturday, February 6

January Scholastic

January Scholastic

 

Date	Sunday, January 31, 2016
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/30 d5
Sections	14 and under & 8 and under
Entry Fee	$25, $20 for BCF members
Prizes	Trophies for 1st and 2nd in each age group, medals for 3rd in each age group
Registration	10:00am - 10:20am
Round Times	10:30am, 11:50am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm

Legends of Chess: Polugaevsky

 

Legends of Chess: 

Lev Polugaevsky

 

 

 

 

 

                                   Saturday, January 30, 2016

 

 

Event Format

                                  4SS

Time Control

                                  G/60 d10

Sections

                                  Open & U1800

Entry Fee

                                  $35, $20 for BCF members

Prizes

                                  $300 based on 25 paid entries

Registration

                                  9:15am - 9:45am

Round Times

                                  10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, and 6:00pm

 

Chess 960

Chess 960 

(evening event)

Date	Saturday, January 23, 2016,     6 pm
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/15 d3
Sections	One Section
Entry Fee	$20, $10 for players in Winter Action Swiss
Prizes	$200 based on 20 paid entries: $100-$50, U1800 $50
Registration Round Time:	Ends at 6:00pm First round at 6:20pm, rest ASAP

Winter Action Tournament

Winter Action Tournament

 

Date	Saturday, January 23, 2016
Event Format	6SS
Time Control	G/30 d5
Sections	One Section
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF members
Prizes	$300 based on 25 paid entries
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 11:20am, 1:00pm, 2:20pm, 3:45pm, and 5:00pm

Friday Night Blitz

 

Date

Friday, January 22

 

 

 

Event Format

6SS, Double Round Swiss

Time Control

G/5 d0

Sections

One Section

Entry Fee

$10, $5 for BCF members

Prizes

$100 based on 20 entries

Registration

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Round Times

First round at 7:30pm, rest ASAP

Description

Each Friday night is one complete, standalone tournament.

Event Dates

Friday, January 15
Friday, January 22
Friday, January 29

Northeastern Open

Northeastern University Open


Sunday, January 31, 2016

Location:

Northeastern University 

Curry Student Center, McLeod Suites

 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

4SS, G/60 d5


1st and 2nd place prizes for each section below

Open: $250-$125

U1800: $150-$100

U1400: $100-$50

Prizes based on 35 people

Top School Prize Plaque for colleges and high schools


Entry Fee:

on site: $30 
or          $25 if registering online at http://bit.ly/1PX7ejv

or          $25 if mailed by 01/26 to

Brian Dobosh

1197 Commonwealth Avenue; Apt 1

Allston, MA 02134

When registering by mail,  please include:

 A check for the entry fee made out to "Northeastern University".

Name:_______________________________________________
USCF id: ______________________Section:_________________
Organization:__________________________________________

 
Registration from 10:15-10:45 AM.
Players arriving after 10:45 will receive a 1⁄2 point bye for Round 1.
Byes: Limit 1, must commit before round 2.

Rounds: 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45

USCF membership required

Take the Orange Line to Ruggles Station or the Green Line (E) to
Northeastern University Station. Follow Signs to Curry Student Center.
Parking available at Renaissance Garage. 835 Columbus Avenue, Boston MA,
02120 for $8 a day. Food Vendors available on site.

Please email questions to northeasternchessclub@gmail.com.

Tornado #122

 

Date

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Event Format

4SS

Time Control

G/60 d10

Sections

Open & U1950

Entry Fee

$35, $20 for BCF members

Prizes

$300 based on 25 paid entries: 1st $125, 2nd $75, U1800

Registration

9:15am - 9:45am

Round Times

10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, and 6:00pm

 

2016 Boston Chess Congress Photos

Photos from 4th Boston Chess Congress, including Bill Kelleher's win over GM Luke McShane.

Click in slideshow to go to photo album itself.

If you viewing this on a mobile device, go to this link:

4th Boston Chess Congress Photos

Enjoy.

BCC PLAYERS ABOUND AT BOSTON CHESS CONGRESS // FM BILL KELLEHER TAKES POINT FROM GM LUKE MCSHANE // MANY BCC PLAYERS FILL THE HALL //

BOSTON CHESS CONGRESS

JANUARY 2016

FM Bill Kelleher (2311), former BCC Champion took the full point

from his 1st Round game with GM Luke McShane (2815).

Bill finished the event with 3/5 points for 10-19th place

 and McShane scored 4/5 for 2-4th place.

BOSTON CHESS CONGRESS WINNER

GM Alexander Shabalov won clear 1st in the

Open Section with 4.5/5 points.

NM Carissa Yip

NM Carissa Yip v NM Professor Sage: draw!

(Background left): Mark Fins.

Suraj Ramanathan plays Round 4.  Suraj finished with 2.5 points

in the U2100 Section for a 1908 to 1912 rating.

BCC Board Member Bryant Vernon plays

white in Round 5 of Boston Chess Congress.

Bryant scored 2.5 points in the Premier Section

for a 2000 to 2032 rating.

BCC PLAYERS

Ernest Schreiber (right); Bob Sullivan, black vs Natasha 

Christiansen, Derek Jin, Jerry Li . . .

Alex Yu, Round 4, playing winner of U2100 Section
WFM Martha Samadashvili; (background): Anton
Brash vs MIT Sophomore, Andy Trattner.

ROUND 5

Kevin Lu, black vs WFM Martha Samadashvili: Martha won

the game and the U2100 Section! Brava, Martha!

Former BCC President, MACA President and Chess Horizon's

Editor Nathan Smolensky (right) . . . 

Chess player and coach: GM Eugene Perelshteyn

Dan Schmidt plays Joe Perl; Jason Tang vs NM Hal Terrie . . . 

NM Farzad Abdi (2220) takes the full point from

 NM Yoon-Young Kim (2331) in Round 4.

along the wall: NM Siddarth Arun . . . Brian Salomon . . . 

Joy Cao, Round 4 . . . Joy scored 2.5 points in

the U1700 section for a 1386 - 1413 rating. Brava, Joy!

Nithin Kavi, (left, standing) plays Robert King.

Nithin finished with 2.5 points in the Premier Section

for a 2130 - 2137 rating.

Maxwell Zhao, Round 5.

WIM Dr. Vesna Dimitrijevic plays black in Round 5.

GM Alexander Ivanov, Round 4.

Alex scored 4 points for 2-5 place.

Alan Song, Round 4.

Matthew Meredith vs former BCC President

IM David Vigorito; GM Luke McShane vs 

NM Alex Cherniack . . . Round 4.

BCC BENEFACTOR

Mark Fins, Round 4

Derek Jin, 9 yrs old,  says "hi" . . . 

Derek, playing in the U2100 Section,

scored 2.5 points for a rating of 1862-1867.

Jason Tang vs NM Hal Terrie, Round 4: draw!

Bryant Vernon . . . Alej Botta . .  

BEST DRESSED

Adia Onyango New York - Kenya

Chess Instructor and Director

Bernie Xu, U1900 Section . . . 

Bob Oresick, former BCC official, vs David Katzman: draw!

NM Lawyer Times, former BCC Champion plays black

vs Joe Perl, Round 5.

Ernest Shreiber, black vs Derek Jin, Round 5: 

point to Derek Jin . . . 

NM J. Timothy Sage, Professor of Physics and Chess Club 

Advisor, Northeastern University, plays 

NM Carissa Yip, Round 4: draw. 

Background, center: Mark Fins . . . 

Alan Song vs Max Zhao, Round 5: draw!

 

Carissa Yip, Round 4 . . . 

FUN BETWEEN ROUNDS

BLITZ CHESS . . .

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

 

PHOTOGRAPHICS: STEPAK