BCC WEAVER ADAMS SURPRISE ENDING: BERNARDO IGLESIAS / JONATHAN LEE / VLAD JAN GACIU / 1-3rd / QUALIFY FOR RUBENS LANDY TOURNAMENT //

BCC 4SS QUALIFIER FOR REUBENS LANDEY

Prophetic photo: Vlad Jan Gaciu vs Bernardo Iglesias, Round 4.

Vlad went into Round 4 with 3 points: all he had to do was draw,

or of course win, to take clear first place! But, reality bites.

Actually, Bernardo was rested and focused and took the full 

point.  Bravo Bernardo (+30 to 1763 rating). Vlad, even with

this loss had 3 points to tie 1-3rd for a piece of the action and

a seed into the Reubens Landey. And . . . 

 

Jonathan Lee (note: bow tie) takes out Scott Blanchette in

Round 4, after losing to Vlad Gaciu in Round 3.  Nice 

come-back, Jonathan! And this performance was good 

enough to push Lee's rating over 1800 (again): (+13 to 1811)

Bravo, Jonathan !!

Tom Medrek vs Vlad Jan Gaciu, Round 1.

Larry Eldridge takes the full point from Mark Neale in

Round 1 . . . but:

                                                                                                                                 Photo: Bob Oresick

Round 2 play: Steve Stepak (right) vs Larry Eldridge.

English A25. [I missed a chance to get a substantial 

advantage out of the opening and instead, castled king-side

which, one might assume is innocuous at the very worst. Well

it turned out to be disastrous! But, lucky for me, Larry made

a serious blunder later on in the game which allowed me to

convert to a forced win. Otherwise, the game was his.

Lots of action and fire-works in this match.] Well that gave

both Larry and me a piece of 4-9th.

Jonathan Lee, Black vs Will Wisdom, Round 1.

Will finished with 2 points good for 4-9th place.

7 yr old Alexander Meng white vs Mark Neale, Round 4.

Though Alex lost this encounter, he and Mark both 

finished the event with 2 points for a piece of 4-9th place.

And Alex was +69 to 1482 rating-wise.

Bob Oresick, black vs Frank Frazier, Round 1.

Frank won this game and scored 1.5 points for the event.

Bob scored 2 draws for 1 point.

Alexander Meng, black vs Tony Cortizas, Round 1.

Alex won this game for 2 points. Tony had 1 point in this

event overall.

Tom Medrek (upper left in blue): Tom had 2 draws for 1 point.

Will Wisdom vs Bob Oresick. Will had a bit of luck in this

event, drawing Round 3 with Tom Medrek who had a forced

win against Will in a major piece ending. Will won his Round 4
game against Bob Oresick (see above in red shirt) for a
+47 to 1423.  Bravo Will: keep up the good work!

Tom lost his last round game to Larry Eldridge to finish

this event with 1 point. Bob also had 2 draws in this event,
good for 1 point.  Bravo all for playing a great tournament.
(13 players, one section)

So that means:
Jonathan Lee, Vlad Jan Caciu and Bernardo Iglesias
will get a free entry into the Reubens Landey!
Stay tuned!
BERNARDO IGLESIAS TD

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
PS

A more sun-friendly environment in which to play chess:
the Pit, Harvard Square, now featuring 3 red umbrellas
provided by the City of Cambridge.  Bravo, City Hall!