Monday, February 27, 2017

BCC: $15 OPEN // 43 PLAYERS // FM STEVEN WINER 1ST / 4-0 / OPEN SECTION // JUSTIN Y LI 1ST / 3.5 / U1800 // WELCOME ! / MANY NEW FACES //

BCC $15 OPEN
IN 2 SECTIONS
 OPEN SECTION
24 PLAYERS
BCC Electronic Posting of Parings
 
 Chess Coach FM Steven Winer perfect 4-0 for 1st place.
FM Steven Winer with black, plays Jerry Li, Round 2.
 NM Farzad Abdi conceives his strategy for play with white.
Farzad scored 3 points to share 2-6th place in the Open Section.
 Alan Song plays black vs Dr. Alezandro Felix Botta, Round 4.
Dr. Botta scored 3 points to share 2-6th place in Open Section.
 Atul Kannan scored 3 points to share
2-6th place in the Open Section.
Zubin Mohandas Baliga, black vs Dr. Botta, Round 2.
Zubin scored 3 points to share 2-6th place in Open Section.
  
NM Andrew Hoy vs Suraj Ramanathan, Round 3: draw!
Suraj scored 3 points to share 2-6th place in Open Section.
NM Andrew Hoy vs Suraj Ramanathan, Round 3.
NM Brandon Wu, (standing) observes. 
 BCC President NM Andrew Hoy prepares his game with
black vs Andrew Fang Meng, Round 2.
Dr. Botta plays black vs Natasha Christiansen, Round 3.
Alan Song, black vs Dr. Botta, Round 4.
 U1800 SECTION 
18 PLAYERS
Justin Y Li scored 3.5 points to take clear 1st place.
                                                                                                                          Photo: Bernardo Iglesias
Chun Sun vs Steve Stepak, Round 1.
Chun scored 3 points to share 2-4 place in U1800 Section.
Eric Feng scored 3 points to share 2-4th
place in the U1800 Section.
 
Alan E. Lu scored 3 points
to share 2-4th place
in the U1800 Section.
VIEWS FROM 
THE LENS
CHESS MAKES YOU
HUNGRY!

LUNCH IN THE
SKITTLES ROOM
  
Going over the game:
critical analysis with dad.
BETWEEN ROUNDS RECREATION
 BUGHOUSE BRINGS ON THE SMILES
FULL HOUSE, AGAIN!
BCC $15 OPEN, ROUND 1.
BCC Pleasant Playing Area
Bob Oresick plays Sai Sneha Yerra , Round 2.
  
Kelsey Liu plans her game as Sai Sneha Yerra observes. 
Bernardo Iglesias, TD
 Photos: Steve Stepak 
PATRON SAINTS OF THE BCC
 PORTRAITS: HARRY LYMAN AND HAROLD DONDIS

Sunday, February 26, 2017



 
 
 
DateSunday, March 5, 2017
Event Format4SS
Time ControlG/60 d5
SectionsMasters
Entry Fee$50 for BCF members, $70 for non-members, $5 more if not registering online
Prizes$700 based on 18 paid entries: $450-$250
Registration9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm
DescriptionOpen to players rated at least 2000 on the February or March supplement or live MSA rating.
Free entry for GM's and IM's with no deduction from any prize won.
Entry ListCurrent Pre-Registration List




March Quads



 
 
 
DateSaturday, March 4, 2017
Event Format3RR
Time ControlG/65 d10
SectionsPlayers will be arranged into quads by rating
Entry Fee$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes$$80 First place in top quad, $$50 First place in each of the other quads
Registration9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times10:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:30pm
Entry ListCurrent Pre-Registration List





March Thursday Night Swiss




 
 
DateMarch 2, 9, 16, and 30
Event Format4SS
Time Control40/90, SD/20 d10
SectionsOpen & U1900
Entry Fee$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes$300 based on 25 paid entries: Open 1st $125, 2nd $75 U1900 1st $60, 2nd $40
Registration6:30pm - 7:00pm
Round Times7:15pm
Entry ListCurrent Pre-Registration List  

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

HARVARD GAME 20: Brian Salomon 4-0 / 1ST PLACE / OPEN SECTION / STEPAK / BIELER / LESCHLY/BELINO 3 POINTS / 1-4TH RESERVE // 20 PLAY //

1st ANNUAL HARVARD CHESS CLASH
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
QUINCY HOUSE, HARVARD COLLEGE
Brian Salomon vs Holger Droessler, Round 3.
Brian won this game and went on to beat Ofer Grossman 
in Round 4 to clinch 1st place with a 4-0 score.
Ofer Grossman and Holger Droessler scored 3 points
for 2-3rd place in the Open Section.
 
 Steve Stepak sets up an English Opening 
in Round 3. Steve scored 3 points to share
1-4th place with Sam Bieler, Lan Leschly,
and Xhafa Belino.
Harvard Tennis demonstrates that the winning
strategy for a sport is controlling space.
A winning strategy for playing a successful chess tournament
is having a substantial snack between Round 2 and 3.
1st Annual Harvard Chess Clash: Round 1
TOURNAMENT TREAT
 PIZZA !
Richard Wang, black vs Ofer Grossman, Round 3.
 
Round 3
 TOURNAMENT STAFF
Bryan Hu, Richard Wang, 
Varun Krishnan
Class of 2018
 Boylston Chess Club invites the continued participation
of Harvard and MIT students, faculty and staff, to come
on over to 40 Norris Street, Cambridge and play in our
many and varied chess activities.
PRESS HERE
 
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

Sunday, February 19, 2017

17th annual Paramount



DateMonday, March 6, 2017 - Monday, May 8, 2017
Event Format10 Rounds 2RR. Players divided into six player sections by rating.
Time Control40/90, SD/60 d5. Adjournments are allowed after 3 hours of play, 11:15 PM at the latest.
Entry Fee$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes50% EF
Registration6:30pm - 7:00pm
Round Times7:15pm
Entry ListCurrent Pre-Registration List



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Enable smoother pairing, 
since this is a double round robin event
 and all pairings for the ten rounds will be set the first evening.

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17th Annual Paramount
                    

Weekly on Mondas
     40 Norris St, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA
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For some people, spring is signaled 
by the start of Red Sox reporting to spring training, 
by groundhog day, 
by the returning swallows to Capistrano...

But for many of us it is the
Paramount

This will be the 17th annual edition of the popular tournament (there was a hiatus in 2016), 

a ten-round, double round-robin.
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Initiated by past BCC president Bryan Clark
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this format [generous time control with two try's against known opponents bunched in competitive groups] remains popular. 
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And it is one of the few tournaments left that incorporate adjournments.
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At $2 per evening for ten Monday evenings for BCC members,  this is is an incredible bargain for a high quality chess match.
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If you haven't played in a Paramount before, give it a try.
If you have, please play again.





As Steve Stepak has put it:


"This is a thinking person's event: 10 rounds, double round robin.  The time control is: 40 moves in 90 minutes (+5" delay) and then G/60. A nuance in the time control is: after 3 hours of play, the game may be adjourned and resumed on a day agreed to by the players.  So this event is for players who like to think out complex combinations and strategies on the board and need the time to do so and who enjoy analyzing adjourned positions and resuming the game like was done in the "old days" . . . in the time of Bobby Fischer, for example.  Today, due to the proliferation of chess programs like Rybka (3199), Fritz (3080), Shredder (3058) and now Houdini (rating 3287) there is no more adjournment option, neither in professional chess play or most amateur club play. So the BCC Paramount may be one of the last places on earth where there is indeed an adjournment."
 
                       Steve Stepak's photo report on the last Paramount. 


 The crosstable for the 16th Paramount in 2015 is here.




Feb Scholastic


DateSunday, February 26, 2017
Event Format4SS
Time ControlG/30 d5
Sections14 & Under and 8 & Under
Entry Fee$25, $20 for BCF members, $5 more at door
PrizesTrophies for 1st/2nd each age group, medal for 3rd
Registration10:00am - 10:20am
Round Times10:30am, 11:50am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm
Entry ListCurrent Pre-Registration List


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