Friday, June 30, 2017

BCC PREMIER TNS 5 ROUNDER: NM ANDREW HOY / SOREN PEDERSEN 1-2ND WITH 4.5 POINTS! // GRAF / RAY / SHARE U1900 PRIZE // 19 PLAY! //

40/90  SD 20 10" DELAY   5 ROUNDS!
IN ONE SECTION THIS TIME!
OPEN SECTION
GO RED SOX !
BCC Presodemt NM Andrew Hoy, on the move vs
Ed Astrachan, Round 5. Andrew won this game to tie
1-2nd place with 4.5 points. Ed shared 7-10 place
with 2.5 points.
GREEN V PURPLE
Soren Sandman Pedersen thinking his way to 1-2nd place
in the TNS June 2017 5 rounder (seen here, in Round 1, 
playing Dr. Natesh Pillai, Harvard Professor of Statistics)
Soren scored 4.5/5 for a +33 to 1994 rating. Bravo, Soren! 

Matthew Hass v Paul Mishkin, Esq, Round 5.
Matthew won this game for 4.5/5 and clear 
3rd place with a +68 to 1860 rating! Bravo, Matt!
Paul was 11-15th with 2 points.
Paul Mishkin v Joe Ray (1-2nd U1900 prize): draw!;
(background): John Graf  (1-2nd U1900 prize)
(Weaver Adams co-champion)
vs Leo Bonnell, Round 1.
Joe, John and Leo each scored 3 points to share
4-6th place.
 U1900 PRIZE
John Graf and Joe Ray shared the U1900 prize
each scoring 3 points out of 5.
CHIEF TD NM ANDREW HOY
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
             

Reubens Landey 2017


Banner:  Tony Cortizas, Jr.




Reubens Landey

Boylston Chess Club 
U2200 Championship


DateMondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7
Event Format5SS
Time Control40/90, SD/20 d10
Sections1800-2199
Entry Fee$20, BCF membership required
PrizesWinner(s) receives free entry to Club Championship
Registration6:30pm - 7:00pm
Round Times7:15pm
DescriptionTournament open to all players rated between 1800 and 2199 on either the June or July rating supplements.
This tournament is part of the BCF Championship Series. Winner receives free entry to the Club Championship, held in the fall of 2017.

Entry List

Current Pre-Registration List



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The 2017 Reubens Landey begins Monday, July 10.  It is the second component of the club championship cycle.  The winner becomes the BCC U2200 champion and moves into the club championship to compete against club masters.  

Last year Soren Pederson, Ed Astrachan, and Gabriel Birzu were the  U2200 champions.  This year Joaquin Carlson and John Graf are winners of the Weaver Adams U1800 and so are seeded into the R-L.

This is a very special event - it is traditionally a very competitive, prestigious, yet
friendly tournament. Only club members can enter, but if you aren't a member, this is the perfect excuse to join or renew.

If you like, you may request a 1/2 point, 1st round bye.




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yearReubens-Landey (U2200 Champion)Weaver Adams (U1800 Champion)
2017?Joaquin Carlson, John Graf
2016Ed Astrachan, Soren Pederson, Gabriel BirzuJonathan Mark Lee, Vlad Jan Gaciu, Bernardo Iglesias
2015Soren PedersonTom Medrek
2014Ted CrossTimothy O'Malley
2013J. Timothy SageJoel Bryan Wald, Brandon Wu
2012Simon Warfield, Carey TheilBrian Perez-Daple
2011Simon WarfieldKen Ho, Mike Griffn, Khikmet Sadykov
2010Jeffrey Hall, Sean Ingham, David GlickmanAlexander Paphitis
2009NM Greg KadenFrank Frazier
2008Simon WarfieldJohnathan Lee, Adam Yedidia
2007Gregory KadenAlexander Paphitis
2006Brian SalomonAlexander Paphitis, Jonathan Lee, Lior Rozhansky
2005Kenneth Newman, Carey TheilRobert Oresick, Joshua Blanchfield
2004Simon WarfieldMike Griffin
2003Edward AstrachanRobert Oresick 
2002Simon WarfieldWilliam MacLellan
2001Edward Astrachan, Kimani StancilMike Griffin
2000Simon WarfieldStephen E. Smith
1999Daniel J. WoodsBryan Clark
1998Paul MishkinBryan Clark, Charles G. Alex
1997Robert ArmesWalter A. Driscoll III
1996Larry SchmittHector Perez, Jared Becker
1995Miguel Angel SantanaMiguel A. Santana
1994Alex SliveAndrew L. Yerre
1993Timur FeinsteinCharles G. Alex   (1st)
1992Daniel J. Woods
1991Larry Schmitt
1990Alex Slive
1989Thomas Durnan
1988Thomas Durnan
1987Harold Dean Lawton
1986Charlie Mays (1st)





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EMIL M. REUBENS 

by Bernardo Iglesias
"....Chess appeals to our emotions and brings us joys and sorrows."



Emil Reubens was born in a beautiful land very far away, in Yelisavetpol (Kirovabad) Russia, in 1886, on September 23 and, died in Massachusetts in Norwood Hospital in 1973, on August 29 after a brief illness. Emil Reubens was 86 years old when he died, an extraordinary man who believed that mankind could become rehabilitated through Chess. Chess is more than life and can change a person to benefit Society.
He was a chess master emeritus and one of the founding member of the United States Chess Federation, a member of the Boylston Chess Club, the Brockton Chess Club and his dear Sharon Chess Club. 

Reubens received his formal education at the University of Prague. In 1906 he immigrated to the United States and worked for a time in steel mills in Detroit. Eventually he moved to Boston and graduated from Boston University in 1922 with a degree in business administration. Much later, in June of 1973 he received his Master's degree in business administration, he was the oldest person in the university's history to obtain such a degree at 86.
He lived in Sharon, Mass. for many years. Emil Reubens was a U.S.C.F. life director and authored a wonderful book on chess play, entitled Chess - Trick and Treat in 1965. This book is a treasure, a precious jewel for any novice player. At the end of the book he recommends that every young player should “Join a chess club. Meet chess players of differing skill and style. Subscribe to a periodical that will keep you abreast of the important events in Chess world." 

In 1964, he helped to bring the U.S. Open to Boston. He was an honorary Chairman of the Committee, along with a lot of the great chess organizers of the time: Robert Goodspeed (Brockton C.C), Harold Dondis (Johnson C.C.), Eleanor Goodspeed, Eleanor Terry, Frank Ferdinand (Harvard C.C.), James Burgess (Boylston C.C. ),Harry Goober (Clarendon C.C.), Beverly Jarnigan and Joseph Hurvitz (Boylston C.C.). That year, the U.S.C.F. was celebrating the silver anniversary of its foundation, in which Emil Reubens had been a strong force in promoting chess in this country. 

Emil had a long time interest in prison reform and was instrumental in assisting many prisoners get back into society. In his book, mentioned above, he thought that “When I was drafted into becoming a "leader" in youth clubs, I employed chess and chocolate bars to lead the youth into the paths of righteousness. There are no available data to estimate the effect of chess on juvenile delinquency, nor are there statistics to gauge the collateral effects of chocolate bars freely rewarded for chess merits." 

Reubens combined a lifelong interest in better prisons, rehabilitation and parole systems with chess activities. He organized many teams of players who visited several penal institutions to play against teams of inmates, or just to play simultaneous exhibitions against the inmates. On one occasion, he took Steve FrymerJohn Curdo, and R. Gleason to Norfolk Prison, delighting one inmate in particular so much that he became an active player and organizer in Norfolk area.
Emil Reubens loved the youth, kids of all ages, -- they are our future joys and sorrows in life. The second Brockton Open, on September 25 & 26, 1971 in Brockton, Mass.William Lombardy, former World Junior Champion, had agreed to participate in the selection and awarding of a special Lombardy - Reubens “best played game” trophy to some player under the age of 21 (Harry Lyman was present in this ceremony). The winner of the award trophy was won by the young John Peters. The third Brockton Open, on September 23 & 24,1972, the Lombardy-Reubens award trophy was won byJohn Stopa. For the Boylston C.C. member’s information, at this event Alex Slive andAndrew Anisimov, two new youngsters showed up in the chess arena. After this event, it seems that such award stopped being awarded by the Brockton Chess Club, since he became sick and died shortly.
The "MASS STATE JUNIOR CHESS CHALLENGE TROPHY PRESENTED BY EMIL M. REUBENS " is a silver trophy cup at the Boylston Chess Club to preserve his memory for future generations. In 1988, William Lukowiak, treasurer of the Boylston Chess Club and long time an officer on the board of MACA, introduced a motion to the Executive Board of MACA that the winner’s name of the Junior Scholastic Champion from Massachusetts be inscribed in this trophy and that MACA will help to pay for traveling expenses to the National Championship whenever it was to be held. The MACA board turned down this motion, and denied youngsters of this State such an honor. 

After his death, the Mass State Chess Association, organized a one time "the Emil Reubens Memorial" at the Massachusetts Open at the new Brockton High School in 1974. The winner of this event was John Peters.
Emil founded the Steinberg-Reubens Educational Foundation. The Boylston Chess Club Board of Directors decided that in 1986 to pay tribute to Emil Reubens and Ben Landey by naming a qualifier cycle of the B.C.C. championship qualifier in their honor, for players rated 1800 to 2199. The winners of the Reubens/Landy move on to play against the club’s masters for the club championship.
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BENJAMIN LANDEY 

by Bernardo Iglesias

Benjamin Landey was born in 1912 and died on January 20, 1981 in Quincy. From his high school days he worked for the Sharon Bolt and Screw Company founded by Emil Reubens, reaching the position of board chairman, which he held at his death. According to Harry LymanBenjamin married Reubens’ daughter. 

For many years, he was the ceremonial chess leader of New England: Landey was President of the MSCA, the Boylston Chess Club, the Boston Metropolitan Chess League, the New England Chess Association, and the USCF Regional Vice-President.
He was a truly regional chess entrepreneur, a notable chess organizer, a man of remarkable poise and intelligence, a master of parliamentary procedure and a skillful politician, that is, a leader among leaders in the region. He worked for long hours at his job and then spend evenings and weekends on numerous chess projects and clubs. 

While Ben Landey was a tournament director for M.S.C.A., he brought to Boston the U.S. Open in 1970 and the U.S. Junior Open in 1965 and 1969, held at Northeastern University. Ben Landey's most active years were from 1965 to 1970; after this year his health impeded more time in his passion for the royal game of chess. Despite his failing health, he was an extremely successful teacher of chess for beginners, though he himself was rated only about 1500 during most of his over the board career; he also, worked with the Massachusetts Association for Retarded Citizens and several local groups.
Along with Emil Reubens, Landey was a major sponsor of prison chess programs, and the two of them sought the parole of a number of inmates who were avid chess players. In addition to being a regular tournament player, Ben Landey was very active in postal chess with the Nights of the Square Table (NOST). 

Landey was the first person to compete with a computer in chess at a U.S. Chess Federation rated tournament. He lost. 

Landey’s most glorious moment in the spotlight as an organizer was winning the bid for the 1970 US Open for Boston. It was Ben Landey’s rhetoric that easily won the bid at the 1969 U.S.C.F. meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was unfortunate that the then M.S.C.A. was not ready to host such a major event. The host site, Boston's Parker House, was a less than welcoming host, and a great number of participants complained about the space designated for the playing room, that the light was not good enough for many, etc. Also, Ben Landey got sick a few months before the event along with his co-organizer Lewis Icenogle. It was not Landey's shining hour. ` 

Ben was treasurer of the Greater Boston Committee of the U.S. Peace Council, past President of the South Shore Assn. for Retarded Citizens. He was the President of the Boylston Chess Club at the time of his death. 

After his death in 1981, M.A.C.A. organized a memorial tournament at the Mass. Open in April; the winner of this tournament was the young James Rizzitano in North Darmouth. 

The Boylston Chess Club has honored Ben Landey since 1986, when the Board of Directors dedicated a qualifier tournament to those members of the club rated 1800 to 2199 plus the winners of the Weaver Adam's; the winner to participate in the fall championship. His memory will endure for ever at the Boylston Chess Club along with that of Emil Reubens.


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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

BCC WEAVER ADAMS QUALIFIER: JOHN GRAF / JOAQUIN CARLSON 1-2ND / 3 POINTS / ADVANCE TO REUBENS LANDEY // BERNARDO IGLEASIAS / TD / CLEAR 3RD //

WEAVER ADAMS 4SS 40/90 20/SD 10" DELAY
IN ONE SECTION: U1800
WINNER(S) TO REUBENS LANDEY
[QUALIFIER FOR THE BCC CHAMPIONSHIP]
U1800
John Graf, black vs Bernardo Iglesias,  event TD, (former 
Weaver Adams Champion), play
in Round 4.  Bernardo won this game to score a 2.5
and a +14 to 1739 rating. John prevailed in the cross
tables with 3 points out of 4 to share 1-2nd place
with Joaquin Carlson to qualify for a free entry into
the Reubens Landey (1800-2199 rating) feed-in to the
BCC Championship, 2017!
Joaquin Carlson plays Bob Oresick (former Weaver Adams 
Champion), Round 4. Joaquin won this game to score 
3/4 and a share of 1-2nd place and a free entry into the
Reubens Landey 2017!  Bravo, Joaquin!
SCENES FROM 
OTHER MATCHES
John Graf v Joaquin Carlson, Round 3.  John won this
match to secure a birth in the Reubens Landey.
Joaquin would have to fight for a win in Round 4 and
hope that John lost his match.  This turned out to be the
case so both players were tied with 3/4 and won free
entries into the Reubens Landey! (background): Jared Carlsen
vs Justin Y Li. Jared won this game to score 2/4 in the event.
Jared is the father of Joaquin and Jericho Carlson!  
Bravo, dad!
Bob Oresick, black vs former Weaver Adams Champion,
Frank Frazier duke it out in Round 3. Bob won this
encounter to break even in the event with 2/4! Bravo, Bob!
Frank also scored 2 points to finish in the cross-table
with a piece of 4-7th place, along with Bob, Tom Medrek
and Jared Carlson.
Tom Pendergast vs Steve Stepak, Round 3: draw!
Steve Stepak, black vs Jared Carlson, Round 1.
[Besides having a significant height advantage (7 inches)
Jared came at me with a 4 pawn attack which I was not
totally familiar with. Well I made all the mistakes one
can make vs this opening and got carved up.
But! I was motivated to go back to the drawing board
and learn this open more thoroughly!  Jared,
thanks for push. And great fighting chess!
THE GREEN MACHINE
Bernardo Iglesias (TD) plays black vs Tom Medrek (former
Weaver Adams Champion), Round 3.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BOARD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS: GM SAMUEL RESHEVSKY // 50 PLAY // 2 SECTIONS: OPEN // IM DENYS SHMELOV / WFM CARISSA YIP / NM DANIEL CREMISI / ALAN SONG // 1-4TH WITH 3.5 POINTS // U1800 // ERIC LI / CLEAR 1ST / 3.5 POINTS //

LEGENDS OF CHESS 4SS / 60SD / 5"
IN 2 SECTIONS: OPEN AND U1800
OPEN SECTION
OPEN SECTION
Aravind Ponukumati vs IM Denys Shmelov, Round 2.
Denys scored 3.5 points to share 1-4th place.
BCC Champion, WFM Carissa Yip, black vs NM Nithin 
Kavi, Round 4.  Carissa scored 3.5 points for a +4 to 2366
to share 1-4th place.
Yue (Kerry) Huang, black vs NM Daniel Cremisi, Round 1.
Daniel scored 3.5 points  for a +8 to 2320 and a share of
 1-4th place.  Daniel, from North Carolina, plays at the BCC
for the first time: Welcome, Daniel. Hope to see you again 
soon.
Alan Song scored 3.5 points to share 1-4th place
in the Open Section +8 to 2106. Bravo, Alan!
U1800 SECTION
THE LEADER EMERGES
LEFT TO RIGHT: Eric Li plays Brandon Ni; Steve Stepak plays
Joe Garcia and Kumsal Deniz Sezen plays Bob Oresick,
Round 3. Eric scored 3.5 points to take clear 1st place
for a +73 to 1468 rating. Bravo, Eric!
Brandon Ni scored 3 points to share 2-5th place!
Jonathan Hsu vs Jericho Carlson; David Martin, black
vs Lucas Kamon; Steve Stepak v Henry Booth,  Round 1.
Jonathan scored 3 points to share 2-5th place.
Ybelka Granger plays black vs Aidan Breen, Round 3.
Ybelka scored 3 points to share 2-5th place.
This was Aiden's first rated tournament and first visit
to the BCC: Welcom Aidan. Hope to see you again
soon.
Steve Stepak scored 3 points
to share 2-5th place.
SCENES FROM
AROUND THE HALL
FULL HOUSE: ROUND 1
ROUND 1
Yue (Kerry) Huang, black vs Kevin Li, Round  4.
Jericho Carlson on the move, Round 2.
Joy Cao
The Girls of BCC Chess
take a lunch break !
FAMILY CHESS AT THE BCC
Top to bottom: mother of Bernie Xu, father of
WFM Carissa Yip; Joe Garcia plays the BCC
Champion, WFM Carissa Yip; Matthew Garcia,
son of Joe Garcia; Bernie Xu
BCC Kids hard at work studying!
TOURNAMENT 
ADMINISTRATION
BERNARDO IGLESIAS
CHIEF TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

Sunday, June 25, 2017

July Quads


Banner:  Tony Cortizas, Jr.

Date           Saturday, July 1, 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;  
ABSOLUTELY NO ONSITE REGISTRATION AFTER 9:45AM
Round Times10:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:30pm
Entry ListCurrent Pre-Registration List


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Legends of Chess photos by Nick Sterling



Nick Sterling has been increasing his help at Boylston events.

In addition to assisting the TD (Bernardo and Natasaha, of course), he shot about 40 photos at Saturday's Legends of Chess:  Sammy Reshevsky, which had 50 players


You can view them all at one of his facebook pages.