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

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