Monday, July 03, 2017

BCC ELITE QUADS / JULY / IM DENYS SHMELOV 1ST QUAD 1 // NM NITHIN KAVI / NM SIDDHARTH ARUN / 1-2ND QUAD 2 // JOE PERL 1ST / QUAD 3 // RYAN WANG 1ST / QUAD 4 // STEVE STEPAK 1ST / SMALL SWISS // 22 PLAY //

BCC JULY QUADS 3RR / 3SS 65/SD 10" DELAY
QUAD 1
Harvard Chess Club Co-President NM  Varun Krishnan
faces off with IM Denys Shmelov, Round 2, BCC
July Quads: draw! Denys won the quad with 2.5 points
and Varun was 2nd with 2 points! Bravo, both!
NM Sergio German plays white vs NM Varun Krishnan,
Round 1: draw! 
IM Denys Shmelov vs NM Brandon Wu, Round 1.
NM Brandon Wu vs NM Sergio German, Round 2.
QUAD 2
NM Nithin Kavo vs Jason Tang, Round 1: draw!
Nithin scored 2 point to tie 1-2nd.
Suraj Ramanathan, black vs NM Siddharth Arun, Round 2.
Siddharth scored 2 points to share 1-2nd place.
QUAD 3
BROTHER-SISTER
(3rd from the bottom on the right): Joe Perl, (hands on
face): thinking his way to 1st place in Quad 3 with 2.5 
points. (middle): Bob Oresick vs Max Bennett;
and in the foreground, the strongest brother-sister
pair in Massachusetts: Ryan and Tianna Wang.
Ryan Wang, (center): wins Quad 4
with 2.5 points. [Tianna Wang v
Ryan Wang, Round 2 was a draw!]
SMALL SWISS
Nick Afshartous vs Steve Stepak, Round 2.
Steve won this game, scoring 3 points altogether
for sole possession of 1st place.
SCENES FROM
AROUND THE HALL
Nick Afshartous!
 
Derek Jin, black vs Alan Song, Round 1.
(background): Ryan Wang vs Bob Oresick;
Max Bennett vs Tianna Wang.
PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION
Michael Henroid, long-time BCC club player, explains
an element of the opening to his young son Bryan.
Nick Afshartous, black vs Anthony German, Round 1.
Anthony is a nephew of NM Sergio German who
played in Quad 1. This is Anthony's 1st ever rated
tournament and the first trip to the BCC.
Welcome, Anthony!  Hope to see you again, soon!
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION
Ian van Hulle plays event TD Nick Sterling, Round 1.
This is Nick's first solo as a BCC event TD: 
Nick, great job! Efficient, and caring: a well-run event!
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

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