4SS IN 2 SECTIONS, 60/SD + 5" DELAY
OPEN SECTION
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS EQUALITY
NM Rajesh Shanmugasundaram(2238) vs Karthik Sai Padmanabhan
(2077), Master vs Expert, Round 4.
HEATING UP TO AN ENDGAME
HEATING UP TO AN ENDGAME
Rajesh vs Karthik: intense calculation: finding the win,
holding the draw . . .
SKY-VIEW
Rajesh: making a plan: strengths, weaknesses . . .
Karthik waits . . .
THE KING IS A FIGHTING PIECE
Rajesh finds the plan: the white king invades . . .
(bishops of opposite colors are often drawn;
there are a few illustrative exceptions. This
is one of them . . . )
By the time the game ended, both players had less than
2 minutes left on their clocks . . .
NM Ryan Sowa (2335) plays Ilya Rozonoyer (1899), Round 1.
Ryan scored 3 points to share 2-6th points.
Suraj Ramanathan vs Maxwell Chen, Round 1.
Suraj scored 3 points to share 2-6th place.
David Milliern (1850) vs Jerry Lee (2144), Round 1.
Jerry scored 3 points to share 2-6th place.
Jordan Kovar vs NM Rajesh, Round 1.
Jordan scored 3 points to share 2-6th place.
CHARACTERISTIC POSE
Thomas Fang (2066) vs Zubin Baliga (2059), Round 4.
Zubin focused his way to 3 points to share
2-6th place. Bravo, Zubin!
U1800 SECTION
LITTLE VS BIG
Rouhan Yin, black vs Juan Carlos Morales, Round 4.
This time, Juan Carlos was victorious.
[Rouhan won his game vs Juan Carlos, in the BCC
National Chess Day Open, Round 3, on October 14, 2017]
Rouhan and Juan Carlos each scored 3 points
to share 1-3rd place.
Rouhan Yin vs Tian-ye Zhan, Round 3.
Rouhan Yin won this game, but Tian-ye scored the full
points vs Steve Stepak in Round 4, to share 1-3rd place
in the U1800 Section.
SCENES FROM
AROUND THE HALL
ETERNAL RIVALRY: ROUND 1
Harvard Professor Natesh Pillai vs Steve Stepak,
Round 1. Steve snatched the full point from
the professor at the last moment in a complex rook
and pawn endgame, with serious time pressure.
Natesh scored 2.5 points to share 4-6th
place with Will Wisdom and Bob Oresick.
(background): Will Wisdom vs Tian-ye Zhan
Ryan Sowa, tournament's highest rated player: 2335.
TOP FEMALE PLAYER
Joy Cao, 11 yrs old, (1820)
SUPURB ENDGAME TECHNIQUE: ROUND 4
With less than 30 seconds on her clock, Joy Cao, found
the win in a complex endgame vs Lawrence Tu,
where she had a h-pawn on h7, king and rook vs
black's knight and king, always struggling to avoid
the draw by stalemate. Joy Cao: poised under fire,
needing to make one precise move after the next,
found the way through zugzwang (forcing black
to play a "bad" move because he had run out
of good ones)! Brava, Joy! (standing): Will Wisdom.
Brandon Ni
THE SATISFACTION OF FINDING THE MOVE
6 YR OLD: LEARNING THE GAME
MORNING SUNSHINE
Bob Oresick, black vs Juan Carlos Morales, Round 1.
Bob scored 2.5 points to share 4-6th place.
(standing): event TD Bernardo Iglesias.
Rouhan Yin: thinks . . .
TALKING HANDS: BCC SPIRITUAL LEADER
AND GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIST TO CHESS
Harry Lyman, Boyston Chess Club,
YWCA, Boston, circa 1990.
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION:
BERNARDO IGLESIAS, CHIEF TD
NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN, ASST. TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
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