Monday, February 26, 2018

BCC TORNADO: PROFESSOR BOTTA / 4-0 / 1ST / OPEN SECTION // SETH LIEBERMAN / 4-0 / 1ST U1800 SECTION // 29 PLAY //

 
4SS G/60,  5"DELAY IN 2 SECTIONS
OPEN SECTION
NM Dr. Alejandro Botta, BU Professor, takes a 
convincing 4-0 hold of 1st place, and a 
+10 to 2262 rating. Bravo, Dr. Botta.
THE BATTLE BEGINS
Dr. Botta, black vs BCC Asst TD David Milliern, Round 2.
Logan Boucher vs Joaquin Carlson, Round 2.
Though Logan won this game, Joaquin caught up with him
to take a share of 2-4th place with 2.5 points. 
Logan shared 5-9th with 2 points.
BIG CHESS:ROUND 2
UPPER: Lewis Tu, black vs Skyler Zhou. Lewis scored 2.5
points to share 2-4th place.
LOWER: Robert Holmgren, black, vs Joy Cao.
Lawrence Tu, younger brother of Lewis, plays black
vs Kelsey Liu in Round 2. Lawrence won this game and
shared 2-4th place with his brother and Joaquin with
2.5 points.
EYES ON THE BALL: FOCUS!
Kevin Liu (1826) vs Ruohan Yin (1710)
One cannot help marveling at the intensity of concentration
of 8 yr old Ruohan Yin (right) who won this game with black vs
a very savy Kevin Liu.  Ruohan quickly recovered from his
disappointing loss to Ilya Rozonoyer in Round 1 to score
enough to up his rating +29 to 1739 overall. Bravo, Ruohan!
[Ruohan is ranked 17th/100 nationally, for 8 yr olds!]
U1800 SECTION
Seth Lieberman scored a perfect 4-0
to take clear 1st place. Bravo, Seth!
FORGROUND: Justin Y Li (left) vs Hermenegildo Neto, R=2.
Justin scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place. 
Hermenegildo took clear 4th with 2.5 points.
BACKGROUND: Seth Lieberman, black vs Ryan Donnelly.
ROUND 2
TOP OF THE HEAP: Kishore Sivarajan, black vs Jeffrey Liu.
Kishore scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place. Bravo, Kishore!
NEXT UP: Greg Ardini, black, vs Andrew The
FORGROUND: Yinghan Liu vs Dr. Oresick: draw!
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION
BERNARDO IGLESIAS, CHIEF TD
DAVID MILLIERN, ASST TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

No comments: