BCC:BLITZ //ATUL KANNAN 1ST // NATHAN SMOLENSKY 2ND // BILL KELLEHER / JOE PEARL / ZUBIN BALIGA 2-5 // 16 PLAY

 

8 ROUND SWISS / GAME 3, +2 INCREMENT

IN ONE SECTION

 

 

Atul Kannan vs Nathan Smolensky: 1-0. Atul scored 7/8

for clear 1st place; Nathan scored 6/8 for clear 2nd.

 

Nathan Smolensky, on the move with black vs Atul

Kannan, Round 1.

IRISH GREEN PREVAILS

 

David Gunapalan (Canada/blue) vs FM Bill Kelleher (USA/green).

Bill contemplates the winning line in this game.

In this event, each players plays white and black.

With white, in a winning position, Bill lost on time,

so the the point was split: 1:1.

Bill scored 5 points to share 3-5th place.

 

(foreground): Zubin Baliga, black vs David Gunapalan.

Zubin scored 5 points to share 3-5th place.

(center, right) Joe Perl (blue) scored 5 points to

share 3-5th place. 

 

Alex Karam vs WCM Natasha Christiansen. Natasha

scored 4.5 points to share 6-7th place.

Natasha Christiansen, black vs Brian Salomon

Round 3. Brian scored 4.5 points to share 6-7th

place.

Alessia Iancarelli, black vs WCM Dr. Vesna Dimitrijevic,

MIT nuclear engineer. Alessia is working at Harvard Psych Dept

 and will study for her PhD in London this fall. Vesna is a

veteran chess player for the BCC for many decades.

 

Alessia on the move with white.

 

Hermenegildo Neto vs Dmitri Shevchenko;

Srikanth Rapaka, black vs Jay Smith;

Alessia Iancarelli vs Venna Dimitrijevic;

Alex Karam plays Natasha Christiansen;

Richard Graf plays Zubin Baliga.

 CHECKMATE!

 

CHIEF TD: ATUL S KANNAN

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK