Fellow BCF Chess players,
After we came from for air - gasp, gasp - from last weekend's
massively overcrowded tournament schedule, we had a modest but still
much better attended LOC Smyslov. . With 26 players, we were unable to
field the separate U1500 Section, so we got by with Open and U2000.
The Open Section proved that it's sometimes the player who
persists the most steadfastly who ends up winning. In this case, an
1800 player triumphed even though we had several players north of that
rating.
The U2000 Section featured a massive 4-way tie for 1st place,
and the U1500 a 2-way tie. I extend welcome to Pitambar Dayal, one of
our newest players who debuted last week at the Harvard Open. He and I
slugged it out in a side game featuring the Classical Dutch, and it was
one of the most fascinating games I played.
Winners:
Open:
1st Place: Nicholas Stevenson
2nd Place (tied): Joaquin Carlson, Alexander Meng, Lewis Tu
U2000:
1st Place (tied): Thomas Ha, Riya Kanury, Robert Holmgren, Robert Oresick
U1500:
1st Place (tied): Eric Li, Jericho Carlson
Finally, I would like to welcome Suraj Ramanathan and
Alexander Meng, who both played here, to the Waltham Club Championship
starting next month.
See you over the board.
Nicholas P. Sterling, Ph.D.
BCF, Local TD |
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