CLEAR FIRST PLACE
FM Varun Krishnan, clear 1st place with 12.5 points
FM Bill Kelleher vs FM Varun Krishnan.
Varun, black vs Billy Collins
Billy Collins on the move vs Varun.
THE VENUE
FM Kelleher vs FM Krishnan.
CLEAR SECOND PLACE
IM Alexander Katz, (right) current BCC Champion,
plays black vs FM/WIM Carissa Yip, former BCC Champion
and 1st female to win the BCC championship!
Alexander scored 11.5 points to take clear 2nd place.
IM Alex Katz, considers his
options . . .
IM Alex Katz vs IM Richard Wang,
former Canadian Junior Champion.
IM Katz, black, vs IM Wang, white, on the move.
(background, right) NM Michael Isakov.
CLEAR 3RD PLACE/1ST U2350
NM Brian Hu, on the move vs NM Ilya Krasik.
Brian scored 10 points to claim 3rd place over-all
and the 1st U2350 price.
IM Richard Wang, black vs NM Abyelardo Cadavid, on the move.
Both Richard and Abyelardo scored 9.5 points to share 4-5th place.
FM Kelleher, black vs NM Michael Isakov.
Michael scored 9 points to take clear 6th place.
CAMBRIDGE TRUST COMPANY
Joe Perl, black vs former BCC president IM David Vigorito.
David scored 8 points to share 7-8th place.
BCC veteran player FM Bill Kelleher, black vs BCC
veteran player NM Farzad Abdi.
Farzad scored 8 points to share 7-8th place.
IM David Vigorito vs NM Vadim Martirosov.
SHOTS FROM
AROUND THE VENUE
Billy Collins
Billy Collins vs NM Vadim Martirosov.
Billy Collins vs FM Bill Kelleher
BCC veteran player Joe Perl, black vs IM Alex Katz.
Billy Collins thinking.
CHECK THIS CHART OUT.
IT SHOWS THE PERFORMANCE RATING
OF EACH PLAYER
Billy Collin's performance rating was
2199 [over 2200 with the correction!!] pushing his rating to
2137 [actually higher]! He beat Bill Kelleher on time
in an even position and he won his game with IM Vigorito.
And as Billy explained it, in his game with FM Yip,
she did not claim a "touch move" action
which would have allowed her to win a
rook and the game. Billy drew his game vs
Michael Isakov! Billy drew his game vs Brian Hu!
Check the times on the clocks!
Collins v Kelleher
For some reason the result of Billy and FM Kelleher
shows a draw, though I did witness this game
with Kelleher flagging with mating material
on the board. [I have asked TD Nathan Smolensky
about this and await his reply. Reply in hand, award
one full point to Billy Collins and subtract one full
point from FM Bill Kelleher's score. For Billy C,
a win in drawn position: a credible result for
a blitz game, yes?]
IS THIS FUN OR WHAT? !!!
event chief TD:
A great round of applause for former BCC President
and current Massachusetts Chess Association
President not to forget Editor in Chief of the
world famous Chess Horizons Magazine
Nathan Smolensky. Even when his computer
crashed right in the middle of a pairing announcement,
Nathan was cool under fire. I didn't even see him
get the slightest bit flustered. He was rock solid,
nerves of steel. Bravo, Nathan!
No kidding, folks, this guy is good.
What's a chess tournament without the
cash prizes? So:
Nathan divides the cash for the winners: Varun Krishnan,
Alexander Katz and Brian Hu.
What a day, what a chess event!
IM Richard Wang, black, vs NM Ilya Krasik.
Photography editor of
this event, former
BCC President, BCC
Senior Champion, &
BCC veteran player:
STEVE STEPAK
