Boylston Chess: October Quads

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October Quads 

 

 

 

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Date	Saturday, October 5, 2019
Event Format	3RR
Time Control	G/65 d10
Sections	Players will be arranged into quads by rating
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF members, $5 more if not registering online in advance. Free entry for BCF members rated 2300+, but entry fee deducted from won prize.
Prizes	$80 First place in top quad, $50 First place in each of the other quads
Registration	9:15am-9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:15pm, 4:00pm
Description	ABSOLUTELY NO ONSITE REGISTRATION AFTER 9:45AM. ** No byes or withdrawals are allowed. All rounds must be played.
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Boylston Chess: October Thursday Night Swiss

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October Thursday Night Swiss  

 

 

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Date	Thursdays, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Event Format	5SS
Time Control	G/105 d10
Sections	Open & U1900
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF members; $5 more if not registering online in advance. Club members rated 2200+ may play in the Thursday Night Swiss with no entry fee and no prize deductions.
Prizes	$300 based on 25 paid entries: 1st $125, 2nd $75; U1900 1st $60, 2nd $40
Registration	6:15pm - 6:45pm
Round Times	7:00pm
Description	Bye and withdrawal requests must be received by 6:45pm. Sections with fewer than 12 players may be merged. ** A current USCF membership is required. **
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

BCC BRINGS CHESS TO HARVARD AND THE WORLD // SMITH CAMPUS CENTER HARVARD SQUARE // SEPTEMBER 28 AND 29 //

CHESS AT SMITH CAMPUS CENTER

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Saturday / Sunday :: September 28 and 29th
 FREE SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION FOR ALL

Smith Campus Center, Harvard University

Saturday September 28, 2019: starts at noon to 2:00 PM

 

 Carissa Yip plays all in simultaneous exhibition

CARISSA YIP: 1ST FEMALE BCC CHAMPION

2016 - 2017, AT 13 YEARS OF AGE !

 FM Carissa Yip wins BCC Ch 2016 Photo: Steve Stepak

CURRENT RANKING:

FIDE MASTER (FIDE 2425 RATING)

FIDE WOMEN'S GRANDMASTER

USCF Rating: 2467

 Carissa is the 2016 North American U20 Girls Champion.

Also, Carissa won the USCF Girls Junior Ch 2019

with a $3,000 prize and a $10,000 scholarship

toward university studies from the

Dewain Barber Foundation and the USCF

 BLITZ CHESS FOR THE MASSES

(qualifier for Sunday invitational) 

PRESS FOR DETAILS 

GAME 5 / NO DELAY

Saturday September 28, 2019

Smith Campus Center

3:00 PM to 7:30 PM 

$10 ENTRY FEE

Action from 1st qualifier (inside)

 action from 2nd qualifier (outside)

 Action at Blitz Qualifier (outdoors)

Action from Blitz Qualifier

Smith Campus Center (below)

 Kids have fun playing blitz chess outdoors!

BILLY COLLINS 

INVITATIONAL BLITZ  

DETAILS AT MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOCIATION WEB PAGE

Sunday, September 29,2019

Last year's event:

                                     Harvard University student: FM Varun Krishnan (right), champion!

TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION

Nathan Smolensky

Organizer and Tournament Director

makes the announcements

before the event.

Boylston Chess: Harold Dondis Memorial

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Harold Dondis Memorial  

 

 

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Date	Saturday, September 28, 2019
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/60 d5
Sections	Open, U2000, & U1500
Entry Fee	$40, $25 for BCF members, $5 more if not registering online in advance. Free entry for BCF members rated 2300+, but entry fee deducted from won prize.
Prizes	$$500 Guaranteed: Open: $200-$100-$50 U2000: $100 U1500: $50
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm
Description	OPEN TO FIRST 52 PLAYERS TO REGISTER; no refund of advance entries. In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section. Rated players rated within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section.
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

International Master 

Marc Esserman

FREE Simul

Monday, September 23
from 3-5 pm

International Master Marc Esserman will be giving a free simul open to the public!  

 

The simul will be at 

Countway Courtyard.  

677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA.

For more directions see the google link map:   (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harvard+T.H.+Chan+School+of+Public+Health/@42.33751,-71.107262,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e379894a38df79:0x49f5d1374f9fccbc!8m2!3d42.3354484!4d-71.1027163 )

Countway Courtyard – go down steps from 677 Huntington Ave. and look for the blue Outside signs.  

The first player to win or draw will receive a free copy of Marc's book, Mayhem in the Morra!  Otherwise, the book will be raffled off at the conclusion of the simul.  Feel free to spread the word.  This promises to be a very exciting event!

Boylston Chess: Sept. Scholastics

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September Scholastics  

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Date	Sunday, September 22, 2019
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/30 d5
Sections	14 & Under and 8 & Under. A current USCF membership is required for both sections.
Entry Fee	$25, $20 for BCF members, $5 more at door if not registering online in advance
Prizes	Trophies for 1st/2nd each age group section, medal for 3rd
Registration	10:00am - 10:20am
Round Times	10:30am, 11:50am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Boylston Chess: BCF Centennial - Legends of Chess: Harry Pillsbury

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BCF Centennial - 

Legends of Chess: 
Harry Pillsbury 

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Date	Saturday, September 21, 2019
Event Format	3SS
Time Control	G/65 d10
Sections	Open, U2000, & U1500
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF members, $5 more if not registering online in advance. Free entry for BCF members rated 2300+, but entry fee deducted from won prize.
Prizes	$$240 guaranteed: Open $100 - $50, U2000 $50, U1500 $40
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:15pm, 4:00pm
Description	In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section. Rated players rated within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section. Sections with fewer than 8 players may be merged.
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

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Pillsbury at the Boylston

Starting in the 1850s the Boston Young Men's Christian Union maintained a small room for chess; John F. Barry, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, C.F. Burille, Franklin K. Young and Walcott frequented it in the 1890s.

The club was formally organized on August 27, 1919 at the YMCU at 48 Boylston Street in Boston. There were 22 charter members, and Augustus Seaver was elected as the first club President.

In its history, many leading chess figures have been Club President, including Master Emeritus Harry Lyman.

In 1989, facing sharply increased rent and deteriorating facilities, the Boylston Chess Club moved to the 8th floor of the YWCA at 140 Clarendon St.

January 16, 1945 the club was chartered as affiliate #51 of the United States Chess Federation, itself founded in 1939.

Since 1991 the Boylston has organized more than 815 rated chess tournaments. The club was incorporated as a Massachusetts non-profit corporation in 1995.

In December 2003 the YWCA's building renovation plans forced the Club to move to a new home in Davis Square, Somerville (140 Elm Street) -- all the easier for the spirit of Harry Nelson Pillsbury to frequent this incarnation of the club once again --- (re-incorporated in the body of chess teacher Joe Perl?)

In 2005 the BCC became reorganized as the Boylston Chess Foundation.

from an old blog post by rjo.

Boylston Chess: Milestones Sunday

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Milestones Sunday  

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Date	Sunday, September 15, 2019
Event Format	3SS
Time Control	G/65 d10
Sections	Players will be arranged in groups of 6 by rating, to the extent possible.
Entry Fee	$25, $20 for BCF members, $5 more at door if not registering online in advance
Prizes	TBA
Registration	9:30am-9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:15pm, 4:00pm
Description	Open to all players born in 1998 or earlier. Accelerated pairings may be used. Free parking on Sundays! Free entry to BCF members rated 2100+ who register online by midnight of Friday, September 13. Specify "free entry" at checkout.
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Boylston Chess: $15 Open

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$15 Open  

 

 

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Date	Saturday, September 14, 2019
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/60 d5
Sections	Open, U2000, & U1500
Entry Fee	$15 in advance, $30 at door, $20 for BCF members at door. Free entry for BCF members rated 2300+ but entry fee deducted from prize won.
Prizes	$$300 Guaranteed: Open: $150-$50, U2000: $60, U1500: $40
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm
Description	OPEN TO FIRST 52 PLAYERS TO REGISTER; no refund of advance entries. Sections with fewer than 10 players may be merged. In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section. Rated players rated within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section.
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

IM Marc Esserman simul

International Master 

Marc Esserman

free simul

This  
Thursday, September 5 
from 3-5 pm

International Master Marc Esserman will be giving a free simul open to the public!  

 

The simul will be at 

Countway Courtyard.  

677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA.

For more directions see the google link map:   

Countway Courtyard – go down steps from 677 Huntington Ave. and look for the blue Outside signs.  

Feel free to spread the word.  This promises to be a very exciting event!

Boylston Chess: September Quads

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September Quads  

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	Saturday, September 7, 2019
	3RR
	G/65 d10
	Players will be arranged into quads by rating
	$35, $20 for BCF members, $5 more if not registering online in advance. Free entry for BCF members rated 2300+, but entry fee deducted from won prize.
	$80 First place in top quad, $50 First place in each of the other quads
	9:15am - 9:45am
	10:00am, 1:15pm, 4:00pm
	ABSOLUTELY NO ONSITE REGISTRATION AFTER 9:45AM. ** No byes or withdrawals are allowed. ** All rounds must be played! ** A current USCF membership is required.
	Current Pre-Registration List

Boylston Chess: Thursday Night Swiss

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September Thursday Night Swiss 

 

 

 

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Date	Thursdays, September 5, 12, 19, 26
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/105 d10
Sections	Open & U1900
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF members; $5 more if not registering online in advance. Club members rated 2200+ may play in the Thursday Night Swiss with no entry fee and no prize deductions.
Prizes	$300 based on 25 paid entries: 1st $125, 2nd $75; U1900 1st $60, 2nd $40
Registration	6:15pm - 6:45pm
Round Times	7:00pm
Description	Bye and withdrawal requests must be received by 6:45pm. Sections with fewer than 10 players may be merged. ** A current USCF membership is required. **
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List