Boylston Chess: Early Summer Six-Week Swiss Online

 

 

Early Summer Six-Week Swiss Online

 

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Date

beginning Tuesday, May 28, 2024

 

Event Format

6SS, 1 lichess game per Tuesday night set up by individual challenge

 

Time Control

Open: G/60 + 10 sec, U1900: G/45 + 5 sec

 

Sections

Open & U1900 (Unrated); accelerated pairings may be used

 

Entry Fee

$40, $25 for BCF members

 

Prizes

Open: $120-$80 based on 10 players; U1900: Trophy to 1st Place

 

Registration

Deadline June 18, 2024 @ 6 PM

 

Round Times

6:30pm

 

Description

Contact info: TD Nick Sterling. E-mail: td@boylstonchess.org. Text/cell: 781-733-0849.

If I do not have your e-mail and cell phone # already, please send those to me in case we have to contact each other.

If I do not have your lichess Username, please send that to me or include it in the comments in your Registration.

For Round 1, Pairings will be posted on Tuesday just after 6 PM on the Boylston CC website. The cutoff time for registration in time to play a Round is Tuesday at 6 PM. Any players who register subsequent to 6 PM will be skipped until the following week's Round. Each Round begins at 6:30 PM except for games whose start times were agreed in advance to be changed.

Players must join Zoom and Share their Screens or show their play areas in their camera views. The link will be sent to players by e-mail. Players with scores of at least +2, or in contention for a prize, may, at the TD's discretion, be required to provide at least two separate camera views on Zoom.

Players must be current Members of USCF for the OPEN SECTION ONLY, not the U1900. However, if the Sections need to be combined due to insufficient registration, then players who joined the U1900 Section will need USCF Memberships to play in the Open.

Forfeit of a Round for any reason may result in forfeit of any prize $$$ that would otherwise have been won, at the TD's discretion.

Rating with USCF will be delayed by 72 hours after the completion of the tournament to give lichess time to ensure Fair Play was observed in all games.

 

Event Dates

Tuesday, May 28 

Tuesday, June 4 

Tuesday, June 11 

Tuesday, June 18 

Tuesday, June 25 

Tuesday, July 2

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Entry List

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IM Shmelov wins Friday Night Blitz as Mikayel hot streak comes to an end

IM Shmelov took first with 9.5 a full point and a half ahead of Andrew Hoy and Jay Yalamanchili in second. As a reminder there will be no Friday Night Blitz on Memorial Day weekend.

An endgame tactic

 Does black have a chance here?

19 battle it out at the $15 Open

 Maximus Lu took first in the open section with a 3.5 out of 4 score. The performance took him over 1800 for the first time. Congratulations are also in order for Ben Palmer who recently graduated up from winning the under section regularly who took down Kelsey Liu in round 4. A nearly 400 point upset. 

Ella Zhang took first in the 76er section with a perfect score. The performance improved her rating and she is back to within a couple points of her sister who struggled with the increased competition in the Open section. Peter Marston may be one to watch out for. The adult improver got 2 wins in his first OTB tournament and should have had three wins as your author won on time from a clearly losing position.

Friday Night Blitz Round Robin edition

 On May 10th, 9 people signed up for Friday Night Blitz so we moved from a 7 round Swiss to a round robin event. 9 rounds 16 grueling blitz games were had. When the dust settled Mikayel took first with 13.5, 1.5 points clear of Andrew in second. Mikayel has been dominating the non-Danya blitz events recently. Will the streak continue next week?

Boylston Chess: Sunday Morning Action

 

 

Sunday Morning Action

 

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Date

Sunday, May 12, 2024

 

Event Format

4SS

 

Time Control

G/25 + 5

 

Sections

Open & U1800

 

Entry Fee

$20, $35 for non-BCF members

 

Prizes

$360 based on 30 paid entries: Open 1st $150, 2nd $90; U1800 1st $70, 2nd $50

 

Registration

8:45m - 8:55am

 

Round Times

First round promptly at 9:00am, rest ASAP

 

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 may be merged if there are few players in one section.

A current USCF membership is required. Please visit the US Chess Membership site to join or renew.

Metered street parking is free on Sundays!

First round is at 9:00am, second round will be no earlier than 10:00am, but rds 2-4 will be played as soon as possible.

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Entry List

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 Need to withdraw or take a bye? 

Email td@boylstonchess.org at least 30 minutes before the round.

For parking and transportation info, 

please visit Parking and Public Transit.

If the metal gate to the building is closed, 

please press the doorbell marked #1

 

 

Boylston Chess: $15 Open

 

 

$15 Open  

 

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Date

Saturday, May 11, 2024

 

Event Format

4SS

 

Time Control

G/60 d5

 

Sections

Open & U1800

 

Entry Fee

$15

 

Prizes

$225 based on 25 paid entries: Open: $110-$55, U1800: $60

 

Registration

9:00am - 9:15am

 

Round Times

9:30am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm, 5:30pm

 

Description

Sections with few players may be merged.

In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section. Players rated within 200 points of the lower section maximum may play up one section.

A current USCF membership is required. Please visit the US Chess Membership site to join or renew.

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Entry List

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Need to withdraw or take a bye? 

Email td@boylstonchess.org at least 30 minutes before the round.

For parking and transportation info, 

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If the metal gate to the building is closed, 

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Andrew, Emma, and Anand take quads

 Andrew Hoy won the top quad with 2.5/3. 

Emma Zhang won the second quad with a perfect score. The performance helped push Emma over 1600 for the first time. 

Anand Swaroop win the bottom quad with a perfect score. 

Mate in 9

 This one is shown as a mate in 8 but is technically a mate in 9 as our opponent has a spite block.  To solve this you will need to combine two tactical motifs. Warning this one isn’t easy despite the fact it came from 1001 tactics for beginners.  

New month, same result at Big Money Blitz

GM Naroditsky took first with 11.5 out of 12. Not surpringly, Danya who is considered one of the best speed chess players in the world defeated all comers at our Big Money Blitz event.  IM Shmelov as the only person not to lose both games to GM Naroditsky holding him to a draw with the white pieces. 

Is it really a sacrifice if you end up material at the end of the tactic?

 

Anton takes April Tuesday Night Swiss

The Tuesday night event ended with familiar faces in the top spots.  Anton Barash took first despite taking a 0 point bye in the last round. Andrew Hoy finished second.  In the Under section Nicanor Millán won with 5 out of 5. Nicanor has completely graduated from the under sections as between this event and the Spring festival he has increased his rating to 1828.

Boylsston Chess: May Thursday Night Swiss

 

 

May Thursday Night Swiss

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Date

Thursdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30

 

Event Format

5SS

 

Time Control

40/90 SD/20 d5

 

Sections

Open & U1610

 

Entry Fee

$20, $35 for non-BCF members

 

Prizes

300 based on 25 paid entries: Open $125, $75; U1610 $60, $40

 

Registration

Onsite registration is 6:45pm-7:00pm

 

Round Times

7:15pm

 

Description

Need to withdraw or take a bye: please send email to td@boylstonchess.org at least 30 minutes before the round.

In accordance with BCF policy, unrated players may play in any section. Players rated within **200** points of the lower section maximum may play up one section. Sections with less than 6 players may be merged.

This is a US Chess Federation rated event. USCF membership is required for all players. Please visit US Chess Membership to join or renew.

 

Event Dates

Thursday, May 2 Thursday, May 9 Thursday, May 16 Thursday, May 23 Thursday, May 30

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Entry List

 

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Need to withdraw or take a bye? 

Email td@boylstonchess.org at least 30 minutes before the round.

For parking and transportation info, 

please visit Parking and Public Transit.

If the metal gate to the building is closed, 

please press the doorbell marked #1