BU Open 2007 results

The 13^th annual BU Open was held on Saturday, November 10 on a lovely day in the student union of Boston University. More than eighty players competed in what all agreed was a very pleasant venue – natural light from many windows, well-spaced tables and comfortable chairs, and a Starbucks a minute away in the food court (where one could grab pizza and burgers, sushi and salads, Chinese and turkey dinners between rounds.) TD Bernardo Iglesias of the Boylston Chess Foundation (under whose affiliation the tournament was rated) did his usual professional job. Of course, the tournament was sponsored by the Boston University Chess Club (Roza Eynullayeva and Barry Lai, co-presidents, Steven Abrahams, vice-president, Melvin Zhang, treasurer, and Richard Soohoo, secretary, and Robert Oresick, advisor.

This year a new prize, the Allan Ong prize for top undergraduate student, was added to honor Allan, who was the first president of the modern BU Chess Club and started the BU Open. After 14 years of living in Toronto and Boston, Allan returned to his native Manila in the Philippines.

The Open Section was won by Harvard freshman FM Teddy Coleman with 4 of 4 points.

Steven Abrahams, a BU freshman, won the U1900 section with 4 also. Teddy and Steven both tied for the 1^st annual Allan Ong prize for the top undergraduate college student.

Travis Dover, a BU alum and former BU Chess Club president, won the U1600 section, also with a perfect 4.

Stuart Finney of the Barrington School had a very upsetting tournament. Stuart (1951) defeated NM Christopher Williams (2302; BU Open Champion of 2005), drew with NM Jacob Chudnovsky (2397; BU Open Champion in 1997, playing again for the first time in 10 years after a sojourn in California), and drew with LM Eric Godin (2200).

You can view crosstables and photos of the BU Open at

http://picasaweb.google.com/oresick/BuOpen2007

and

http://picasaweb.google.com/oresick/BuOpen2007Stepak

Open section:

1st FM Teddy Coleman (4.0; $300)

2nd NM Christopher Williams (3.0; $40) & NM Lawyer Times (3.0; $40)

Top U2200 WIM Esther Epstein (3.0; $40) & Dr. Aung Kyaw Lwin (3.0; $40)

U1900 section:

1st Steven Abrahams (4.0; $75)

2nd Kapil Chandran (3.5; $40)

U1600 section:

1st Travis Dover (4.0; $75)

2nd Soheil Saadat (3.5; $20) & Corey Tolbert (3.5; $20)

Top U1200 Akshay Saini (3.0; $40)

Allan Ong Top Undergrad:

FM Teddy Coleman (4.0) & Steven Abrahams (4.0)

Corey Tolbert (3.5; $50)

(Corey won the prize money because Teddy and Steven qualified for more lucrative prizes.)

Top College – Northeastern University

Artem Sharamet, Soheil Saadat, Corey Tolbert, Eric Lawless, Kent Leung

(Only the top three scores were counted.)

Top High School – Newton North High School

Jesse Nicholas, Lior Rozhansky

Top Primary School - Clark

James Lung, Christine Lung, Timothy Lung

13th annual BU Open, Sat. Nov. 10

Sat., Nov. 10, 2007

13^th annual Boston University Open

(in association with the Boylston Chess Foundation)

4-SS; G/60; 3 Sections: Open; U1900; U1600

Boston University,

George Sherman Union , Backcourt

775 Commonwealth Ave. Boston 02215

E F:

$15 for BU students (BUID)

$15 if check received by Nov.7

$20 by web or by email by Nov. 7

$25 for all others at site

Cash Prizes: based on Entries. Because prize checks will be mailed by Boston University, winner must provide home address and social security number to receive a check.

Open section: 1^st & 2^nd / Top under 2200

U1900 section: 1^st & 2^nd

U1600 section: 1^st & 2^nd l/ Top under 1200

Allan Ong Prize for the top undergraduate college student:

Trophies for 3 player teams: Top college / Top high school / Top elementary or middle school

You must be a current member of the USCF to play in this tournament.

NC, NS, W.

Reg: 9:00 - 9:45 am

Rds: 10:00, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00

Preregistration:

email: oresick@bu.edu

phone: 617 794 -1200

Advance Registrations.

BU Open 2007

(57 players) - 11/8/2007 6:20 PM

Name	Section	Rtng	ID	USCF exp.	Byes rds
Lieberman, Seth	U1600	1487	12604895	11/30/2008
Dover, Travis J	U1600	1455	12749379	12/31/2099
Reed, Harvey G	U1600	1410	12524765	12/31/2008
Saadat, Soheil	U1600	1400	13288647	*10/31/2005
Yedidia, Adam	U1600	1319	12871990	1/31/2008
Lung, Luke L	U1600	1311	13048541	1/31/2008
Yuksekkaya, Seyhmus	U1600	1218	13672312	3/31/2008
Lai, Barry	U1600	1178	12919031	11/30/2009
Saini, Akshay	U1600	1108	13512932	10/31/2010
Lung, Christine	U1600	1093	12910962	11/30/2007
Groff, Jared	U1600	1084	13278065	11/30/2007
Di Nosse, Anthony	U1600	1067	12922817	1/31/2008
Aylward, Lillian C	U1600	904	12486957	12/31/2007
Njuguny, Nicodemus	U1600	882	13771521	10/31/2008
Young, Tristan Rob	U1600	770	13159711	6/30/2008
Nemirovsky, William	U1600	703	13159863	5/31/2009
Soohoo, Richard	U1600	531	13288668	11/30/2008
Ong, Ta-Chung	U1600	unr	13776952	10/31/2008
Thapa, Sonu	U1600	unr	13802793	11/30/08
Rompani, Santiago	U1600	unr	13799955	11/30/2008
Weinhold, Michael	U1600	unr	13801920	11/30/08
Salustro, Samuel	U1600	unr	13802092.	11/30/08
Goldowsky, Howard	U1900	1830	12460579	12/31/2099
Rozhansky, Lior	U1900	1816	12825910	3/31/2008
Mishkin, Paul A	U1900	1804	12432059	11/30/2010
Sharamet, Artem Vl	U1900	1790	13528237	10/31/2008
Shiva, Vikas	U1900	1716	13197575	10/31/2008
Kaprielian, Mark	U1900	1708	10007763	12/31/2099
Lung, Genesis	U1900	1705	12910963	11/30/2007
Griffin, Mike	U1900	1691	10017793	12/31/2099
Abrahams, Steven	U1900	1653	12892478	1/31/2010
Luczak, Slawomir A	U1900	1648	12428016	2/29/2008
Ding, Darwin	U1900	1642	13034164	12/31/2008
Fletcher, Adam W	U1900	1632	12718014	10/31/2008
Dondis, Harold B	U1900	1620	10018765	12/31/2099
Frazier, Frank	U1900	1614	10014280	12/31/2099
Foye, Edward Franc	U1900	1600	12888390	3/31/2009
Oresick, Robert J	U1900	1517	12659519	10/31/2009
Lung, Timothy	U1900	1464	12910965	11/30/2007
Wiegand, Max	U1900	1361	13141545	3/31/2008	1
Chudnovsky, Jacob	Open	2397	12571158	4/30/2009
Williams, Christopher	Open	2302	12788759	6/30/2008
Chase, Christopher	Open	2299	10010985	7/31/2008
Pismennyy, Avraam	Open	2255	12858217	8/31/2008
Times, Lawyer	Open	2241	12167330	10/31/2008
Zhang, Melvin	Open	2193	12663907	11/30/2007
Epstein, Esther	Open	2165	12515912	12/31/2007
Salomon, Brian D	Open	2036	12685114	12/31/2099
Noy, Dmitriy N	Open	2011	13253086	10/31/2008
Didham, Scott	Open	1951	11480977	6/30/2008
McGrady, Ryan D	Open	1942	12742439	2/29/2008
Cramton, Steve	Open	1927	12684316	1/31/2008
Lung, James	Open	1924	12910964	11/30/2007
Brudno, Stephen	Open	1900	10017734	12/31/2099
Christiansen, Natasha	Open	1827	11366805	12/31/2099
Rozhansky, Lior	Open	1816	12825910	3/31/2008
Lwin, Aung Kyaw	Open	unr	13560614	11/30/2007

Boylston players in the press

Two recent articles in local papers make mention of players associated with the Boylston Chess Club. The first is an article from the MetroWest Daily News covering Chess Studio on the Hill/Chess Corps and includes this:

Today, and next Sunday, Nov. 19, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Chess Studio on the Hill will meet at Surreal Image Cafe in the Atrium Mall, Brookline, for ice cream, chess, and public exhibition play by Chess Corps faculty, led by International Master Satea Husari, Harvard Chess Club Coach.

I apologize to all ice cream lovers for posting this after the fact.

Next is a piece on the BU Open from The Daily Free Press, Boston University's independent student newspaper. Not surprisingly, BU Associate Dean and BCF Treasurer Bob Oresick received some copy:

Chess Club adviser Robert Oresick said he was "thrilled by the turnout."

Our event has become quite a well-known New England chess tournament," Oresick, a College of General Studies associate dean, said. "It's a lot of fun."