Caption Contest from the 2011 Mass Open

Channeling Glickman's original version of the chess blog, I present the following photo caption contest. The photo is of Carissa Shiwe Yip at this weekend's 2011 Mass Open Championship. The photo was taken by Tony Cortizas, Jr. and is my favorite of the bunch he took from this event. More photos to come in a follow-up report on the tournament.

Weaver Adams -- U1800 Boylston Chess Club Championship -- Mon June 6

It's Adams time again -- Weaver Adams 2011

The Weaver Adams Qualifer is the first part of the Boylston Chess Club championship cycle.

You may play if you are rated under 1800 in the June 2011 supplement and a BCF member (you can join or renew at the start of the tournament.) The prize is the championship title and entry into the Reubens Landey

Players rated between 1800 and 2200 in the June supplement may play in the Reubens Landey (U2200 championship) in July. The prize is the U2200 championship title and entry into the BCC Championship.

Players rated 2200 and above in the June supplement will be invited to play in the BCC Championship.

..................

The winner of the Weaver Adams tournament will have his name added to the trophy Mike Griffin created:

..................................................

Mon, June 6
6:30 pm – 11:00 pm

• 1 Section for Boylston Chess Foundation members

(of course you may join or renew at registration)
rated under 1800 (June supplement)

• 4 Rounds (Swiss System Pairings)

• Time Control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 20 minutes for the rest of the game

• Entry Fee: $20

Winner receives free entry into the Reubens/Landey U2200 - 1800 BCF Championship beginning on July 12

• Registration: 6:30 – 6:55 PM

• Round 1 begins at 7:00

..................................................

Weaver Warren Adams was born on April 28, 1901 in Dedham, Massachusetts. An American chess master, he participated in the U.S. Championship in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1946 and 1948. He won the Massachusetts State Championship in 1937, 1938, 1941 and 1945. In 1939, he wrote a book entitled "White to Play and Win." After publication he played in the U.S. Open at Dallas. He did not win a single game as White (3 losses and 1 draw) and won all his games (4 games) as Black! Weaver Adams won the 49th U.S. Open, held in Baltimore, in 1948. He also wrote "Simple Chess", "How to Play Chess", and "Absolute Chess." He passed away in Cedar Grove, New Jersey in 1963.

..............

Below is a photograph taken in Hastings on 28 December 1950. Lord Dunsany (standing on the right) is watching the first-round game between Alan Phillips and Weaver Adams.

...............

Chess Fever and The Great Chess Movie

The Boylston Chess Club library has recently acquired a DVD transfer of Chess Fever, a 1920s silent film starring Capablanca, and The Great Chess Movie, a documentary that interviews Fischer, Korchnoi, Karpov, etc.

While the Great Chess Movie is fine and interesting, the real gem is Chess Fever. This silent film is hilarious, and a "chess widow's" chance encounter with the World Champion Capablanca ends the film with a funny surprise.

Read more about chess fever here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015673/

and more about the Great Chess Movie here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Chess_Movie

I share a birthday with Karpov, May 23rd

Clearly, this explains nothing. However, the day I was born, Karpov was celebrating his first birthday as the World Champion.....


http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7240

$10 Open Advanced Entries

The following players have already paid their $10 to play in this weekend's $10 Open. Have you? Prepare for the Mass Open Championships by playing at the Boylston!

Player Rating
Steve Winer 2435
Christopher Gu 2205
Henry Terrie 2200
Patrick Sciacca 2160
Michelle Chen 1944
Steven Stepak 1642
Rohan Shankar 1547
John Swartz 1420
Sean Barkowsky 1351
Sandeep Shankar 1180
Arthur Tang 1073
Pho Vo 789
Sang Nguyen Unr

Without playing a single game, Hikaru #6.....

Hikaru Nakamura has leapt into the #6 spot in the FIDE live rankings. Kamsky's defeat of Topalov pushed Hikaru into the #7 spot. Now, Ivanchuk's stumble at the Capa Memorial in Cuba has allowed Hikaru to slip into the #6 spot.

This week will be a major determinant of Hikaru's place in the top 10, as he plays an important match with Ponomariov in Saint Louis. Even a small plus score should propel Hikaru into the #5 spot. If he can gain 8 rating points, he would roll ahead of Krammnik (!) for the #4 spot in the world. A absolultely horrible result could drop him back to #9-10.

Stay tuned. The Saint Louis Chess Club is covering this important match, certainly the strongest top 10 GM matchup on US soil with a serious time control in a very long time. Should be exciting, as both these players are known for uncompromising chess (unlike the dullsville Grischuk-Krammnik Candidates Match this week.)

Please support the innovative Saint Louis Chess Club! Check out the action here (the live game link is on the right):

http://saintlouischessclub.org/nakamura-v-ponomariov-korchnoi-v-finegold

Grand Prix-- Current Leaderboard

The 5th Grand Prix ended this weekend with 30 players taking advantage of the cheap, high quality chess. Some of the leaders cemented their lead, while other players have jumped into the lead for the first time (Click to view a larger version).

Current leaderboard (not all players in the running are shown to make a slightly easier read.)


Keep this in mind -- you don't have to play all the Grand Prix events to be among the leaders. Many players have only played in 2 or 3 of the 5 events and are sitting on the first prize. Strong players over 2000+ especially have ample opportunity to rack up points and catch the leaders.

How do you like the Grand Prix format so far?

May 18th- Denys Shmelov Lecture at the Boylston

The Boylston Chess Club Presents
The 2011 Master Lecture Series

Wednesday, May 18th, 7PM
Senior Master Denys Shmelov
On
“Prophylaxis in Chess”

Senior Master Denys Shmelov is one of the strongest players in the area, winning the Massachusetts State title in 2008. His 2500+ rating puts him safely in the top 100 ranked players in the United States. He is also a regular and former all-star on the Boston Blitz, and he recently earned a GM-norm at the 2011 Berkeley International. His lecture will cover the important topic of prophylaxis, providing examples of quiet defensive moves that clamp down on the opponent’s counterplay before pressing a more ambitious attack.

A simultaneous exhibition will promptly follow the lecture, (at least 6 players).

WHERE: Boylston Chess Club, 240 Elm St. Room B9, Somerville (Davis Sq. T stop)
ADMISSION: Lecture: FREE for Boylston members, $10.00 for non-members.
Simul: $5.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members.

Grand Prix #5 THIS WEEKEND, May 14

Attention-- Because of the Mass Open State Championships at the end of this month, we have placed our 5th Grand Prix event on this upcoming Saturday. The entry fee is a low, low, low $10 for non-members; $7 for members.

Check out where you are in the standings: (click on chart image below to expand).

As you can see, it is still very close in all of the sections.

Remember, unforced half point byes don't count to your totals, and U1800 sections only count to the U1800 and lower prizes.

If the Grand Prix ended today, here would be the winners in each section:

U2400 -- Eric Godin , 4.5 points
U2200 -- Tian Rossi, 5.5 points
U2000 -- Jason Rihel, 5.5 points
U1800 -- Robert Holmgren, 11 points
U1600 -- Mark Neale, 6.5 points
U1400 -- Vladlen Khachaturyan, 3 points
U1200 -- Thomas Demartino, 8.5 points

Luckily, the Grand Prix doesn't end today -- it ends in December -- so everyone has plenty of time to catch the leaders in all of the sections.

One note about ranking-- all the prizes are equal in value, so the leaders are arranged to maximize winners with the highest possible scores.

For example, Tian Rossi and I are technically in 1st place for the U2400 prize, but we also can receive the U2200 or the U2000 prize. Since Eric Godin, at 4.5 points, is the 3rd highest score, he gets the U2400 prize while we get the lower prizes. If, however, an U2000 player had more points than Eric, say, 5 points, they would be awarded the U2000 prize, and Tian and I would get U2400 and U2000 slots.

Andrew Liu Ties for 2nd in K-6 National Championships

Boylston Chess Club player Andrew Liu visited Texas and gave a strong showing at the K-6 National Championships, tying for 2nd place! With 4 wins and 2 draws, Andrew's rating has soared over the 2000 mark . I played him only a few months ago, when our ratings were more even, and I was happy to make a draw.

With this strong showing at a National tournament, Andrew is clearly making great strides in his chess play in a very short timespan. Great job!

Breaking news-- Kamsky defeats Topalov in 1st Candidate Match

With Kamsky's victory over Topalov, he not only propels himself into the Top 15 FIDE live ratings, he also edges Nakamura into the Number 7 spot, just 2 points shy of being a top 5 player in the world. We are close to having two Americans in the Top 10; any ideas if that has ever happened before (Seriwan and Kamsky, for example?)

Coffee House Chess is Good Too

Steve Stepak offered this example of a coffeehouse Catalan.

[ Editor's note: I tried to scan and insert his comments, but couldn't get a sharp image large enough. Please double-click on each section to read a legible version. ]

Queen to Play to play at Kendall Square Cinema, May 6th

Yet another chess film coming to the Boston area! "Queen to Play" (originally, 'Joueuse'), will be showing at the Kendall Square Cinema starting May 6th. Starring Kevin Kline ('A Fish Called Wanda')
and the lovely Sandrine Bonnaire ('Vagabond')
'Queen to Play' is about a French maid who learns the game of chess, which transforms her life.

It is rare to have chess treated so seriously by the movie industry, so I highly recommend everyone go see this film. From the trailer, it looks great.

You can watch the trailer here:

http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/queentoplay/

(Yes, there are subtitles, get over it and go see and support a thoughtful movie about chess!)

Bobby Fischer Against the World Documentary this Sunday

Right up the street from the Boylston Chess Club, the Somerville Theater is hosting a 90 minute documentary, Bobby Fischer Against the World, as part of the Independent Film Festival.

The one-time showing is at 2:45 PM on Sunday, May 1st. Here is a little blurb about it (also available here):

http://iffboston.slated.com/2011/films/bobbyfischeragainsttheworld_iffboston2011#reviews

Bobby Fischer: the name evokes at once the spectacular brilliance of arguably the greatest chess player of all time, and a notorious reclusiveness on par with the likes of J.D. Salinger. In 1972, the reputation of the entire free world rested on Fischer’s ability to defeat Russian Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship in a tense game of intellectual strategy and psychological warfare that mimicked the Cold War itself. Thirty years later, the former hero’s anti-U.S. ravings prompted the government to threaten him with arrest if he ever set foot on this country’s soil again.

Director Liz Garbus (SHOUTING FIRE: STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF FREE SPEECH, IFFBoston 2009) and late editor Karen Schmeer (THE FOG OF WAR) draw us into the strange world of Bobby Fischer, from his early chess monomania to a careful dissection of the legendary World Championship games, to his descent into a world of conspiracy theories, religious fanaticism, and anti-Semitism. Perhaps most fascinating are friends’ and experts’ speculations that chess itself—with its emphasis on suspicion and excessive forethought—may have induced or at least aggravated his debilitating psychosis and paranoia. Were Fischer’s genius and his eccentricity related? Or was the structure of the game the only thing keeping him from spiraling into madness?

Grand Prix 3 Month Update

The next Grand Prix event is this Saturday. Only $7.00 to members, $10 to non-members. Take part in the race to the top.

Here are the current standings. Current leaders are marked in Yellow. Scores are shown only in columns a player is eligible to win. If you play in the U1800 section, you are only qualified for up to the Under 1800 prize. (Click on the table to make it bigger)

A Boston Spy in the Dallas Chess Club

Recently, I noted that the Dallas Chess Club was one of our major national chess rivals, in terms of attendance of both strong and regular players.

This weekend, I had a chance to check it out and play in one of their events.

Located in Richardson, Texas, just north of Dallas, the Dallas Chess Club is located next to a pretty little park with a picturesque pond.

Driving up towards the front door, I knew I wasn't in Davis Square when this little guy waddled in front of my bumper.

In terms of space, I thought it was comparable to the Boylston Chess Club-- until I was led upstairs for my first round pairing. This extra annex room held about 30 people. Tightly. I had to fight my way through crowds to get to my board every round. They had a bigger room downstairs, but it wasn't clear to me why we were crammed into the upstairs rooms.

The club has a nice skittles and TD area, with a vending machine for snacks. They have a modest collection of books that doesn't come close to the more than 2500 volumes that we have. They have some chess decorations and mementos, but the Boylston's chock-a-block full of chess trinkets and trophies earned over our 100 year history. Maybe the Dallas club is tidier than us and puts all that in storage.

The club clearly hosts lots of tournaments, but their staple format is G30, a punishing and blistering pace for the over 30 set. The event I played, on a Saturday, started after 6 PM and used game 25 minutes + 5 second increment timing, a new format to me. After every move, you get 5 seconds added to your time, no matter how much time you used. That's right-- if you play faster than 5 seconds, you get extra time. This had a few tangible effects on the style of play at the beginning and end of the game. The openings are blitzed out (I couldn't write my moves down fast enough, so I didn't get so much time added to my clock). At the end of the game, winning positions slowly become even more clearly winning-- a player in time trouble but up a piece eventually makes up time with a series of quick moves and will rarely be in danger of flagging.

Given the required heart health to play so quickly, it is also little surprise that the majority of players were under the age of 14. In fact, out of about 35 players, only 3 or 4 were adults, and most of them were pretty young kids. But don't kid yourself -- these kids are strong. At a current rating of 1970, I was 7th on the wall chart. The top player, 10 year old Tommy He, is rated over 2150 and he smacked me around using just a few minutes on his clock. While I suspect that some of these ratings may be inflated by clock jockeying and local isolationism at Dallas's many rapid time control events, the speed with which Tommy calculated some complex lines told me his rating is legit (He is ranked 3rd for 10 year olds, and his quick rating is 8th for under age 16. Did I mention that he is a FIDE master?).

I am proud to say that, despite my rapidly aging brain, his was my only loss to a strong field firing on all synapse-cylinders.

All told, I have a favorable impression of the Dallas Chess Club. They were very friendly to an interloper and the kids were alright (rowdy, joking, but strong and serious about chess). If only the event had started earlier in the day, with a slightly more sedate time control, I might have kept my cortisol levels in the normal range.

And maybe we should import some ugly ducks for Davis Square?

Spring Open -- the 2 day tournament is back!

Does your flag hang by a thread in Game 60? Yearn for more Sunday chess events? Long for the way chess "used to be played?" Want prizes to be guaranteed? If you miss having a two day weekend tournament with a slower time control, then this weekend's Spring Open is for you:


THE SPRING OPEN 4/23
2 Sections: Open and Under 1800, (at least 6 in each section, otherwise there will be joined to other section)
4 Rounds (Swiss System Pairings)
Time Control: 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by Sudden Death 20 minutes
Entry Fee: $17 to Boylston Chess Foundation members, all others $27
Prizes $300 based on 25 entries: Open Section - 1st $120 2nd $60 3rd $30; Under 1800 Section - 1st $60 2nd $30
Registration: 9:15 – 9:55 AM
Round 1 begins at 10:00 AM, Round 2 begins at 2:30 PM

Reminder-- David Vigorito lecture on Wednesday!

The Boylston Chess Club Presents The 2011 Master Lecture Series #2

Wednesday, April 13, 7PM

International Master David Vigorito

“Practical Chess Examples for the Club Player”

International Master David Vigorito has been the state champion of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Nevada and is one of the top 50 players in the US. He has authored several well-reviewed chess books and articles. A popular lecturer on chesslecture.com, he has given several entertaining and accessible lectures at the Boylston Chess Club. Drawing from his recent 6-0 result at the Amateur Team East, he will provide examples of practical middlegame and endgame play. He will also discuss study habits for amateur club players.

A simultaneous exhibition will promptly follow the lecture.

WHERE: Boylston Chess Club, 240 Elm St. Room B9, Somerville (Davis Sq. T stop)

ADMISSION: Lecture: FREE for Boylston members, $10.00 for non-members. Simul: $5.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members.

Top 100 Players in the Boylston Chess Club, Redux

After some updates, the USCF list of active players at the Boylston Chess Club is now even stronger-- we have more than 100 players rated over 1900, and 200 players rated over 1550. The other "largest" New England club still has only 50 rated over 1900 and 190 rated over 300. This list also puts us ahead of the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco and the Chess Center in Saint Louis. Only Dallas and the Marshall appear to be bigger/stronger clubs (that I've found so far).


Rank USCF ID Exp. Date Name Rating Date
Published Events Last Event
1 10460921 2099-12-31 LARRY M CHRISTIANSEN 2663 2011-04-01 5 201012039551
2 12513936 2099-12-31 ALEXANDER IVANOV 2601 2011-04-01 6 201012123231
3 13433622 2011-07-31 DENYS KONSTANTIN SHMELOV 2541 2011-03-01 11 201007315791
4 12426279 2013-02-28 DAVID VIGORITO 2535 2011-04-01 20 201006129861
5 20008479 2011-09-30 MARC R ESSERMAN 2530 2011-04-01 40 201102247201
6 12611870 2011-03-31 CHARLES R RIORDAN 2440 2011-04-01 14 201102195501
7 10010985 2013-08-31 CHRISTOPHER W CHASE 2398 2011-04-01 60 201103196541
8 12809699 2014-03-31 WGM ANYA SUN CORKE 2339 2011-04-01 4 201011205061
9 12800989 2011-09-30 OLIVER KNIEST 2335 2011-04-01 8 201101277291
10 12858217 2011-08-31 AVRAAM PISMENNYY 2311 2011-04-01 11 201103196541
11 12232580 2012-01-31 PAUL MAC INTYRE 2307 2011-04-01 2 200911077571
12 12662799 2011-12-31 TEDDY COLEMAN 2300 2011-03-01 4 201011070181
13 11096239 2011-07-31 ALEX CHERNIACK 2293 2011-03-01 8 201006129861
14 12921011 2011-12-31 ALEX MICHE FIKIET 2282 2011-04-01 2 201011070181
15 12846588 2012-10-31 ANDREW C WANG 2248 2011-04-01 17 201101225321
16 13560614 2011-10-31 KYAW LWIN 2243 2011-02-01 3 200911077571
17 12690122 2011-05-31 VADIM MARTIROSOV 2239 2011-04-01 5 201102247201
18 12853421 2012-12-31 STUART S FINNEY 2235 2011-04-01 2 201011070181
19 12671059 2012-06-30 BENJAMIN D GOLDBERG 2222 2011-04-01 6 201008284811
20 12167330 2011-11-30 LAWYER TIMES 2216 2011-04-01 46 201103196541
21 12594672 2012-01-31 CAREY MILES THEIL 2208 2011-04-01 47 201101153031
22 10030927 2012-05-31 ERIC J GODIN 2200 2011-04-01 13 201104032531
23 12498866 2099-12-31 DR SHEARWOOD MC CLELLAND III 2200 2011-03-01 2 201101153031
24 12580336 2011-05-31 ILYA KRASIK 2198 2011-04-01 5 201010099261
25 12720571 2016-06-30 EVAN Z RABIN 2197 2011-03-01 13 201011070181
26 12788759 2013-10-31 CHRIS WILLIAMS 2197 2011-04-01 30 201101018381
27 12727791 2011-05-31 DAVID ARIEL PLOTKIN 2189 2011-04-01 8 201006057581
28 13195432 2012-06-30 CHRISTOPHER GU 2189 2011-04-01 2 201102195501
29 12718889 2099-12-31 ANDREW E TICHENOR 2187 2011-04-01 11 200907306361
30 12000550 2011-06-30 GREGORY O KADEN 2185 2011-04-01 6 201101018381
31 12625572 2013-09-30 SIMON K WARFIELD 2172 2011-02-01 6 201104032531
32 12472704 2012-10-31 FRANK WANG 2165 2010-09-01 3 200911077571
33 11235611 2011-04-30 PATRICK R SCIACCA 2159 2011-04-01 3 201011070181
34 10146712 2099-12-31 J TIMOTHY SAGE 2153 2011-01-01 2 201011070181
35 13023280 2011-11-30 KAPIL CHANDRAN 2142 2011-04-01 3 201011070181
36 12931859 2013-03-31 JULIAN M CHAN 2139 2011-04-01 2 201005015721
37 14480077 2011-09-30 DR BERNHARD SEEHAUS 2134 2011-04-01 17 201102123161
38 12868372 2010-07-31 FARZAD ABDI 2132 2010-06-01 14 201004108421
39 12758853 2011-06-30 BENNET PELLOWS 2128 2010-09-01 4 201007171291
40 13052087 2012-01-31 MIKA ANDREW BRATTAIN 2127 2011-04-01 22 201103196541
41 13722590 2011-08-31 GRANT Y XU 2123 2011-04-01 14 201101298081
42 12677440 2012-02-29 BENEDICT A SMAIL 2120 2011-04-01 12 201101018381
43 12750331 2011-08-31 TONY BLUM 2113 2011-03-01 2 201104022071
44 10031443 2099-12-31 MATTHEW DEREK MEREDITH 2111 2011-04-01 5 201101298081
45 12595285 2009-11-30 JOSEPH PERL 2105 2009-09-01 2 200908059341
46 14241298 2011-08-31 ZONGYUAN YUAN 2104 2010-10-01 30 201008212501
47 11434801 2011-01-31 WILLIAM COLLINS 2100 2010-10-01 7 201008078071
48 12938203 2011-09-30 ZAROUG A JALEEL 2093 2011-04-01 21 201102050431
49 14192920 2011-07-31 ELLIOT STRASSMAN 2086 2011-04-01 3 201102247201
50 13009966 2011-05-31 DANIEL LEACH III 2082 2011-01-01 2 200908223801
51 12910964 2012-02-29 JAMES LUNG 2080 2011-04-01 32 201104022071
52 12696350 2011-09-30 JOSHUA ALBERT SPECHT 2072 2011-02-01 2 201010026821
53 12846607 2013-12-31 ANDREW HOY 2065 2011-04-01 33 201101319211
54 12685114 2099-12-31 BRIAN D SALOMON 2055 2011-02-01 2 201101018381
55 12911045 2011-09-30 DANIEL R GRAZIAN 2052 2011-02-01 3 201103123601
56 12909778 2012-02-29 JAKE R GARBARINO 2049 2011-04-01 4 201008284811
57 13253086 2011-10-31 DR DMITRIY N NOY 2046 2011-01-01 6 201011070181
58 12842960 2010-05-31 PHILIP A NUTZMAN 2039 2010-05-01 6 200911212521
59 12456453 2009-12-31 ADRIAN VERMEULE 2028 2009-09-01 2 200908059341
60 10014522 2012-04-30 ALEX SLIVE 2028 2011-04-01 11 201104032531
61 12621559 2012-05-31 LEONID TKACH 2018 2011-04-01 6 201103196541
62 12625556 2010-08-31 JASON WILLIAM CHILDRESS 2016 2009-12-01 2 200910108381
63 20105471 2010-07-31 ANDREY SHLYAKHTER 2015 2010-07-01 2 200908275931
64 12872878 2012-07-31 JESSE NICHOLAS 2006 2011-04-01 43 201103196541
65 12749581 2013-03-31 KYLE LEIGH CLAYTON 2004 2011-02-01 2 200907110491
66 11273335 2011-12-31 CHARLES MAYS 2003 2011-04-01 4 201102247201
67 12430870 2011-06-30 EDWARD ASTRACHAN 2002 2011-04-01 8 201102195501
68 10011191 2099-12-31 ARTHUR P NUGENT 2000 2011-04-01 10 201103196541
69 12825910 2012-02-29 LIOR ROZHANSKY 2000 2011-04-01 2 200911077571
70 12676022 2013-06-30 GABRIEL FRIEDEN 1999 2011-04-01 5 201007108911
71 12876857 2011-05-31 TIAN ROSSI 1995 2011-04-01 8 201102268061
72 11195890 2012-08-31 DAVID S GLICKMAN 1992 2010-12-01 8 201010286631
73 13987660 2011-08-31 ANDREW LIU 1989 2011-04-01 35 201103196541
74 14240012 2010-08-31 DIMITRIOS PAPPELIS 1988 2009-10-01 3 200908223801
75 12742439 2010-10-31 RYAN D MCGRADY 1982 2009-12-01 9 200909264061
76 12533838 2011-07-31 GEORGE ZOGBI 1982 2010-09-01 4 201007108911
77 12923579 2013-03-31 EMBERT LIN 1980 2011-04-01 13 201102268061
78 10013721 2011-06-30 TOMAS GIRNIUS 1980 2010-10-01 3 200910315271
79 10120225 2011-05-31 TED CROSS 1979 2011-04-01 13 201102247201
80 12918779 2013-02-28 MICHELLE XUEYING CHEN 1976 2011-04-01 25 201104022071
81 12911474 2011-11-30 JACOB N FAUMAN 1974 2011-04-01 15 201102050431
82 13197575 2011-12-31 VIKAS SHIVA 1969 2011-04-01 17 201103269261
83 12551205 2012-12-31 JASON RIHEL 1963 2011-04-01 19 201104022071
84 13492147 2011-03-31 LUIS A BAEZ-ROSARIO 1961 2010-05-01 2 200904257641
85 13157281 2012-04-30 MATTHEW EVAN FISHBEIN 1942 2011-03-01 4 201011070181
86 11480977 2011-03-31 SCOTT W DIDHAM 1941 2011-03-01 3 201101225321
87 13034164 2011-12-31 DARWIN DING 1939 2011-04-01 26 201103123601
88 10017734 2099-12-31 STEPHEN BRUDNO 1939 2011-03-01 2 201011070181
89 12871990 2011-03-31 ADAM YEDIDIA 1937 2011-04-01 4 201001014641
90 12710491 2011-09-30 JEFFREY S HALL 1935 2011-04-01 2 201011082961
91 13426034 2012-04-30 RUBEN PORTUGUES 1934 2010-01-01 3 200911149821
92 12875341 2011-08-31 EMMANUEL MEVS 1933 2011-04-01 17 201103196541
93 10004802 2013-11-30 LAWRENCE DAVID GLADDING 1919 2011-04-01 2 201103196541
94 10349346 2012-04-30 KENNETH W NEWMAN 1915 2010-01-01 2 200911149821
95 12859758 2012-07-31 SEAN THOMAS INGHAM 1914 2011-01-01 31 201011205061
96 12436451 2011-09-30 WIM VESNA DIMITRIJEVIC 1906 2011-04-01 3 201101298081
97 13164465 2012-01-31 MAX CHIA-HSIN LU 1904 2011-04-01 50 201103196541
98 10002061 2099-12-31 DANIEL J BARTLEY 1900 2010-09-01 4 201008027221
99 12832082 2013-04-30 GREG BODWIN 1900 2010-04-01 2 201002076521
100 20114896 2012-01-31 JOSHUA HAUNSTRUP 1895 2010-07-01 9

David Vigorito Lecture and Simul -- April 13th, 7PM

The Boylston Chess Club Presents The 2011 Master Lecture Series #2

Wednesday, April 13, 7PM

International Master David Vigorito

“Practical Chess Examples for the Club Player”

International Master David Vigorito has been the state champion of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Nevada and is one of the top 50 players in the US. He has authored several well-reviewed chess books and articles. A popular lecturer on chesslecture.com, he has given several entertaining and accessible lectures at the Boylston Chess Club. Drawing from his recent 6-0 result at the Amateur Team East, he will provide examples of practical middlegame and endgame play. He will also discuss study habits for amateur club players.

A simultaneous exhibition will promptly follow the lecture.

WHERE: Boylston Chess Club, 240 Elm St. Room B9, Somerville (Davis Sq. T stop)

ADMISSION: Lecture: FREE for Boylston members, $10.00 for non-members. Simul: $5.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members.