BCC SEPTEMBER QUADS: INTENSE // CONGENIAL // DECISIVE // TIME PRESSURE A FACTOR

MASTER QUAD:

Nithin Kavi black, vs FM Chris Chase, Round 1.

Hats off to Chris Chase who won the Master Quad with 2.5 points.

Nithin was a good sport to play his pairing placement: vs 3 masters.

NM Eric Godin, black, vs NM Andrew Wang.

Godin scored 2 points to come in clear 2nd.

QUAD 2:

Conway Xu vs Loring Lauretti, Round 1.

Conway scored a perfect 3-0 to win 1st place.

Brian Perez-Daple, black vs Mateos Sahakian, Round 1: draw.

Mateos scored 1.5 points to come in clear 2nd.

(background): Michael Yu, black vs Matthew Manzo;

Michael scored 2 points to share 2-3rd place in the 3SS.

Stephen Savage, black vs Ray Behenna.

QUAD 3:

Tim O'Malley vs Jason Tang, Round 3.

In the post mortem the game looked equal;

yet, in this photo, black clearly has the advantage.

And, time was on Jason's side, this time.

Jason scored 2.5 points to take 1st place.

Sandeep Shankar vs Richard Kahn (Quad 3), Round 1

(center): Jason Tang vs Nicholas Lesieur (Quad 2)

Nicholas scored 2 points to come in clear 2nd.

(next): Professor Jerry Williams, black, vs Tim O'Malley.

(upper left): Ray Behenna.

QUAD 4:

William Ravn vs Andrew Luff, Round 1.

Andrew scored a perfect 3.0 to take 1st place.

Ravn scored 1.5 points to come in clear 2nd. 

[New faces in the hall: welcome to William and Andrew!]

3SS

Steve Stepak, black vs Tony DiNosse, Round 1.

Stepak scored 3 points to take clear 1st place.

Stephen Savage and Michael Yu scored 2 points

to share 2-3rd.

[My thoughts on winning a chess game:]

Round 1: Tony gave me a piece right out of the opening.

He just wasn't looking. I didn't take the offering. I just

wasn't looking. Then we played a 75 move game, 

including a courageous queen'sack by Tony; and I 

demonstrated the power of a queen-bishop duo over

2 rooks and bishop, in a closed position.

Round 2: I mis-played the opening and got into a hole.

But I dug my way out; and due to an unnoticed

back-rank weakness, I forced a win with checkmate.

Game 3: fireworks out of the opening with White.

Yet, my opponent forgot to guard a key square

and his center collapsed.

Conclusion: with a little bit of luck 

and staying awake, you too can win a chess game.

GENTLEMAN OF THE CHESSBOARD

Stephen Savage, black vs Ray Behenna, Round 1.

CONCENTRATION IN THE OPENING:

8 yr old Sammi Pan shows us how to

concentrate right out of the opening.

BETWEEN ROUNDS SKITTLES FUN:

Loring Lauretti vs Mateos Sahakian, blitz.

(left to right, observing): Conway Xu, Matthew Manzo, 

Michael Yu, Sandeep Shankar, & NM Andrew Wang.

Sammi Pan, black, vs Bernardo Iglesias (extra-game).

A heart-felt thank you to Bernardo 

for performing the TD job with precision

and kindness.

BCC: HAUPTTURNIER ROUND ROBIN // SERIOUS CHESS // LONG TIME CONTROL // CALL FOR PLAYERS

"Hauptturnier" = haupt (main, head) turnier (tournament)

Steinitz vs Lasker, NY/Phil. 1894

Nottingham, 1936

BCC Haupturnier: a thoughtful, quiet event.

BCC premier event for all players U2199

Begins this Monday (tomorrow)

BCC Hauptturnier Facts

This is an event for people who wish 

to calculate long complex opening lines

and solve intricate endgame positions

or wish to build 

deep, dark middlegame structures

for a shocking combination

which wins the game instantly!

This event will be held concurrently

with the BCC Master/Expert Invitational Championship.

So come to play. Come to watch.

A rich, powerful chess experience.

Come, be part of chess history.

See you tomorrow.

BCC: FALL SEMESTER BEGINS // QUADS // PLATFORM FOR EXPERIMENTATION - DISCOVERY - ADVENTURE

THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH 2013

GAME 60

QUADS: CHECK THE FACTS

Three reasons why you should play BCC Quads:

1. a chance to try out improvements

to your games from the NE Open last week;

2. you can win cash using wit and skill;

and 3. chess at the BCC is fun and

exciting!

See you Saturday!

BCC: End of August Tornado // Chess at its Best

NM Godin, Arun, Theil, Williams, top the Chart

NM Eric Godin v Carey Theil: Draw!

Eric and Carey each scored 3 points to share 1-4th place.

Siddharth Arun v Nathan Smolensky, TD

Siddharth scored 3 points to share 1-4th place

and attained a 2200 rating in the process! Bravo Master Arun.

Hats off to Harold Dondis, Esq. who came to play on this

Labor Day Weekend event. Here is faces off with

Professor Jerry Williams, (R=3) who attained his best result

to date: 3 points and a share of 1-4th place. Bravo, Jerry!

Harold Dondis, Esq: a job well done!

At almost 92, Harold is still making them lay down their king!

Tony DiNosse plays Dr. I. J. Dahabreh, Round 3.

Dr. Issa J. Dahabreh, MD.

New Face at the BCC. Welcome, Dr. Dahabreh!

Asst. Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice

at Brown University, Providence, RI.

Dr. Dahabreh is originally from Athens, Greece and

now lives in Brighton, MA.

Late-breaking news from the New England Open 

Championship 2013, Leominster, MA

NM Andrew Wang scored 5/6 to share 1-2nd place in Open 

Section with IM Bill Paschall, long-time BCC player.

Andrew also scored 7.5 points in the NE Open Blitz Ch to share 2-3rd place

with FM Bill Kelleher. NM V. Martirosov won the event with 8 points.

Frank Wang, Andrew's dad, scored 6.5 points to share 4-6th points.

BCC Champion NM Lawyer Times was 7th with 6 points.

NM Mika Brattain scored 4/6 to clinch 4th place

in the Open Section.

BCC's own Lucy Cai achieves

new milestone rating of 1549 (+68)

in the U1750 Section of the NE Open 2013.

Tom Sifter scored 4/6 points 

to finish 4-8th in the U1750 Section 

of the NE Open, with a (+12) rating change.

Sandeep Shankar also scored 4/6 (+43) rating change,

in the U1750 Section of the NE Open

to share 4-8th place.

Mateos Sahakian scored 4.5/6 to share 1-4th place

in the U2000 Section. Bravo, Mateos, way't go!

Aashish Welling scored 4/6 to share 5-6th place

with James Zhou in the U2000 section.

Ray Behenna scored 4/6 to share 3-6th place

in the U1500 Section.

Michael Yu scored 3.5/4 to share 1-2nd place

in the MACA NE Open K-12 U1500 with David McCabe.

David Zhu Sun scored 3/4 to share 3-6th place.

Welcome back college students!

Hope to see you at the next BCC

chess tournament!

BCC: 4SS G/60 ONE DAY ONLY

Yes, we have all been waiting patiently for the arrival of the

New England Open Chess Championship

NEW ENGLAND OPEN INFO

Yet, not all of us have three days, or even two days 

to devote to chess this coming Labor Day Weekend.

Some of us might not have the cash to spend

on the entry fee and/or the hotel room.

Others may not have readily available 

transportation to the site in Leominster.

So, the BCC is

providing an option:

A one day event for less than half the

entry fee of the NE Open,

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST

4SS TORNADO DETAILS

and centrally located by 

public transportation

or easy-access by car.

You get 4 rounds of 60/SD

quality chess.

PLUS: if you are a chess addict,

and are rated U2000, 

you can play the BCC event

and register for the 2 day

NE Open event, on Sunday and Monday!

You see: you have many options

to consider.

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT!

BCC RAPIDS: QUICK FUN AND GOOD CHESS

LAST WEEK: 2 RAPID QUADS:

QUAD 1:

BCC Champion Lawyer Times (right) plays

Ed Astrachan in Round 1. NM Times was a 

a perfect 3-0 to take Quad 1.

QUAD 2

Howard Goldowsky faces off with

Richard Mooney in Round 1.

Goldowsky was perfect with 3-0

to take Quad 2.

NM Alex Markovits (MIT) squares off with

Jesse Nicholas (BC) in Round 1 of Quad 1.

Markovits, a new face at the BCC is a freshman at MIT.

Welcome Alex Markovits!

BCC Rapids' regulars:

Joel Wald, black vs Mateos Sahakian,

prepare to do battle in Round 1.

Yes, today is Wednesday!

Tonight is another

installment of

BCC Rapids:

CHECK THE FACTS:

CALENDAR OF BCC EVENTS

Registration: 6:30 in the evening.

See you soon!

Nathan Smolensky, TD

BCC: TWO PREMIER EVENTS FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 27TH // GM LARRY CHRISTIANSEN SIMUL // NM ALEX CHERNIACK BEGINNERS LESSON // LAST SESSION

                                                             PHOTO: NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN

GM Larry Christiansen is back from the World Cup in Tromso, Norway

to give yet another of his very popular South Station Simuls.

Yes, tomorrow, Tuesday, August 27th

from 5:00 to 7:00 PM

South Station, Boston, MA USA

Grandmaster Larry Christiansen will play you!

Chess sets and mats provided.

So come to play, to watch, to shmooze.

Free entry for participation in this splendid event.

So come, bring a friend, bring two! Bring your camera!

PLUS

NM Alex Cherniack will present the last of 

his 6 classes for beginners, at the Boylston Chess Club, 

in Somerville, MA 

from 7:00 to 8:30  So this is your

last chance to get your questions answered.

Get ready to learn a new thing or two.

See you soon!