ELAINE KAHN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT: OPEN SECTION
25 PLAYERS // 10 MASTERS
IM David Vigorito: 3.5 points for 1-3rd place.
NM Mika Brattain: 3.5 points for 1-3rd place.
NM Chris Williams: 3.5 points for 1-3rd place.
NM Farzad Abdi, black vs Mika Brattain, Round 2.
(background): Jesse Nicholas vs Charles Riordan
Lawyer Times vs Billy Collins
NM Charles Riordan, newly crowned BCC Champion
plays white vs NM Mika Brattain, Round 4: draw!
Sir Charles scored 3 points good for
clear 4th place in the Open Section.
NM Lawyer Tiimes, 2012 BCC Champion plays the
black pieces vs Expert Billy Collins, Round 2.
Collins won the game and broke 50 percent with 2.5/4 points,
in a field of 25 players including 10 masters.
[Almost Master @ 2191] Daniel Mosiyenko plays the black
pieces vs FM Chris Chase in Round 3.
Daniel also scored 2.5 points to go over 50 percent.
NM Eric Godin plays black vs Aaron Spencer
in Round 4. Eric also scored 2.5 points to
climb over the 50 percent line.
(background): Zachary Bence plays Billy Collins.
Carissa Yip plays black vs NM Farzad Abdi in Round 3.
(background): Jason Tang plays Aaron Spencer;
Fridrik Karlsson, black vs Zachary Bence;
Brian Perez-Dapple plays Luke Lung.
CRITICAL MOMENT IN ROUND 3:
Table 1: IM Esserman, black vs NM Mika Brattain.
Table 3: FM Chase vs Expert/Master Mosiyenko.
TD Bernardo Iglesias (foreground, left) observes.
Spectators: (from left to right): Natasha Christiansen, Chris Williams
Billy Collins, and Jerry Williams.
NM Chris Williams plays NM Siddharth Arun, Round 4.
FULL HOUSE: MASTER/U1950 SECTIONS
U1900 SECTION PHOTO REPORT
Veteran A Player, Terrance Fricker scored 3 points
to share 1-3rd place in the U1950 Section.
Ames Abbot (seen here playing Seth Lieberman)
scored 3 points to share 1-3rd place in U1950 Section.
(background, right): Billy Collins.
(Standing): Ryan Sowa and NM Charles Riordan.
Photo: SammiPan
9 1/2 yr old Brandon Wu scored 3 points
to share in 1-3rd place in the U1950 Section.
Seth Lieberman plays Jerry Williams, Round 3.
(background): Brandon Wu plays black vs Ross Eldridge;
Joel Wald plays black vs Ames Abbot;
David Martin, black vs Terrance Fricker.
U1650 SECTION
Corey Dunn, playing at the BCC for the first time, seen
here vs event sponsor Richard Kahn in Round 2.
Dunn was the only 4-0 winner. Bravo Corey!
Corey led a group of 8 players from Bangor, Maine,
a 3 and a half hour trip to Somerville, including;
Aaron Spencer, Brian Hurst, Tyler Lehman,
Gabe Borland, Leo Davis and Zach Bence.
BCC welcomes you back again whenever
you feel the impulse to play some tournament chess!
Corey give an eye of approval, here playing David Sun
in Round 3. Corey up'd his rating 208 points.
(background): Richard Kahn vs Jeff Weinstein;
John (Tyler) Lehman plays Suraj Ramanathan;
Will Wisdom plays Andrew Vesper.
Richard Kahn plays Andrew Vesper in Round 1.
Richard scored 2.5 points to go over 50 percent!
(background): Will Wisdom vs John Tyler Lehman.
Will Wisdom plays black vs Gabe Borland. Will and Gabe
both scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place in the U1650 Section.
Eddie Wei: chess is a lot of hard work!
(Nice bear logo!)
8 yr old Sammi Pan diligently writes down her moves!
CHESS AT THE BCC IS NOT ALL WORK!
Skittles fun between rounds:
Brandon Wu vs Eddie Wei: blitz
(Kibbitzing, left to right): Tyler Lehman, Sandeep Shankar, Brian Hurst,
(David Martin and Richard Kahn chat) Eric Feng.
ELAINE KAHN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
SETS A HIGH FOR ATTENDANCE AT 51
Senior TD Bernardo Iglesias shares announcements
before Round 1. Richard Kahn (foreground, left)
was thanked for his generosity in sponsoring
this event.
Richard Kahn, a generous man.
It was his wife who encouraged Richard
to play tournament chess.
In her memory, Richard has made
the 2nd Elaine Kahn Memorial the
most successful tournament of the year!
Bravo, Richard!
