BCC PRESENTS: FEBRUARY 15th // $5 OPEN // A FUN CHESS TOURNAMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY //

BCC $5 OPEN

4SS / GAME 60 / (PLUS 5 SECOND DELAY)

THIS COMING SATURDAY

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

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CHESS FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Is this a draw or not (white to move) . . . ?

let me know this coming Saturday

CHESS GRANDMASTER LARRY CHRISTIANSEN / 3 TIME USA CHESS CHAMPION / PRESENTS SOUTH STATION BOSTON / SIMUL / TUES / FEB 11 / 5 - 7 PM /

GM LARRY CHRISTIANSEN ON THE MOVE

THE PLACE: SOUTH STATION, BOSTON

UNDER THE ELECTRONIC ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE

TRAIN BOARD. PLAY A CHESS GAME WHILE

YOU WAIT FOR YOUR TRAIN!

THIS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014

FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM

IN A NICE WARM HALL

This guy is good!

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL AGES

CHESS SETS AND MATS PROVIDED

YOUR CHAIR AWAITS YOU. BRING A FRIEND.

BRING PAPER AND PENCIL AND RECORD THE GAME

BRING YOUR CAMERA AND HAVE A 

PHOTO WITH A PROFESSIONAL CHESS CHAMPION.

PLUS: LARRY IS A VERY NICE MAN,

EVEN WHEN HE'S CHECKMATING YOU!

SEE YOU TUESDAY!

BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS // MIESES / 4SS / FM CHASE 4 - 0 / TOPS ALL // BUCKLES U1800 // MILESTONE: SAMMI PAN RATING OVER 1000 /2nd U1800 //

19 PLAYERS: 12 OPEN / 7 U1800

OPEN SECTION

FM Chris Chase: perfect 4-0 score, sole 1st place.

NM Hal Terrie v Matthew Manzo, Round 3.

Hal scored 2.5 points to share 2-4th place with Oliver Traldi

and Aashish Welling.

(Background): Luke Lung v Loring Lauretti.  Loring scored 2

points; Luke, 1.

HEARTBREAK

Aashish Welling vs Nathan Smolensky, Round 3.

Aashish: solid and fast waits for Nathan's

response with 8 seconds on Nathan's clock.

Smolensky had a won game on the board 

but forfeited on time. 

Aashish scored 2.5 points. Nathan, 1.5/3.

Oliver Traldi vs Arthur Tang: draw. Round 4.

Traldi scored 2.5 points; Tang, 2.

FM Chris Chase v Yongjoo Kim, Round 2.

Kim was 2 for  4.

Nathan Smolensky, black vs Matthew Manzo, Round 2.

Matthew finished the tournament with 2 points.

(background): Natasha Christiansen v Oliver Traldi;

Yongjoo Kim, black vs Loring Lauretti.

 

Oliver Traldi vs Anil Marthi, Round 3.

BEGINNING MOMENTS: ROUND 2

 

Luke Lung . . . Natasha Christiansen . . . Anil Marthi

U1800 SECTION

Mark Buckles vs Boshen Li, Round 4.

Mark went 3.5 out of 4 for sole 1st place.

7 YR OLD SAMMI PAN: HARD WORK PAYS OFF

Sammi Pan scored 2.5 points to take

sole possession of 2nd place.

CRITICAL GAME

Sammi Pan vs Tom Shneer, Round 4.

Sammi won this game and up'd her rating

+59 points to 1014.

ENDGAME TIME

EVALUATION OF POSITION

Sammi Pan vs Tom Shneer.

(This position looks like a draw at this point,

with white to move.  Yes?  No?)sps

Chess fans please comment!

SKITTLES ROOM ACTIVITY

BLINDFOLD BLITZ

Joe Perl, (left) gives a blindfold exhibition in a 5 minute game

vs new member of the Club,

Elia Samuel Harmatz, MIT graduate in neuroscience.

Tom Shneer (center) moves the pieces for white.

Boshen Li (center, up) watches.

WELCOME ELIA

Elia Harmatz, new member of the BCC

from Philadelphia, PA

will be entering in a PhD program

for neuroscience.

He is currently playing the

February Thursday Night Swiss.

The question is: can Elia

construct the neural networks

to master his rook and pawn endgames?

TOURNAMENT OFFICIAL:

Bernardo Iglesias the event TD

ran a superb tournament.

Bravo, Bernardo.

 

BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS: JACQUES MIESES // 4SS // 60/SD // PLAY FOR THE PRIZE // EXPERIMENT FOR THE FUTURE // ADULTS AND KIDS!! // SAT FEB 8 !! //

(GRANDMASTER) JACQUES MIESES

Born: Leipzig, Germany, February 27 1865;

Died: London, England, February 23, 1954.

Mieses Opening: 1.d3

Chessmetrics (best average) rating: (elo=FIDE) 2540

Noted achievements: 

1st place in the Leopold Treibisch Memorial Tournament, 1907,

ahead of Oldrich Duras, Savielly Tartakower, Geza Maroczy 

and Carl Schlechter.

And 3rd place at the Masters' Tournament (Ostend) 1907

behind Ossip Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein and

ahead of Aaron Nimzovitch, Leo Forgacs and Richard Teichmann

Notable game:

Jacques Mieses v Frank Marshall, Monte Carlo (R14) 1903 C21

“Danish Gambit Accepted”

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 d6 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.O-O Be6 8.Bd5 Nf6 9.Qb3 Qc8 10.Nf4 Nd8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nh5 c6 13.Re1 Be7 14.Qf3 Rg8 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxf6 cxd5 17.exd5 Rg6 18.Qh8+ Kd7 19.Nc3 Bxd5 20.Qe8+ Kc7 21.Nxd5+ Kb8 22.Rac1 Nc6 23.Rxc6 bxc6 24.Rb1# 1-0 

Boylston Chess Club hosts: 4SS 60SD +5"delay

this Saturday, February 8th

BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS: JACQUES MIESES :: THE DETAILS

NOTICE FOR THE SCHOLASTIC PLAYERS

This event is recommended as a warm-up for

the Spiegel Cup competition on the

following day, Sunday February 9th.

Come, play 1 or 2 games and be ready to

go for the gold on the very next day.

Remember the Superbowl: Seattle 43 - Denver 8!

Defense trumps offense.

And being warmed up on Saturday

trumps being over-rested (stale) on Sunday.

As the great World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal

said many times: playing chess is the

best way to learn and being warmed up

from playing chess on Saturday is

the key to victory on Sunday 

(not studying chess, but playing!!)

So come to the BCC ready to test your opening

novelties and defensive strategies

against the toughest competition !

So all you chess players out there: you are welcome

to play in this 4SS. You can practice your chess

and win some prizes as well.

Be Ready to Rumble!

See you this Saturday!

LATE BREAKING NEWS FROM ZURICH

CARLSEN WINS ZURICH 2014

plus Carlsen's rating is now 2881!

LATEST FIDE RATINGS

BCC QUADS: BRILLIANT PERFECTION // M FISHBEIN / SLESNICK / LUNG / WEI / DI NOSSE EACH 3-0 1st //

22 PLAYERS COMPETE FOR CASH PRIZES: 4 QUADS / +3SS

QUAD 1

Matthew Fishbein 3 wins for 1st place.

[+41 rating points to 2195]

Matthew Fishbein vs Arthur Tang, Round 3.

QUAD 2

Tyson Slesnick (left) plays black vs Conway Xu in Round  2.

Tyson went 3 for 3 to capture sole 1st place in Quad 2.

(background): Jason Tang v Aashish Welling;  

Brandon Wu v Luke Lung; David Martin v Alex Yu 

QUAD 3

Luke Lung plays black vs Alex Yu in Round 3.

Luke took 1st place with 3 wins; Alex was 2nd with 2 wins.

[+66 rating points for Luke; +10 for Alex]

(background, left to right): Prof. Timothy Sage vs NM Siddarth Arun, 

Jason Tang, Aashish Welling . . . 

QUAD 4: MAGIC TOUCH

Eddie Wei scored 3-0 to take home the cash.

[+52 rating points]

Phu Si Vo, black vs Mark O'Brien in Round 2.

Phu Si scored 2 wins to secure 2nd place.

(background): Mark Buckles vs Eddie Wei;

Daniel Fishbein, black vs Alex Brown.

3SS

Tony DiNosse plays black vs Daniel Fishbein, Round 3.

(background): Pooja Welling vs Alex Brown

Tony took 1st place with 3 wins. Daniel and Pooja Welling

each scored 2 points to share 2-3rd place.

[Tony Di's rating: + 246!! to 1202. Bravo, Tony!]

PARTING SHOT

CHESS IS TOUGH

Eric Heinecke vs Achyuta Rajaram, Round 3.

EVENT TD

Thanks to Nathan Smolensky

for running a successful QUADS event.

PHOTOS: Steve Stepak

LATE BREAKING NEWS FROM ZURICH:

MAGNUS CARLSEN: SAVED FROM 

CERTAIN 'DEATH' BEATS USA No. 1, again!

ZURICH R3: RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD 

+ R4 CARLSEN LEADS!