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 NM Chris Williams

85th Mass Open Co-Champion

Photo:   Courtesy Tony Cortizas 

 

Harold Dondis Memorial

Harold Dondis Memorial 

  

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Date	Saturday, September 10, 2016
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/60 d5
Sections	Open & U1800
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes	$$1000 Guaranteed: Open: $400-$200-$100 U1800: $200-$100
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

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Chess at the beach

Some photos from John McAuliffe

John  McAuliffe:

"A recent trip to the beach. Forgot the chessboard.  Necessity is the mother of invention.  Thought you might like the photos, seeing as you always put cool images of chess on Boylston site. "

 

Very cool indeed!

CHESS MUSINGS: CONTINUITY IN TIME AND SPACE

CONSIDER THE CHESS POSITION BELOW:

[presentation of this position and the subsequent

discussion was presented by Mark Neale during

a break in the action of the BCC $15 Open last

Saturday. Interestingly enough, Zubin Baglia

was also present during the discussion, as he

was also playing in the $15 Open (U1800 Section).]

Zubin Mohandas Baliga v Mark Robert Neale,

Sturbridge, MA Continental Open 2016 Round 5

Black to move:  1.  . . . Qh3?? intending . . . Qg2#.

White noticed, (simply) that by moving to h3,

Black lost control of f6. And Mark demonstrated

this point by playing: 2. Qf6+ Rg7; 3. Re8#.

Now, psychologically, one might ask: was Black

"unhappy" or "uncomfortable" being down a piece?

Let's say, Black played more circumspectly:

1. . . . c6; 2.Qf7 a5; 3.f4 Qg7; 4.Qg7 Kg7; 5.d5 Kf7;

6.dc6 bc6 7.Ba7 Rh8; 8.Bc2 Rh4; 9.Bb3 Kf8;

10.Re6 Rf4; 11.Rd6 a4; 12.Bd1 Rf1; 13.Kh2 Rf2;

14.Kg3 Rb2; 15.Ba4 Ra2; 16.Bc6 Ke7;

and though White is up a bishop, this piece 

cannot actually force a checkmate for white, given
the fact that both players still had rooks on the board,

so: draw!

A CONNECTION: 
CHESS HISTORY AND MEDICINE

Dr. Armando Acevedo, MD v Ernesto Che Guevara, MD

May 26, 1964, casual game, (background: Raul Solorzano) Havana.

 Dr. Acevedo is a Fide Master with a FIDE rating of 2235. 

Dr. Guevara, has an Elo rating of 1950, which in USCF

terms makes him a chess expert.

[Edward Winter states that Dr. Guevara played a 25 board simul in

Camagüey, Cuba, 29 May 1964, given by Dr. Acevedo,

with the following result: (C68 Ruy Lopez)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4
f6 8.Nc3 c5 9.Qe3 Nh6 10.e5 Ng4 11.Qe4 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Be3
Qe7 14.Nd5 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2 Qxe4 16.Nxc7+ Kf7 17.Nxa8 b6 18.Nxb6
Bb7 0-1

Dr. Acevedo watches as Dr. Guevara plays his move during

the 25 board simul in Camaguey, Cuba, 1964.

Dr. Guevara watches Silvino Garcia Martinez,

playing in the Havana Olympiad of 1966.

Chessmetrics has Garcia's peak rating at 2759.

He received a FIDE Grandmaster title in 1975,

the first Cuban to receive this coveted title.

Spassky vs Fischer, Siegen, ol, 1970, Round 15.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8
12. h3 b6 13. f4 e6 14. Qe1 Na5 15. Bd3 f5 16. g4 fxe4
17. Bxe4 Bb7 18. Ng3 Nc4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Bf2 Qc6 21. Qe2
cxd4 22. cxd4 b5 23. Ne4 Bxd4 24. Ng5 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rd6
26. Re1 Qb6 27. Ne4 Rd4 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qxe6 Rd6 30. Qe4 Rf8
31. g5 Rd2 32. Rf1 Qc7 33. Rxd2 Nxd2 34. Qd4 Rd8 35. Nd5+ Kg8
36. Rf2 Nc4 37. Re2 Rd6 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Rf8+ 1-0

If you consult:


Mueller suggests Bobby had a draw,
pressed too hard for a win, and 
subsequently lost the game.
Can you imagine the "chutzpadik"
of Fischer to challenge the reigning
FIDE World Chess Champion to expect
Spassky to be "intimidated" by the "Kid"
 to lose a drawn position with 
the white pieces?
Well, that's why Bobby Fischer is one
of the greatest chess players of all times.
Now here is a game from the Preliminaries
of the Siegen Olympiad, 1970:


Dr. Armando Acevedo {Milan} vs Robert J. Fischer
Preliminary Round 4: Kings Indian: A46
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 d5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Ndf3 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Bh3 Bd7 13. Bf1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. a4 Ne4 16. f3 Nd6
17. e3 Qc7 18. a5 f6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nd3 e5 21. Nf2 e4
22. f4 Ra8 23. Bd2 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Ra8 25. Qb1 Qc6 26. b3 Ba6
27. Qb2 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 c4 29. b4 Qa4 30. Rb1 Bf8 31. Kf1 Nb5
32. Ke2 f5 33. Nd1 Kf7 34. Nf2 Qa2 35. Nd1 Ke6 36. Qxa2 Rxa2
37. Rb2 Ra1 38. Be1 Kd7 39. Bd2 Kc6 40. Be1 Na3 41. Kd2 Kb5
42. Bf2 Ka4 43. Be1 Be7 44. Bf2 Nb5 45. Kc2 Ka3 46. Rb1 Ra2+
47. Rb2 Nxc3 48. Kxc3 Ra1 0-1

NOW CRANK IT UP TO THE 21ST CENTURY







Hilda Acevedo vs Andrey Froem, The Pit, Harvard 


Square, Cambridge, MA USA, August 31, 2016. 


Hilda, daughter of Dr. Armando Acevedo, is a 


FIDE Women's Candidate Master (WCM) with 


a FIDE rating of 2070. Andrey Froem is Harvard 


Square's Resident Chess Master. 


Hilda is visiting her sister who is an MD 


doing research at Harvard Medical School. 


Hilda resides in Mexico City and has visited 


her doctor sister often, throughout the years, 


in the summer times, never failing to stop by to 


play some chess in Harvard Square, Cambridge. 


Hilda you are always welcome in Cambridge, MA! 













PHOTOS/TEXT

STEVE STEPAK

BCC $15 OPEN: 41 PLAY // BRANDON WU PERFECT 4-0 FOR CLEAR 1ST IN OPEN SECTION // DAVID MILLIERN / YUANZHE WANG / ZUBIN BALIGA / THOMAS HA // 1-4TH U1800 //

BCC $15 OPEN AUGUST 27, 2016

OPEN SECTION

NM Brandon Wu scored a perfect 4-0 to take clear 1st

place in the BCC August $15 Open.

CRITICAL GAME

NM Farzad Abdi on the move vs NM Brandon Wu, Round 4.

Farzad scored 2.5 points to share 3-7th place with NM Hal Terrie,

Susraj Ramanathan, Jason Tang and Arthur Nugent.

NM Andrew Hoy (event TD) scored 3 points to take clear

2nd place. Here is is playing white, vs Nithin Kavi in

Round 4. Nithin was 2/4 on the day.

NM Andrew Hoy vs Suraj Ramathan, deep in thought, Round 2.

Suraj was 2.5/4 on the day for a share in 3-7th place.

Jason Tang v Mark Neale, Round 2. Jason scored 2.5 points

to share 3-7th place.

Jason Tang vs Arthur Nugent: draw! Round 3.

Arthur scored 2.5 points to share 3-7th place.

U1800 SECTION

 

Tianna Wang vs David Milliern, Round 2.

David won this game and scored 3 points to share

1-4th place with Yuanzhe Wang, Zubin Baliga and Thomas Ha

David Katzman plays black vs Yuanzhe Wang in Round 2.

Yuanzhe won this game and scored 3 points on the day to

tie 1-4th place in the U1800 Section.

(background): Percy Yip v Boshen Li; Charles Bing v Eric Feng;

Mark Chudnovsky plays Jacob Ye. (upper left): Evan Meyer, 

Fdridrik Karlsson 

Zubin Baliga vs Tianna Wang, Round 3.

Zubin won this game and scored 3/4 to share 1-4th place

in the U1800 Section. Tianna was 50 percent with 2/4 on the day.

Kelsey Liu, black vs Thomas Ha, Round 4.

Thomas won this game for a total of 3 points on the day

and a share in 1-4th place in the U1800 Section.

Kelsey finished with 2/4 and a rating of +64 to 1128.

Thomas was +17 for a 1606 rating.

SCENES FROM AROUND THE HALL

SKY VIEW: ROUND 2

FULL HOUSE: 40 PLAYERS

MUSIC AND CHESS

Round 2: Derek Chubo Zhao plays black vs BCC Vice 

President Natasha Christiansen, who, no doubt, is listening 

to Beethoven while she plans out her opening strategy.

Serious chess!

GAME ANALYSIS

Justin Li vs Steve Stepak, extra game, Round 3. Photo Tony Cortizas

Note that Justin was solid up to move 28 and could have equalized. Neither

Justin nor I was in time pressure.  During the post-mortem it was suggested

that Justin "missed" the move 21. Rxa7 . . .  My take on this move is that

psychologically it was good, tacticlly it was double-edged. For example:

21.Rxa7 Bxc3; 22. Rc1 Be5; 23. g3 (luft) c3; 24.Qe2 Rfb8; 25.Qc4 Rb4; 

26.Qd3 Qd8 27 f4 Bg7 28.e5 R4b5; 29.Ra8 Rd5; 30.Rb8 Rd3; 31.Rd8 Rd8

32.Rc3 Bf8; 33.Rb3 e6; 34 Kg2 Ra8; 35.Rb2 Ral; 36.Bg1 Rc1; 37.h3 Rc8;

38.Rb7 Rc2; 39.Kh1 Rc3; 40.Kg2 with equality. But this essays a most 

complicated series of moves.  Justin could have easily equalized the game

in a much simpler manner.

And the move: 21. Bxa7 engenders the response: 21. . . . Rb3; 22.Rec1 f5;

23.h3 fe4; 24.Re4 Rc3; 25.Rc3 Bc3; 26.Rd1 Qc7; 27.Be3 Be5; 28.Re1 Bf6;

29.g3 Qa5; 30.Rb1 Rd8; 31.d6 Rd6; 32.Qc4 Kg7; 33.Kh2 Qd5; 34.Qf4 Rd8

and 35.Rc1 seems to hold for White.

I would say that Justin played the game quite well, up to move 28. He was

poised and solid in his technique. One interesting note is that, during the

post mortem, Justin was able to play out the entire game, from memory

without the aid of the score sheet.  From this point alone, I see a great

future for Justin in chess. He will, with effort and desire, become a chess

master soon enough.

ACTION IN ROUND 4

David Grawoig vs Tudor Muntean; Calvin Hori vs Fridrik 

Karlsson;  Derek Chubo Zhao vs Ryan Wang. [Note: Ryan

is 7 yrs old, younger brother of Tianna Wang. Ryan played 

in the Open Section of this event and scored 2/4 for a

+18 to 1715 rating. I say: keep your eye on this lad. Soon

enough he too will become a chess master!

PARTING SHOT

The spirits of Harry Lyman and Harold Dondis (portraits), 

great benefactors and patrons of the BCC watch the kids

of the BCC play chess: past present & future.

ANDREW HOY: TD

NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN, ASST. TD

                                  PHOTO: TONY CORTIZAS

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

NM PROFESSOR SAGE CONVINCING AT BCC SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP // LEO BONNELL CLEAR 2ND // 8 PLAY // CALVIN HORI / MIKE GRIFFIN 3-4TH //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Professor J. Timothy Sage of Northeastern

University topped the charts with 3.5

out of 4 to take clear 1st place in the

BCC Senior Open Championship.

For his accomplishment, Professor Sage

will be automatically seeded into the

BCC Club Invitational Championship

scheduled to begin on September 12th.

CRITICAL GAME

Paul Mishkin plays Professor Sage, Round 4.

Sage won this game and clinched 1st place in the event.

Expert Leo Bonnell plays Bob Oresick, Round 4.

Leo won this game, scoring 3 points, good for 2nd place.
Natasha Christiansen  
Event TD

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

PHOTO: TONY C

$15 Open photos

$15 Open

Aug. 27, 2016

Photos 

by Tony Cortizas, Jr.

$15 Open playing room

Kelsey Liu and Puichui Yip

David Katsman

Andrew Hoy

Derek Zhao

Farzad Abdi and Hal Terrie

Fridrik Carlsson

Kelsey Liu

Puichui Yip

Ryan Wang

Thomas Ha

Tianna Wang

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