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Monday, January 23, 2017

BCC PLUS SCORE 4SS / ONE SECTION / SATURDAY: ATUL KANNAN 4-0 1ST PLACE // 30 PLAYERS

PLUS SCORE EVENT

4SS IN 1 SECTION GAME 60

Suraj Ramanathan vs Atul Kannan, Round 2.

Atul won this game for a 4-0 score to clinch clear

1st place in this event. Suraj shared 2-6th place

with a score of 3-1.

Alan Song scored 3 points to share 2-6th place.

Robert King vs Maxwell Chen, Round 3.
Max won this game on his way to a 3/1 score
to share 2-6th place. Bob was 2/4 on the day.

NM Andrew Hoy plays white vs Derek Jin, Round 3.
9 yr old Derek won this game to score 3 points and a
piece of 2-6th place. Bravo, Derek! Andrew scored 2.5
points to share 7-8th place.

Tournament winner, Atul Kannan plays white vs
Evan Welsh in Round 2. Evan scored 3 points to share
2-6th place.

Bob Sullivan scored 2.5 points to share
7-8th place in the BCC Plus Score Event.
SCENES FROM
AROUND THE HALL

FULL HOUSE IN A WELL-LIT VENUE

SUNSHINE AND KIDS:BCC + SCORE 4SS

John Archibald plays black vs Victor Feng, Round 3.

(background): Alan Song vs Natasha Christiansen: draw!

Lawrence Tu plays white vs Bob Oresick, Round 2.

(background): Kevin Liu vs Khari Alexander.

STREEEETCH!

BCC President, NM Andrew Hoy plays black

vs BCC patron, Mark Fins, Round 2.

INSTRUCTIVE POSITION

Justin Li, black vs Steve Stepak, Round 2.

Extra Game.

White to move and win.

BCC PLUS SCORE

PARTING SHOT

BERNARDO IGLESIAS CHIEF TD

NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN CHIEF ASST TD

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

Eric Feng, black vs Skyler Zhou, Round 3.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

BCC POLAR VORTEX: 2 DAY EVENT !! // ERIC FENG 1ST / PREMIER SECTION // GRANT REINGOLD 1ST U2000 SECTION // 29 PLAY //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB

40 NORRIS STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA

PREMIER SECTION

Eric Feng vs Atul Kannan, R3. Eric won 3 games with a

half point bye for 3.5 points and clear 1st place! Bravo, Eric!

Atul was even on the day: 2/4.

Derek Jin vs NM Andrew Hoy, Round 2.

Andrew scored 2 wins with 2 byes for 3 points and

clear 2nd place. Bravo, Andrew!

9 yr old Derek had 1 point for a +16 to 1927 rating.

Bravo, Derek!

Maxwell Zhao, black, vs Paul Mishkin, R3: draw!

(background): Calvin Hori, black vs Bernie Xu: draw!

Calvin and Bernie finished 3-4th with 2.5 points.

Atul Kannan plays Natasha Christiansen, Round 2.

Atul scored 2 points to share 5-8th place.

Gabriel Birzu vs Alan Song, Round 3.

Gabriel and Alan scored 2 points each for a share of

5-8th place. Bravo, Gabriel and Alan!

BCC Patron Mark Fins plays black vs Paul Hodgden, Round 2.

Paul finished the day with 2 points for a share of 5-8th place.

(background): Alan Song, black vs Paul Mishkin.

U2000 SECTION

Princeton '17

Grant Rheingold scored 3.5 points in the U2000

Section to clinch clear 1st place. Grant, with a

provisional rating of 839 increased his numbers

by + 358 for a 1197 final rating from this event.

Bravo, Grant!

Grant Rheingold plays black vs John Archibald, Round 3.

Grant won his first 3 games and drew with Yue Huang

for a total of 3.5 and clear 1st place. Bravo, Grant!

John scored 2.5 points to share 4-5th place.

Yue (Kerry) Huang plays white vs Joy Cao, Round 3.

Yue was undefeated in this event with 2 wins, a draw and

a half-point bye for 3 points to share 2-3rd place.

Bravo! Yue!

TRUE GRIT

Istem Fer Polat plays Bob Oresick, Round 2.

After losing to Kerry, Bob won 3 games in a row

to share 2-3rd place. Way'ta go Bob!!

Joy Cao scored 2.5 points for 4-5th place.

Brava, Joy!

THE NEXT BOBBY FISCHER

John Archibald scored 2.5 points

to share 4-5th place.

Bravo, Jonny!!

SCENES FROM AROUND THE HALL

Aaron Lu vs Alexander Fang Meng, Round 2, U2000 Section.

Uygar Polat plays black vs Srikanth Rapaka, Round 2.

Istem Fer Polat, wife of Uygar Polat plays white vs

Kelsey Liu, Round 3. The Polat's are a new chess

couple I will make note of here! Welcome: Polat family! The

other famous couples of the BCC that come to mind are

WCM Natasha Christiansen/GM Larry Christiansen

and WIM Vesna Dimitrijevic/FM Bill Kelleher.

PATRON SAINTS OF THE BCC

Portraits of Harry Lyman and Harold Dondis, grace the walls

of the BCC, as they look down from Chess Heaven,

enjoying the action. It is always good to remember that

the sustenance and vitality of a chess club is dependent on the

generosity in time and money of its caring members and friends.

Thank you Harry Lyman and Harold Dondis!

Harry and Harold would have loved to see all the kids,

both boys and girls, who play regularly at the BCC now!

[Featured in the photo are: John Archibald playing

Kelsey Liu; Lawrence Tu playing Grant Rheingold;

Uygar Polat playing Srikanth Rapaka; and

Kevin Liu playing Raymond Xu. This is Grant

Rheingold's first trip to the BCC: Welcome Grant!

And his 3rd tournament of his career! Good show!]

Bravo, kids of the BCC!

TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION

CHIEF TD

NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN

CHIEF ASSISTANT TD

PAUL HODGDEN

3RD TD

NM ANDREW HOY

PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

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Monday, January 16, 2017

Senior Sunday

January Senior Sunday

Date	Sunday, January 22, 2017
Event Format	3SS
Time Control	G/80 d10
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes	To be announced
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm
Description	Open to players age 50 and over based on the tournament end date.
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List

Plus Score

Plus Score Tournament

Date	Saturday, January 21, 2017
Event Format	4SS
Time Control	G/60 d5
Entry Fee	$35, $20 for BCF Members, $5 more at the door
Prizes	Prizes based on score: 4.0 = $100, 3.5 = $60, 3.0 = $40, 2.5 = $20
Registration	9:15am - 9:45am
Round Times	10:00am, 1:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:00pm
Description	Max two half point byes (half point byes do not count for prizes)
Entry List	Current Pre-Registration List