GAME 65 10" DELAY 3RR + 3SS
7 QUADS + 1 SMALL SWISS
QUAD 1
NM Farzad Abdi plays NM Ryan Sowa, Round 3.
Farzad and Ryan scored 2 points to share 1-2nd place.
QUAD 2
Rajesh Coimbatore Shanmugasundaram vs Zubin Mohandas
Bagila, Round 1. Rajesh scored 2.5 points to share 1-2nd
place in Quad 2. This is Rajesh's first USCF tournament
and the first visit to the BCC. Welcome Rajesh!
Rajesh created a 2223 provisional rating at the end of this
event. Bravo, Rajesh!
Joseph Perl, Esq. plays white vs Zubin Bagila, Round 3.
Joe scored 2.5 points to share 1-2nd place in Quad 2.
QUAD 3
Thomas Fang vs Maxwell Chen, Round 3. Thomas scored
2.5 points to take clear 1st place in Quad 3. Max was 2nd
with 2 points. (background): Jonathan Pfefer, black
vs Rajesh Shanmugasundaram, Quad 2.
QUAD 4
Harvard math student, David Stoner, plays white vs
Soren Sandmann Pedersen in Round 3. David won the
section with 2.5 points; Soren was 2nd with 1.5 points.
QUAD 5
Brian Zijian Yin (red) plays white vs David Milliern,
Round 3. Brian scored 2 points to take clear 1st place
and David scored 1.5 points to share 2-3rd place.
QUAD 6
Alexander Fang Meng plays Boshen Li, Round 3.
Boshen scored a perfect 3 points to take clear 1st place.
(background): Seth Lieberman, black vs Brian Zijian Yin.
QUAD 7
CRITICAL GAME
Benjamin Yin, black vs Steve Stepak, Round 1.
Stepak sacked a pawn for a perpetual check draw but
decided to go on to play for the win as Benjamin had
2 minutes left on his clock at the time of the draw
possibility. With 30 seconds left on Benjamin's clock,
Steve stepped on a land-mine, losing his queen in a
knight fork and had to resign. Benjamin went on to
score 2.5 points to take clear 1st place.
David Martin scored 2 points to take clear 2nd place.
(background): Bob Oresick plays Sophia Rosenholtz.
Sophia Zada Rosenholtz, black vs Michelle Zhang,
Round 3. Sophia scored a perfect 3 points to take clear
1st place in the Small Swiss, with a rating upgrade of
+89 to 1381. Brava Sophia!
Will Wisdom plays white vs Michelle Zhang, who
outplayed Will in a complex endgame. Both Will and
Michelle scored 2 points to share 2-3rd place.
Great chess by both players!!
PHOTOS FROM
AROUND THE HALL
APPLE FOR THE TEACHER
Seth Lieberman, black vs Yue (Kerry) Huang, Round 3.
Massachusetts Girls Open Chess Champion
Joy Cao plays the BCC QUADS.
10 yr old Derek Jin plays black vs college grad Jesse Nicholas,
long-time BCC player throughout his childhood, mostly at BCC
Somerville. Welcome back Jesse!
BCC Veterans David Martin vs IBM Executive Tony Scali,
Round 1.
Boylston Chess Club: Congenial playing venue . . .
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION
Gabriel Birzu, Chief TD
Natasha Christiansen
Assistant TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
