BCC NATIONAL CHESS DAY IN 2 SECTIONS
4SS + 5" DELAY
OPEN SECTION
IT'S ALL IN THE SPRING WATER
Thomas Fang burst through the field to take clear 1st place
in the National Chess Day, Open Section with a perfect
4 - 0 score, and a + 73 to 2105 rating. Bravo, Thomas!
ROUND 1
Lawrence Tu, black vs Zubin Baliga. Zubin scored 2.5 points
to share 2-6th place and a rating upgrade of +14.
(background): Thomas Fang, black vs Natasha Christiansen
CRITICAL GAME: ROUND 4 !
Thomas Fang, with the advantage of the white pieces takes
on NM Rajesh Shanmugasundaram in the last round of this
4SS. Point: anything can happen. And it did. Thomas won!
Suraj Ramanathan, black vs Logan Boucher, Round 1.
Logan scored 2.5 points to share 2-6th place and
Suraj scored 2 points to share 7-8th place!
MIT vs HARVARD
NM Andrew Hoy vs expert David Stoner: 1-0!
Andrew scored 2.5 points to share 2-6th place and
David, a Junior majoring in math (note square root sign)
scored 2 points to share 7-8th place.
NM Rajesh Shanmugasundaram vs David Stoner, Round 1.
Rajesh scored 2.5 points to share 2-6th place.
on the move . . .
David Milliern, black vs Jonathan Pfefer, Round 1.
Jonathan scored 2.5 points to share 2-6th place.
David scored 1.5 points for a rating upgrade of +8.
U1800 SECTION
PRODIGY REIGNS
Intense and sweet! Is this possible? Yes!
7 1/2 yr old Ruohan is silent, still and polite at the board!
Ruohan Yin, newly arrived from China,
writes down his moves with calligraphic style
in his game vs Bob Oresick.
Ruohan was undefeated in this event, scoring
3.5 points to take clear 1st place and a
rating upgrade of +336 to 1602!
Bravo, Ruohan, you are a prince!
CLAIMING THE DRAW
Steve Stepak vs Ruohan Yin, Round 4: draw!
[SPS: I suspect that it will not be so far in time that
I will not be able to even draw this young lad!]
Steve scored 2 points to share 3-5th place.
(background): Juan Carlos Morales vs
Will Wisdom. Juan Carlos scored 3 points to take
clear 2nd place and a rating upgrade of
UNRATED TO 1774. Bravo, Juan Carlos!
Will scored 2 points to share 3-5th place.
Event Chief TD, Bernardo Iglesias (blue), finds the win vs
Will Wisdom in Round 3. Bernardo scored 2 points to share
3-5th place.
CRITICAL GAME: ROUND 4
Ruohan Yin (1266) writes down his opening moves vs
veteran chess player Bernardo Iglesias (1739).
[. . . the rating spread is +473 in Bernardo's favor.
Ruohan won this game rather quickly!]
[I am sure we are dealing here with a chess phenom!]
Stay tuned!]
(background, right): Juan Carlos Morales looks on . . . his opponent
is me, Steve Stepak, who is taking this historic photo!
(Top of photo): Bob Oresick vs Will Wisdom.
NEW TO CHESS
Nick Mastromarino loves chess. This is his 4th rated
tournament, the 2nd at the BCC. Nick has a
provisional rating of 1291. He is experimenting,
trying things out. He does not have a chess coach!
Bravo, Nick! You have a courageous heart!
Keep studying: endgames and chess tactics!
SCENES FROM
AROUND THE HALL
the biggest and the littleist
Juan Carlos vs Ruohan, Round 3.
Ruohan won with black.
This is Juan Carlos' first USCF tournament
and the first trip to the BCC:
Welcome: Juan Carlos, and good chess!
Roland Booker the 3rd came all the way over from
Fitchburg, MA to play at the BCC! Welcome, Roland!
Here Roland is playing black vs Nick Mastromarino
in Round 1.
CHESS AT THE BCC: U1800 GROUP
Juan Carlos vs Ruohan Yin; Bernardo Iglesias, black
vs Will Wisdom; Roland Booker III vs Steve Stepak,
Bob Oresick vs Will Wisdom!
FOCUSED!!!
Fang v Boucher, Round 2
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION:
BERNARDO IGLESIAS, CHIEF TD
NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN, ASST. TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
