Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Caption Contest from the 2011 Mass Open

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Channeling Glickman's original version of the chess blog, I present the following photo caption contest. The photo is of Carissa Shiwe Y...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Weaver Adams -- U1800 Boylston Chess Club Championship -- Mon June 6

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It's Adams time again -- Weaver Adams 2011 The Weaver Adams Qualifer is the first part of the Boylston Chess Club championshi...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Chess Fever and The Great Chess Movie

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The Boylston Chess Club library has recently acquired a DVD transfer of Chess Fever, a 1920s silent film starring Capablanca, and The Great ...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

I share a birthday with Karpov, May 23rd

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Clearly, this explains nothing. However, the day I was born, Karpov was celebrating his first birthday as the World Champion..... http://ww...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

$10 Open Advanced Entries

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The following players have already paid their $10 to play in this weekend's $10 Open. Have you? Prepare for the Mass Open Championship...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Without playing a single game, Hikaru #6.....

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Hikaru Nakamura has leapt into the #6 spot in the FIDE live rankings. Kamsky's defeat of Topalov pushed Hikaru into the #7 spot. Now, ...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

Grand Prix-- Current Leaderboard

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The 5th Grand Prix ended this weekend with 30 players taking advantage of the cheap, high quality chess. Some of the leaders cemented their...
Thursday, May 12, 2011

May 18th- Denys Shmelov Lecture at the Boylston

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The Boylston Chess Club Presents The 2011 Master Lecture Series Wednesday, May 18th, 7PM Senior Master Denys Shmelov On “Prophylaxis in Ches...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Grand Prix #5 THIS WEEKEND, May 14

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Attention-- Because of the Mass Open State Championships at the end of this month, we have placed our 5th Grand Prix event on this upcoming ...
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Monday, May 09, 2011

Andrew Liu Ties for 2nd in K-6 National Championships

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Boylston Chess Club player Andrew Liu visited Texas and gave a strong showing at the K-6 National Championships, tying for 2nd place! With 4...
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Sunday, May 08, 2011

Breaking news-- Kamsky defeats Topalov in 1st Candidate Match

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With Kamsky's victory over Topalov, he not only propels himself into the Top 15 FIDE live ratings, he also edges Nakamura into the Numbe...
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Coffee House Chess is Good Too

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Steve Stepak offered this example of a coffeehouse Catalan. [ Editor's note: I tried to scan and insert his comments, but couldn't...
Sunday, May 01, 2011

Queen to Play to play at Kendall Square Cinema, May 6th

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Yet another chess film coming to the Boston area! "Queen to Play" (originally, 'Joueuse'), will be showing at the Kendall...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Bobby Fischer Against the World Documentary this Sunday

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Right up the street from the Boylston Chess Club, the Somerville Theater is hosting a 90 minute documentary, Bobby Fischer Against the World...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Grand Prix 3 Month Update

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The next Grand Prix event is this Saturday. Only $7.00 to members, $10 to non-members. Take part in the race to the top. Here are the curren...

A Boston Spy in the Dallas Chess Club

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Recently, I noted that the Dallas Chess Club was one of our major national chess rivals, in terms of attendance of both strong and regular p...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Spring Open -- the 2 day tournament is back!

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Does your flag hang by a thread in Game 60? Yearn for more Sunday chess events? Long for the way chess "used to be played?" Want p...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Reminder-- David Vigorito lecture on Wednesday!

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The Boylston Chess Club Presents The 2011 Master Lecture Series #2 Wednesday, April 13, 7PM International Master David Vigorito “Practical...
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Saturday, April 09, 2011

Top 100 Players in the Boylston Chess Club, Redux

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After some updates, the USCF list of active players at the Boylston Chess Club is now even stronger-- we have more than 100 players rated ov...
Monday, April 04, 2011

David Vigorito Lecture and Simul -- April 13th, 7PM

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The Boylston Chess Club Presents The 2011 Master Lecture Series #2 Wednesday, April 13, 7PM International Master David Vigorito “Practical...