QUAD 1
NM Chris Williams scores a perfect 3-0 for clear 1st place.
Here he is seen playing Nithin Kavi in Round 3.
Chris was +8 to 2317 rating for his efforts. Bravo, Chris!
Brandon Wu, black, vs Jake Garbarino, Round 3: draw.
Jake and Brandon shared 2-3rd place; Jake had a +2 to 2089
rating result and Brandon was +16 to 1988.
QUAD 2
Conway Xu plays black vs Mark Fins in Round 2.
Conway scored 2.5 points to claim clear 1st place
and a +27 to 1959 rating.
Jason Tang plays white vs Mark Kaprielian in Round 2.
Jason scored 2 points for clear 2nd place and a +11 to 1942
rating. (background): Nirangan Shankar vs Harold Dondis.
Mark Kaprielian visits the BCC Cambridge for the first
time. Mark is president of the MetroWest Chess Club,
currently in Natick, MA. Welcome, Mark!
MetroWest President Mark Kaprelian, on the move
vs Conway Xu in Round 3.
QUAD 3
Suraj Ramanathan squeezes his brain for the right answers.
He got 2.5 out of 3 for clear 1st place and a +59 to 1846 rating.
Bravo, Suraj!
Bob Sullivan on the move with black vs Rui Liang in Round 2.
Rui scored 2 points to claim clear 2nd place for a +17 to 1886
provisional rating.
QUAD 4
Harold Dondis, Esq. seen here playing black vs Niranjan
Shankar in Round 2 scored 2 points out of 3 to secure clear
1st place in Quad 4.
MATCH OF THE DAY
OLDEST VS YOUNGEST
92 yr old Harold Dondis sets up his pieces vs 8 yr old
Derek Jin in Round 3. Who was more tired by the end
of the day? Harold won the game and the quad.
Derek broke even with 1.5/3. Bravo, bravo !!
Bob Oresick faces off with the white pieces vs Derek Jin in
Round 2. The game was a draw! Bob was +28 for 1532 rating.
Bob and Derek shared 2-3rd place. Bravo, Bob!
QUAD 5
Jerry Li (right) writes down his move in Round 3. Jerry
was on the mark with a perfect 3 - 0 to take clear 1st in
Quad 5. Alan Song (left) was playing Boshen Li who he
beat for 1/3 on the day. Bravo Jerry Li for a great
performance!
Evan Patchen scored 2 out of 3 to
notch clear 2nd place in Quad 5
for a +44 to 1535 rating.
First time at the BCC, Evan is
from Minnesota. Welcome, Evan!
SMALL SWISS
Skyler Zhou scored 2/3 for 1-4th place in the Small Swiss.
Bravo, Skyler.
Thomas C Jay faces off with Raymond Xu in Round 3.
Thomas scored 2 points to share 1-4 th in Small Swiss.
This is Tom's first visit to the BCC. Welcome Tom!
Raymond Xu also scored 2/3 points to keep pace in the 1-4th
pile-up for the prize money. Bravo, Raymond!
Tony DiNosse scored 2 points to share in the 1-4th place
ranking in the Small Swiss. Here Tony is playing Skyler Zhou
in Round 2, a game which Skyler won. But Tony recovered and
went on to win his Round 3 game against Daniel Wang.
[I was sitting next to Tony and Daniel in Round 3, playing
an extra game with Skyler Zhou which I won, when I just
happened to look over to Tony and Daniel's board: checkmate!
Tony had checkmated Daniel's uncastled king in the center of
the board with a knight! Bravo, Tony. To date, Tony has
amassed 166 win over his chess career. Bravo,
Tony D. Way-ta-go!] (background): Niranjan Shankar - Harold
Dondis; Daniel Wang - Raymond Xu.
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS WALL AT THE BCC
Niranjan Shankar vs Bob Oresick;
Jerry Li, black vs Evan Patchen
Boshen Li plays Alan Song; Rui Liang v
Suraj Ramanathan.
VETERANS OF CHESS
Bob Sullivan, black vs Mike Griffin.
Mark Fins vs Jason Tang;
Raymond Xu vs Thomas Jay
FM CHRIS CHASE, TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
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US CHAMPIONSHIP:
PS
3 time USA Champion Hiharu Nakamura
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