of the Boylston Chess Club takes charge with 4-0 performance.
IM Vigorito on the move vs Mika Brattain, Round 4.
Almir Dzhumaev and Yang Dai.
before their 3 Round game. Prof. Sage scored 2.5 points
for a +16 to 2190 rating.
IM Vigorito plays NM Farzad Abdi in Round 2.
Farzad went 2 for 4 with a +4 to 2268 rating.
Oliver Traldi vs IM Vigorito, Round 1.
Oliver scored 1.5 points for a +6 to 2079 rating.
IM Marc Esserman undefeated with 3.5 points,
takes clear 2nd place in Open Section.
CRITICAL GAME
FM Steve Winer v IM Marc Esserman, Round 4: Dutch Defense.
Marc won this game and sole possession of 2nd place.
Yang Dai, MIT student in computer science,
goes 3 for 4 and a share of 3-5th place.
Yang's rating went +33 to 2148.
NM Mika Brattain plays black vs Andrew Hoi, in Round 2.
Mika scored 3 points to share 3-5th place with Almir Dzhumaev
and Yang Dai, posting a rating increase of +1 to 2413. Andrew
scored 2.5 points for a +14, 2109 rating. (background):
FM Bill Kelleher, NM Lawyer Times, Brandon Wu, Yang Dai.
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NM Almir Dzhumaev an MIT/Harvard student
scored 3 points to share 3-5th place and a
+19 rating to 2259.
NM Almir Dzhumaev is impressive with black vs
former BCC Champion, NM Lawyer Times, in Round 4.
Lawyer was 2.5/4 and a +2 rating 2279 on the day.
NM Lawyer Times displays his trophy for
best 4th Board tally in the US Chess League.
MOST EXCITING GAME
Down to the wire: seconds to play!! FM Bill Kelleher, Senior World
Chess Champion, 2011, former FIDE Vice President and many time
winner of MACA tournaments, a blitz chess specialist, tries to
pull a rabbit out of a hat after dropping a rook! Up against
NU Professor of Physics Timothy Sage, and with 2 seconds
on the clock, Bill could not find the key (or the hare)
and was about to be check-mated when he resigned.
Professor Sage scored 2.5 points for a +16 to 2190 rating.
U1950 SECTION
Jarrod Tavares, black vs Eric Feng;
(background): Jeremy Bader, black vs Seth Lieberman.
Jarrod scored 3.5/4 to share 1-2nd place with
Jeremy Bader. Jarrod was +5 to 2042 rating.
Eric was impressive with 3 points, 3-4th place, and a +57 to
1792 rating. Jeremy was +15 to 1946; and Seth with 1.5 points,
a +17 hike to 1714 rating.
CRITICAL GAME
Paul Mishkin plays black vs Jarrod Tavares in Round 4: draw!
Paul scored 3 points to share 3-4th place and a +13 to 1908 rating.
(background): Michael Yu, black vs Jeremy Bader.
5-8th Place with 2.5 points:
Harvard student, Nisha Deolalikar plays black vs Tim O'Malley
in Round 2: draw! Nisha shared 5-8th place with 2.5 points.
Professor Jerry Williams on the defense vs Eric Emer, Round 1.
Emer scored 2.5 points and took a share of 5-8th place.
Nisha Deolalikar vs Michael Yu. Michael won this Round 3 game,
and a share of 5-8th place with 2.5 points and a +61 to 1731 rating.
(background): Derek Jin, black vs Paul Mishkin.
Eddie Wei, Mike Griffin, Suraj Ramanathan, Kisha Deolalikar,
Round 1. Eight year old Eddie scored 2 points for a +6 1728 rating;
9 yr old Suraj scored 2.5 points for a +21 to 1689 rating.
U1650 SECTION
Jeffrey Weinstein clear first place with 3.5 points.
Jeffrey Weinstein, black vs Boshen Li;
(background): Joseph Hooker, black vs Bernie Xu.
Boshen Li scored 2.5 points to share 2-3rd place
with Bernie Xu. Jeff was +92 to 1445 rating;
Boshen was +15 to 1298; Bernie was +15, to 1370.
Sammi Pan vs Alex Brown. Alex won this game
and with it scored 2 points on the day,
for clear 4th place and a +59 to 867 rating.
MEMORABLE MOMENTS
The crowd listens to storys of the days of GM Tony Miles,
told by GM Larry Christiansen, his contemporary and friend.
Larry shares some funny stories about GM Tony Miles as his
wife Natasha stands by enjoying it. The Christiansen family
were the generous sponsors of this event; they guaranteed the
$1,000 prize fund and paid out appearance fees to top titled players.
THE VENUE
Sky-view of 55 players at the BCC Tony Miles Memorial.
Veteran MA chess player
Anatoly Levin in the Open Section. (background): Jason Tang and Andrew Hoy.
TOO LITTLE TO FAIL
7 yr old chess prodigy Derek Jin takes the full
point from Harvard Senior Connor Haley,
Round 2. Derek pushed his rating +34 to 1437.
Derek is No. 1 in his age category in MA
and 28th in the USA.
GAMESMANSHIP
Aditya Prasetyo, chess expert
and professional poker player,
hovers around Foxwoods, for now.
Aditya scored 2 out of 4 points and
+11 to post a rating of 2105.
SUPER JUNIORS
Nithin Kavi, black vs Carissa Yip, Round 4.
With this win, Carissa scored a total of 2 games out of 4
and a +6 to 2069 rating.
PURPLE POLKA-DOTS
Lucy Cai, top scholastic player in MA
was one of 6 female players participating in this event.
NEW FACES AT THE BCC
Michael Mahoney vs Anatoly Levin. Michael went
1.5 out of 4 for a +3 to 2075 rating.
(background): Luis Baez-Rosario, 2 for 4, +6 to 2059 rating.
Connor Haley vs Frank Kroell, Round 1.
(background): Boshen Li vs Joseph Hooker.
FUTURE CHESS STAR
Eli Cai, Lucy's 8 month old sister came to visit
the BCC for the first time with her grandmother.
ADMINISTRATION
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY
Bernardo Iglesias, TD.
Cool under fire. Bernardo registered all 55
players into 3 sections plus side games.
With patience and courage, Bernardo
got it right, time after time.
Bravo, Bernardo!
