https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDP8TzqWfQw
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KING MESSIAH - His Name Revealed
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BCC GRAND PRIX // JULY // 33 PARTICIPANTS // SIDDHARTH ARUN 1ST IN PREMIER // DAVID ZHU SUN / NED KERWIN 1-2nd / U1800 //
BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
GRAND PRIX JULY 2014
IN 2 SECTIONS
OPEN (PREMIER)
NM Siddharth Arun was undefeated with 3.5/4 to capture
clear 1st place in BCC GP, for a rating of +5 to 2250.
3 TIE FOR 2ND
MIT student Yang Dai shared 2-4th place with Jason Tang
and Nathan Smolensky, each scoring 3 points out of 4.
Yang Dai holds the fort vs Jason Tang, in Round 4: draw!
Mark Robert Neale plays MACA President and Chess
Horizons Editor, Nathan Smolensky in Round 2.
Mark "oopsed" a rook and Nathan collected the full point.
In spite of this, Mark earned a +60 to 1701 rating.
Nathan, once over 2000, is climbing back with a +26 to 1963 rating.
Not, bad for a very busy individual, who wears lots of hats.
(Here he is not wearing a hat, as one can see!)
5-7th
Andrew Hoi, center stage, engages Loring Lauretti in Round 2.
Andrew scored 2.5 points; Loring went 2 for 4 with a
+59 to 1897 rating.
Michelle Chen is back, after a long absence
from the BCC. She scored 2.5 points to share
5-7th place and a +9 to 2017 rating.
Welcome back Michelle!
(Yes, I should have removed the bottle of
water from the frame, but sometimes
a photographer should be as unobtrusive
as possible during play. If this were Hollywood, I
would, for sure, have re-moved the bottle.
I offer my apologies to Michelle and
the viewing audience.)
Brandon Wu, on the move vs Conway Xu, in Round 4.
This game was drawn! Brandon scored 2.5 points
for a +16 to 1926 rating.
(background): Mark Neale plays Michael Yu.
U1800 SECTION
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David Zhu Sun scored 3 points to share 1-2nd place,
and earned a +94 to 1523 rating. Bravo, David Zhu Sun!
Will Wisdom, white, vs Ned Kerwin, in Round 2.
Ned won this game and went on to score 3 points for a
share of 1-2nd place, and a +35 to 1489 rating.
Bravo Ned! (background): Neil Gurram v Ahaan Rungta;
Derek Chubo Zhao v Alex Brown. Will broke even
with 2 for 2.
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Steve Stepak shared 3-4th place with
a 2.5 out of 3 performance and a
+10 to 1617 rating.
CHESS LESSON BY A YOUNG LAD
This time, the teacher learned a lesson:
Playing opening moves by rote is not a good
idea. [I had a strong advantage for the taking
out of the opening by an inaccuracy which
only a master might have normally detected.
I didn't even take the time to consider it!
With this, I proceeded to wreck the position
and my young opponent had a won endgame
for the taking. He didn't trade down fast enough
and I caught him with a perpetual check draw.]
A credible performance by an 8 yr old: 2.5/3
and a +59 to 1438 rating.
2 NEW FACES AT THE BCC
Bernardo Iglesias, event TD plays a side game with
newcomer Raymond Xu who has a provisional rating
of 801. Welcome, Raymond!
William Shand from Colorado via Harvard Summer School,
engages Jackson Bogdan Parker in Round 2.
Welcome William and welcome back Jackson!
VETERANS DUKE IT OUT
In the red cap, playing white: Harold Dondis, Esq; on the
right, playing the black pieces: Leonid Bondar from the USSR.
This time, Soviet chess training prevailed.
SERIOUS CHESS JUNIORS
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No. 1, 7 yr old in MA Derek Jin (1572) plays black vs
11 yr old Michael Yu (1757). This time age had its
advantages. Michael won the game.
[Derek is ranked No. 12 in the USA, and Michael is 42nd
in their respective age categories.]
SOUTHERN INDIA AT THE BCC
High Schooler Ahaan Rungta plays black vs
MIT undergraduate Neil Gurram in Round 2.
In this game, white prevailed.
(background): Alex Brown v Derek Chubo Zhao;
David Katzman v Boshen Li.
GP's YOUNGEST PLAYER
6 yr old David Katzman plays black vs
Boshen Li. David got a one-point bye good
for the tally in the GP standings. Boshen picked
up one win and a full point bye, good for 2 points.
HIGHLIGHTS
OF SUMMER
SCHEDULE
MONDAY: REUBENS LANDEY
THURSDAY: TNS
SATURDAY: SUMMER CH
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Webster University Nurtures the Future of Women's Chess
The 11th Annual Susan Polgar Girls Invitational began on Thursday July 10 at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri USA. The event, which drew 56 participants from over 40 US States and 7 countries, consists of group training sessions with GM Polgar followed by a 6-round tournament with prizes including college scholarships to Webster University of over $200,000. Webster University graciously also provided full accommodations for the official qualifiers from each US State and country.
Webster University is home to the Susan Polgar Institute of Chess (SPICE) program who has secured for a second consecutive year the US National Collegiate championships (4 years for SPICE program via GM Polgar's previous university).
FIDE Vice President Ali Nihat Yazici spoke during the opening ceremony and praised the leadership of Webster University for fostering the development of women's chess and for helping sow the seeds for future generations of top talent female chess players.
Of the 56 girls that competed, 14 are FIDE rated of which 5 hold FIDE titles of Woman Candidate Master, Woman FIDE Master and Woman International Master.
Participants of Susan Polgar Girls' Invitational
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Gorlok, Ali Nihat YAZICI, President of Webster University Elizabeth J. Stroble, GM Susan Polgar, Provost Dr. Julian Z. Schuster, FIDE IA and FIDE IO Sevan A. Muradian
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Gorlok, Ali Nihat YAZICI, President of Webster University Elizabeth J. Stroble, GM Susan Polgar, Provost Dr. Julian Z. Schuster, FIDE IA and FIDE IO Sevan A. Muradian
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FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship 2014
The FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship 2014 is taking place on 12-22nd July at the Vilnius Town Hall, Didžioji g. 31, LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania. The Championship consists of two sections: - Section 1 with 18 teams: Open tournament for teams with players 50+, including women’s teams with players 50+ which will have separate ranking [...]
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SPFGI round 4 pairings
Round 4 pairings
1 Veronika Zilajeva (1975) WF Kimberly Ding (2082)
2 WM Diane Carmine Real Pereyra (2080) Soumya Kulkarni (1757)
3 Neeshmy Nunez Gonzales (1779) WC Thalia Cervantes Landiero (1906)
4 Annastasia Wyzywany (1878) Shreya Mangalam (1813)
5 Katya Davis (1914) Naomi Santiago (1666)
6 Aiya Cancio (1590) Marissa Li (1875)
7 Kiana Hajiarbabi (1832) Alena Huang (1649)
8 Tianhui [Cindy] Jie (1807) Iris Zhou (1641)
9 Rebecca Deland (1782) Serafina Show (1634)
10 Yassamin Ehsani (1575) Simona Nayberg (1735)
11 Olga Cherepakhin (1687) WC Nastassja Matus (1557)
12 Stella Becker Queiroz (1673) Diamond Abdus-Shakoor (1499)
13 Sheena Zeng (1742) Ritika Pandey (1576)
14 Amelia Wyzywany (1488) Carmen Pemsler (1608)
15 Bethany Humphrey (1124) Divya Pandey (1460)
16 Cassie Parent (1487) Lauren Mei Calora (1193)
17 Sarvagna Velidandla (1275) Ioana Murgulet (1162)
18 Emma Cheng (1258) Skylar Hsu (1141)
19 Elizabeth Miller (1134) Christina Scheible (1244)
20 Jasmine Tustin (1243) Valerie Hart (1128)
21 Hannah [Tori] Whatley (1156) Brynna Bartlett (1236)
22 Isabel Brieler (1214) Rebekah Farell (765)
23 Sarah Farell (786) Peishanika Arnold (1205)
24 Talia Buxbaum (913) Veronika Vancsa (1073)
25 Tatiana Hoppens (826) Triya Venkataraja (1082)
26 Shahrzad Hajiarbabi (1005) Madisson Ford-McKnight (805)
28 Andrea Botez (1551) WC Natasha Morales Santos (1676)
Photos from 2014 SPF Girl's Invitational. More will be added daily: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/2014SPFGIAtWebsterUniversity
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Ray Saves the Day
When you need a helping hand, chessically speaking, who are you going to call? Why, the chess correspondent of The Times of course.
I gather RDK has been covering exchange sacs over the last week or so. ... Rxc3s in Sicilians, ... Rxf3s , Gazza’s Rxb7 against Shirov to name but a few. I was just about to get around to that last one, funnily enough.
White to play
Kasparov - Shirov, Horgen 1994
My favourite from Ray’s bunch is Benko - Keres, Los Angeles 1963. An ISE and a rook ending. What’s not to like?
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Spot on Chess Tactic
White to move. How should white proceed?
Source: ChessToday.net
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Norway National Tournament 2014 LIVE!
The Norway National Tournament 2014 is taking place on 12-20th July, 2014, in the city of Trondheim, Norway. Official website
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47th Biel/ Bienne Chess Festival 2014 LIVE!
The 47th Biel Chess Festival “In Memoriam Hans Suri” is held from 12th to 25th July, 2014, in Biel/ Bienne, a town in Switzerland. The tournament will be played in a double round robin format with the strong participation of: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2766, Anish Giri NED 2750, Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL 2733, Pentala Harikrishna IND 2726, Alexander Motylev 2698 and Yifan Hou CHN 2629. The average rating of [...]
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8th Leiden Chess Tournament 2014 LIVE!
The 8th edition of Leiden Chess Tournament is taking place on 11-20th July, 2014, in Leiden, a city in the Dutch province of South Holland.
The event is organized by the Stichting Denksportpromotie Nederland, a foundation for mind sports, in a 9 round Swiss format.
The first prize is in the amount of 1750 €.
84 participant take part in the tournament. Top seed is GM Nikolic, Predrag BIH 2605, followed by GM Bogner, Sebastian SUI 2602, GM Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav RUS 2556, GM Horvath, Csaba HUN 2542, GM Sengupta, DeepIND 2533, IM Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2457, IM Das, Arghyadip IND 2439, GM Van Der Wiel, John T.H. NED 2424, IM Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2416, GM Belkhodja, Slim TUN 2415.
Official website
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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47th Biel / Bienne Chess Festival 2014 LIVE!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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ACP Golden Classic – Bergamo 2014 LIVE!
ACP Golden Classic 2014 is going to be one of the fifteen strongest chess tournaments of the year, live with analysis daily on Chessdom. Top seeds are Filipino Wesley So, 20 years old – who is now the 16th player in the world Fide list and became world university champion in 2013 – and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, 24 years old, former Russian and European Champion (2010) and just graduated vice-world champion for blitz chess. Other top players include as Georgian GM Baadur Jobava (who replaces Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov), eight-time Hungarian champion Zoltan Almasi, 2001 European champion Emil Sutovsky from Israel – who is president of ACP – and two of the strongest Italian players, both born in 1989: Daniele Vocaturo from Rome and Sabino Brunello from Bergamo, who is Italian Champion for blitz and rapid chess.
Live games daily at 14:00 CET with triple engine analysis of Stockfish, Komodo, and Houdini.
Live: ACP Golden Classic live / ACP Golden Classic with real time standings / Follow the Fischer computer chess event of TCEC
More: Official site / Preview / Interview with Wesley So
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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85th FIDE Congress: Final list of Delegates
In accordance with the Electoral Regulations, the Electoral Commission has sent the final list of the delegates to the FIDE Secretariat.
FIDE is publishing the final list of the delegates as is required by the FIDE Electoral Regulations.
FINAL LIST OF DELEGATES (pdf)
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Marshall July Under 2300 7/13/2014
On Sunday, I won this game in the tournament at the Marshall Chess Club.
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Round Four: English Opening
Ben Gershenov (FIDE 2177) - Jim West (USCF 2045), Marshall Chess Club 7/13/2014
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Kf2 b5
15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Bxd2 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Bd7 18.Ke3 Bh6+ 19.Kd3 Bxd2 20.Kxd2 Kf8 21.h4 a5 22.h5 g5 23.g3 h6 24.f4 f6 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Kxc1 gxf4 28.gxf4 b4 29.Kd2 Ke8 30.Ke3 Kd8 31.Kd4 Kc7
32.e5 fxe5+ 33.fxe5 Bf5 34.Kc4 dxe5 35.Kb5 Kd6 36.Kxa5 Kc5 37.Ka4 Bd7+ 38.Ka5 e4, White resigns.
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Article 45
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Prep for College the Puzzly Way!
It’s summer here in the United States, which means many high-school graduates are already look
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Marcel Duchamp, Chess Enthusiast, Created an Art Deco Chess Set That’s Now Available via 3D Printer
What would Marcel Duchamp have thought of the age of 3D printing, had he foreseen it? I reckon that
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Chess - A State of Mind
I have stumbled across another documentary on chess, entitled ‘Chess – A state of Mind
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Irish Round 4
Round 4 of the Irish Senior Championships is taking place today in Trinity College. Of the online bo
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Cadet Set forJuly 19-23 in Rockville
The 2014 US Cadet
Championship is set July 19-23 at the Rockville Hilton in Rockville,
Maryland. Four players over 2400 will compete, including Mika Brattain Josh Colas.
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