Monday, August 26, 2013

BCC: CHARLES DRAFT MEMORIAL // 34 PLAYERS // NM HAL TERRIE CAPTURES OPEN // TIM O'MALLEY U1900 // INTENSE COMPETITION // LIVELY POSTMORTEMS // CRISP SKITTLES BLITZ GAMES

OPEN SECTION:
NM Hal Terrie vs Joshua Quint, Round 4.
Terrie knotched clear first with 3.5 points.
Joshua scored 3 points to share 2-4th place
with BCC Champion NM Lawyer Times and
Mateos Sahakian.
Natasha Christian, back from the World Cup in Tromso, Norway
faces off with BCC Champion NM Lawyer Times. Round 1.
NM Eric Godin thinking vs Nathan Smolensky, Round 3.
Carey Theil black, vs Mateos Sahakian. Mateos drew this 
game and boosted his rated to 2000. Bravo Mateos!
Full House: NM Eric Godin v Nathan Smolensky. . . 
Carey Theil, black v Sahakian; Conway Xu black vs Nithin Kavi;
Next to wall: Jason Tang vs Carissa Yip, Round 3.
Background side left: Brandon Wu; 
Background side right: Stephen Frymer and IM Marc Esserman observe.
The tension was so thick, you could cut it with a knife . . . 
Conway Xu plays black vs Jesse Nicholas
At the wall: Jerry Williams vs Joshua Quint, Round 1.
In the heat of battle: Jason Tang v Nithin Kavi, Round 4.
Eddie Wei, 7 vs Lucy Cai, 9: draw.
Round 4.
NM Eric Godin:
Best Tee Shirt.
Arthur Nugent plays black with Eddie Wei, extra game.
Background: Howard Goldowsky, black vs Richard Kahn;
Paul Howard, black vs Bowen Wang;
Chris Estremera vs Walther Driscoll;
Round 2.
Carissa Yip, black vs Eddie Wei, Round 1.
Lucy Cai, black vs Nithin Kavi; Nathan Smolensky vs Harold Dondis.
U1900 SECTION:
Timothy O'Malley, black vs Christopher Estremera, Round 3.
Tim won the U1900 Section with 3.5 points.
 Chris shared 2-4th place with Bowen Wang and Eric Feng.
(background): Paul Howard, black vs Howard Goldowsky.
Bowen Wang vs Richard Kahn: endgame!
Round 3. Howard Goldowsky (left, standing)
and TD Bernardo Iglesias (right, standing), observe.
Eric Feng vs Tony DiNosse, Round 3.
Jackson Parker vs Walter Driscoll, Round 1.
(Background): Paul Howard vs Pooja Welling;
Richard Kahn vs Tony DiNosse.
Sky view: Charles Draft Memorial, Round 1.
The sparkle of the BCC: Top juniors in Massachusetts:
Conway Xu, Jason Tang, Carissa Yip, Nithin Kavi, Jesse Nicholas.
                                                                           Photo: Bernardo Iglesias
Steve Stepak vs Walter Driscoll.
["To be honest, facing both of the over 1800 players
in the U1900 Section, I was 'out of gas'
by Round 3. A good experience high-lighting
that a chess tournament demands not only good chess skills,
but stamina: brain power to focus on a position to see what to do when.
At the same time, I am grateful to have learned much from all my games, 
to be applied next time  (Labor Day Weekend
is the New England Open in Leominster, MA
so no BCC event scheduled on Saturday August 31st!)
Next BCC Saturday event: QUADS on September 7th 2013!"]
See you all soon!
A "thank you" to TD Bernardo Iglesias
for running a large and complicated event, very well.

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