MASTER QUAD:
Nithin Kavi black, vs FM Chris Chase, Round 1.
Hats off to Chris Chase who won the Master Quad with 2.5 points.
Nithin was a good sport to play his pairing placement: vs 3 masters.
NM Eric Godin, black, vs NM Andrew Wang.
Godin scored 2 points to come in clear 2nd.
QUAD 2:
Conway Xu vs Loring Lauretti, Round 1.
Conway scored a perfect 3-0 to win 1st place.
Brian Perez-Daple, black vs Mateos Sahakian, Round 1: draw.
Mateos scored 1.5 points to come in clear 2nd.
(background): Michael Yu, black vs Matthew Manzo;
Michael scored 2 points to share 2-3rd place in the 3SS.
Stephen Savage, black vs Ray Behenna.
QUAD 3:
Tim O'Malley vs Jason Tang, Round 3.
In the post mortem the game looked equal;
yet, in this photo, black clearly has the advantage.
And, time was on Jason's side, this time.
Jason scored 2.5 points to take 1st place.
Sandeep Shankar vs Richard Kahn (Quad 3), Round 1
(center): Jason Tang vs Nicholas Lesieur (Quad 2)
Nicholas scored 2 points to come in clear 2nd.
(next): Professor Jerry Williams, black, vs Tim O'Malley.
(upper left): Ray Behenna.
QUAD 4:
William Ravn vs Andrew Luff, Round 1.
Andrew scored a perfect 3.0 to take 1st place.
Ravn scored 1.5 points to come in clear 2nd.
[New faces in the hall: welcome to William and Andrew!]
3SS
Steve Stepak, black vs Tony DiNosse, Round 1.
Stepak scored 3 points to take clear 1st place.
Stephen Savage and Michael Yu scored 2 points
to share 2-3rd.
[My thoughts on winning a chess game:]
Round 1: Tony gave me a piece right out of the opening.
He just wasn't looking. I didn't take the offering. I just
wasn't looking. Then we played a 75 move game,
including a courageous queen'sack by Tony; and I
demonstrated the power of a queen-bishop duo over
2 rooks and bishop, in a closed position.
Round 2: I mis-played the opening and got into a hole.
But I dug my way out; and due to an unnoticed
back-rank weakness, I forced a win with checkmate.
Game 3: fireworks out of the opening with White.
Yet, my opponent forgot to guard a key square
and his center collapsed.
Conclusion: with a little bit of luck
and staying awake, you too can win a chess game.
GENTLEMAN OF THE CHESSBOARD
Stephen Savage, black vs Ray Behenna, Round 1.
CONCENTRATION IN THE OPENING:
8 yr old Sammi Pan shows us how to
concentrate right out of the opening.
BETWEEN ROUNDS SKITTLES FUN:
Loring Lauretti vs Mateos Sahakian, blitz.
(left to right, observing): Conway Xu, Matthew Manzo,
Michael Yu, Sandeep Shankar, & NM Andrew Wang.
Sammi Pan, black, vs Bernardo Iglesias (extra-game).
A heart-felt thank you to Bernardo
for performing the TD job with precision
and kindness.
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