9 MASTERS // 47 PLAYERS // HONOR HARRY LYMAN'S MEMORY // ESSERMAN / BRATTAIN // FRICKER / GLADDING / FENG // RAMANATHAN TOPS

THE HARRY LYMAN MEMORIAL 2013 IN 3 SECTIONS

OPEN SECTION

CRITICAL GAME: IM Marc Esserman, black v NM Chris Williams

Round 4. Esserman won the game and tied for 1-2nd place

with NM Mika Brattain, each scoring 3.5 points.

Chris scored 2.5 points and tied for 4-6th place with

Farzad Abdi, and Nithin Kavi. 

NM Mika Brattain v Mateos Sahakian, Round 1. 

Mika scored 3.5 point and tied for 1-2nd in the Open Section.

NM Eric Godin vs BCC Champion NM Charles Riordan, Round 3: draw.

(background): Mateos Sahakian black, vs NM Chris Chase;

Chase scored 3 points and took sole possession of 2nd place.

NM Lawyer Times black v Loring Lauretti; 

Nithin Kavi, black v Farzad Abdi: draw!

U1950 SECTION

Lawrence Gladding v Terrence Fricker, Round 4.

Lawrence and Terrence scored 3 points and along with

Eric Feng, shared 1-3rd place.

Walter Driscoll v Eric Feng, Round 4.  Feng won the game and

a share of 1-3rd place. Walter scored 2 points and shared

4-5th place with Yuanzhe Wang.

U1650 SECTION

9 Yr old Suraj Ramanathan scored 3.5 points to take 

clear 1st place in the U1650 section.

Suraj Ramanathan v Meyer Billmers, Round 2.

Suraj won this game though Meyer scored 3 win to

share 2-4th place with David Cutler and Ray Behenna.

(background): Richard Kahn v David Cutler.

Ray Behenna takes a deep think vs Boshen Li, 

Round 3. Ray finished the day with 3 points!

Bravo, Ray!

Soccer Star Derek Jin strikes again:

 

6 yr old Derek Jin (right) scored 1.5 out of 2 and up'd his rating

16 points to 1447. Bravo Derek!

Here he is seen playing Abhinav Govindaraju in Round 2.

SCENES AROUND THE ROOM

Registration and warmup!

Mom watches son warm up vs Brandon Wu

Pre-tournament master analysis

FULL HOUSE

The beginning of Round 1: 47 participants.

Gentlemen shake: Marthi and Abdi.

MACA President Nathan Smolensky, plays NM

Chris Williams in Round 2, Open Section.

(background): Jesse Nicholas plays

BCC Champion, NM Charles Riordan.

Last year's BCC Champion, Lawyer Times plays black

vs Loring Lauretti, Round 1. 

Alex Brown, black v David Cutler, Round 2.

(background): Abhinav Govindaraju, black v Derek Jin;

Boshen Li v Will Wisdom; Tony DiNosse v Ray Behenna.

D85 Gruenfeld

                                                                                                               Photo: Hui Huang

Steve Stepak, black v Mark Buckles, Round 3.

VETERANS AND THE YOUTH AMONG US: U1950

Brandon Wu v Alex Yu, Round 3: draw.

These boys are tops in the scholastic rankings.

(background): Professor Jerry Williams, black v David Martin.

TENSION IN TIME PRESSURE

Last game to finish: IM Esserman and NM Williams.

PHOTOS BY STEVE STEPAK

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR:

TD Bernardo Iglesias managed the

large crowd with charm and skill.

A magnificently well-run event.

Bravo, Bernardo.