Monday, June 02, 2014

BCC GRAND PRIX MAY: 39 PLAY // AVRAAM PISMENNYY TAKES OPEN // CHRISTOPHER ESTREMERA WINS U1800 // MANY NEW FACES //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
HOSTS MAY GRAND PRIX EVENT
OPEN SECTION
CRITICAL GAME
NM Siddharth Arun vs NM Avraam Pismennyy
meet in Round 4 . . . [0-1] 
This result determined the sole 1st place winner!
Avraam Pismennyy, Soviet trained chess master, meets
Boston's favorite son Joe Kelly for 2nd Round encounter.
(background): Brandon Wu, Leonid Tkach and Michael Yu.
NM Hal Terrie plays black vs Brandon Wu in Round 2. Hal won
this game and scored 3 points for a share of 2-4th place.
(background): Holger Droessler v Leonid Tkach; 
Andrew Hoy v Michael Yu.
Robert Holmgren plays Andrew Hoy in Round 1.
Beating the odds, Robert won this game, yet no doubt inspired
Andrew to win 3 in a row, which gave AH a piece
of 2-4th place. Robert finished with 1.5 points and a +57 rating 
to 1863. (background): Mark Neale v Carissa Yip; 
Professor Jerry Williams v Nithin Kavi.
Nithin Kavi chats with Holger Droessler before their
Round 4 game. Nithin won the game and took a share of 2-4th place,
with 3 points. Holger Droessler, a Harvard student, plays his 
first USCF event at the BCC, earning a provisional rating
of 2032. Welcome, Holger!
(background): Natasha Christiansen v Leonid Tkach: shake!
Natasha and Leonid played this extra game to a draw!
PLAY BALL! (CHESS) ROUND 4
Nithin Kavi v Holger Droessler; Natasha Christiansen v
Leonid Tkach; Joe Kelly v Aashish Welling; 
Robert Neale v Professor Jerry Williams
Carissa Yip vs Andrew Hoy . . . 
Carissa Yip smiles during opening moves of her 4th Round
game vs Andrew Hoy.
ENDGAME TIME
NM Hal Terrie v Brandon Wu;
Andrew Hoy v Michael Yu.
[(left to right)Sandeep Shankar, NM Siddharth Arun, Aashish Welling, 
and Event TD Nathan Smolensky, observe.]
JUNIORS DELIGHT
Nithin Kavi v Carissa Yip, Round 2. Carissa won this game.
At the same time, Nithin chalked up 3 points to share
2-4th place with a +27 to 2010 rating. Bravo, Nithin!
LONG VIEW: ENDGAME FINALE
Aashish Welling vs Nithin Kavi, Round 3. Observing: sitting,
Professor Jerry Williams, Natasha Christiansen; standing,
Event TD Nathan Smolensky [yellow], NM Siddharth Arun,
Rishi Jun-Kai Basu, Paul Becotte, Avraam Pismennyy and
Stephen Savage.
U1800 SECTION
Christopher Estremera (rt) vs David Martin, Round 4.
This game was drawn. Chris tallied 3.5 points to take clear
1st place in the U1800 Section and a +36 to 1764 rating.
David scored 3 points to share 2-4th place with 
Rui Liang and Alon Trogan.
YOUNG CHESS VETERAN
Alon Trogan has played a number of events at the
BCC in his young years. Alon has an impressive
record of 235 tournament games played, with
128 wins, 23 draws, 84 losses for a 59.4 percentage!
Rui Liang, first time at the BCC and first USCF tournament,
seen here playing Jeff Weinstein in Round 3.
Rui scored 3 points to share 2-4th place in U1800 section
for a 1770 provisional rating. Welcome Rui!
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THAT KNIGHT!
Sammi Pan anticipates the effect of Paul Becotte's move in Round 1.
This is Paul's first tournament at the BCC. Welcome Paul!
Paul won this game for a provisional rating of 1526.
(background): Alon Trogan.
David Martin plays black vs Rishi Jun-Kai Basu in
Round 1. The game was drawn. Rishi earned a +63
to 1349 rating, going over 50 percent with 2.5 points!
Rishi shared 5-6th place with Harold Dondis!
Bravo, Rishi. (background): Anthony DiNosse,
black vs Stephen Savage.
Boshen Li plays black vs Harold Dondis in Round 1.
Harold scored 2 points out of 3 rounds, losing to the
winner of this section, Chris Estremera.
(background): Sandeep Shankar vs Tom Shneer.
PHOTO: PADMARAJ SHANKAR
Steve Stepak plays black vs newcomer to BCC Niranjan Shankar
in Round 1. (background): Chris Estremera, black vs Ed Chiu.
Welcome Niranjan!
LOOK INTO MY LENS!
Daniel Zhou plays David Xie (green) in Round 4: draw!
This is 7 yr old David Xie's first appearance at the BCC!
Welcome David Xie from Andover, MA.
(background): Sammi Pan, Rishi Jun-Kai Basu v Stephen Savage.
 YOUNG LAD FROM ANAND COUNTRY
Niranjan Shankar (playing Alex Brown) has a flair 
for combinations. Keep your eye on this lad. 
Some day he will become a chess master!
DEEP COGITATION: THE 2 DAVIDS
David Martin and David Tianyi Zhou.
Tournament Director: Nathan Smolensky:
Thank you for a very smoothly run tournament!
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
SEE YOU NEXT SATURDAY FOR 3RR
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