Monday, July 31, 2017

BCC RAPIDS: FM STEVE WINER CLEAR 1ST WITH 6/7 // NM FARZAD ABDI CLEAR 2ND / 5.5/7 // 38 PLAY

GAME 30 / 5" DELAY 7 SS IN ONE SECTION
OPEN SECTION 
(38 PLAYERS)
CRITICAL GAME
FM Steve Winer vs NM Chris Williams, Round 5.
Steve won this game and went on to take clear 1st place
in the event. Bravo, Steve!
RISING STAR
Steve Winer vs Zubin Baliga, Round 7: draw!
Zubin scored 4.5/7 for a +8 to 2060 rating.
Bravo, Zubin!
 
NM Farzad Abdi, black vs BCC President and event TD
 NM Andrew Hoy, Round 5: draw. Farzad scored  5.5 points 
to claim clear 2nd place. Andrew was 4/7 on the day with a 
+6 to 2253 rating! Bravo, Farzad and Andrew!
NM Chris Williams, black vs Matthew Meredith, Round 4: draw!
Matt scored 5 points to share 3-5th place with Aravind
Ponukumati and David Milliern.
William Schreefer, black vs Aravind Ponukumati, Round 5.
Aravind finished with 5 points to share 3-5th place.
SCENES FROM AROUND
THE HALL
SITTING UP!
7 yr old Lawrence Tu, strong to the very end in this
tense, complex endgame, vs NM Chris Williams.
[Note: the "Red" Romanian Chess set being used
belongs to Chris Williams and is featured at the BCC
for the first time: nice!]
DOWN TO THE WIRE
Lawrence Tu plays Thomas Ha, Round 5: 1-0 !
Lawrence finished with 4 points for a +16 to 1717 rating!
Bravo, Lawrence!
Lydia Shen, black vs David Martin, Round 7.
Lydia scored 3 points for a +97 to 1480 rating!
Bravo, Lydia!
Tom Shneer ready to do battle with Steve Stepak,
Round 7 of the event. Tom played at the BCC 
Somerville, for many of his young years. He is
all grown up now and studying physics at UMass, Amherst.
Bravo, Tom. Thanks for the reunion. [The game
ended amicably in a draw.]
CHIEF TD: NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN
ASSISTANT TD: DAVID MILLIERN
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

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