Thursday, October 26, 2017

BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS {Nicholas Rossolimo}: 4SS / 60 SD // BROMLEY / PADMANABHAN / 1-2ND OPEN // PILLAI / BUCHHOLZ / NI / 1-3RD // U1800 // 34 PLAY //

 
4SS 60SD 5" DELAY IN 2 SECTIONS
OPEN SECTION
Joy Cao vs Timothy Bromley;
Krathik Padmanabhan vs Lawrence Tu, Round 1.
Tim and Krathik scored 3.5 points to share 1-2nd place.
CRITICAL GAME
NM Nithin Kavi vs Timothy Bromley, Round 2.
Tim won this game and a share of 1-2nd place.
Joaquin Carlson and Zubin Baliga, Round 1.
Zubin scored 3 points to take clear 3rd place.
(standing): Thomas Fang.
U1800
Dr. Natesh Pillai, Harvard Professor of Statistics squares off
with Steve Stepak, Round 1. The game was even until the
last seconds when a time-pressure blunder lost a pawn for
the man with the hat, and the game!  Dr. Pillai scored 3
points to share 1-3rd place. Steve scored 2 points to share
5-7th place.
CRITICAL GAME
Cameron Bucholz vs Dr. Natesh Pillai, Round 2.
Cameron won this game, securing a 3-way tie for 1-3rd place
with Professor Pillai and Brandon Ni. 
(standing): event TD, Bernardo Iglesias.
Dr. Pillai, black vs Cameron Bucholz; Brandon Ni vs
Roland Booker III; Michelle Zhang, Black vs
Robert Oresick, Round 2.
Bob Oresick vs Michelle Zhang, Round 2.
Bob scored 2.5 points to take clear 4th place.
SCENES FROM 
AROUND THE HALL
FULL HOUSE!
Joaquin Carlson, black vs Thomas Fang;
Zubin Baliga, black vs Jonathan Hsu;
Alexander Fang Meng vs Ramin Farzaneh-Far;
Ilya Rozenoyer vs Benjamin Yin;
(upper right):Nicholas Mastromarino vs Brandon Ni
Brandon finished the event in the U1800 section
with 3 points to share 1-3rd place.
Karthik Sai Padmanabhan, 1-2nd place, Open Section.
Joe Perl, Esq. black, vs WCM Natasha Christiansen, Esq.
Nick Mastromarino 
(background right): Michelle Zhang
LUNCH BREAK
Kids play video chess!
Robert Sullivan, black, vs Louis Tu;
Thomas Fang, black vs Joy Cao;
Jordan Kovar, black vs Alexander Fang Meng;
David Milliern vs Jonathan Hsu
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION:
BERNARDO IGLESIAS, CHIEF TD
NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN, ASST TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

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