Monday, January 29, 2018

BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS: FRIEDRICH SAEMISCH // SURAJ RAMANATHAN 3.5 / OPEN SECTION // 1st / KELSEY LIU / DAVID MARTIN / ALEXANDER FANG MENG 3.0 / 1-3rd / U1800 SECTION // 32 PLAY //

BCC LEGENDS OF CHESS
4SS / G60 / 5" DELAY IN 2 SECTIONS
OPEN SECTION
3 FOR 3 + 1/2 POINT BYE LAST ROUND!
SURAJ RAMANATHAN: CLEAR 1ST!
BRAVO SURAJ: +18 TO 2170
ON THE ROAD TO 2200!
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Suraj Ramanathan vs Lawrence Tu, Round 1.
Joe Perl, Esq., black vs David Milliern (BCC Asst TD)
Round 1. Joe scored 3 points to share 2-5h place.
NM Chris Williams plays Timothy Bromley, Round 3.
Chris scored 3 points to share 2-5th place.
Jake Garbarino held NM Williams to a
draw in the last round to claim a piece
of 2nd-5th place with 3 points.
Lewis Tu scored 3 point to share
2-5th place and a +42 to 1898 rating!
Bravo, Lewis!
U1800 SECTION
Kelsey Liu, black vs Jeffrey Liu, Round 2. Kelsey was undefeated
with 2 wins and 2 draws for 3 points to share 1-3rd place and a
+13 to 1730 rating. Brava, Kelsey!
(background): Alexander Fang Meng vs Bob Oresick;
David Martin vs Ryan Donnelly;
Zhipeng Chen, black vs Lydia Shen
Kelsey engineers her endgame against Alexander Fang Meng 
in Round 4: draw! Alexander was also undefeated with 2 wins 
and 2 draws to share 1-3rd place for a +59 to 1623 rating.
Bravo, Alexander. [Eyes on the board: David Martin, sitting
and Mr. Liu, proud father of Kelsey intensely observe.]
CLOSE UP
KELSEY - MENG: ENDGAME!
SO FAR: NO MISTAKES!
David Martin, black vs Steve Stepak, Round 1: draw!
David was undefeated with 2 wins and 2 draws for 3 points
to share 1-3rd place. Bravo, David!
(background): Thomas King, black vs Kelsey Liu;
Bob Oresick plays Will Wisdom.
SCENES FROM
AROUND THE HALL
NM Professor Alejandro Botta, black vs Eric Feng, Round 4.
Alexander Fang Meng, black vs BCC Veteran Robert
Holmgren, Round 1.
ALWAYS A NEW BEGINNING
BCC JUNIORS
KIDS: ALWAYS CURIOUS!
GOOD MORNING AMERICAN CHESS!
DOWN TO THE WIRE
BLITZ CHESS!
Bernardo Iglesias, Chief Event TD plays white
vs Donnelly in an extra game.
TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION:
BERNARDO IGLESIAS CHIEF TD
NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN ASST TD
DAVID MILLIERN ASST TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

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