Monday, November 10, 2014

BCC: GRAND PRIX NOVEMBER // NITHIN KAVI !! // U1800 5-WAY-TIE // 23 PLAY // STANDINGS TIGHTEN //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
GRAND PRIX NOVEMBER
IN 2 SECTIONS
OPEN
CRITICAL GAME
NM Hal Terrie vs Nithin Kavi: Round 4, 0-1!
Nithin scored 3.5/4 for a +15 to 2162. Bravo, Nithin!
ALWAYS A CONTENDER
NM Eric Godin defends vs Walter Driscoll, Round 1.
Eric scored 3 points for clear 2nd and a +12 to 2234 rating.
U1800:
1-5th
Ed Chiu vs Seth Lieberman, Round 1. Seth scored 2.5/4 for
a share of 1st place.
TOUGH AS NAILS AT 7!
Steve Stepak essays an Exchange Slav D14 vs Winston Zhao
for equality in Round 1. Yet, pursuing an incorrect strategic 
plan forward, for white, the position wavered from +/- to -/+; in 
the end Steve had 3 minutes on his clock; Winston 3 seconds (!)
[OK, I cracked. Instead of moving my rooks around to
the c-file and just hold things steady (the position was really equal 
on the board), I decided to win a pawn which was actually a 
losing plan on the board.  (The brain plays strange tricks on 
you after a 2 hour chess battle!!) So with 3 seconds still on his,
clock, Winston managed to stay calm and bring his 
game on the board to a win!]  Winston scored
2.5 points for a +53 to 1417 rating to share 
1-5th place. Bravo, Winston!
Boshen Li vs Tom Shneer, Round 4: draw!
Boshen and Tom scored 2.5 points to share in 1-5th place.
Boshen scored a +71 to 1417 rating. Bravo, Boshen!
BERNARDO IGLESIAS, TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

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