Monday, September 18, 2017

BCC $15 OPEN // SEPTEMBER // 51 PLAY // RAJESH COIMBATORE SHANMUGASUNDARAM / SURAJ RAMANATHAN / 1-2ND / OPEN // JONAH ZACHARIAH BUTLER CLEAR 1ST / U1800 // 20+ KIDS ENJOY //

$15 0PEN 4SS IN 2 SECTIONS: OPEN & U1800
GAME 60 / 5" DELAY
OPEN SECTION
NM Rajesh Coimbatore Shanmugasundaram vs Bernie Xu: draw!
Rajesh scored 3.5 points to share 1-2nd place.
Bernie scored 2 points and a rating upgrade of +14 to 1884.
Suraj Ramanathan vs Linh Nguyen, MIT IT: 1-0 !!
Suraj scored 3.5 points to share 1-2nd place and a
+15 to 2180 rating. Linh scored 3 points to share
3-5th place with Max Chen and Dr. Botta.
NM Farzad Abdi vs Ian Dudley, Round 2. Farzad scored
3 points to share 3-5th place.
NM Dr. Alejandro Botta vs Maxwell Chen, Round 2.
Max scored 3 points to share 3-5th place.
U1800 SECTION
(Top):Jonah Zachariah Butler (MIT) vs Lydia Shen, Round 4: draw!
Jonah scored 3.5 points to win clear 1st place with 3.5 points 
for a +45 to 1587 rating. Lydia scored 3 points to share
2-3rd place with Brandon Ni with 3 points 
for a +67 to 1534 rating.
(Bottom):David Martin vs Brandon Ni, endgame: draw!
Brandon scored 3 points to share 2-3rd place and a
rating upgrade of +57 to 1569.
David scored 2.5 points to share 4-8th place.
SCENES FROM AROUND
THE HALL
$15 OPEN: FULL HOUSE
Chess brings out the best in us!
BETWEEN 2 BCC PATRON SAINTS
The quiet considerations of chess as the $15 begins to churn
out moves: portraits of Harry Lyman and Harold Dondis
who enrich the Boylston Chess Club for decades, both 
with their participation in chess events, teaching and
organizing chess and donating their time and money to
make the BCC one of the most wonderful chess clubs in
the USA.
Kids take a break from the challenges
of tournament chess.
A PLACE FOR KIDS TO PLAY CHESS!
KIDS: CURIOUS AND THOUGHTFUL!
NEW CHESS BOARDS ADORN BCC TABLES
BCC photographer, Tony C (right) plays chess!
Nice BCC chess boards!
TOURNAMENT
ADMINISTRATION
NICK STERLING CHIEF TD
NATASHA CHRISTIANSEN ASST TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK
BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB
It's a beautiful place.

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