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Event BILLERICA FEBRUARY SWISS 2015 (201502285442)
Location CONCORD, MA 01821
Event Date(s) 2015-02-01 thru 2015-02-28
Sponsoring Affiliate BILLERICA CHESS CLUB (A6004920)
Chief TD NATHAN A SMITH (12824896)
Processed Received: 2015-02-28 Entered: 2015-02-28 Rated: 2015-02-28
Section 1 - FEBRUARY
Chf. Asst. TD JEFFREY LAWRENCE CARUSO (12350410)
Section Date(s) 2015-02-01 thru 2015-02-28
Processed Received: 2015-02-28 Entered: 2015-02-28 Rated: 2015-02-28
Stats 4 Rounds, 19 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R Tnmt Type: S
Time Control: G/90;d5
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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1 | AASHISH WELLING |3.5 |W 18|D 5|W 7|W 10|
NH | 14343251 / R: 2122 ->2123 | | | | | |
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2 | TIM G BROMLEY |3.0 |W 19|W 4|L 3|W 5|
MA | 13151866 / R: 2010 ->2027 | | | | | |
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3 | CARISSA SHIWEN YIP |2.5 |W 6|H |W 2|U |
MA | 14514636 / R: 2194 ->2203 | | | | | |
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4 | ARTHUR P NUGENT |2.5 |W 13|L 2|D 6|W 15|
MA | 10011191 / R: 2002 ->2000 | | | | | |
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5 | NOWELL RYAN SHEINWALD |2.5 |W 16|D 1|W 10|L 2|
NY | 12890962 / R: 1929 ->1937 | | | | | |
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6 | JEFFREY LAWRENCE CARUSO |2.5 |L 3|W 17|D 4|W 8|
MA | 12350410 / R: 1855 ->1929 | | | | | |
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7 | JAMES TAGGART |2.5 |D 17|W 19|L 1|W 18|
MA | 12924551 / R: 1604 ->1675 | | | | | |
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8 | SHERIF A KHATER |1.5 |H |W 11|U |L 6|
NH | 12748218 / R: 2196 ->2180 | | | | | |
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9 | RAYMOND PAULSON |1.5 |W 15|H |U |U |
MA | 12401616 / R: 1943 ->1943 | | | | | |
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10 | ROBERT E STEWART |1.5 |W 14|H |L 5|L 1|
MA | 12456989 / R: 1876 ->1858 | | | | | |
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11 | BRUCE W BLASCHKE |1.5 |H |L 8|W 12|U |
MA | 12436277 / R: 1655 ->1667 | | | | | |
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12 | MEYER A BILLMERS |1.5 |H |U |L 11|W 19|
MA | 10018307 / R: 1547 ->1553 | | | | | |
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13 | SILVERIO GABRIEL JOHNSON |1.5 |L 4|H |W 16|L 14|
MA | 15620163 / R: 1338P4 ->1220P7 | | | | | |
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14 | MAURICE LESSARD |1.5 |L 10|L 18|H |W 13|
MA | 12633257 / R: 1087 ->1131 | | | | | |
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15 | GIRISH WELLING |1.5 |L 9|D 16|W 18|L 4|
NH | 15462176 / R: 874P17-> 943P21 | | | | | |
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16 | THOMAS A KANE |1.5 |L 5|D 15|L 13|B |
MA | 12478723 / R: 746 -> 758 | | | | | |
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17 | JOSEPH F KELLY |1.0 |D 7|L 6|H |U |
MA | 12508122 / R: 2037 ->2012 | | | | | |
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18 | MATTHEW A CATER |1.0 |L 1|W 14|L 15|L 7|
MA | 12760291 / R: 1666 ->1615 | | | | | |
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19 | GEORGE NORMAN |0.5 |L 2|L 7|H |L 12|
MA | 12376330 / R: 1573 ->1536 | | | | | |
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Section 2 - EXTRA
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 |
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1 | SHERIF A KHATER |1.0 |W 2|
NH | 12748218 / R: 2180 ->2180 | | |
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2 | MAURICE LESSARD |0.0 |L 1|
MA | 12633257 / R: 1131 ->1131 | | |
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♕ Carissa Yip Now Rated 2203 ♕
New All Time USCF Record !!!
The USCF Official Tournament Report is in & Carissa Yip is now rated 2203!
This makes her the youngest female ever to break the 2200 mark, beating the record recently set by Annie Wang by nearly four months.
Congratulations on your inspirational effort to a superb achievement against long odds!
By winning rounds 1 & 3, against class A rated Jeff Caruso, who finished the tournament at 1929 & USCF expert Tim Bromley, who ended with a 2027 rating, respectively, taking a half point bye in the second & not playing round 4, Carissa Yip has increased her USCF rating to the rank of National Master at 2203.
This tournament provided the final two games in what might be described as a four month chess binge consisting of 21 rated games in November, 14 games in December, 32 games in January (including some ICC activity which didn't count toward her regular rating) & finally 19 games played in February concluding with the February Billerica Swiss which put her over 2200 to an all time high of 2203. That activity rate is nearly double the rate at which she'd been playing for the past year or more & shows evidence of considerable determination & persistence while successfully taking on a steady stream of strong competition.
Carissa Yip is now living the dream of over 99% of all tournament chess players. Who would have guessed that taking the 2014 Wachusett Chess Club Championship by a 7-0 sweep would be considered "only the beginning"?
The Wachusett Chess Club wishes our current Cliub Champion & now National Master, Carissa Yip all the best in continued chess success. We also wish to commend Percy Yip for his dedicated efforts throughout.
Here are the crosstables from that tournament as posted on the USCF web site March 1st, 2015 at 02:06:47 AM EDT:
Event BILLERICA FEBRUARY SWISS 2015 (201502285442)
Location CONCORD, MA 01821
Event Date(s) 2015-02-01 thru 2015-02-28
Sponsoring Affiliate BILLERICA CHESS CLUB (A6004920)
Chief TD NATHAN A SMITH (12824896)
Processed Received: 2015-02-28 Entered: 2015-02-28 Rated: 2015-02-28
Section 1 - FEBRUARY
Chf. Asst. TD JEFFREY LAWRENCE CARUSO (12350410)
Section Date(s) 2015-02-01 thru 2015-02-28
Processed Received: 2015-02-28 Entered: 2015-02-28 Rated: 2015-02-28
Stats 4 Rounds, 19 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R Tnmt Type: S
Time Control: G/90;d5
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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1 | AASHISH WELLING |3.5 |W 18|D 5|W 7|W 10|
NH | 14343251 / R: 2122 ->2123 | | | | | |
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2 | TIM G BROMLEY |3.0 |W 19|W 4|L 3|W 5|
MA | 13151866 / R: 2010 ->2027 | | | | | |
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3 | CARISSA SHIWEN YIP |2.5 |W 6|H |W 2|U |
MA | 14514636 / R: 2194 ->2203 | | | | | |
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4 | ARTHUR P NUGENT |2.5 |W 13|L 2|D 6|W 15|
MA | 10011191 / R: 2002 ->2000 | | | | | |
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5 | NOWELL RYAN SHEINWALD |2.5 |W 16|D 1|W 10|L 2|
NY | 12890962 / R: 1929 ->1937 | | | | | |
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6 | JEFFREY LAWRENCE CARUSO |2.5 |L 3|W 17|D 4|W 8|
MA | 12350410 / R: 1855 ->1929 | | | | | |
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7 | JAMES TAGGART |2.5 |D 17|W 19|L 1|W 18|
MA | 12924551 / R: 1604 ->1675 | | | | | |
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8 | SHERIF A KHATER |1.5 |H |W 11|U |L 6|
NH | 12748218 / R: 2196 ->2180 | | | | | |
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9 | RAYMOND PAULSON |1.5 |W 15|H |U |U |
MA | 12401616 / R: 1943 ->1943 | | | | | |
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10 | ROBERT E STEWART |1.5 |W 14|H |L 5|L 1|
MA | 12456989 / R: 1876 ->1858 | | | | | |
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11 | BRUCE W BLASCHKE |1.5 |H |L 8|W 12|U |
MA | 12436277 / R: 1655 ->1667 | | | | | |
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12 | MEYER A BILLMERS |1.5 |H |U |L 11|W 19|
MA | 10018307 / R: 1547 ->1553 | | | | | |
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13 | SILVERIO GABRIEL JOHNSON |1.5 |L 4|H |W 16|L 14|
MA | 15620163 / R: 1338P4 ->1220P7 | | | | | |
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14 | MAURICE LESSARD |1.5 |L 10|L 18|H |W 13|
MA | 12633257 / R: 1087 ->1131 | | | | | |
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15 | GIRISH WELLING |1.5 |L 9|D 16|W 18|L 4|
NH | 15462176 / R: 874P17-> 943P21 | | | | | |
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16 | THOMAS A KANE |1.5 |L 5|D 15|L 13|B |
MA | 12478723 / R: 746 -> 758 | | | | | |
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17 | JOSEPH F KELLY |1.0 |D 7|L 6|H |U |
MA | 12508122 / R: 2037 ->2012 | | | | | |
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18 | MATTHEW A CATER |1.0 |L 1|W 14|L 15|L 7|
MA | 12760291 / R: 1666 ->1615 | | | | | |
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19 | GEORGE NORMAN |0.5 |L 2|L 7|H |L 12|
MA | 12376330 / R: 1573 ->1536 | | | | | |
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Section 2 - EXTRA
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Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 |
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1 | SHERIF A KHATER |1.0 |W 2|
NH | 12748218 / R: 2180 ->2180 | | |
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2 | MAURICE LESSARD |0.0 |L 1|
MA | 12633257 / R: 1131 ->1131 | | |
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Some Thrilling Games Yield Mostly Predictable Results
While there was certainly no shortage of excitement & close calls in tonight's round 2 games of the 2015 George E. O'Rourke Memorial, the vast majority of the outcomes followed expectations based on ratings. The only two exceptions of note were Tom Fratturelli's holding Gary Brassard to a draw at board 4 despite Gary's 157 rating point advantage. In fact Tom had won the exchange with a big advantage on the board, but Gary was able to find a way to repeat moves for the draw. Playing at board ten, John Bastarache out maneuvered his 160 higher rated opponent, Gail Lingner & won the full point.
Though the eventual outcomes were somewhat as expected on all the other boards, class B ranked Ken Gurge, at board 2, forced his class A opponent, Larry Gladding into a king & pawn ending in which despite his extra pawn, Larry was only able to win because he correctly achieved a "zugzwang" position whereby Ken had no moves available to maintain his blockade. Meanwhile at board 8, relative newcomer & nearly 300 rating point underdog, Randy McLaughlin, had the upper hand for most of his game against class B ranked Jim Hankard but found himself in a close but tough knight plus 2 pawns vs bishop plus three pawns ending which he was unable to hold. Having taken a half point bye in the first round, George Mirijanian, rated 1965, found himself way down at board 14 but paired with Nowell Sheinwald rated 1923, a rather unusual situation. Nowell with the black pieces, played into a subvariant of George's "Blackmar-Diemer Gambit" which is known to lead to ultra sharp forcing sequences & tactical positions with abundant opportunities for blunders on both sides. The game was sharp & tricky throughout, eventually leading to a forced sequence in a multiple minor piece ending to split the point. You can view it here, in the 2015 Games section.
| Round 2 Results |
| White | Result | Black |
| Roger Cappallo | 1-0 | Alan Condon
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| Larry Gladding | 1-0 | Ken Gurge
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| Dave Thomas | 1-0 | Dave Couture
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| Gary Brassard | 1/2-1/2 | Tom Fratturelli
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| Bob Mathieu | 0-1 | Ray Paulson
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| Bruce Felton | 1-0 | Larry O'Rourke
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| Wayne Steadman | 0-1 | Len Arsenault
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| Randy McLaughlin | 0-1 | Jim Hankard
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| Seeth Ganesan | 1-0 | Stan Talcott
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| John Bastarache | 1-0 | Gail Lingner
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| Hugh McLaughlin | 0-1 | George Miller
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| Jackson Parker | 1-0 | Tom Whistler
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| Emily Gawboy | 0-1 | Brian Biglow
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| George Mirijanian | 1/2-1/2 | Nowell Sheinwald |
Receiving half-point byes were:
Walter Niemi, Arthur Barlas, Paul Godin, Geoff LePoer, Steve Nelson, Joe Bennett, Richard Bennett and Don Briggs.
Not playing the round were:
Brett Kildahl, Paul Lynch, Robert Walton, Kandy Lynch, Francis Scanlon & Rick Evans.
Returning to active play tonight from a brief hiatus since July of last year was Larry O'Rourke.
Pictures & puzzles from tonight's club games:
While each of the positions in these photos may be relatively more or less challenging,
since they were not necessarily taken at critical points,
they were all taken directly from games played last night, February 25th 2015. Enjoy.
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Foreground - Tom Fratturelli on left
Board 4:
Background
Dave Thomas(R) @ Board 3 |
Randy McLaughlin(R) retreats his knight to try to catch Jim's h-pawn.
Board 8:
Jim Hankard(L) vs. Randy McLaughlin(R) |
Board 8:
Jim now studies the position. |
Board 4:
Tom's up an exchange.
Black to move. Can he win?
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Board 8:
Black (Jim) to move.
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Board 8:
Black (Jim) to move.
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Foreground Board 2:
Larry Gladding(L) vs. Ken Gurge(absent) |
Board 11:
Hugh McLaughlin(L) vs. George Miller(R) |
Board 9:
Seeth Ganesan(L) vs. Stan Talcott(R) |
Larry 55 min to Ken's 2 min & 34 sec.
What must Larry play here to win? |
Hugh 34 min to George's 17 min.
George is a pawn down.
Can he draw or win? |
Close (25-26min) game on the clock.
Black (Stan) to move.
Is it close on the board as well? |
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George E. O'Rourke Memorial, February 25, 2015
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CURRENT STANDINGS |
| Points |
Players |
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2.0 |
Cappallo, Gladding, Thomas |
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1.5 |
Paulson, Felton, Sheinwald, Niemi, Barlas, Brassard, Arsenault, Fratturelli |
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1.0 |
Mirijanian, Godin, LePoer, Nelson, Condon, Gurge, J. Bennett, Couture, Hankard, Ganesan, Miller, Parker, Biglow, Bastarache, R. Bennett |
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0.5 |
Mathieu, Briggs, O'Rourke, Steadman, R. McLaughlin |
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0.0 |
Lingner, Talcott, H. McLaughlin, Whistler, Gawboy |
| Projected Round 3 pairings for March 4: |
| Board #: [White] vs. [Black] |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Board 1: Gladding vs. Cappallo |
| Board 2: Paulson vs. Thomas |
| Board 3: Arsenault vs. Felton |
| Board 4: Sheinwald vs. Brassard |
| Board 5: Fratturelli vs. Niemi |
| Board 6: Couture vs. Mirijanian |
| Board 7: Hankard vs. Godin |
| Board 8: LePoer vs. Ganesan |
| Board 9: Miller vs. Nelson |
| Board 10: Condon vs. Parker |
| Board 11: Gurge vs. Bastarache |
| Board 12: Biglow vs. J. Bennett |
| Board 13: R. Bennett vs. Mathieu |
| Board 14: Briggs vs. Steadman |
| Board 15: O'Rourke vs. R. McLaughlin |
| Board 16: Lingner vs. H. McLaughlin |
| Board 17: Talcott vs. Gawboy |
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Tom Whistler is requesting a half-point bye.
REMINDER: Players must be present by 7:10 P.M. on March 4th in order to be paired for Round 3.
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The following players will have a change of rating as of 2/25/15:
Carissa Yip 2191
Nowell Sheinwald 1942
Percy Yip 1565
All as a result of rated play outside the Wachusett Chess Club.
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Carissa Yip Triumphs Over Strong Trio @ BCC
Ties for First With NE Open Champ, NM Farzad Abdi
& Gains 41 Rating Points to Jump to 2191!!!
Tournament Crosstables Here
To Harold Dondis @ Boston Globe:
I have some exciting news for you and your chess column.
Carissa Yip competed in Saturday's tournament at the Boylston Chess Club.
You would know that since you also played there. Besides tying for first place, Carissa raised her USCF rating to 2191 - gaining 41 rating points after beating three players (including 2309-rated Chris Williams in the final round) after taking a half-point bye in the first round.
Carissa is now just 9 rating points away from making U.S. chess history,
i.e. becoming the youngest female in the country to become a master.
Carissa is 11 years old. She turns 12 on September 10 of this year.
The girl who holds the record as the youngest female to become a master is Annie Wang of California, who became a master on March 2, 2014 - 77 days before her 12th birthday. [Annie was born on May 18, 2002.]
If Carissa can break 2200 by mid-June, she will break Annie's record.
Here are the results in Saturday's tournament at the Boylston CC.
The event was called the Legends of Chess: Oscar Panno. Chris Chase directed.
Perhaps he has Carissa's win against Chris Williams and will annotate the game for your column.
1st-2nd: National master Farzad Abdi of Rockland and candidate master Carissa Yip of Andover, both 3.5-0.5
3rd-5th: National master Chris Williams of Brighton, Andrew Hoy of Mansfield, Evan Meyer of Newton, all 2.5-1.5
NOTE: Carissa defeated Ross Eldridge (1954) in round 2, Andrew Hoy (2181) in round 3, and Chris Williams (2309) in round 4.
NOTE also that all the top scorers are MACA members.
George M
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February 18th, 2015
George E. O'Rourke Memorial
Round 1 of 5 Results
A 505 Point Upset Draw
& A Cavalcade of Close Calls
Open O'Rourke Memorial
Class B rated Jim Hankard held on for a long tough struggle in a slightly worse position against his USCF expert rated opponent Roger Cappallo but eventually Roger was able to out manuver him & convert his extra pawn to a first round win at board one. At board two Newcomer, class A rated Nowell Sheinwald defended accurately against a potentially dangerous attack in a complex middle game featuring uncharacteristically very few captures until he found a way to execute a winning tactical combination against class C rated Seeth Ganesan.
There were some near misses & might have beens on the middle boards. Class C rated Jackson Parker played an impressive theoretical variation of the French Defense against his much higher rated class A opponent, Walter Niemi, who easily won when Jackson encountered some positional difficulties, then went astray & gave away a minor piece. With a rating advantage of 348 points & playing the white pieces, Arthur Barlas, running a bit short on time, successfully navigated through a long troublesome sequence of positional & tactical shots generated by John Bastarache who ultimately could not combine his forces effectively enough & had to cede the whole point to Arthur. A 388 rating point deficit didn't stop Don Briggs from keeping his winning chances alive against Alan Condon throughout most of the game into a single rook with bishop vs knight ending in which he eventually allowed Alan to win his rook & soon thereafter the game, with a knight forking check.
The only game of the evening that actually resembled an upset came at board ten when 1214 rated Randy McLaughlin, barely into class D, & playing the black pieces, held his notoriously solid mid class B, 1719 rated opponent, Lenny Arsenault to a draw.
George E. O'Rourke Memorial, February 18, 2015
| Round 1 Results |
| White | Result | Black |
| Jim Hankard | 0-1 | Roger Cappallo
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| Nowell Sheinwald | 1-0 | Seeth Ganesan
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| George Miller | 0-1 | Larry Gladding
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| Walter Niemi | 1-0 | Jackson Parker
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| Brian Biglow | 0-1 | Dave Thomas
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| Arthur Barlas | 1-0 | John Bastarache
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| Stan Talcott | 0-1 | Gary Brassard
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| Alan Condon | 1-0 | Don Briggs
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| Hugh McLaughlin | 0-1 | Ken Gurge
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| Len Arsenault | 1/2-1/2 | Randy McLaughlin
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| Tom Whistler | 0-1 | Dave Couture
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| Tom Fratturelli | 1-0 | Emily Gawboy |
Receiving half-point byes were:
George Mirijanian, Paul Godin, Bruce Felton, Geoff LePoer, Steve Nelson, Joe Bennett, Bob Mathieu &
Richard Bennett.
Not playing the round were:
Brett Kildahl, Ray Paulson, Paul Lynch, Gail Lingner, Robert Walton, Wayne Steadman, Kandy Lynch,
Francis Scanlon & Rick Evans.
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The only rating change as of 2/18/15 is for Carissa Yip.
Due to her recent perfect 5-0 score in Billerica & her outstanding 5.5-0.5 score at the World Amateur Team Championships in Parsippany, NJ, She is now 2150.
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The club would like to welcome new member, UMass-Lowell student & strong class A player, Nowell Sheinwald.
Pictures & puzzles from tonight's club games:
Foreground (Brian on left),
Board 5:
Biglow(L) - Thomas(R)
Brian 1:14 to Dave's 33 minutes.
Dave's rook attacks Brian's queen.
What should Brian do? |
First round,
George Mirijanian (standing) observs Larry Gladding (background) reaching for his score book.
Barlas(R) - Bastarache(L)
Near table from left: Alan Condon, Stan Talcott, Don Briggs, Gary Brassard, John Bastarache, Arthur Barlas, Brian Biglow, Dave Thomas
Far table from left: Roger Cappallo, Seeth Ganesan, Nowell Sheinwald, Larry Gladding
White to move. |
George E. O'Rourke Memorial, February 18, 2015
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CURRENT STANDINGS |
| Points |
Players |
|
1.0 |
Cappallo, Sheinwald, Gladding, Niemi, Thomas, Barlas, Brassard, Condon, Gurge, Couture, Fratturelli |
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0.5 |
Mirijanian, Godin, Felton, LePoer, Nelson, J. Bennett, Arsenault, Mathieu, R. Bennett, R. McLaughlin |
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0.0 |
Hankard, Ganesan, Lingner, Miller, Parker, Biglow, Bastarache, Talcott, Briggs, H. McLaughlin, Whistler, Gawboy |
| Projected Round 2 pairings for February 25: |
| Board #: [White] vs. [Black] (Current scores in parentheses) |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Board 1: Cappallo(1.0) vs. Condon(1.0) |
| Board 2: Brassard(1.0) vs. Sheinwald(1.0) |
| Board 3: Gladding(1.0) vs. Gurge(1.0) |
| Board 4: Couture(1.0) vs. Niemi(1.0) |
| Board 5: Thomas(1.0) vs. Fratturelli(1.0) |
| Board 6: J. Bennett(0.5) vs. Mirijanian(0.5) |
| Board 7: Godin(0.5) vs. Arsenault(0.5) |
| Board 8: Mathieu(0.5) vs. Feltonv |
| Board 9: LePoer(0.5) vs. R. Bennett(0.5) |
| Board 10: R. McLaughlin(0.5) vs. Nelson(0.5) |
| Board 11: Bastarache(0.0) vs. Hankard(0.0) |
| Board 12: Ganesan(0.0) vs. Talcott(0.0) |
| Board 13: Briggs(0.0) vs. Lingner(0.0) |
| Board 14: H. McLaughlin(0.0) vs. Miller(0.0) |
| Board 15: Parker(0.0) vs. Whistler(0.0) |
| Board 16: Gawboy(0.0) vs. Biglow(0.0) |
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REMINDER: Players must be present by 7:10 P.M. on February 25th in order to be paired for Round 2.
OK, I don't think it's going to snow:
I was too busy shoveling snow today to listen to any weather reports, but by now you know the drill.
If McKay building is closed on Wednesday, February 18th the club meeting will be cancelled for that night.
Check weather reports & school closings.
Roger Cappallo Wins Reggie Boone Memorial by Full Point
USCF rated expert, Roger Cappallo of Groton, took care of business tonight by defeating his 5th round class A opponent, Paul Godin of Bedford, in a tactically tense struggle culminating in a mild time scramble where each player had less than two minutes remaining on his clock. Roger chose the Max Lange Attack against Paul's Two Knights' Defense & both players proceded to play a complex though somewhat well known variation for 13 moves of theoretically correct chess. On his 14th move, Roger chose to underplay his slightly better position by executing a forcing knight fork which led to another long sequence of intricate manuvering including a couple minor missed opportunities by both players. On his 31st move, with six minutes remaining on his clock & five minutes on Roger's in a dynamically equal position, Paul seriously misplayed his defense allowing Roger to win a piece. For the remaining ten moves, Paul was unable to present Roger any significant difficulties on his road to victory despite dwindling clock time. This victory will boost Roger's rating by approximately 14 points in addition to the approximately 8 points he's gained for his performance in rounds 1 through 4 combined & solidify his expert status.
Class C competitor, Gail Lingner scored the only decisive upset of the night by defeating her class B opponent, Lenny Arsenault thereby defying his 236 rating point advantage. The only two draws of the evening were also mild upsets as Dave Thomas vs Walter Niemi and Jim Hankard vs Joe Bennett both ended in ties. Interestingly, both Dave & Jim had played into what would have been easily winning positions had they not decided to split the point with their opponents who outrated them by 61 & 156 points respectively.
Gail's upset win tonight combined with her two other victories in previous rounds for a total of three points easily placed her at the top of the under 1600 rated players. In fact Gail (1506), along with Dave Thomas (1768) of Fitchburg & Dave Couture (1625) of Westminster, were the only players under 1800 to score three or more points in the tournament. Congratulations Gail on a solid performance!
2015 Reggie Boone Memorial
PRIZE WINNERS |
| 1st: | Roger Cappallo of Groton |
| 2nd-5th: | George Mirijanian of Fitchburg, Geoff LePoer of Westford,
Walter Niemi of Leominster, Dave Thomas of Fitchburg |
| Top under 1600: | Gail Lingner of Fitchburg |
Reggie Boone Memorial, February 11, 2015
| Round 5 (Final) Results |
| White | Result | Black |
| Roger Cappallo | 1-0 | Paul Godin
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| Dave Thomas | 1/2-1/2 | Walter Niemi
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| George Mirijanian | 1-0 | Ken Gurge
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| Geoff LePoer | 1-0 | Arthur Barlas
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| Steve Nelson | 1-0 | George Miller
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| Jim Hankard | 1/2-1/2 | Joe Bennett
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| Lenny Arsenault | 0-1 | Gail Lingner
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| Dave Couture | 1-0 | Brian Biglow
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| Tom Fratturelli | 1-0 | Hugh McLaughlin
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| Emily Gawboy | 0-1 | Richard Bennett
|
| Randy McLaughlin | 1-0 | Tom Whistler |
Not playing the final round were:
Ray Paulson, Bruce Felton, Gary Brassard, Brett Kildahl, Larry Gladding, Alan Condon, Bob Mathieu,
Stan Talcott, Seeth Ganesan, Jackson Parker, Robert Walton, John Bastarache, Don Briggs, Paul Lynch,
Wayne Steadman & Rick Evans.
Withdrawn from the tournament were:
Carissa Yip (after Round 1) as well as Kandy Lynch & Francis Scanlon, both of whom did not play a single game.
Pictures & puzzles from tonight's club games:
Foreground (Roger on left),
Board 1:
Cappallo(L) - Godin(R)
Both players finally out of book.
Roger has just played 22.Re2-d2. With 39 minutes remaining on his clock to Roger's 22, Paul studied this position for 5 minutes & played 22...Ne5. Can you suggest a better move? |
Background (Walter on left),
Board 2:
Thomas(R) - Niemi(L)
Material is even, but look at how Walter's pieces get in each other's way.
It looks like Dave has a lasting positional advantage with his better pawn structure including the passed pawn on e5, which should be enough to win in the long run. However, Dave didn't wait for an endgame, instead he broke through quickly with a winning combination (and chose to offer Walter a draw, which Walter alertly accepted). Can you find it (using the diagrammed position)? [The position in the picture doesn't match the diagram because it's from analysis as the game was already over, even though it looks like Dave's clock is still running.] |
Geoff LePoer vs. Arthur Barlas,
Board 4:
LePoer(L) - Barlas(R)
Geoff(L) is up a pawn here.
With just under 12 minutes remaining on his clock (to Geoff's 47), Arthur couldn't get out of check & safely defend this position. Is there any feasible defense at this point, or is Arthur lost? |
Reggie Boone Memorial, February 11, 2015
|
FINAL STANDINGS |
| Points |
Players |
|
4.5 |
Cappallo
|
|
4.0 |
----- |
|
3.5 |
Mirijanian, LePoer, Niemi, Thomas
|
|
3.0 |
Godin, Paulson, Felton, Nelson, Couture, Lingner |
|
2.5 |
Barlas, Brassard, J. Bennett, Gurge, Hankard
|
|
2.0 |
Kildahl, Gladding, Condon, Arsenault, Fratturelli, Mathieu, Miller, Biglow, Talcott, R. McLaughlin |
|
1.5 |
Ganesan, Parker, Walton, Bastarache, Briggs, R. Bennett
|
|
1.0 |
P. Lynch, Steadman, Evans, Gawboy, H. McLaughlin |
|
0.5 |
-----
|
|
0.0 |
(Yip, Scanlon), Whistler |
The following players had
a rating increase of
50 or more points: |
| Emily Gawboy | +140 |
| Gail Lingner | +82 |
| Dave Couture | +68 |
| Dave Thomas | +55 |
|
The following players achieved
a new all-time high rating: |
| Dave Thomas | 1823 |
| Hugh Mclaughlin | 1312 |
| Francis Scanlon | 1081 |
| Emily Gawboy | 693 |
|
The following table shows the standings to qualify for this year's (2015) club championship with six tournaments completed and two to go.
The top ten highest winning percentage finishers with a minimum of 20 games played this season will qualify.
| Name |
Current Rating
as of 2015.02.11 |
Games Played
This Season |
Winning Percentage |
Additional Games Needed |
Notes |
| Brett Kildahl |
2190 |
18 |
.917 |
2 |
a |
| Roger Cappallo |
2036 |
29 |
.776 |
0 |
|
| Paul Godin |
1960 |
24 |
.750 |
0 |
a |
| George Mirijanian |
1965 |
17 |
.735 |
3 |
|
| Arthur Barlas |
1786 |
15 |
.700 |
5 |
a |
| Bruce Felton |
1928 |
18 |
.694 |
2 |
|
| Ray Paulson |
1943 |
24 |
.688 |
0 |
b |
| Steve Nelson |
1843 |
29 |
.672 |
0 |
|
| Larry Gladding |
1880 |
20 |
.625 |
0 |
|
| Dave Thomas |
1823 |
29 |
.621 |
0 |
|
| Gary Brassard |
1773 |
24 |
.604 |
0 |
|
| Alan Condon |
1763 |
14 |
.571 |
6 |
a |
| Ken Gurge |
1748 |
26 |
.558 |
0 |
|
| Bob Mathieu |
1646 |
21 |
.548 |
0 |
|
| Lenny Arsenault |
1719 |
23 |
.522 |
0 |
|
Notes: a = Participation availability questionable
b = Participation declined
REMINDER: The next tournament at the club, the
George E. O'Rourke Memorial, will start February 18, 2015.
Players must be present by 7:10 p.m. in order to be paired for round 1.
February 4th, 2015
Reggie Boone Memorial
Round 4 of 5
STATEWIDE SNOW EMERGENCY, MAYBE:
If McKay building is closed on Wednesday, February 11th the club meeting will be cancelled for that night.
Check weather reports & school closings.
Roger Cappallo Retains Lead Following Fighting Draw With Walter Niemi
USCF rated expert, Roger Cappallo, continues as tournament leader despite being held to a draw by his seasoned class A opponent, Walter Niemi, in round four of the 2015 Reggie Boone Memorial Tournament. (You may now view this entire game in the 2015 Games Section.) Class B player, Dave Thomas scored a 101 rating point upset over his class A opponent, Steve Nelson, in only 35 moves, thereby pulling to within half a point of the lead along with Niemi & three other class A players. Tonight's biggest upset (268 rating points) came when class D ranked Stan Talcott took the full point from his class B opponent, Tom Fratturelli when Fratturelli fumbled his queen in a roughly equal position late in their game. Also worthy of note was unrated Emily Gawboy, who won her first ever rated game by defeating Tom Whistler in a somewhat flawed but tactically exciting game at board 11.
Reggie Boone Memorial, February 4, 2015
| Round 4 Results |
| White | Result | Black |
| Walter Niemi | 1/2-1/2 | Roger Cappallo
|
| Ken Gurge | 0-1 | Paul Godin
|
| Dave Thomas | 1-0 | Steve Nelson
|
| Joe Bennett | 0-1 | Geoff LePoer
|
| Lenny Arsenault | 1-0 | Jackson Parker
|
| Stan Talcott | 1-0 | Tom Fratturelli
|
| George Miller | 1-0 | Wayne Steadman
|
| Randy McLaughlin | 0-1 | Jim Hankard
|
| Brian Biglow | 1-0 | Hugh McLaughlin
|
| Richard Bennett | 0-1 | John Bastarache
|
| Tom Whistler | 0-1 | Emily Gawboy |
Receiving half-point byes were:
Ray Paulson, Bruce Felton, George Mirijanian, Arthur Barlas, Gary Brassard, Alan Condon, Bob Mathieu,
Dave Couture, Seeth Ganesan, Robert Walton, Don Briggs and Kandy Lynch.
Not playing the round were: Brett Kildahl, Larry Gladding, Gail Lingner, Paul Lynch & Rick Evans.
Francis Scanlon was withdrawn from the tournament. Carissa Yip had already withdrawn after the first round.
Reggie Boone Memorial, February 4, 2015
|
CURRENT STANDINGS |
| Points |
Players |
|
3.5 |
Cappallo
|
|
3.0 |
Godin, Paulson, Felton, Niemi, Thomas |
|
2.5 |
Mirijanian, LePoer, Barlas, Brassard, Gurge
|
|
2.0 |
Kildahl, Gladding, Nelson, Condon, J. Bennett, Arsenault, Mathieu, Couture, Miller, Hankard, Lingner, Biglow, Talcott |
|
1.5 |
Ganesan, Parker, Walton, Bastarache, Briggs
|
|
1.0 |
P. Lynch, Fratturelli, Steadman, R. McLaughlin, K. Lynch, Evans, Gawboy H. McLaughlin |
|
0.5 |
R. Bennett
|
|
0.0 |
(Yip, Scanlon), Whistler |
| Projected Round 5 (final) pairings for February 11: |
| Board #: [White] vs. [Black] |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Board 1: Cappallo vs. Godin |
| Board 2: Paulson vs. Niemi |
| Board 3: Thomas vs. Felton |
| Board 4: Brassard vs. Mirijanian |
| Board 5: LePoer vs. Barlas |
| Board 6: Kildahl vs. Gurge |
| Board 7: Couture vs. Gladding |
| Board 8: Nelson vs. Miller |
| Board 9: Hankard vs. Condon |
| Board 10: Lingner vs. J. Bennett |
| Board 11: Arsenault vs. Biglow |
| Board 12: Mathieu vs. Talcott |
| Board 13: Bastarache vs. Ganesan |
| Board 14: Parker vs. Walton |
| Board 15: P. Lynch vs. Briggs |
| Board 16: Fratturelli vs. K. Lynch |
| Board 17: Steadman vs. R. McLaughlin |
| Board 18: Gawboy vs. H. McLaughlin |
| Board 19: R. Bennett vs. Whistler |
|
REMINDER: Players must be present by 7:10 p.m. on February 11th in order to be paired for the final round.
SNOW STORM WARNING:
If McKay building is closed on February 4th the club meeting will be cancelled for that night.
Check weather reports & school closings.
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The following players will see a change in rating as of 2015.02.04:
Brett Kildahl 2189
Carissa Yip 2151
Raymond Paulson 1941
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CHESS CLUB CANCELLED JANUARY 28 DUE TO BLIZZARD:
McKay Complex, IS CLOSED Wednesday, January 28!
Round 4 of the Reggie Boone Memorial is postponed to Wednesday, February 4.
BLIZZARD WARNING:
If McKay building is closed on January 28th the club meeting will be cancelled for that night.
Check weather reports & school closings.
January 21st, 2015
Reggie Boone Memorial
Round 3 of 5
Four Draws in Round 3, Cappallo Now Front Runner
With his win against Gary Brassard, Roger Cappallo has taken sole possession of the lead in the 2015 Reggie Boone Memorial Tournament as four of tonight's thirteen games ended in draws. Class B players, Ken Gurge & Dave Thomas were each able to split the point with their class A opponents, Bruce Felton & George Mirijanian respectively, while class B matchups between Len Arsenault & Jim Hankard as well as Tom Fratturelli & Seeth Ganesan ended in ties. All other games ended as expected based on ratings. These results will most likely produce a Board-1 pairing next week between expert rated Roger Cappallo & near expert rated Ray Paulson, who closely follows Roger in the standings with two & a half points.
Reggie Boone Memorial, January 21, 2015
| Round 3 Results |
| White | Result | Black |
| Roger Cappallo | 1-0 | Gary Brassard
|
| Bruce Felton | 1/2-1/2 | Ken Gurge
|
| George Mirijanian | 1/2-1/2 | Dave Thomas
|
| Bob Mathieu | 0-1 | Ray Paulson
|
| Walter Niemi | 1-0 | Dave Couture
|
| Paul Godin | 1-0 | Brian Biglow
|
| Don Briggs | 0-1 | Steve Nelson
|
| Robert Walton | 0-1 | Joe Bennett
|
| Hugh McLaughlin | 0-1 | Gail Lingner
|
| Jim Hankard | 1/2-1/2 | Len Arsenault
|
| Tom Fratturelli | 1/2-1/2 | Seeth Ganesan
|
| Tom Whistler | 0-1 | George Miller
|
| Emily Gawboy | 0-1 | Randy McLaughlin
|
Receiving half-point byes were:
Brett Kildahl, Larry Gladding, Arthur Barlas, Geoff LePoer, Alan Condon, Jackson Parker, Paul Lynch, Stan Talcott,
Wayne Steadman, Rick Evans, John Bastarache, Richard Bennett and Kandy Lynch.
Not playing the round was Francis Scanlon.
Carissa Yip had already withdrawn from the tournament.
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The following players will see a change in rating as of 1/28/15:
Brett Kildahl 2195
Carissa Yip 2125
James Hankard 1600
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Pictures & puzzles from tonight's club games:
Foreground (Gary on left):
Cappallo(R) - Brassard(L)
a tense middlegame struggle.
It's Roger's move here. What should he play to win this game against Gary? Gary was unable to hold a draw from this position. Can you? |
Mirijanian(L) - Thomas(R)
B+P vs B+P ending,
Walter Niemi observing
With 3 minutes & 41 seconds remaining on his clock, Dave Thomas held George Mirijanian to a draw from this position. Can you see how? |
Felton(L) - Gurge(R)
B+4P vs N+4P ending
With 4:28 on his clock, Bruce was unable to find a win from this position. Can you? How should Ken defend if he wants to hold the draw with only a minute & 56 seconds left to do it? |
Reggie Boone Memorial, January 21, 2015
|
CURRENT STANDINGS |
| Points |
Players |
|
3.0 |
Cappallo |
|
2.5 |
Paulson, Felton, Niemi, Gurge
|
|
2.0 |
Kildahl, Godin, Mirijanian, Gladding, Nelson, Barlas, Thomas, Brassard, J Bennett, Lingner |
|
1.5 |
LePoer, Condon, Mathieu, Couture, Parker
|
|
1.0 |
Arsenault, P. Lynch, Fratturelli, Miller, Hankard, Ganesan, Biglow, Walton, Talcott, Steadman, Briggs, R. McLaughlin,
Evans, H. McLaughlin |
|
0.5 |
Bastarache, R. Bennett, K. Lynch
|
|
0.0 |
(Yip), Whistler, Scanlon, Gawboy |
| Projected Round 4 pairings for January 28: |
| Board #: [White] vs. [Black] |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Board 1: Paulson vs. Cappallo |
| Board 2: Niemi vs. Felton |
| Board 3: Gurge vs. Kildahl |
| Board 4: Thomas vs. Godin |
| Board 5: Barlas vs. Mirijanian |
| Board 6: Brassard vs. Gladding |
| Board 7: Nelson vs. J. Bennett |
| Board 8: Lingner vs. LePoer |
| Board 9: Mathieu vs. Condon |
| Board 10: Couture vs. P. Lynch |
| Board 11: Arsenault vs. Walton |
| Board 12: Talcott vs. Fratturelli |
| Board 13: Miller vs. Steadman |
| Board 14: R. McLaughlin vs. Hankard |
| Board 15: Ganesan vs. Briggs |
| Board 16: Biglow vs. Evans |
| Board 17: R. Bennett vs. H. McLaughlin |
| Board 18: K. Lynch s. Bastarache |
| Board 19: Whistler vs. Gawboy |
|
REMINDER: Players must be present by 7:10 P.M. on January 28th in order to be paired for Round 4.
January 14th, 2015
Reggie Boone Memorial
Round 2 of 5 Results
Briggs Beats Miller in Second Round of Tournament Sprinkled With Surprises.
Donald Briggs, of Lunenburg, overcame Ashburnham resident & class B player, George Miller's 267 rating point advantage to post the biggest upset of the week. This single victory may raise Briggs' current class D rating by as much as 43 points which, though that would place him at 1382, amazingly would still leave him 18 points shy of breaking into class C & 77 points below his all time high. Congratulations on a stellar performance Don!
In addition to the Miller - Briggs encounter, round two of the 2015 Reggie Boone Memorial tournament concluded with a few other mild upsets mixed in with mostly expected results. Dave Thomas of Fitchburg was able to hold his 202 point higher rated opponent, Ray Paulson of Lowell, to a draw while 1625 rated Dave Couture of Westminster split the point with the club's most recent addition to class A, 1801 rated Arthur Barlas of Chelmsford.
Gary Brassard of Leominster scored a 113 point upset by beating Fitchburg native, Steve Nelson & Leominster resident, Ken Gurge, also scored a big upset by winning his game with his 118 point higher rated opponent, Geoff LePoer of Westford. The remaining games finished within statistical expectation based on published ratings of players.
Formerly unrated Hugh McLaughlin of Groton tallied his first win in rated competition by beating 1448 rated John Bastarache of Fitchburg. This result places Hugh's tournament performance rating at 1548 thus far (having lost last week to 1648 rated Bob Mathieu of Ashburnham), which is a highly promising beginning for a recent entrant into the rated chess arena.
Reggie Boone Memorial, January 14, 2015
| Round 2 Results |
| White | Result | Black |
|
Alan Condon
|
0-1
|
Roger Cappallo
|
|
Ray Paulson
|
1/2-1/2
|
Dave Thomas
|
|
Joe Bennett
|
0-1
|
Bruce Felton
|
|
Steve Nelson
|
0-1
|
Gary Brassard
|
|
Ken Gurge
|
1-0
|
Geoff LePoer
|
|
Arthur Barlas
|
1/2-1/2
|
Dave Couture
|
|
Brett Kildahl
|
1-0
|
Lenny Arsenault
|
|
Paul Lynch
|
0-1
|
George Mirijanian
|
|
Larry Gladding
|
1-0
|
Tom Fratturelli
|
|
Seeth Ganesan
|
0-1
|
Walter Niemi
|
|
George Miller
|
0-1
|
Don Briggs
|
|
Wayne Steadman
|
1/2-1/2
|
Jim Hankard
|
|
Randy McLaughlin
|
0-1
|
Jackson Parker
|
|
Gail Lingner
|
1-0
|
Richard Bennett
|
|
Brian Biglow
|
1-0
|
Tom Whistler
|
|
Emily Gawboy
|
0-1
|
Robert Walton
|
|
John Bastarache
|
0-1
|
Hugh McLaughlin
|
Receiving half-point byes were:
Bob Mathieu, Paul Godin, Stan Talcott, Richard Bennett and Rick Evans.
Not playing the round were:
Kandy Lynch and Francis Scanlon.
Carissa Yip withdrew from the tournament.
The club welcomes Seetharaman Ganesan of South Grafton, who has returned after a three year hiatus.
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The following players will see a change in rating as of 1/21/15:
Carissa Yip 2135
Robert Walton 1422
Stanford Talcott 1381
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Reggie Boone Memorial, January 14, 2015
|
CURRENT STANDINGS |
| Points |
Players |
|
2.0 |
Cappallo, Felton, Brassard, Gurge |
|
1.5 |
Kildahl, Mirijanian, Paulson, Gladding, Niemi, Barlas, Thomas, Mathieu, Couture
|
|
1.0 |
Godin, Nelson, LePoer, Condon, J. Bennett, Parker, Lingner, Biglow, Walton, Briggs, H. McLaughlin |
|
0.5 |
Arsenault, P. Lynch, Fratturelli, Hankard, Ganesan, Talcott, Steadman, Evans
|
|
0.0 |
(Yip), Miller, Bastarache, R. Bennett, R. McLaughlin, K. Lynch, Scanlon, Whistler, Gawboy |
| Projected Round 3 pairings for January 21: |
| Board #: [White] vs. [Black] |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Board 1: Cappallo vs. Brassard |
| Board 2: Felton vs. Gurge |
| Board 3: Niemi vs. Kildahl |
| Board 4: Mirijanian v. Barlas |
| Board 5: Mathieu vs. Paulson |
| Board 6: Thomas vs. Gladding |
| Board 7: Couture vs. Godin |
| Board 8: Lingner vs. Nelson |
| Board 9: Walton vs. Condon |
| Board 10: Briggs vs. J. Bennett |
| Board 11: Parker vs. Biglow |
| Board 12: H. McLaughlin vs. P. Lynch |
| Board 13: Arsenault vs. Ganesan |
| Board 14: Fratturelli vs. Steadman |
| Board 15: Hankard vs. Talcott |
| Board 16: Evans vs. Miller |
| Board 17: K. Lynch vs. Bastarache |
| Board 18: R. Bennett vs. Gawboy |
| Board 19: Whistler vs. R. McLaughlin |
|
Geoff LePoer is requesting a half-point bye.
REMINDER: Players must be present by 7:10 P.M. on January 21st in order to be paired for Round 3.
January 7th, 2015
Reggie Boone Memorial
Round 1 of 5 Results
Reigning WCC Champ Stunned by 514 Point Upset!
2014 Wachusett Chess Club Champion & USCF rated Expert, Carissa Yip, on returning to the WCC after a hiatus from the club of several months found herself running short of time when confronted by veteran Class B player & chess author, Dave Couture's obscure but playable gambit variation of the Sicilian Defense. In what appeared to be the byproduct of considerable pre-game preparation, Dave played the opening phase of the game exceptionally fast yet precisely enough so as to cause his much higher rated opponent, Carissa, to expend an inordinately large amount of her own time deciphering the potential complications. There were several interesting tactical pitfalls for both players along the way, but ultimately Dave managed to hang tough long enough to cause Carissa to overstep the time limit allotted for the entire game thereby resulting in a time forfeit victory for him in what was the only upset of the night. This loss ends Carissa's long winning streak at the WCC at 21 games & will most likely boost Dave's USCF rating by 30 points or more. While it's probably premature to expect Dave to win this five round tournament based on this single game performance, he's certainly off to a great start!
Reggie Boone Memorial, January 7, 2015
| Round 1 Results |
| White | Result | Black |
|
Dave Couture
|
1-0
|
Carissa Yip
|
|
Roger Cappallo
|
1-0
|
George Miller
|
|
Jackson Parker
|
0-1
|
Ray Paulson
|
|
Bruce Felton
|
1-0
|
Brian Biglow
|
|
Bob Walton
|
0-1
|
Steve Nelson
|
|
Geoff LePoer
|
1-0
|
John Bastarache
|
|
Stan Talcott
|
0-1
|
Arthur Barlas
|
|
Dave Thomas
|
1-0
|
Wayne Steadman
|
|
Richard Bennett
|
0-1
|
Alan Condon
|
|
Gary Brassard
|
1-0
|
Randy McLaughlin
|
|
Rick Evans
|
0-1
|
Joe Bennett
|
|
Ken Gurge
|
1-0
|
Emily Gawboy
|
|
Hugh McLaughlin
|
0-1
|
Bob Mathieu
|
Receiving half-point byes were:
Brett Kildahl, Paul Godin, George Mirijanian, Larry Gladding, Walter Niemi,
Lenny Arsenault, Paul Lynch & Tom Fratturelli.
Not playing the round were:
Jim Hankard, Gail Lingner, Don Briggs, Kandy Lynch, Francis Scanlon & Tom Whistler.
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The following players are the only ones who will see a change in rating as of 1/7/15:
Brett Kildahl 2194
Raymond Paulson 1934
David Thomas 1768
James Hankard 1602
Stanford Talcott 1414
Carissa Yip 2139
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The club would like to welcome new member, Hugh McLaughlin, Randy's father. We'd also like to welcome returning members Robert Walton, who last played at the club in the Harlow B. Daly Memorial July 2012 & Carissa Yip, who last played at the club in the 2014 Club Championship. It's good to have them back.
Reggie Boone Memorial, January 7, 2015
|
CURRENT STANDINGS |
| Points |
Players |
|
1.0 |
Cappallo, Paulson, Felton, Nelson, LePoer, Barlas, Thomas, Condon, Brassard, J. Bennett, Gurge, Mathieu, Couture |
|
0.5 |
Kildahl, Godin, Mirijanian, Gladding, Niemi, Arsenault, P. Lynch, Fratturelli
|
|
0.0 |
Yip, Miller, Hankard, Parker, Lingner, Biglow, Walton, Bastarache, Talcott, Steadman, Briggs, R. Bennett, R. McLaughlin, K. Lynch, Scanlon, Evans, Whistler, Gawboy, H. McLaughlin |
| Projected Round 2 pairings for January 14 (revised 13JAN15): |
| Board #: [White] vs. [Black] (Current scores in parentheses) |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| Board 1: Alan Condon (1.0) vs. Roger Cappallo (1.0) |
| Board 2: Raymond Paulson (1.0) vs. David Thomas (1.0) |
| Board 3: Joseph Bennett (1.0) vs. Bruce Felton (1.0) |
| Board 4: Steve Nelson (1.0) vs. Gary Brassard (1.0) |
| Board 5: Robert Mathieu (1.0) vs. Geoff LePoer (1.0) |
| Board 6: Arthur Barlas (1.0) vs. Kenneth Gurge (1.0) |
| Board 7: Brett Kildahl (0.5) vs. Dave Couture (1.0) |
| Board 8: Leonard Arsenault (0.5) vs. Paul Godin (0.5) |
| Board 9: George Mirijanian (0.5) vs. Paul Lynch (0.5) |
| Board 10: Tom Fratturelli (0.5) vs. Lawrence Gladding (0.5) |
| Board 11: Walter Niemi (0.5) vs. James Hankard (0.5) |
| Board 12: George Miller (0.0) vs. Seetharaman Ganesan (0.5) |
| Board 13: Randy McLaughlin (0.0) vs. Jackson Parker (0.0) |
| Board 14: Gail Lingner (0.0) vs. Richard Bennett (0.0) |
| Board 15: Brian Biglow (0.0) vs. Kandy Lych (0.0) |
| Board 16: Francis Scanlon (0.0) vs. Robert Walton (0.0) |
| Board 17: John Bastarache (0.0) vs. Richard Evans (0.0) |
| Board 18: Tom Whislter (0.0) vs. Stanford Talcott (0.0) |
| Board 19: Wayne Steadman (0.0) vs. Hugh McLaoughlin (0.0) |
| Board 20: Emily Gawboy (0.0) vs. Donald Briggs (0.0) |
|
REMINDER: Players must be present by 7:10 P.M. on January 14th in order to be paired for Round 2.
First Tournament of 2015,
Reggie Boone Memorial Scheduled for:
Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4
5SS, G/100, d/5
Fitchburg State University, McKay Campus School, Room C159.
67 Rindge Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420
Click Here for Directions
Rounds Time: 7:10 p.m.
Byes: 1-4, limit two.
Prize Info: Chess books.
Inquiry: Phone: George Mirijanian, 978-345-5011
E-mail:
mailto:miriling2@aol.com
Requirement: USCF membership required. MACA membership optional.
Registration Information: Entry Fee: $1 per game played; free to Wachusett CC members.
Registration - Onsite: 7-7:10 p.m.
On-line ratings as of first night of each tournament will be used.
REMINDER: Players must be present by 7:10 p.m. on January 7th in order to be paired for Round 1.
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Save the Boston Globe Chess Column!
"Recently, the Boston Globe became the latest publication to join the unfortunate trend of chess column cancellation, announcing that its weekly's long and historic (over 60 years) run would soon be coming to a close, and depriving us of Boylston stalwarts Harold Dondis and Chris Chase's regular writings."
Read the full story & find out what you can do to save the Boston Globe Chess Column on the BCC blog http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/
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