tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63966606032270862572024-03-05T11:44:01.543-08:00oresickRobert Oresickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412551011853414606noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396660603227086257.post-45104026904321438192007-11-11T21:30:00.000-08:002007-11-11T21:46:29.921-08:00BU Open 2007 results<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span>The 13</span><sup>th</sup><span> annual BU Open was held on Saturday,</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> November 10 on a lovely</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> day in the student union of </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place><span>. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span>More</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> than eighty players competed in what all agreed was a very pleasant</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> venue – natural light from many windows, well-spaced tables and</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> comfortable chairs, and a Starbucks a minute away in the food court (where one could grab pizza and</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> burgers, sushi and salads, Chinese and turkey dinners between rounds.) TD</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> Bernardo Iglesias of the</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> Boylston Chess Foundation (under whose affiliation</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> the tournament was rated)</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> did his usual professional job. Of course, the</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> tournament was sponsored</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> by the Boston University Chess Club (Roza</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> Eynullayeva and Barry Lai,</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> co-presidents, Steven Abrahams, vice-president</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span>, Melvin Zhang, treasurer,</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span> and Richard Soohoo, secretary, and Robert Oresick, advisor.</span><span style=""><span> </span></span></span> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This year a new prize, the</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> Allan Ong prize for top</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> undergraduate student, was added to honor Allan,who was the first presidentof the modern BU Chess Club and started the BU Open. After 14 years of living in Toronto andBoston, Allan returned to his native Manila in the Philippines.</span></h2> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p><br />The Open Section was won by Harvard freshman FM <b style="">Teddy Coleman </b>with 4 of 4 points.</span></p> <h2 style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfuqp3ZIQ-rXs8E9xJyg9MYJN4Zzpb-9SbfW2W0eUe2fSfTAizFSdmdmYtFlX6-SVuw3MsWVOKp8T-XSGPl1t2kD1RYMZBiuYMOEsZfqcAGdFnD5oX3jKYrgY6MADPnewnNksEuN8x-M/s1600-h/DSC_0226.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfuqp3ZIQ-rXs8E9xJyg9MYJN4Zzpb-9SbfW2W0eUe2fSfTAizFSdmdmYtFlX6-SVuw3MsWVOKp8T-XSGPl1t2kD1RYMZBiuYMOEsZfqcAGdFnD5oX3jKYrgY6MADPnewnNksEuN8x-M/s400/DSC_0226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131823934288391858" border="0" /></a></span></h2> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><b style=""><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><br /></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Steven Abrahams</b>, a BU freshman, won the U1900 section with 4 also.<span style=""> </span>They both tied for the 1<sup>st</sup> annual Allan Ong prize for the top undergraduate college student.<span style=""> </span></span></p><h2 style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6EN5WB2aRd0vOJ-2v_C4Mmz9fLhpVkaOdpQkRZlHZiDzxsATJV1_VPk_kVAgNWdvSAEXB-pBxQU2BKM9_8NhPI8TnO_lejmblziuqCuMMw7LO3AHBNvQPK-L7mpuXbfNGypJgf_HGmM/s1600-h/DSC_0032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6EN5WB2aRd0vOJ-2v_C4Mmz9fLhpVkaOdpQkRZlHZiDzxsATJV1_VPk_kVAgNWdvSAEXB-pBxQU2BKM9_8NhPI8TnO_lejmblziuqCuMMw7LO3AHBNvQPK-L7mpuXbfNGypJgf_HGmM/s400/DSC_0032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131823917108522626" border="0" /></a></span></h2> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Travis Dover</b>, a BU alum and former BU Chess Club president, won the U1600 section, also with a perfect 4.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVc0aQyVsJPODjecdWLMVtQ4PZ8jZDAE2lYogZSIVZxwODngZoDJTkovwWLkPrE_BO3XNX4MrpKE1UKKlwjy5l8dcPnrMJVblhZjaF58qOfbO9M_vZy2kLq-m9HymcbjmGQvMMjAMFgvM/s1600-h/DSC_0011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVc0aQyVsJPODjecdWLMVtQ4PZ8jZDAE2lYogZSIVZxwODngZoDJTkovwWLkPrE_BO3XNX4MrpKE1UKKlwjy5l8dcPnrMJVblhZjaF58qOfbO9M_vZy2kLq-m9HymcbjmGQvMMjAMFgvM/s400/DSC_0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131823921403489938" border="0" /></a></span><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Stuart Finney</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> of the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Barrington</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> had a very upsetting tournament.<span style=""> </span>Stuart (1951) defeated NM Christopher Williams (2302; BU Open Champion of 2005), drew with NM Jacob Chudnovsky (2397; BU Open Champion in 1997, playing again for the first time in 10 years after a sojourn in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">California</st1:place></st1:state>), and drew with LM Eric Godin (2200).<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p><br /><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" >Open section<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">1st <span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >FM<b style=""> </b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Teddy Coleman</b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" > (4.0; $300)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">2nd<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >NM</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <b style="">Christopher Williams</b> </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(3.0; $40) & NM</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <b style="">Lawyer Times</b> </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(3.0; $40)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Top U2200<span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >WIM</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""> Esther Epstein</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(3.0; $40) & Dr<b style="">.</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""> Aung Kyaw Lwin </b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(3.0; $40)<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" >U1900 section<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">1st<span style=""> </span><b style="">Steven Abrahams</b> </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(4.0; $75)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">2nd<span style=""> </span><b style="">Kapil Chandran</b> </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(3.5; $40)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" >U1600 section<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">1st<span style=""> </span><b style="">Travis Dover</b> </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style=""> </span>(4.0; $75)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">2nd<span style=""> </span><b style="">Soheil Saadat</b> </span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(3.5; $20) & Corey Tolbert (3.5; $20)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Top U1200<span style=""> </span><b style="">Akshay Saini </b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(3.0; $40)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" >Allan Ong Top Undergrad<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; font-family: georgia;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >FM </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Teddy Coleman</b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" > (4.0) &</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <b style="">Steven Abrahams</b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" > (4.0)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=";color:#000000;" >Corey Tolbert </span></b></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" >(3.5; $50) (Corey won the prize money because Teddy and Steven qualified for more lucrative prizes.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; font-family: georgia;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" >Top</span></b></st1:placename><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" > <st1:placetype st="on">College</st1:placetype></span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" > – </span></b><b style="">Northeastern University<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=""> </span></b><b style="">Artem Sharamet, Soheil Saadat, Corey Tolbert, Eric Lawless, Kent Leung<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style=""> </span>(Only the top three scores were counted.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" >Top</span></b></st1:placename><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" > <st1:placetype st="on">High School</st1:placetype> –</span></b><b style=""> <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Newton</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">North</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=""> </span></b><b style="">Jesse Nicholas, Lior Rozhansky<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:placename st="on"><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" >Top</span></b></st1:placename><b style=""><span style=";color:gray;" > <st1:placetype st="on">Primary School</st1:placetype> -</span></b><b style=""> <st1:place st="on">Clark</st1:place><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=""> </span></b><b style="">James Lung, Christine Lung, Timothy Lung<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Robert Oresickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412551011853414606noreply@blogger.com0