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11/17/2024:
Prize winners at the Fall Scholastic Individual-Team Chess Championship
Prize winners at the Fall Scholastic Individual-Team Chess Championship, held November 17th in Marlborough, Mass.
Individual prizes:
Open Section
1st Aditya Narayan 4-0
2nd Gabriel Jacobs 3-1
3rd Zhuoyuan Du 2.5-1.5
Under 1200 Section
1st-2nd Oliver Kutsman, Dimitri Sarantis 3-1
3rd-4th Ray Geng, Tajes Khanna 2.5-1.5
Under 900 Section
1st Alexander Chung 4-0
2nd-8th Boris Berlin, David Vidrevich, Jasper Weaver, Jacob Mishuris, Yan Zhu, Krishna Santosh Kumar,
Azim Faisal 3-1
Under 600 Section
1st-2nd Alexander Ciccarone (playoff winner by default), Oliver Eng 4-0
3rd Aanya Tichkulw 3.5-0.5
Medals: Pranav Palliyalli, Jason Liu, Varun Ashok, Sebastien Porte, Vihaan Panse, Liam Beard, Andrew Coon,
Harsha Gounder, Hovhannes Sargent 3-1
Under 300 Section
1st-2nd Neil McComber (playoff winner), Antonio Pontoriero 4-0
3rd-11th Joowan Shin, Leo Regnier, Jerry Ling, Artem Ruchytsia, Mark Gutner, Oscar Bernstein,
Jackson Conelias, Julian Carbone, Oliver Gertzenstein 3-1
Team prizes:
1st Under 1600: BananaMan (Alexander Ciccarone, Leo Regnier, Artem Ruchystia, Mark Gutner, Oscar Bernstein,
Kyryll Pishuk) 13.0
1st Under 1200: CEK Knights and Bishops (Jason Liu, Jackson Conelias, Pierce Dunn, Takis Guarin) 10.5
1st Under 800: Future Masters 1 (Jacob Mishuris, Krishna Santhosh Kumar, Jill Yang, Gautham Kirubakaran,
Gaochunxi Li) 10.0
1st Under 400: CEK Lexington Kings and Queens (Joowan Shin, Jasper Weaver, Serena Lu, Noah Narang) 9.5
2nd Under 1600: Crazy Bishops (Oliver Eng, Gabriel Jacobs, Oliver Kutsman, Gregory Agranovich,
Isaac Marks, Dylan Arndt, Yan Barash) 12.0
2nd Under 1200: Fessenden (Sebastien Porte, Yan Zhu, George Sun, Brady Xu Anzivino) 9.5
2nd Under 800: Commodore 64s (Alexander Chung, High Miller, Daniel Dobromyslin, Jeffery Gu) 9.5
2nd Under 400: Lumen Academy (Neil McComber, Sanav Chakbraborty, Morrice Nathanson Steie, Joseph Dunn) 9.5
Tied players and teams are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Colin Scheriff, Bob Messenger, Dima Barash, and Ken Belt.
Bob Messenger
MACA Board Member
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11/3/2024:
Prize winners at the Second Spiegel Cup Qualifier
Prize winners at the 2nd Spiegel Cup Qualifier, held November 3rd in Westford, Mass.
Grades 6-8 Qualifier Section
1st Harry Li 4-0
2nd-4th Christine Nguyen, Maitreya Ganguly, Venkat Devata 2.5-1.5
Grades K-5 Qualifier Section
1st William Heting Wang 4-0
2nd Charles Huang 3-1
3rd-6th Ella Zhang, Orhan Hurt, Aaron Wang, Brooks Jiang 2.5-1.5
Grades K-3 Qualifier Section
1st Noah Wang 4-0
2nd Skye Yuan 3.5-0.5
3rd Shlok Grande
Reserve Under 1200 Section
1st Armando Toledano Laredo 4-0
2nd-5th Prayag Karthik, Dylan Dimmick, Ziming Thomas Fan, David Vidrevich 3-1
Reserve Under 800 Section
1st Ansh Yadav 4-0
2nd Hovhannes Sargent 3.5-0.5
3rd-7th Henry Albeck, Alexander Ciccarone, Jacob Mishuris, Lucas Sun, Aaron Yang Wang 3-1
Reserve Under 400 Section
1st-2nd Oliver Schain, Xander Sherman 4-0
3rd-8th Michael Shulkin, Nolan Wang, Yazhini Sriman, Randi Wu, Petar Pajovic, Atticus Williams 3-1
Tied players are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Colin Scheriff, Bob Messenger, Dima Barash, and Nick Sterling.
Bob Messenger
MACA Board Member
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10/13/2024:
Prize winners at the 89th Greater Boston Open
Prizewinners at the 89th Greater Boston Open, held October 13th in Westford, Mass.
Premier Section
1st Caius Kempe 3.5-0.5
2nd/Top Under 2300 WIM Kateryna Odnorozhenko, Charlie Creswell 3-1
Under 2200 Section
1st-3rd Arthur Zhou, Ben Palmer, Felix Wu 3.5-0.5
Under 2000 Section
1st Jianda Liu 4-0
2nd Federico Santoni 3.5-0.5
Under 1800 Section
1st Maitreya Ganguly 4-0
2nd-3rd Kenson Zhu, Soumili Dey 3-1
Under 1600 Section
1st Zihan Zhang 4-0
2nd James Shryoc 3.5-0.5
Under 1400 Section
1st-2nd Anish Biswas, Xinyu Lin 3.5-0.5
Under 1200 Section
1st Robert Leahy 4-0
2nd-5th Aditya Narayan, James Clark, Raymond Deckel, Shalin Gupta 3-1
Under 1000 Section
1st-2nd Ziming Thomas Fan, Ray Balogh 4-0
3rd Prayag Karthik 3.5-0.5
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger, Colin Scheriff, Dima Barash, and Nick Sterling.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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10/12/2024:
Advance entries for the 89th Greater Boston Open, updated 10/12/24
SwissSys Report: 89th Greater Boston Open
SwissSys Wall Chart. 89th Greater Boston Open: Premier Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 89th Greater Boston Open: Under 2200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 89th Greater Boston Open: Under 2000 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 89th Greater Boston Open: Under 1800 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 89th Greater Boston Open: Under 1600 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 89th Greater Boston Open: Under 1400 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 89th Greater Boston Open: Under 1200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 89th Greater Boston Open: Under 1000 Section
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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09/22/2024:
Prize winners at the First Spiegel Cup Qualifier
Prize winners at the First Spiegel Cup Qualifier, held September 22nd in Medfield, Mass.
Grades 6-8 Section
1st Emma Zhang 4-0
2nd-6th Venkat Devata, Steven Feng, Nico Mehta, Soumili Dey 3-1
Grades K-5 Section
1st Duy Nguyen 3.5-0.5
2nd-4th Charles Huang, Asher Wainger, Ella Zhang 3-1
Grades K-3 Section
1st Brooks Jiang 4-0
2nd Aiden Shang 3-1
3rd-4th Skye Yuan, Minwoo Nam 1.5-2.5
Reserve Under 1200 Section
1st-2nd Yashmit Rastogi, Oliver Kutsman 3.5-0.5
3rd-6th James Daoust, Dimitri Smalley, Rohit Rani, Noah Wang 3-1
Reserve Under 800 Section
1st Nolan Pang 4-0
2nd Saksha Chaudhury 3.5-0.5
3rd-8th Boris Perlin, Abhay Kapoor, Alexa Agranovitch, Ziming Fan, Vihaan Patel, Esther Arolovitch 3-1
Reserve Under 400 Section
1st Henry Albeck 4-0
2nd-6th Vaibhavishree Karthikeyan, Justin Meganck, Mia Wang, Kyryll Pishuk, Avyan Nigam 3-1
Tied players are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Colin Scheriff, Bob Messenger, Dima Barash, John Mullen, and Nicholas Sterling.
Bob Messenger
MACA Board Member
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09/2/2024:
Prize winners at the 83rd New England Open
Prize winners at the 83rd New England Open, held August 31st to September 2nd in Westford, Mass.
Championship Section
1st FM Danila Poliannikov 6-0
2nd-3rd IM Denys Shmelov, WFM Roza Eynula 4.5-1.5
Top Under 2400 FM Christopher Chase 4-2
Top Under 2400/Top Under 2200 Anton Barash, Charlie Creswell, Michael Kang 4-2
Under 2000 Section
1st Sebastian Gueler 5-1
2nd-5th Luis Baez, Alexander Mendonez, Zach Ellinor, Andrew Liu 4.5-1.5
Under 1800 Section
1st Nicholas Rye 5.5-0.5
2nd-3rd Maitreya Ganguly, Charles Woodruff 5-1
Under 1500 Section
1st Austin Reheiser (FL) 6-0
2nd Leon Wan (MA) 5-1
3rd-6th Keyan Rahimi, Brooks Jiang, River Colegrove, Yize Edward Zhao 4-2
Under 1200 Section
1st Asher Wainger 6-0
2nd-3rd Alexander Rapoport, Moksha Hasti 5-1
Top Under 1000 Joshua Romero 4.5-1.5
Scholastic Under 400
1st Baldo Biagetti 4-0
2nd-3rd Prathamesh Gupta, Vincent Garcia 3.5-0.5
Medals: Atticus Williams, Kyryll Pishuk, Oneth Wickramasinghe 3-1
New England Blitz Championship
1st Felix Wu 8.5-1.5
2nd Lawyer Times 7.5-2.5
Top Under 1950 Ryan Zheng 7-3
Top Under 1600 Sriman Devineni 5.5-4.5
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger, Dima Barash, Larry Gladding, Colin Scheriff, Mike Commisso, Oliver Romanovsky, and Nicholas Sterling.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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08/30/2024:
Advance entries for the New England Open, updated 8/30/24
SwissSys Report: 83rd New England Open
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: Championship Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: 3-Day Under 2000 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: 2-Day Under 2000 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: 3-Day Under 1800 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: 2-Day Under 1800
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: 3-Day Under 1500 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: 2-Day Under 1500
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: 3-Day Under 1200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 83rd New England Open: 2-Day Under 1200 Section
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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06/2/2024:
Prize winners at the Massachusetts Girls Championship
Prize winners at the Massachusetts Girls Championship, held June 1-2 at the Boylston Chess Club in Boston.
1st Kelsey Liu 5-0
2nd Emma Zhang 4-1
3rd Christine Nguyen 3-2
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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06/2/2024:
Prize winners at the 7th Massachusetts Senior Open
Prize winners at the 7th Massachusetts Senior Open, held June 1-2 at the Boylston Chess Club in Boston.
1st GM Alexander Ivanov 3.5-0.5
2nd-5th Yury Barnakov, IM Jonathan Yedidia, Alejandro Botta, Timothy Sage 3-1
Top U2010 Michael Carey, Kenneth Ho 2.5-1.5
Top U1610 James Collins, Thomas Sifter 2-2
Tied players are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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05/31/2024:
Advance entries for the Massachusetts Senior Open, updated 5/31/24
SwissSys Wall Chart. 7th Massachusetts Senior Open: Open
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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05/27/2024:
Prize winners at the 92nd Massachusetts Open
Prize winners at the 92nd Massachusetts Open, held May 25-27, 2024, in Westford, Mass.
Championship Section
1st GM Alexander Ivanov 5-1
2nd-7th IM Denys Shmelov, FM Mauro Ampie, Mikayel Mkrtchyan 4.5-1.5
2nd-7th/Top U2300 WIM Iris Mou, FM Christopher Chase, Eric Feng 4.5-1.5
Under 2100 Section
1st-2nd Libardo Rueda, Simon Payne 5-1
Top U1900 Aryan Shroff, Jianda Liu 4.5-1.5
Under 1800 Section
1st Eli Stern 5.5-0.5
2nd-3rd Theodore Businger, Gerard Taylor 4.5-1.5
2md-3rd/Top U1600 Christopher Korka 4.5-1.5
Under 1500 Section
1st-5th Nathaniel Logan, Rodrigo Espirito Santo 4.5-1.5
1st-5th/Top U1300 Timothy Tourigny, Yan Barash, Yize Edward Zhao 4.5-1.5
Under 1200 Section
1st Leon Wan 5.5-0.5
2nd-3rd Ethan Palacios, Karanbir Singh 5-1
Top U1000 Aaron Wang, Athena Zuckerberg 4-2
Massachusetts Blitz Championship
1st Eric Feng 9-1
2nd-3rd Ansh Yadawad 7.5-2.5
2nd-3rd/Top U2000 Felix Wu 7.5-2.5
Top U1800 Samanyu Alluri 7-3
Top U1600 Tianjun Chen 5.5-4.5
Massachusetts Open Scholastic U400
1st-2nd Azizbek Anvarov, Alexander Agranovitch 4-0
3rd-7th Justin Meganck, Alvin Kwok, Adarsh Kumaran, Lucas Sun, Adrian Deych 3-1
Players in the Massachusetts Open Scholastic U400 are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger, Frank Vogel, Dima Barash, Nick Sterling, and Colin Scheriff.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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05/25/2024:
MACA Election 2024
President
Rob King 45 <=
Andrew Hoy 33
Vice President
Matt Phelps 54 <=
Steve Winer 22
Treasurer
Bob Messenger 73 <=
Clerk
Nick Sterling 74 <=
Director
Katerya Odnarozhenko 58 <=
Elsie Smits 58 <=
Frank DelBonis 58 <=
Dustin Hopkins 48 <=
Mike Urbonas 48 <=
Dima Barash 46 <=
David Katsman 39 <=
Igor Klempf 37 <=
Andrew Hoy 32
Steve Winer 25
Robert E King 18
Candidates marked "<=" were elected. The election commission was Alonzo Ross, Igor Klempf, and Bob Messenger.
Bob Messenger
MACA Board Member
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05/24/2024:
Advance entries for the Massachusetts Open, updated 5/24/24
SwissSys Report: 92nd Massachusetts Open
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: Championship Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: 3-Day Under 2100 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: 2-Day Under 2100 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: 3-Day Under 1800 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: 2-Day Under 1800 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: 3-Day Under 1500 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: 2-Day Under 1500 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: 3-Day Under 1200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: 2-Day Under 1200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 92nd Massachusetts Open: Under 400 Section
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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05/19/2024:
Prize winners at the Barry S. Spiegel Cup
Prize winners at the Barry S. Spiegel Cup finals, held May 18-19 at the Boylston Chess Club in Boston, Mass.
High School Section:
1st Eric Feng 3.5-0.5
2nd Ansh Yadawad 3-1
3rd-4th Franklin Lewis, Yunze Owen Ji 2.5-1.5
Middle School Section:
1st-3rd Dattasai Kilari (playoff winner), Bohan Wang, Dhairya Mehta 3-1
Elementary School Section:
1st Kevin Zhao 3.5-0.5
2nd William Wu 2.5-1.5
3rd-7th Arthur Zhou, Felix Wu, Shawn Xu, Frank Cao, Zachary Pan 2-2
Primary School Section:
1st Chris Cui 4-0
2nd Samayu Alluri 3-1
3rd-4th Brooks Jiang, Ella Zhang
Except as noted, tied players are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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05/17/2024:
MACA Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Massachusetts Chess Association will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 27th, at the Westford Regency Inn and Conference Center, site of the 92nd Massachusetts Open.
Bob Messenger
MACA Board Member
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04/28/2024:
Prize winners at the 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship
Top prize winners at the 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship, held April 28th in Westford, Mass.
Championship Section
1st GM Jianchao Zhou 4-0
2nd FM Ryan Sun 3.5-0.5
Top Under 2300 Mikayel Mkrtchyan, FM Christopher Chase 3-1
Under 2200 Section
1st Franklin Lewis 4-0
2nd-4th Kaustubh Kislay, Felix Wu, Daniel Ramakrishna 3.5-0.5
Under 2000 Section
1st Aryan Shroff 3.5-0.5
2nd Parinya Jain 3-1
Under 1800 Section
1st Alp Celebi 4-0
2nd-4th Daniel Tiedemann, Calvin Hori, Ella Zhang 3-1
Under 1600 Section
1st Duy Nguyen 3.5-0.5
2nd-4th Lee Pendexter, Maitreya Ganguly, Kenisro Viyani 3-1
Under 1400 Section
1st-3rd Rodrigo Espirito Santo, Vahagn Gyulnazaryan, Tianyang Zhou 3.5-0.5
Under 1200 Section
1st-6th Brooks Jiang, Andrew Chan, Aum Desai, Alexander Rapoport, Isaac Marks, Daniel O'Connor 3-1
Under 1000 Section
1st Avish Dutta 4-0
2nd Jace Chyn 3.5-0.5
The tournament was directed by Frank Vogel, Mark Neale, Dima Barash, and Nicholas Sterling.
Bob Messenger
MACA Tournament Committee Chair
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04/25/2024:
Advance entries for the Massachusetts G/60 Championship, updated 4/25/24
SwissSys Report: 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship
SwissSys Wall Chart. 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship: Championship Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship: Under 2200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship: Under 2000 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship: Under 1800 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship: Under 1600 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship: Under 1400 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship: Under 1200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 32nd Massachusetts G/60 Championship: Under 1000 Section
Bob Messenger
MACA Board Member
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04/15/2024:
Prize winners at the Fourth Spiegel Cup Qualifier
Prize winners at the 4th Spiegel Cup Qualifier, held April 14th in Westford, Mass.
Grades 6-8 Section
1st Shouri Mosaliganti 3.5-0.5
2nd-4th Frank Wang, Ram Tammineni, Steven Feng 3-1
Grades K-5 Section
1st Bowen Yu 3.5-0.5
2nd-4th Kevindu Perera, Ruthwik Varanasi, Tianjun Chen 3-1
Grades K-3 Section
1st Brooks Jiang 4-0
2nd Skye Yuan 3.5-0.5
3rd Connor Guo 3-1
Reserve Under 1200 Section
1st Jacob Shteyman 4-0
2nd-4th Isaac Marks, Rohit Rani, Eric Hua 3-1
Reserve Under 800 Section
1st Felix Chien 4-0
2nd David Vidrevich 3.5-0.5
3rd-7th Brady Farmer, Guanyu Qiao, Alexander Chukkala, Bryan Seto, Aaron Yang Wang
Reserve Under 400 Section
1st Jiawen Liu 4-0
2nd-6th Zachary Mokhtar, Leonard Guo, Maxwell Anderson, Alexander Agranovitch, Max Fynes
Tied players are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger, Dima Barash, Nicholas Sterling, and Ken Belt.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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04/13/2024:
Advance entries for the Fourth Spiegel Cup Qualifier, updated 4/13/24
SwissSys Report: 4th Spiegel Cup Qualifier
SwissSys Wall Chart. 4th Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Grades 6-8 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 4th Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Grades K-5 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 4th Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Grades K-3 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 4th Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Reserve Under 1200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 4th Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Reserve Under 800 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 4th Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Reserve Under 400 Section
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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03/17/2024:
Prize winners at the Hurvitz Cup
Prize winners at the Hurvitz Cup, held March 17th in Westford, Mass.
Grades K-12 Section
1st Arlington High School (Yunze Owen Ji, John Archibald, Jahangir Suvanbekov, Ari Ushomirsky) 3.5-0.5
2nd-3rd Lexington High School (Victor Feng, David Zhou, Raymond Xu, Brandon Ni, Sritan Devineni,
Uri Netzer,
Brookline High School A (David Katsman, Zach Ellinor, Eli Traub,Jamie Evarts) 3-1
Top Booster Team (Under 1700): Belmont Hill School (Justin Li, Emerson Walker, Thomas Sheehan,
Teodoro Rivera-Wills, Maksim Roman) 2-2
Medals: Ben Palmer, Eric Feng
Grades K-8 Section
1st RJ Grey Junior High (Vihaan Jain, Pragyan Sriman, Bohan Wang, Steven Feng) 4-0
2nd Belmont Middle School (Maxim Klempf, Harry Li, Nathan Klempf, Ray Xue) 3-1
3rd-6th Gibbs Middle School (Yuze Luke Ji, Owen Baggett, Sola Tsuchiya, Jack Rabinowitz) 2-2
Top Booster Team (Under 700) Needham Middle School (Sam Fishbein, Eli Borgos, Oliver Eng, Avyaan Saxena),
Robert Adams Middle School (Kaiya Smits, Vihaan Patel, Shivani Ramanan) 2-2
Medals: Krishna Narayanan, Ishaan Kandage
Grades K-5 Section
1st-2nd Hastings A (Ella Zhang, Emma Zhang, Brooks Jiang, Jayden Zhou),
Luther Conant (Karanbir Singh, Moksha Hasti, Athena Zuckerber, Shreyas Peddi) 4-0
3rd-6th Bridge Elementary A (Yanyee Li, Jeremy Fan, Zongrui Zhou, Yanyan Li),
Chenery Elementary School (Christine Nguyen, Bowen Yu, Karthik Annamalai, Aiden Lu, Thomas Joy),
Bridge Elementary B (Nolan Pang, Maxwell Man, Luka Hoang, Chirshubhra Dev),
Norman E Day School (Kenisro Princeton Viyani, Ansh Yadav, Sahil Manghani, Alexander Capone) 3-1
Top Booster Team (Under 500) Concord Alcott School (Erick Liu, Jasper Weaver, Eric Li, Max Cardinal,
Theo Webb) 2.5-1.5
Medals: Aaron Yang Wang, Thomas Conrad, Elie Hayete, Max Gong, Orhan Kurt, Conor Rooyakkers,
Adrian Deych, Ishani Gupta, Ryan Bourque
Grades K-3 Section
1st-2nd Bridge Elementary E (Tyler Zhu, Daniel [Yunbo] Zhou, Haris Janisar, Shawn [Yunshen] Zhou),
Daniel Butler Elementary (Noah Wang, Mia Wang, Derek Sun, Charles Wang) 3-1
3rd-4th Bridge Elementary C (Keshav Adiga, Quasar Cambron, Phoenix Cambron, Kush Patel) 2.5-1.5
Top Booster Team (Under 200) Carlisle (Nana Chan, Zachary Mokhtar, Shippen Viera, Harry Shroff) 2.5-1.5
Medals: Brontis Abraham, Kilian Bosdet, Nina Martin
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger, Colin Scheriff, Dmitry Barash, Igor Klempf,
Nicholas Sterling, and Ken Belt
Bob Messenger
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03/16/2024:
Advance entries for the Hurvitz Cup, updated 3/16/2024
SwissSys Wall Chart. Hurvitz Cup: Grades K-12 (Team)
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St/Tm |
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Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
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Acton-Boxborough Regional HS |
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1902 |
ACTBOX |
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Arlington High School |
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1796 |
ARLING |
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Belmont Hill School |
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1207 |
BELHIL |
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Belmont High School |
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1871 |
BELMHS |
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Brookline High School A |
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1614 |
BROOKA |
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Brookline High School B |
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960 |
BROOKB |
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BU Academy |
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1357 |
BUA |
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Lexington High School |
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2032 |
LEXHS |
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SwissSys Wall Chart. Hurvitz Cup: Grades K-8 (Team)
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Name/Rating/ID |
St/Tm |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
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Robert Adams Middle School |
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730 |
ADAMS |
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Belmont Middle School |
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1679 |
BELMS |
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Concord Middle School |
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607 |
CONCMS |
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Gibbs Middle School |
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654 |
GIBBS |
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Needham Middle School |
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595 |
NEEDMS |
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RJ Grey Junior High |
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1908 |
RJGREY |
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Star Academy 1 |
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434 |
STAR1 |
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SwissSys Wall Chart. Hurvitz Cup: Grades K-5 (Team)
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Name/Rating/ID |
St/Tm |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
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Bridge Elementary A |
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1348 |
BRIDGA |
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Bridge Elementary B |
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581 |
BRIDGB |
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Bridge Elementary D |
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360 |
BRIDGD |
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Broadmeadow Elementary |
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311 |
BROADM |
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Chenery Elementary School |
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924 |
CHENER |
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Concord Alcott School |
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482 |
CONALC |
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Luther Conant |
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712 |
CONANT |
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John A Crisafulli Elementary A |
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357 |
CRISA |
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John A Crisafulli Elementary B |
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272 |
CRISB |
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| 10 |
Norman E Day School |
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633 |
DAY |
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| 11 |
Hastings A |
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1291 |
HASTA |
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| 12 |
Hastings B |
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657 |
HASTB |
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| 13 |
Lieutenant Job Lane School |
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577 |
LANE |
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| 14 |
Learning Project Team 1 |
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462 |
LEARN1 |
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| 15 |
Learning Project Team 2 |
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278 |
LEARN2 |
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| 16 |
Miller Elementary School |
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454 |
MILLER |
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| 17 |
Mitchell Elementary A |
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458 |
MITCHA |
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| 18 |
Mitchell Elementary B |
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267 |
MITCHB |
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| 19 |
St. Stephen's Armenian Elementar |
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366 |
SSAES |
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| 20 |
Star Academy 2 |
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479 |
STAR2 |
|
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| 21 |
Star Academy 3 |
|
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124 |
STAR3 |
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| 22 |
Winn Brook Elementary |
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493 |
WINNBR |
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| 23 |
Woodside Montessori Academy |
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297 |
WOODSI |
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SwissSys Wall Chart. Hurvitz Cup: Grades K-3 (Team)
| # |
Name/Rating/ID |
St/Tm |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
| 1 |
Bridge Elementary C |
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182 |
BRIDGC |
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| 2 |
Bridge Elementary E |
|
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276 |
BRIDGE |
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| 3 |
Daniel Butler Elementary School |
|
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315 |
BUTLER |
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| 4 |
Carlisle |
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164 |
CARLIS |
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| 5 |
Concord Alcott School |
|
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148 |
CONALC |
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| 6 |
Star Academy 4 |
|
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177 |
STAR4 |
|
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| 7 |
Thoreau (Concord) |
|
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130 |
THOREA |
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SwissSys Report: Hurvitz Cup
SwissSys Wall Chart. Hurvitz Cup: Grades K-12 (Team)
SwissSys Wall Chart. Hurvitz Cup: Grades K-8 (Team)
SwissSys Wall Chart. Hurvitz Cup: Grades K-5 (Team)
SwissSys Wall Chart. Hurvitz Cup: Grades K-3 (Team)
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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03/3/2024:
Prize winners at the Third Spiegel Cup Qualifier
Prize winners at the Third Spiegel Cup Qualifier, held March 3rd in Westford, Mass.
Grades 6-8 Section
1st Harry Li 4-0
2nd-7th Andrew Liu, Vivaan Tanna, Ram Tammineni, Steven Feng, Jianda Liu, Venkat Devata 3-1
Grades K-5 Section
1st Christine Nguyen 3.5-0.5
2nd-3rd Kevindu Perera, Soumili Dey 3-1
Grades K-3 Section
1st David Jette 4-0
2nd-4th Devansh Velianki, Brooks Jiang, Jasper Guo 3-1
Reserve Under 1200 Section
1st Robert Duguid 4-0
2nd-4th Yize Edward Zhao, Siddharth Ravi, Prayag Karthik 3-1
Reserve Under 800 Section
1st-2nd Malin Kuo, Jace Chyn 3.5-0.5
3rd-6th Dylan Dimmick, Jasper Weaver, David Vidrevich, Yan Zhu 3-1
Reserve Under 400 Section
1st Sesha Chemuturi 4-0
2nd Nana Chan 3.5-0.5
3rd-6th Cass Pewarski, Leonard Guo, Mia Wang, Brontis Abraham 3-1
Tied players are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger, Dmitry Barash, Colin Scheriff, and Nicholas Sterling.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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03/2/2024:
Advance entries for the Third Spiegel Cup Qualifier, updated 3/2/24
SwissSys Report: 3rd Spiegel Cup Qualifier
SwissSys Wall Chart. 3rd Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Grades 6-8 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 3rd Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Grades K-5 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 3rd Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Grades K-3 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 3rd Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Reserve Under 1200 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 3rd Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Reserve Under 800 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. 3rd Spiegel Cup Qualifier: Reserve Under 400 Section
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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02/14/2024:
Massachusetts Chess Association Call for Nominations
Massachusetts Chess Association Call for Nominations
The Massachusetts Chess Association is now accepting nominations for the annual election of its 12-member board, to serve from June 2024 to June 2025. Members may stand for election for President, Vice President, Treasurer or Clerk, or one of the eight Director positions. The submission deadline for nominations is February 15, 2024. In order to be eligible to run, memberships must be valid through the end of the upcoming term (June 2025).
For more information, see the MACA bylaws (http://www.masschess.org/about/MACA-Bylaws-2018.aspx).
Please e-mail nominations and questions to treasurer@masschess.org. When submitting nominations on behalf of another person, please confirm that you have communicated with the candidate and they are willing to appear on the ballot. If possible, include contact information for the candidate, preferably an email address.
Bob Messenger
MACA Board Member
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02/11/2024:
Prize winners at the Winter Team Challenge
Prize winners at the Winter Team Challenge, held February 11th in Westford, Mass.
Under 1800 Section
1st Future Masters Chess Academy 1 (Franklin Lewis, Frank Wang, Simon Payne, Shouri Mosaliganti) 3.5-0.5
2nd-3rd Belmont High School (Jerry Chen, Lawrence Tu, Ben Palmer, Rohan Licht),
Checkmate 49ers (Krishna Mutnuri, Rayhan Riaz, Venkat Varatharajan, Sriman Devineni) 3-1
Top Under 1400 Unexpected (Dylan Arndt, Yan Barash, Kolby Sahin, Isaac Marks) 2-2
Medals: Jianda Liu, Samanyu Alluri, David Jette, Aryan Shroff 3-1
Under 900 Section
1st-2nd Future Masters Chess Academy 5 (Vincent Yu, Ethan Palacios, Shalin Gupta, Kairav Thiagarajah),
Karlssons (Gregory Agranovich, Stephen Gregory, Benjamin Zhang, Lior Beloborodov) 3.5-0.5
3rd Future Masters Chess Academy 6 (William Xue, Thomas Conrad, Luke Yountz, Christoher Peckham) 3-1
Top Under 700 Magic (Jacob Shteyman, Aidin Sydykov, Max Breyt, Boris Perlin),
Needham Middle School (Sam Fishbein, Eli Borgos, Jeff Herschberg-Stiles, Dennis Shvarts) 2-2
Medals: Winston Heine, Kieran Patrick 4-0,
Shermann Bagade, Ryan Xiao, Connor Guo, Dimitri Sarantis 3.5-0.5,
Yashmit Rastogi, Karanbir Singh, Sanav Chakraborty, Anton Poliannikov, Weiyi Zhou,
Ivan Ruzicka, Athena Zuckerberg 3-1
Under 500 Section
1st-2nd CEK Knight Riders (Max Gong, Azim Faisal, Jack Loncto, Charlie Woo),
BB&N Raging Knights (Adrian Chikosh, Levi Epstein, Aydin Sungur, William Wang) 4-0
3rd Funky Owls C (Dmitry Filippov, Anthony Mendes, Shivani Ramanan, Roman Pozhidaev) 3.5-0.5
Top Under 250 Broadmeadow (Charlie Dittmer, Decian Biddick, Dylan McLain, Lincoln Silva) 2.5-1.5
Medals: Kanay Busa, Daniel Medvinsky, Alexander Liu, Edward Yang 4-0,
Eric Gu, Ranveer Singh, Ishaan Kandage, Michael Lippman, Min Son, George Koren, Lucas Chen,
Connor Courtney 3.5-0.5
Penchal Bethanaboyina, Colin Plum, Ryan Bonica, Alexander Wulf, Lucas Li, Emre Okan, Ansh Yadav,
Alexander Chung, Ethan Kerstein, Hovhannes Sargent, Royal Shulman, Nana Chan,
Aarav Saxena, Wesley Eng, Keshav Adiga, Andrei Kalaev, Eamon Peterson, Daniel Zheng,
Max Fynes, Eric Zhang, Conor Rooyakkers, Jimmy Wang 3-1
Tied teams are listed in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger, Dima Barash, Colin Scheriff, Lawyer Times, Elsie Smits,
and Nicholas Sterling, assisted by Ken Belt and Nadya Kosintseva.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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02/10/2024:
Advance entries for the Winter Team Challenge, updated 2/10/24
SwissSys Wall Chart. Winter Team Challenge: Under 1800 Section (Team)
| # |
Name/Rating/ID |
St/Tm |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
| 1 |
Belmont High School |
|
|
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1735 |
BELMON |
|
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| 2 |
Checkmate 49ers |
|
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1755 |
CM49ER |
|
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|
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| 3 |
FMCA 1 |
|
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|
| |
1778 |
FMCA1 |
|
|
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| 4 |
FMCA 2 |
|
|
|
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|
| |
1581 |
FMCA2 |
|
|
|
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| 5 |
FMCA 3 |
|
|
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|
|
| |
1316 |
FMCA3 |
|
|
|
|
| 6 |
Funky Owls A |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
911 |
FUNOWA |
|
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|
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| 7 |
Chess Heroes |
|
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|
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|
| |
1681 |
HEROES |
|
|
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|
| 8 |
Lincoln Chess Club |
|
|
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|
|
| |
1000 |
LINCCC |
|
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|
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| 9 |
Rizzly Bears |
|
|
|
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|
| |
1573 |
RIZZB |
|
|
|
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| 10 |
Sleeping Kings |
|
|
|
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|
| |
1166 |
SLEEPK |
|
|
|
|
| 11 |
UNEXPECTED |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
1335 |
UNEXP |
|
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|
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SwissSys Wall Chart. Winter Team Challenge: Under 900 Section (Team)
| # |
Name/Rating/ID |
St/Tm |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
| 1 |
AAIO |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
785 |
AAIO |
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
ABC No. 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
834 |
ABC1 |
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
Angier Plus |
|
|
|
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|
| |
582 |
ANGIER |
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
CEK Counter Gambit |
|
|
|
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|
| |
518 |
CEKCG |
|
|
|
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| 5 |
Celestial Minds Rockets |
|
|
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| |
737 |
CMROCK |
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| 6 |
FMCA 4 |
|
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| |
865 |
FMCA4 |
|
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|
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| 7 |
FMCA 5 |
|
|
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| |
881 |
FMCA5 |
|
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| 8 |
FMCA 6 |
|
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|
| |
898 |
FMCA6 |
|
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| 9 |
FMCA 7 |
|
|
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| |
859 |
FMCA7 |
|
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| 10 |
Funky Owls B |
|
|
|
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|
| |
641 |
FUNOWB |
|
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|
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| 11 |
Karlssons |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
804 |
KARLSS |
|
|
|
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| 12 |
The Knights |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
621 |
KNIGHT |
|
|
|
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| 13 |
Magic |
|
|
|
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|
| |
609 |
MAGIC |
|
|
|
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| 14 |
Needham Middle School |
|
|
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| |
624 |
NEEDMS |
|
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| 15 |
RAIJ |
|
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|
| |
739 |
RAIJ |
|
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| 16 |
Snow Leopards |
|
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| |
808 |
SNOLEO |
|
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|
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| 17 |
Star Academy - 1 |
|
|
|
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|
| |
847 |
STAR1 |
|
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| 18 |
Windham Chess Kings |
|
|
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|
| |
749 |
WINDCK |
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SwissSys Wall Chart. Winter Team Challenge: Under 500 Section (Team)
| # |
Name/Rating/ID |
St/Tm |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
| 1 |
Acton Checkers |
|
|
|
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|
| |
361 |
ACTONC |
|
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| 2 |
Alcott Concord |
|
|
|
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|
| |
214 |
ALCOTT |
|
|
|
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| 3 |
Broadmeadow |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
237 |
BROADM |
|
|
|
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| 4 |
Carlisle Chess Club |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
100 |
CARLIS |
|
|
|
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| 5 |
CEK Knight Riders |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
426 |
CEKKR |
|
|
|
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| 6 |
Chess Champs |
|
|
|
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|
| |
222 |
CHAMPS |
|
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| 7 |
Chess Heroes #2 |
|
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| |
unr. |
CHERO2 |
|
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| 8 |
Chess Heroes #3 |
|
|
|
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|
| |
328 |
CHERO3 |
|
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|
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| 9 |
Chessmate |
|
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| |
unr. |
CMATE |
|
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|
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| 10 |
FMCA 8 |
|
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| |
486 |
FMCA8 |
|
|
|
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| 11 |
FMCA 9 |
|
|
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|
| |
233 |
FMCA9 |
|
|
|
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| 12 |
Funky Owls C |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
413 |
FUNOWC |
|
|
|
|
| 13 |
Funky Owls D |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
115 |
FUNOWD |
|
|
|
|
| 14 |
Hastings Chess Mates |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
414 |
HASTCM |
|
|
|
|
| 15 |
Hye Knights A |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
322 |
HYEKNA |
|
|
|
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| 16 |
Hye Knights B |
|
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| |
unr. |
HYEKNB |
|
|
|
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| 17 |
Kingsguard |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
469 |
KINGSG |
|
|
|
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| 18 |
LIMAYING |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
170 |
LIMAY |
|
|
|
|
| 19 |
Mitchell B |
|
|
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|
| |
158 |
MITCHB |
|
|
|
|
| 20 |
Pegasus |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
298 |
PEGASU |
|
|
|
|
| 21 |
Rookies Chess Team |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
354 |
ROOKIE |
|
|
|
|
| 22 |
Rook and Roll |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
484 |
ROOKRO |
|
|
|
|
| 23 |
RSM-Belmont |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
407 |
RSMBEL |
|
|
|
|
| 24 |
RSM-Lexington |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
unr. |
RSMLEX |
|
|
|
|
| 25 |
SANS |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
123 |
SANS |
|
|
|
|
| 26 |
Star Academy - 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
424 |
STAR2 |
|
|
|
|
| 27 |
Star Academy - 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
324 |
STAR3 |
|
|
|
|
| 28 |
Star Academy - 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
182 |
STAR4 |
|
|
|
|
| 29 |
Star Academy - 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
129 |
STAR5 |
|
|
|
|
| 30 |
Star Academy - 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
unr. |
STAR6 |
|
|
|
|
| 31 |
Star Academy - 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
unr. |
STAR7 |
|
|
|
|
| 32 |
Star Academy - 8 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
105 |
STAR8 |
|
|
|
|
| 33 |
Star Academy - 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
100 |
STAR9 |
|
|
|
|
| 34 |
Westford Chess Warriors |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
317 |
WESTCW |
|
|
|
|
SwissSys Wall Chart. Winter Team Challenge: Under 1800 Section (Team)
SwissSys Wall Chart. Winter Team Challenge: Under 900 Section (Team)
SwissSys Wall Chart. Winter Team Challenge: Under 500 Section (Team)
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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01/21/2024:
Prize winners at the Gus Gosselin Grade Championship
Prizes at the Gus Gosselin Grade Championship, held January 21st in Westford, Mass.
Grades 9-12 Section
1st Oskar Zoffer (grade 9) 3.5
2nd-4th Krishna Mutnuri (playoff winner), David Katsman, John Archibald 3-1
Top Grade 9 Charles Xie 2.5-1.5
The top three players qualify for the Spiegel Cup finals.
Grades 6-8 Section
1st-7th Andrew Liu (grade 6), Amy Nguyen, Jianda Liu, Harry Li, Daniel Ramakrishna* 3-1
1st-7th/Top Grade 6 Viraj Rastogi, Maitreya Ganguly 3-1
* withdrew from tournament, not eligible for prizes
Grade 5 Section
1st Christine Nguyen 3.5-0.5
2nd-4th Kenisro Viyani, Sergei Zanozin, Mika Jafarov
Grade 4 Section
1st Daniel Kurtz 4-0
2nd-5th Duy Nguyen, Evan Banerjee, Eric Hua, Varun Vasanth 3-1
Grade 3 Section
1st Zongrui Zhou 4-0
2nd-5th Aaron Wang, Lawrence Ni, Jasper Guo, Hovhannes Sargent 3-1
Grades K-2 Section
1st David Jette 4-0
2nd-7th Tamer Suvanbekov (grade 1), Samanyu Alluri, Aiden Shang, Yashmit Rastogi 3-1
2nd-7th/Top Grade 1 Brooks Jiang, Weiyi Zhou 3-1
Top Kindergarten Noah Wang 2-2
Except as noted, tied players are list in tiebreak order.
The tournament was directed by Bob Messenger, Dmitry Barash, and Nicholas Sterling. Ken Belt assisted with tournament setup.
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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01/20/2024:
Advance entries for the Gus Gosselin Grade Championship, updated 1/20/24
SwissSys Report: Gus Gosselin Grade Championship
SwissSys Wall Chart. Gus Gosselin Grade Championship: Grades 9-12 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. Gus Gosselin Grade Championship: Grades 6-8 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. Gus Gosselin Grade Championship: Grade 5 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. Gus Gosselin Grade Championship: Grade 4 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. Gus Gosselin Grade Championship: Grade 3 Section
SwissSys Wall Chart. Gus Gosselin Grade Championship: Grades K-2 Section
Bob Messenger
Chief TD
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