|
December 20th
George Sturgis Memorial Final Round (of 4)
Another Tournament Ends In 3-Way Tie For First!
Congratulations to
George O'Rourke
of Concord, Bruce
Felton of Fitchburg, and Parker
Montgomery of Keene, NH who finished tied for first in the George
Sturgis Memorial with 3 points out of 4.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
December 13th
First of all, everyone at the club wishes George Mirijanian a speedy recovery. George was taken to the emergency room Wednesday with a rapid heartbeat, but has not had a recurrence. He is currently down in Worcester for observation and more advanced tests. He will hopefully be home by Saturday morning (December 16th).
George is the one who has made this club possible for many, many years. Best of luck George! Do whatever you need to do to get healthy. We all look forward to seeing you healthy again soon.
George Sturgis Memorial Round 3 (of 4)
George Mirijanian, Martin Laine, Ken Gurge, Brian Biglow, Alan Condon, and Max Sewell received half-point byes. Andrew Kiser received a full-point bye.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
December 6th
George Sturgis Memorial Round 2 (of 4)
George O'Rourke In 1st Place
After just 2 weeks of play, George O'Rourke of Concord is the ONLY player with 2 wins and no losses! His win tonight came in a very exciting rook and pawn endgame against Dave Couture where George originally stood worse.
Parker Montgomery and Max Sewell received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
November 29th
George Sturgis Memorial Round 1 (of 4)
George Mirijanian and Alan Condon received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
November 15th
J.
Camille LeBlanc Memorial Tournament Ends In 3-Way Tie For First!
Congratulations to
Ken Gurge of Leominster,
Martin Laine of Lunenburg, and Parker
Montgomery of Keene, NH who finished tied for first in the J.
Camille LeBlanc Memorial with 4 points out of 5. Parker Montgomery pulled out a must-win victory to tie Ken Gurge for first place and put an end to Ken's incredible 6-game winning streak. Martin Laine also scored a victory to finish at 4/5 and a share of first place.
Tom Fratturelli, Angel Soto, Wayne Steadman, and Andy Kiser did not play the round. Andy was gracious enough to sit out to allow George Mirijanian to play Bruce Felton.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
November 8th
J.
Camille LeBlanc Memorial Gurge Makes It 6 In A Row! Ken Gurge has clinched at least a tie for 1st with a week still to go in the J. Camille LeBlanc Memorial by winning his 6th consecutive game. Next week he is scheduled to play Parker Montgomery - the club's highest rated player. A win by Parker will tie him for first with Ken and also give a chance to Martin Laine to tie for first with a victory.
Also of note this week, Ernest Fandreyer
pulled off a stunning upset of Dave Couture
who is rated 484 points higher! Congratulations Ernest! It is
notable that Ernest is now 2-1 against Dave lifetime.
Max Sewell and Andrew Kiser received half-point byes. Wayne Steadman did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
November 1st
J.
Camille LeBlanc Memorial The Gurge Juggernaut Rolls On! After winning the final 2 rounds of the previous tournament to finish 2nd, Ken Gurge has now won the first 3 rounds of the J. Camille LeBlanc Memorial to move into sole possession of 1st place! Next week, Larry Gladding will get the white pieces and take his shot at stopping the Gurge juggernaut. This week also saw the welcome return of 2 players: Parker Montgomery, the club's highest rated player, and the unstoppable Angel Soto who had been hospitalized from a gunshot wound. Unfortunately Angel arrived too late to play tonight, but should be back next week.
Dave Couture, Angel Soto, and Wayne Steadman received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
October 25th
J.
Camille LeBlanc Memorial Former Champion Larry Gladding Returns With A Vengeance! Larry Gladding, Leominster's highest rated player and former club champion returned to the club last night for the first time in over a year and defeated reigning club champion George Mirijanian. As a result of receiving a 1/2-point bye for last week's first round, he starts the tournament just a 1/2-point behind undefeated leaders Martin Laine and Ken Gurge. Next week's top board match-up should be interesting as Martin and Ken both have 4-game winning streaks on the line.
Brian Biglow, Dave Couture, and Wayne Steadman received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
October 18th
J.
Camille LeBlanc Memorial Who's Upset?! Congratulations to George Miller and Brian Biglow for pulling off upsets of Dave Couture and George Mirijanian respectively. George Miller was at a 353-point rating disadvantage and Brian was at a 474-point(!) rating disadvantage. Nice work guys! Also tonight, the club welcomed back former club champion Larry Gladding who is currently second only to current club champion George Mirijanian on the rating list.
Larry Gladding received a half-point bye.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
October 11th Edmund
N. Wheeler Memorial
Congratulations to
Martin Laine of Lunenburg who won the Edmund
N. Wheeler Memorial. Congratulations also to
Ken Gurge of Leominster who finished 2nd and
Bruce Felton,
Eduardo Valadares, and Alan Condon
who tied for 3rd.
Bruce Felton, George Mirijanian, Paul Lynch, George Miller, Wayne Steadman and Angel Soto did not play the round. Angel is currently hospitalized and is recovering from gunshot wounds inflicted on him by an assailant at a birthday party on Oct. 7 in Fitchburg. We wish Angel a speedy recovery.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
October 4th Edmund
N. Wheeler Memorial Three-Way Tie For Lead Going Into Final Week Martin Laine of Lunenburg and Eduardo Valadares of Hudson moved into a three-way tie for first place with upset wins this week. Martin defeated tournament co-leader (and club champion) George Mirijanian of Fitchburg to knock George out of a share of the lead and into a tie for fourth place. Eduardo overcame a 174-point rating difference to win his game and a share of first.
Bruce Felton and Andrew Kiser received half-point byes. Dave Couture and Paul Lynch did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September
27th Edmund
N. Wheeler Memorial Mirijanian Ties Felton For The Lead! George Mirijanian of Fitchburg took advantage of Bruce Felton's taking a half-point bye this week. George tied for 1st place with a victory over Ken Gurge of Leominster.
Bruce Felton, Tom Fratturelli, Paul Lynch, Angel Soto, Alan Condon and George Miller received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September
20th Edmund
N. Wheeler Memorial Bruce Felton Takes The Lead! After just 2 weeks of play Bruce Felton of Fitchburg has taken sole possession of first place.
George Mirijanian, Martin Laine, Tom Fratturelli, Paul Lynch, Dave Couture and Alan Condon received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September
13th Edmund
N. Wheeler Memorial No Surprises?! Well there were no surprises tonight in terms of the outcomes of the games - the higher rated players won every game. However, we did get a surprise from new member Paul Lynch who drove almost 2 hours(!) from Pittsfield, NH to attend. Now that's dedication! Happily for Paul, he achieved a victory which must have made the ride home a little more pleasant.
Ken Gurge and Dave Couture received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September
6th
Frederic S. Lawrence Memorial Congratulations to Brian Biglow of Leominster, Ken Gurge also of Leominster, and Dave Couture of Westminster who all tied for 1st in the Fred Lawrence Memorial Tournament.
Not
playing the final round were George O'Rourke, Paul Giovino, Joe Bennett,
Richard Bennett and Caleb Comptois.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
August 30th
Frederic S. Lawrence Memorial Gurge Widens His Lead With one week to go in the tournament Ken Gurge of Leominster widened his lead to a full point by defeating club champion George Mirijanian of Fitchburg (see Games section).
Andrew Kiser received a half-point bye. Not playing the round were George
O'Rourke, Joe Bennett (away at school in Washington, DC), Richard Bennett,
Caleb Comptois and George Miller.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
August 23rd
Frederic S. Lawrence Memorial With all the draws and half-point byes this week, the standings at the top remained pretty much unchanged except for Wayne Steadman moving up into the pack tied for 2nd-5th. One game of note this week was Fratturelli-Valadares. This was Eduardo Valadares' 50th club game of the year and his first draw!
George Mirijanian, George O'Rourke, Brian Biglow, Richard Bennett and Caleb
Comptois received half-point byes. Joe Bennett has withdrawn from the
tournament to start college.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
August 16th
Frederic S. Lawrence Memorial Gurge Surges Into Lead! After just 2 weeks of play Ken Gurge of Leominster has taken sole possession of first place. Also this week, we bid farewell (for the school year) to Paul Giovino of Lunenburg who returns to Bentley College in Waltham and to Joe Bennett of Hubbardston who is off to Washington, D.C. to begin college at Catholic University. Good luck to you both!
George Mirijanian, Martin Laine, Dave Couture and Max Sewell received half-point byes.
Tentative pairings for Round 3 on August 23: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
August 9th
Frederic S. Lawrence Memorial
Dave Couture received a half-point bye.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
August 2nd
Herman M Demulling Memorial Final Round (of 5) Congratulations to George Mirijanian of Fitchburg who won the Herman M. Demulling Memorial Tournament. Congratulations also to Joe Bennett of Hubbardston who finished second and Martin Laine, Paul Giovino, Ken Gurge, Tom Fratturelli, and Eduardo Valadares who all tied for third.
Bruce
Felton, Martin Laine, Angel Soto and Andrew Kiser did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
July 26
Herman M Demulling Memorial Round 4 (of 5) Joe Bennett of Hubbardston held club champion George Mirijanian of Fitchburg to a draw tonight to retain possession of 1st place. Next week, Joe will face last year's club co-champion, Bruce Felton of Fitchburg. A win for Joe will make him the winner of the tournament and a draw will guarantee him at least a tie for first. As usual it promises to be an exciting final week!
Bruce
Felton received a half-point bye and Angel Soto did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
July 19
Herman M Demulling Memorial Round 3 (of 5)
Caleb Comptois joined the tournament and was given half-point byes for the two rounds he missed. George Mirijanian, Angel Soto, Brian Biglow and Andrew Kiser received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
July 12
Herman M Demulling Memorial Round 2 (of 5) After 2 weeks George Mirijanian of Fitchburg, Joe Bennett of Hubbardston, and Tom Fratturelli of Leominster are tied for first place. George and Joe are scheduled to play next week while Tom is scheduled to face-off against last year's co-champion Bruce Felton of Fitchburg.
Angel
Soto joined the tournament and was given a half-point bye for the first
round. Brian Biglow, Max Sewell and Andrew Kiser received
half-point byes for the second round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
July 5
Herman M Demulling Memorial Round 1 (of 5)
Brian Biglow is unavailable for rounds 2 and 3 and will receive half-point byes. If other players - like Parker Montgomery, Gary Brassard, Alan Condon, Wayne Steadman et al. - join the tournament next week, the pairings for boards 4 down will be different. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
June 28 Congratulations to Bruce Felton of Fitchburg who won the club's Quick Chess Championship which was held tonight.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
June 21
George Mirijanian is the new club champion! Congratulations George!
2006 Wachusett Chess Club Championship Final Round (of 7)
"A" Division
George's "A" Division victory represents his 14th club championship win (either clear or shared) in 47(!) years of Wachusett CC play. The first Wachusett CC championship was in 1960 in which George was runner-up to winner Frank Hacker.
"B" Division With their wins this week, Gary Brassard and Paul Giovino have tied for 1st place in the "B" Division championship. Congratulations Gary and Paul!
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
June 14
2006 Wachusett Chess Club Championship Round 6 (of 7)
"A" Division
Last year's co-champions George Mirijanian and Bruce Felton played tonight and George scored a win with the white pieces. George can clinch the club championship next week with a draw, but he'll have black against the club's highest rated player - Parker Montgomery! At the same time, last year's co-champion, Bruce Felton will have white against the lowest rated player in the group! A win by Bruce combined with a loss by George would result in Bruce being co-champion once again! The same is true for George O'Rourke who is tied for 2nd place with Bruce. It's entirely possible that we could end up with 3 co-champions this year which would be a first in club history!
(*) Tom Fratturelli and Parker Montgomery each have a week to make up.
"B" Division With their wins this week, Gary Brassard and Paul Giovino have moved into a tie for 1st place.
Dave
Couture, Wayne Steadman and George Miller did not play the round. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
June 7
2006 Wachusett Chess Club Championship Round 5 (of 7)
"A" Division
With their wins this week, last year's co-champions George Mirijanian and Bruce Felton have pulled away into a 2-way tie for 1st place. Next week the 2 players will meet in their penultimate round for what could well turn out to be the deciding match of the championship. Stay tuned!
(*) Tom Fratturelli and Parker Montgomery each have a week to make up. "B" Division
Wayne
Steadman, George Miller and Andrew Kiser did not play the round. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
May 31
2006 Wachusett Chess Club Championship Round 4 (of 7)
"A" Division
With wins this week, George Mirijanian and George O'Rourke have moved back into a tie for 1st with Bruce Felton. Next week Bruce and George O'Rourke will be going head-to-head in what promises to be an exciting game.
"B" Division For the second week in a row, the players with white couldn't win a game. If this keeps up, players are going to start ASKING to get black!
Garry
Brassard received a half-point bye.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
May 24
2006 Wachusett Chess Club Championship Round 3 (of 7)
"A" Division
Bruce Felton has broken away from the "Fearsome Foursome" into 1st place with his win this week. Bruce was the 2004 club champion and the 2005 club co-champion with George Mirijanian.
"B" Division It was a good week to be black!
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
May 17
2006 Wachusett Chess Club Championship Round 2 (of 7)
With all of last week's winners drawing their games, the championship remains a 4-way tie after 2 rounds.
"A" Division
"B" Division
Ken
Gurge and Andrew Kiser received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
May 10
2006 Wachusett Chess Club Championship Round 1 (of 7)
"A" Division
"B" Division
George
Miller received a full-point bye. Paul Giovino, Ken Gurge and Andrew Kiser
received half-point byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
May 3
2006
Wachusett CC Championship Preliminaries Congratulations to George Mirijanian, Tom Fratturelli, Eduardo Valadares, and Joe Bennett who qualified tonight for the remaining places in the championship section.
Angel Soto, Brian Biglow, Caleb Comptois, Ben Brandt and Andrew Kiser did not play the round. Championship round qualifiers in blue.
Round 1 "A" Division pairings for May 10:
O'Rourke-Laine The following players are expected to compete in the "B" Division:
Gary Brassard, Paul
Giovino, Ken Gurge, Dave Couture, Angel Soto, Alan Condon, Ernest Fandreyer,
Brian Biglow, Wayne Steadman, Reggie Boone, Richard Bennett, Caleb Comptois,
Max Sewell, Ben Brandt, Andrew Kiser, and George Miller. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
April 30,
2006 Congratulations to the following players who each moved up a rating class in the recent Dr. Max Levinger Memorial tournament: Ken Gurge moved up to Class B Brian Biglow moved up to Class C Dr. George Miller moved up to Class E
Congratulations all! |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
April 26,
2006
2006
Wachusett CC Championship Preliminaries Congratulations to Bruce Felton, George O'Rourke, and Parker Montgomery who qualified tonight for the championship section. They join Martin Laine who qualified last week.
Brian
Biglow and Max Sewell did not play the round. Angel Soto, Reggie
Boone, Caleb Comptois, and Benjamin Brandt were withdrawn from the
tournament.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
April 19,
2006
2006
Wachusett CC Championship Preliminaries Congratulations to Martin Laine of Lunenburg who is the first player to qualify through to the championship round!
Eduardo Valadares received a full-point bye. Joe Bennett, Angel Soto, Reggie
Boone, Caleb Comptois and Ben Brandt did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
April 12,
2006
2006
Wachusett CC Championship Preliminaries Two players from New Hampshire visited the club on April 12 and took part in the second round of the club championship prelims. Parker G. Montgomery of Keene, a USCF-rated expert who is well-known in the country as a longtime player, organizer and director, and Max Sewell of Peterborough, who has been playing rated chess for less than a year, both posted wins. Both have indicated they will be joining the club, so welcome aboard Parker and Max!
Joe Bennett, Angel
Soto, Reggie Boone, Caleb Comptois, Ben Brandt and Andrew Kiser did not play
the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
April
5,
2006
2006
Wachusett CC Championship Preliminaries All the games went "according to plan" this week with the stronger players winning their games except for Richard Bennett's very nice upset win over Dave Couture. Congratulations to Richard especially for having the "audacity" to open with 1. h4 and 2. h5!
George
O'Rourke, Alan Condon, Ernest Fandreyer, Brian Biglow, Reggie Boone, and
Andrew Kiser did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
March 29
Dr.
Max Levinger Memorial Congratulations to Martin Laine of Lunenburg and Bruce Felton of Fitchburg who finished tied for first place in the Dr. Max Levinger Memorial Tournament. Congratulations also to George Mirijanian of Fitchburg and Dave Couture of Westminster who finished tied for third. Note from George Mirijanian:
Dr.
Max Levinger (July 9, 1894 - March 1973) was one of the most colorful
characters in the history of the Wachusett Chess Club. He was a charter
member of the club when it became officially the Wachusett Chess Club in
February 1960 and met at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building on Pleasant
Street in Fitchburg. When I joined the club in the late 1950s before it
adopted its current name, Dr. Levinger was a club regular who insisted on
playing with his set. His set, however, had a missing black pawn. But the
good doctor's solution was to use a black cap from a medicine bottle as a
substitute! Some of the club players, including me, played extra games on
Friday nights at Dr. Levinger's office in downtown Fitchburg. I remember
playing on his desk and also on his examining table when his desk was
occupied by other club members. We played into the wee hours of Saturday
morning. Dr. Levinger never wanted us to leave until he had beaten us. He
didn't like to lose and when he did, you had to play him again and again. I
have very fond memories of Dr. Levinger, the likes of which the club will
never see again.
Brian
Biglow received a half-point bye. Paul Giovino, Angel Soto and Reggie Boone
did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
March 22
Dr.
Max Levinger Memorial Martin Laine of Lunenburg broke out of the 3-way tie for first place and into clear first by defeating co-leader Dave Couture of Westminster in a 70 move rook and pawn endgame while the other co-leader Tom Fratturelli of Leominster lost to club co-champion George Mirijanian of Fitchburg. Note from George Mirijanian:
USCF
life member Edward D.W. Goguen, 80, of Endwell, NY, visited the club on
March 22. He was a former resident of Fitchburg and was president of the
Wachusett Chess Club about 45 years ago. A retired IBM employee, he has been
resident of New York state since 1963 but has made it a point to visit the
Wachusett CC every time he has come back to the area to see family members
and friends. We always enjoy his visits, as he has great stories about the
club dating back to the late 1950s and early '60s.
Paul
Giovino, Angel Soto, Richard Bennett and Reggie Boone did not play the
round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
March 15
Dr.
Max Levinger Memorial
George
Mirijanian, Angel Soto, Reggie Boone and Andrew Kiser received half-point
byes.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
March 8
Dr.
Max Levinger Memorial Upsets were the story again this week. Wayne Steadman pulled off another upset this week - this time overcoming a 300+ point rating difference to beat his higher-rated opponent. Also, Tom Fratturelli and Dave Couture pulled off "upset draws" against their higher rated opposition. So far only Martin Laine has avoided being nicked and is alone in the lead with 2 points after 2 rounds.
Reggie
Boone was given a full-point bye, while Angel Soto received a half-point
bye. Andrew Kiser did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
March 1
Dr.
Max Levinger Memorial There were two "upset draws" in the first round of the Dr. Max Levinger Memorial tonight with both Brian Biglow and Wayne Steadman overcoming 400+ point rating differences to draw their higher-rated opponents. Also, Martin Laine and Ken Gurge both became the first players this year to hit the 20-win mark. Dr. Max Levinger Memorial
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
February 22 Congratulations to Martin Laine, winner of the Washington's Birthday Quick Chess tournament. The 55-year-old Lunenburg resident was able to do it by coming from behind and defeating tournament leader Dave Couture in the final round in a field of 16 players. Laine finished with a score of 4-1, while Couture, Bruce Felton, Paul Sciaraffa of Avon, and Ken Gurge tied for 2nd-5th place with 3.5-1.5 tallies. All received chess books as prizes. Winning the top Under 1500 book prize was 11-year-old Mustafa Buxamusa of Westford, who appeared in his first Wachusett CC quick chess event in October of last year. Newcomer Bryan St. Germain of Hubbardston won the top Under 1200/Unrated book prize.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
February 15
Reginald Boone Octogenarian Swiss Final Round (of 5)
Congratulations to Bruce Felton of Fitchburg winner of the Reginald Boone Octogenarian Swiss. Congratulations also to Martin Laine of Lunenburg who finished second and George Mirijanian of Fitchburg who finished third.
Lester
Garbicz, Paul Giovino, Angel Soto, Raymond Fortier, Caleb Comptois, and
Andrew Kiser did not play the round.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
February 8
We
had a surprise visitor Wednesday night at the club. USCF-rated Class A
player
Lester Garbicz of Medina, Ohio, who was Wachusett Chess Club champion in
1965, visited the club and club president George Mirijanian talked him into
playing the fourth round of the tournament. He agreed. This was
his first rated game of chess in more than 15 years. Here's what happened in
Round 4: Reginald Boone Octogenarian Swiss Round 4 (of 5)
George Mirijanian, Ray Fortier and Andrew Kiser received half-point byes.
Paul Giovino had already withdrawn from the tournament.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
February 1
The honoree of the tournament, Reggie Boone, has yet to play due to health reasons. Get well soon Reggie!
Reginald Boone Octogenarian Swiss Round 3 (of 5)
Martin
Laine and Cristen Comptois received half-point byes. Paul Giovino had
already withdrawn from the tournament.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
January 25, 2006
Reginald Boone Octogenarian Swiss Round 2 (of 5)
Richard Bennett received a half-point bye. Paul Giovino had already withdrawn from the tournament.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
January 18, 2006
Reginald Boone Octogenarian Swiss Round 1 (of 5)
Ben
Brandt did not play the round.
Paul
Giovino had to withdraw from the tournament in order to return to school at
Bentley College in Waltham. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
January 11, 2006 Congratulations to George O'Rourke of Concord, who won the Eli L. Bourdon Memorial time-handicap tournament with a score of 4.5-0.5 in a field of 12 players. The surprise second-place finisher was Caleb Comptois of Hubbardston, who was initially ranked 11th but ended up with a 4-1 tally after beating much higher-rated opponents in the final four rounds. Bruce Felton of Fitchburg captured third place with a score of 3.5-1.5, including a draw with tournament winner O'Rourke in the third round. The tournament honored the memory of Eli L. Bourdon (1907-1980) of Holyoke, who died 26 years ago this month. He played a key role in helping organize Fitchburg's first USCF-rated weekend tournament - the Central New England Open - in 1961 at the former Veterans of Foreign Wars building on Pleasant Street in the city - not too far from Fitchburg State College. - George Mirijanian Next week the five-round Reggie A. Boone Octogenarian Swiss begins. The tournament honors Reggie Boone of Gardner who turns 80 this month. Reggie is our oldest club member.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
January 4, 2006 Congratulations to Ken Gurge of Leominster, Joe Bennett of Hubbardston, and George O'Rourke of Concord who tied for first with 4-1 scores in the Evert Siiskonen Time-Handicap Tournament. Three upsets marked the first round. George O'Rourke lost to Brian Biglow, Bruce Felton lost to Eduardo Valadares, and Martin Laine lost to Ernest Fandreyer. Ken Gurge was leading the field with a perfect 4-0 going into the final round, but then he lost to O'Rourke. Joe Bennett, who lost to Gurge in the third round, defeated Biglow in the final round to tie for first.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
January 1, 2006 In the chess column of today's Worcester "Sunday Telegram", Stephen Dann writes about the namesake of the previous tournament, George Sturgis. "George Sturgis of Weston, who died in 1944, was a founder of the U. S. Chess Federation and president from its formation in 1939 until his passing. He was a nephew of the Spanish philosopher George Santayana and worked as an investment broker in Boston. He was an early promoter of scholastic chess and brought chess to the Boston City Club, a center of high society in the early to mid 1900s." Dann continues, "The Wachusett Chess Club will next honor Reggie Boone (see Tribute Page) of Gardner, who will turn 80 this month with a five-round event starting at 7:30 P.M. (NOTE: Registration ends at 7:15) Jan 18 at room C-179 of the McKay Campus School, Rindge Road in Fitchburg. Boone is the oldest club member, according to club director, George Mirijanian."
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
