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Billerica Chess Club Tournaments

The Billerica Chess Club has been & continues to be an important chess venue in Massachusetts, however they don't have a web site of their own just yet, so I'll be posting weekly updates on rated tournaments at the Billerica Chess Club here for reference & research purposes.


For additional tournament details & directions, visit the MACA Event Calendar.

For rating updates, visit Billerica Chess Club Updated Ratings





PLEASE NOTE:
I hope you are all doing well in this unusual time.
The Council on Aging building is NOT hosting chess activities
and we have no word on when that might change.
Results for the June-July tournament listed below are for online play.
Thanks,
Jeff

July 3rd, 2020

Join me each Friday between 7:00 and 7:30 in the chat room of the Billerica Club (online) at https://www.chess.com/club/chat/billerica-chess-club
Time control is G/75; inc 15. The pairings will be announced and games will start as soon as possible after 7:30.
People who haven't played in the tournament yet are welcome and are eligible for two 1/2 point byes!
If you're just joining please come on the early side so I can get you registered.
Regards,
Jeff Caruso, Chief TD

ONLINE Billerica July Swiss, July 3rd, 2020
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Michael Howell 0-1John Vaughan
Calvin Mui 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Meyer Billmers 1-0Peter Godlewski
Total of 3 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

ONLINE Billerica July Swiss, July 3rd, 2020
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Vaughan
1.5Mui
1Caruso, Billmers, Howell, Minalga-Rheault
0.5Anderson
0Godlewski

June 26th, 2020

ONLINE Billerica June Swiss, June 26th, 2020
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Peter Godlewski
♔ Rene Minalga-Rheault 1-0Meyer Billmers
Michael Howell 1-0Diane Anderson
Total of 3 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

ONLINE Billerica June Swiss, June 26th, 2020
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Vaughan, Howell, Minalga-Rheault
0.5Caruso
0Billmers, Godlewski, Anderson



PLEASE NOTE: There is NO CHESS AT THE BILLERICA CLUB FRIDAY, March 13
Hi all,
Today we received word from the Billerica Council on Aging that chess is cancelled at the CoA for the remainder of the month of March. Obviously this is very disruptive to the club. I will let you know about future plans when we have more information.
Please stay healthy!
Regards,
Jeff Caruso, Chief TD
PLEASE NOTE: There is NO CHESS AT THE BILLERICA CLUB NEXT FRIDAY, March 6,
due to an event at the Billerica Council on Aging.
Chess will resume March 13 with a 3-round tournament.

February 28th, 2020

Tim Bromley wins another clean sweep

Billerica February Swiss, February 28th, 2020
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 0-1Timothy Bromley
Matthew C Muir 1-0Ray Paulson
Jeffrey Caruso1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
Fred Pearson 0-1Cameron Buchholz
Shailendra Negi1/2-1/2Paul Baginski
Zhiyang Tan 0-1Gregory Avady
Holden Chalfant 0-1Paul Arond
Michael David 0-1♔ Arnesh Yeola
Kaustubh Kislay 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Calvin Mui 0-1Michael Howell
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Robert Babcock
Peter Godlewski 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 12 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 28th, 2020
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Bromley
3.5Muir
3Buchholz
2.5Vaughan, Nugent, S Negi, Paulson, Caruso, Avady, Arond, Baginski, Yeola
2Pearson, Kislay, Howell
1.5David, Tan, Babcock, Chalfant
1Evans, Mui, Godlewski, Minalga-Rheault
0.5Kelly, Riaz, Greenwood, Anderson
0A Negi

♔ 2020 Billerica February Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Tim Bromley
2nd: Matthew C Muir
Top U1600: Arnesh Yeola

Crosstable from this year's Billerica February Swiss tournament.

February 21st, 2020
2020 Billerica February Swiss
Round 3 of 4

PLEASE NOTE: The building is closed Friday March 6 so there will be NO CHESS at the Billerica Club that night.

Billerica February Swiss, February 21st, 2020
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Timothy Bromley 1-0Shailendra Negi
Cameron Buchholz1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Matthew C Muir
Fred Pearson 1-0Milt Evans
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Kaustubh Kislay
Paul Arond1/2-1/2Zhiyang Tan
Paul Baginski 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Gregory Avady 1-0Ryan Greenwood
Robert Babcock 0-1Holden Chalfant
Michael Howell 1-0Peter Godlewski
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Calvin Mui
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 21st, 2020
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Bromley
2.5Vaughan, Muir, Paulson
2Nugent, Pearson, Frymer, S Negi, Caruso, Buchholz, Baginski
1.5Avady, David, Arond, Tan, Yeola, Chalfant
1Evans, Kislay, Howell, Mui, Minalga-Rheault
0.5Kelly, Riaz, Babcock, Greenwood, Anderson
0Godlewski, A Negi

February 14th, 2020

Next week back to our regular February tournament.
Billerica February Swiss, February 14th, 2020
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Jeffrey Caruso
Michael David 0-1Timothy Bromley
Shailendra Negi 1-0Paul Arond
Milt Evans 0-1Ray Paulson
Arthur P Nugent 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Matthew C Muir 1-0Rayhan Riaz
Cameron Buchholz 1-0Gregory Avady
Holden Chalfant 0-1Fred Pearson
Calvin Mui 0-1Paul Baginski
Kaustubh Kislay 1-0Peter Godlewski
♔ Rene Minalga-Rheault 1-0Michael Howell
Steve Frymer 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 12 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 14th, 2020
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Vaughan, Bromley, S Negi, Paulson, Frymer (house player)
1.5Nugent, Muir, Buchholz, Yeola
1Pearson, Caruso, David, Arond, Evans, Baginski, Kislay, Tan, Minalga-Rheault
0.5Kelly, Avady, Riaz, Babcock, Chalfant, Anderson
0Howell, Mui, Godlewski, A Negi

February 10th 2020
Wachusett CC leads Billerica CC 4-3 after first round of match

On Sunday, February 9th, seven members from each of the Billerica and Wachusset Chess Clubs traveled to a neutral site at the Billiards Café in Ayer to compete in the Club Match between these two venerable Massachusetts Chess Clubs. This will be a two-round match with the same opponents meeting both weeks with alternate colors.

The Billerica Chess Club entered the tournament with an average player rating of 1868, over 50 points greater than the average Wachusett Chess Club player rating of 1817. Despite their underdog status, the Wachusett Chess Club scored a 4-3 advantage in the first round. This is particularly noteworthy in light of Billerica having the advantage of four White Boards in the first round. Billerica only netted a one-point advantage on the White Boards scoring 2.5 points. Billerica wins on the White Boards were scored by Fred Pearson (over Gary Brassard) and Michael David (over Steve Murray). Paul Baginski, playing for Billerica with White, had a drawn game with Wachusett player, Jim Donahue. Meanwhile, Wachusett scored 2.5 points in their 3 games with the White Boards, netting a 2-point advantage. Wachusett wins on the White Boards were scored by Brett Kildahl (over John Vaughan) and Roger Cappallo (over Joe Kelly). Don Ostrowski, playing for Wachusett with White had a drawn game with BIllerica player, Kaustubh Kislay.

The second, and final, round will be again hosted by the Billiards Café Chess Club in Ayer this upcoming Sunday, February 16th. The Billerica Chess Club will be tasked with closing the 1-point deficit to Wachusett this week with just three White Boards.

All games are being played with a time control of Game/90; with a delay of 10 seconds. Larry Gladding is the Tournament Director.

Michael David
Tournament Organizer

February 7th, 2020
2020 Billerica February Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 7th, 2020
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Paul Baginski 0-1John Vaughan
Timothy Bromley 1-0Kaustubh Kislay
♔ Zhiyang Tan 1-0Fred Pearson
Joseph Kelly 0-1♔ Arnesh Yeola
Michael Howell 0-1Shailendra Negi
Ray Paulson 1-0Robert Babcock
Calvin Mui 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Gregory Avady1/2-1/2♖ Holden Chalfant
Peter Godlewski 0-1Michael David
Paul Arond 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Milt Evans
Diane Anderson 0-1Steven Frymer
Total of 12 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 7th, 2020
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Vaughan, Bromley, S Negi, Paulson, Caruso, David, Arond, Evans, Tan, Yeola, Frymer (house player)
0.5Avady, Chalfant
0Pearson, Kelly, Baginski, Kislay, Howell, Babcock, Mui, Godlewski, Minalga-Rheault, A Negi, Anderson

Next week back to our regular February tournament.
January 31st, 2020

Billerica January Blitz, January 31st, 2020
FINAL STANDINGS After 11 Rounds
PointsPlayers
11.0Tim Bromley
10.5---
10.0---
9.5---
9.0---
8.5---
8.0John Vaughan, Matt Muir, Kaustubh Kislay, Arnesh Yeola
7.5Art Nugent
7.0Holden Chalfant, Mike Howell, Chris Marinos, Fred Pearson
6.5Shailendra Negi, Meyer Billmers
6.0Ryan Greenwood
5.5Milt Evans
5.0Bob Babcock, Paul Baginski
4.5---
4.0Calvin Mui
3.5---
3.0---
2.5---
2.0Rene Minalga-Rheault
1.5---
1.0Avhishaan Negi
0.5---
0.0Diane Anderson

♔ 2020 Billerica January Blitz PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔Tim Bromley
2nd: John Vaughan (Buchholz tiebreaks: 86.0)
3rd: Matt Muir (Buchholz tiebreaks: 83.5)
4th: Kaustubh Kislay (80.0)
5th: Arnesh Yeola (65.5)

Crosstable from this year's Billerica January Blitz tournament.

Next week back to our regular February tournament.

January 24th, 2020

Shailendra Negi unstoppable!

Billerica January Swiss, January 24th, 2020
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra Negi 1-0Paul Baginski
Kaustubh Kislay 1-0Robert Babcock
Frederick Pearson 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Matthew Muir1/2-1/2Timothy G Bromley
John P Vaughan1/2-1/2Jeffrey Caruso
♔ Chris Marinos 1-0Steven Frymer
Milt Evans 1-0Ryan Greenwood
Michael David 1-0Michael Howell
Meyer A Billmers 1-0Peter Godlewski
Diane Anderson 0-1Rayhan Riaz
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Rene Minalga-Rheault
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica January Swiss, January 24th, 2020
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4S Negi
3.5Kislay
2.5Pearson, Bromley, Vaughan, Muir, Paulson, Caruso, Baginski, Evans, Babcock
2Kelly, Frymer (house player), M. David
1.5Marinos, Tan, Billmers, Riaz, Yeola, Greenwood, Minalga-Rheault
1Howell, Godlewski
0.5Mui, Lessard, Lagu, Anderson, Fraumeni
0A Negi

♔ 2020 Billerica January Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔Shailendra Negi
2nd: Kaustubh Kislay

Crosstable from this year's Billerica January Swiss tournament.

Next week, January 31st, 2020, is Blitz Night. Round Robin or long Swiss depending on entries.

January 17th, 2020
2020 Billerica January Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 17th, 2020
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joseph Kelly 0-1Shailendra Negi
Paul Baginski1/2-1/2Jeffrey Caruso
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Kaustubh Kislay
Robert Babcock 1-0Ryan Greenwood
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Michael David
Michael Howell 0-1John P Vaughan
Peter Godlewski 0-1Matthew Muir
Meyer A Billmers 0-1Frederick Pearson
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Milt Evans
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Zhiyang Tan
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Steven Frymer (house player)
Total of 11 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica January Swiss, January 17th, 2020
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3S Negi
2.5Paulson, Baginski, Kislay, Babcock
2Bromley, Vaughan, Kelly, Muir, Caruso
1.5Pearson, Evans, Tan, Yeola, Greenwood
1David, Howell, Godlewski
0.5Billmers, Riaz, Mui, Minalga-Rheault, Lessard, Lagu, Anderson, Fraumeni
0A Negi

January 3rd, 2020
2020 Billerica January Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 3rd, 2020
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Milt Evans
♔ Kaustubh Kislay 1-0John P Vaughan
Joseph F Kelly 1-0Michael T Howell
Calvin Mui 0-1Matthew C Muir
Raymond Paulson 1-0Peter Godlewski
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Shailendra S Negi
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Maurice Lessard
Diane Anderson 0-1Michael Sco David
Paul A Baginski 1-0Carolyn Fraumeni
Avhishaan Si Negi 0-1Steven J Frymer
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica January Swiss, January 3rd, 2020
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Kelly, Muir, Frymer, Paulson, S Negi, Caruso, David, Baginski, Kislay
0Vaughan, Evans, Howell, Mui, Godlewski, Minalga-Rheault, Lessard, A Negi, Anderson, Fraumeni

This month's tournament is a 4-round Swiss.
The 5th Friday, January 31, 2020 will be a Blitz Night, either a round-robin or Swiss depending on entries, EF $2.

December 27th, 2019

John Vaughan wins Deember Swiss with 3.5/4

Billerica December Swiss, December 27th, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra S Negi 0-1John P Vaughan
Matthew C Muir 0-1Frederick Pearson
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Raymond Paulson
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Milt Evans
Robert E Stewart1/2-1/2Paul Arond
Rayhan Riaz 1-0Robert Babcock
Arnesh Yeola 1-0Peter Godlewski
Michael Howell 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Total of 8 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 27th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Vaughan
3Pearson, Negi, Caruso
2.5Bromley, Nugent, Riaz
2Muir, Stewart, Paulson, Arond, Yeola
1.5Evans, Howell
1Baginski, Kislay, Tan, Babcock, Godlewski, Greenwood
0.5Mui, Minalga-Rheault, Nakka

♔ 2019 Billerica December Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: John Vaughan
Top U1600: Rayhan Riaz

Crosstable from this year's Billerica December Swiss tournament.

December 23rd, 2019
Billerica Chess Club will hold regular Friday meetings as usual
on both December 27th, 2019 & January 3rd, 2020!

  ♔ ♘ ☕ ☺ ☮ ♡ ☆   HAPPY HOLIDAYS   ☆ ♡ ☮ ☺ ⛄ ♝ ♕  

December 20th, 2019
2019 Billerica December Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 20th, 2019
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra S Negi 1-0Matthew C Muir
John P Vaughan 1-0Jeffrey Caruso
Arthur P Nugent 1-0Milt Evans
Paul Arond1/2-1/2Timothy G Bromley
Paul A Baginski 0-1Frederick Pearson
Zhiyang Tan 0-1Raymond Paulson
Rayhan Riaz 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Ryan Greenwood1/2-1/2Peter Godlewski
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Robert Babcock
Total of 9 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 20th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Negi
2.5Vaughan, Nugent
2Pearson, Muir, Caruso, Paulson
1.5Bromley, Stewart, Arond, Evans, Riaz
1Baginski, Kislay, Tan, Babcock, Yeola, Godlewski, Greenwood
0.5Mui, Howell, Minalga-Rheault, Nakka

December 13th, 2019
2019 Billerica December Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 13th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Raymond Paulson 0-1Matthew C Muir
Timothy G Bromley 0-1Shailendra S Negi
Frederick Pearson 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Peter Godlewski 0-1John P Vaughan
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Arthur P Nugent
Robert E Stewart 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Milt Evans 1-0Ryan Greenwood
Calvin Mui 0-1Paul Arond
Robert Babcock 0-1Paul A Baginski
Sunita Nakka 0-1Zhiyang Tan
Total of 10 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 13th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Muir, Negi, Caruso
1.5Vaughan, Nugent, Stewart, Evans
1Bromley, Pearson, Frymer, Paulson, Arond, Baginski, Kislay, Tan, Yeola
0.5Riaz, Howell, Godlewski, Greenwood, Minalga-Rheault
0Mui, Babcock, Nakka

December 6th, 2019
2019 Billerica December Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 6th, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Paul A Baginski 0-1Timothy G Bromley
Arthur P Nugent1/2-1/2♖ Kaustubh Kislay
Zhiyang Tan 0-1Frederick Pearson
Matthew C Muir 1-0Rayhan Riaz
Sunita Nakka 0-1Steven J Frymer
Calvin Mui 0-1Shailendra S Negi
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Michael Howell
Robert Babcock 0-1Raymond Paulson
Paul Arond 0-1♔ Arnesh Yeola
♖ Rene Minalga-Rheault1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), 2 upset draws ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 6th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Pearson, Muir, Frymer, Negi, Caruso, Paulson, Yeola
0.5Nugent, Evans, Kislay, Minalga-Rheault
0Arond, Baginski, Tan, Riaz, Mui, Howell, Babcock, Nakka

November 29th, 2019

Billerica November Swiss, November 29th, 2019
Round 5 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Matthew Muir 0-1Frederick Pearson
Raymond Paulson 1-0Timothy Bromley
Paul Baginski 1-0Cameron Buchholz
Shailendra Negi 1-0Michael David
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Michael Howell
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Milt Evans
Robert Babcock 0-1Roland Booker
Avishaan Negi 0-1Peter Godlewski
Calvin Mui 1-0DJ Godlewski
Total of 9 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica November Swiss, November 29th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 5 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4.5Pearson
4Paulson, Baginski
3Bromley, Vaughan, Muir, S Negi, Caruso, Buchholz
2.5Nugent, Evans, Kislay, Tan
2David, Booker, Howell, Yeola, P Godlewski, Minalga-Rheault
1.5Marinos, Mui, Greenwood
1Babcock, Riaz, Lessard, A Negi
0.5Wu, DJ Godlewski

♔ 2019 Billerica November Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Fred Pearson
2nd-3rd: Ray Paulson, Paul Baginski
Top U1700: Paul Baginski

Crosstable from this year's Billerica November Swiss tournament.

November 27th 2019
Arthur A. King Jr. of Haverhill, MA, former MACA member dies at 69

Arthur A. King Jr., a USCF member since October 1991 and a former MACA member, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill. He was born in Haverhill on Jan. 20, 1950, the son of Arthur and Shirley (Ellis) King. He was raised and educated in Haverhill, graduating from Haverhill High School in 1967. He attended UMass-Boston, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology. He worked as a tester for Lucent Technologies Inc. in Massachusetts. Arthur's very first rated tournament, when he joined the USCF, was MACA's 2nd annual Mass. Game/60 Open, directed by MACA legend and multi-time president Gilbert F. "Gus" Gosselin on Oct. 20, 1991 in Tewksbury. Arthur became a solid Class A-rated player. His newspaper and funeral home obituary acknowledges the man who taught him chess by stating that Arthur "was fortunate enough to have had lessons with his idol, John Curdo, a master chess player." Besides playing in weekend tournaments in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Arthur became most active by playing in the weeknight chess clubs in Newburyport and Billerica in the state.

Besides his wife, Karen R. Krikorian, Arthur leaves among his survivors a sister, Avis Malcuit, and three nephews, including Randi Malcuit, owner of Stateline Chess Books & Equipment in New Hampshire.

Calling hours will be held Friday, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 pm., at the Cataudella Funeral Home, 126 Pleasant Valley St., Methuen, MA. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel, followed by burial in St. Patrick Cemetery in Haverhill. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Salem Animal Rescue League, 4 Sari Drive, Salem, NH 03079
-Obituary submitted by George Mirijanian

November 22nd, 2019
2019 Billerica November Swiss
Round 4 of 5

Billerica November Swiss, November 22nd, 2019
Round 4 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy Bromley1/2-1/2Frederick Pearson
Arthur Nugent1/2-1/2Matthew Muir
Michael David 0-1John Vaughan
Raymond Paulson 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
♔ Cameron Buchholz 1-0Shailendra Negi
♔ Paul Baginski 1-0Jeffrey Caruso
Milt Evans 0-1♔ Kaustubh Kislay
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Zhiyang Tan
Maurice Lessard 0-1Michael Howell
Peter Godlewski 0-1Arnesh Yeola
Ryan Greenwood 1-0Avishaan Negi
Robert Babcock 1-0Jayden Wu
Total of 12 boards,
3 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica November Swiss, November 22nd, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Pearson
3Bromley, Vaughan, Muir, Paulson, Buchholz, Baginski
2.5Nugent, Kislay, Tan
2S Negi, Caruso, David, Howell, Yeola, Minalga-Rheault
1.5Evans, Marinos, Greenwood
1Booker, Babcock, Riaz, Godlewski, Lessard, A Negi
0.5Mui, Wu

November 15th, 2019
2019 Billerica November Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica November Swiss, November 15th, 2019
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Frederick Pearson 1-0Raymond Paulson
Timothy Bromley 1-0Paul Baginski
John Vaughan1/2-1/2Cameron Buchholz
Matthew Muir 1-0H Milton Evans
Michael Howell 0-1Arthur Nugent
Shailendra Negi 1-0Rayhan Riaz
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Maurice Lessard
Avishaan Negi 0-1Michael David
♔ Rene Minalga-Rheault 1-0Roland Booker
Zhiyang Tan 1-0Robert Babcock
Arnesh Yeola 1-0Calvin Mui
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Peter Godlewski.

Billerica November Swiss, November 15th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Pearson
2.5Bromley, Muir
2Vaughan, Nugent, S Negi, Paulson, Caruso, Buchholz, David, Baginski, Minalga-Rheault
1.5Evans, Marinos, Kislay, Tan
1Booker, Howell, Yeola, Riaz, Godlewski, Lessard, A Negi
0.5Greenwood
0Babcock, Mui

November 8th, 2019
2019 Billerica November Swiss
Round 2 of 5

Billerica November Swiss, November 8th, 2019
Round 2 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
H Milton Evans1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Michael David 0-1Frederick Pearson
Raymond Paulson 1-0Shailendra Negi
Maurice Lessard 0-1Paul Baginski
Arthur Nugent1/2-1/2Jeffrey Caruso
Roland Booker 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Kaustubh Kislay 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Michael Howell 1-0Peter Godlewski
Rayhan Riaz 1-0Robert Babcock
Calvin Mui 0-1♔ Rene Minalga-Rheault
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Avishaan Negi.

Billerica November Swiss, November 8th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Pearson, Paulson, Baginski
1.5Bromley, Vaughan, Muir, Buchholz, Evans, Marinos
1Nugent, S Negi, Caruso, David, Booker, Kislay, Howell, Riaz, Lessard, Minalga-Rheault, A Negi
0.5Tan, Greenwood
0Babcock, Mui, Yeola, Godlewski

November 1st, 2019
2019 Billerica November Swiss
Round 1 of 5

Billerica November Swiss, November 1st, 2019
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Roland Booker 0-1Timothy Bromley
John Vaughan 1-0Kaustubh Kislay
♖ Zhiyang Tan1/2-1/2Arthur Nugent
Frederick Pearson 1-0Michael Howell
Robert Babcock 0-1Matthew Muir
Shailendra Negi 1-0Calvin Mui
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Raymond Paulson
Cameron Buchholz 1-0Rayhan Riaz
Peter Godlewski 0-1H Milton Evans
Christopher Marinos 1-0Ryan Greenwood
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Michael David
Paul Baginski 1-0Avishaan Negi
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica November Swiss, November 1st, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Vaughan, Pearson, Muir, S Negi, Paulson, Buchholz, Evans, Marinos, David, Baginski, Lessard
0.5Nugent, Tan
0Booker, Kislay, Howell, Babcock, Mui, Yeola, Riaz, Godlewski, Greenwood, Minalga-Rheault, A Negi

October 25th, 2019

Matthew Muir wins October Swiss with perfect 4-0

Billerica October Swiss, October 25th, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Matthew C Muir 1-0Michael David
Cameron Buchholz 1-0Gregory Avady
John P Vaughan 1-0Jeffrey Caruso
Paul A Baginski 0-1Shailendra Negi
♖ Zhiyang Tan1/2-1/2Timothy G Bromley
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Arthur P Nugent
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Raymond Paulson
♖ Calvin Mui1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Robert Babcock 0-1Kaustubh Kislay
♔ Ryan Greenwood 1-0Michael T Howell
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Mark Kolenski
Maurice Lessard 0-1Peter Godlewski
Total of 12 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), 2 upset draws ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 25th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Muir
3.5Buchholz
3Vaughan, David
2.5Negi, Avady
2Bromley, Nugent, Paulson, Caruso, Evans, Tan, Mui, Kislay, Greenwood
1.5Marinos, Kolenski, Baginski, Riaz, Godlewski
1Sun, Babcock, Howell, Yeola
0.5Lessard
0Minalga-Rheault

♔ 2019 Billerica October Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Matthew Muir
2nd: Cameron Buchholz
Top U1700: Michael David

Crosstable from this year's Billerica October Swiss tournament.

October 18th, 2019

Upsets galore tonight!

Billerica October Swiss, October 18th, 2019
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeffrey Caruso 0-1Matthew C Muir
Timothy G Bromley 0-1♔ Michael David
Shailendra Negi 0-1Gregory Avady
Raymond Paulson 0-1♔ Cameron Buchholz
Michael T Howell 0-1John P Vaughan
Milt Evans1/2-1/2♖ Rayhan Riaz
Zhiyang Tan1/2-1/2Paul A Baginski
Arthur P Nugent1/2-1/2♖ Kaustubh Kislay
♖ Ryan Greenwood1/2-1/2Robert Babcock
Arnesh Yeola 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Maurice Lessard 0-1Steve Frymer
Total of 11 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), 3 upset draws ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 18th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Muir, David
2.5Avady, Buchholz
2Vaughan, Caruso
1.5Bromley, Negi, Marinos, Evans, Baginski, Tan, Mui, Riaz
1Nugent, Paulson, Sun, Babcock, Howell, Kislay, Yeola, Greenwood
0.5Godlewski, Lessard
0Minalga-Rheault

October 11th, 2019
2019 Billerica October Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 11th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Gregory Avady1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Matthew Muir 1-0Milt Evans
♔ Michael David 1-0Raymond Paulson
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Robert Babcock 0-1Shailendra Negi
♔ Cameron Buchholz 1-0Arthur P Nugent
John Vaughan 1-0Ryan Greenwood
♖ Rayhan Riaz1/2-1/2Ryan Sun
Pau Baginski 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Michael Howell
Calvin Mui 1-0Peter Godlewski
Total of 11 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 11th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Muir, Caruso, David
1.5Bromley, Negi, Avady, Marinos, Buchholz
1Vaughan, Paulson, Sun, Evans, Baginski, Tan, Howell, Mui, Riaz
0.5Nugent, Babcock, Kislay, Greenwood, Lessard
0Yeola, Godlewski, Minalga-Rheault

October 4th, 2019
2019 Billerica October Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 4th, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Paul A Baginski
♔ Zhiyang Tan 1-0John P Vaughan
Arthur P Nugent1/2-1/2♖ Robert Babcock
Michael T Howell 0-1Matthew C Muir
Raymond Paulson 1-0Calvin Mui
Kaustubh Kislay 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Gregory Avady 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Peter Godlewski 0-1Chris Marinos
Milt Evans 1-0Maurice Lessard
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Michael David
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 4th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Muir, Paulson, Caruso, Avady, Marinos, Evans, David, Tan
0.5Nugent, Babcock
0Vaughan, Baginski, Howell, Mui, Kislay, Yeola, Godlewski, Lessard, Minalga-Rheault

September 28th, 2019

Vaughan & Negi share top honors in September Swiss

Billerica September Swiss, September 28th, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Jeff Caruso
Ray Paulson1/2-1/2Fred Pearson
Shailendra Negi 1-0Matt Muir
Art Nugent 0-1♔ Cam Buchholz
Paul Baginski 0-1Gregory Avady
Milt Evans 1-0Mike Howell
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Michael David
Zhiyang Tan1/2-1/2Chris Marinos
Pete Godlewski 0-1Kaustubh Kislay
Total of 9 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving full-point byes were Maurice Lessard.

Billerica September Swiss, September 28th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Vaughan, Negi
3Pearson, Paulson, Buchholz
2.5Muir, Caruso, Avady, Evans
2Bromley, Nugent, David, Kislay
1.5Marinos, Norman, Baginski, Tan, Howell, Yeola
1Lessard, Minalga-Rheault
0.5Billmers, Babcock, Wu, Riaz, Godlewski

♔ 2019 Billerica September Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: John Vaughan, Shailendra Negi
Top U1600: Cameron Buchholz

Crosstable from this year's Billerica September Swiss tournament.

September 20th, 2019
2019 Billerica September Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 20th, 2019
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Matthew Muir1/2-1/2Timothy Bromley
Gregory Avady 0-1John Vaughan
Frederick Pearson 1-0George Norman
Paul Baginski 0-1Raymond Paulson
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Milt Evans
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Shailendra Negi
Michael David 0-1Arthur Nugent
Cameron Buchholz 1-0Zhiyang Tan
♖ Michael Howell1/2-1/2Chris Marinos
♔ Kaustubh Kislay 1-0Robert Babcock
♔ Rene Minalga-Rheault 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 11 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica September Swiss, September 20th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Vaughan, Pearson, Muir, Paulson, Caruso, Negi
2Bromley, Nugent, Buchholz
1.5Avady, Evans, Norman, Baginski, Howell, Yeola
1Marinos, David, Tan, Kislay, Minalga-Rheault
0.5Billmers, Babcock, Wu, Riaz, Godlewski
0Lessard

September 13th, 2019
2019 Billerica September Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 13th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Milt Evans1/2-1/2Frederick Pearson
Shailendra Negi1/2-1/2Paul Baginski
Matthew Muir 1-0Cameron Buchholz
George Norman1/2-1/2Gregory Avady
John Vaughan 1-0Meyer Billmers
Robert Babcock 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Chris Marinos 0-1♔ Arnesh Yeola
Arthur Nugent 1-0Peter Godlewski
Michael David 1-0Kaustubh Kislay
Zhiyang Tan 1-0Rene Minalga-Rheault
Maurice Lessard 0-1Michael Howell
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica September Swiss, September 13th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Muir
1.5Bromley, Vaughan, Pearson, Paulson, Caruso, Negi, Avady, Evans, Norman, Baginski, Yeola
1Nugent, Buchholz, David, Tan, Howell
0.5Marinos, Billmers, Babcock, Wu, Riaz
0Godlewski, Kislay, Lessard, Minalga-Rheault

September 6th, 2019
2019 Billerica September Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 6th, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy Bromley 1-0Michael David
♔ Paul Baginski 1-0Arthur Nugent
Frederick Pearson 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Michael Howell 0-1Matthew Muir
Raymond Paulson 1-0Jacob Wu
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Shailendra Negi
Gregory Avady 1-0Peter Godlewski
Kaustubh Kislay 0-1Milt Evans
Cameron Buchholz 1-0Maurice Lessard
Rene Minalga-rheault 0-1George Norman
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♝ Receiving a half-point bye was Caruso.

Billerica September Swiss, September 6th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Pearson, Muir, Paulson, Negi, Avady, Evans, Buchholz, Norman, Baginski
0.5Caruso
0Nugent, David, Tan, Howell, Wu, Riaz, Godlewski, Kislay, Lessard, Minalga-rheault

August 30th, 2019

Rapaka takes first with big upset

Billerica August Swiss, August 30th, 2019
Round 5 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
♔ Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Frederick Pearson
Paul Baginski 0-1Timothy Bromley
John Vaughan1/2-1/2Arthur Nugent
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Ryan Sun
Roland Booker 0-1Raymond Paulson
Michael David 0-1Chris Marinos
Milt Evans 1-0Michael Howell
Holden Chalfant 0-1Stephen W Savage
Peter Godlewski 0-1Kaustubh Kislay
Zhiyang Tan 1-0Maurice Lessard
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Rayhan Riaz
Total of 11 boards,
One major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♖ Not playing round 5 was Jeff Caruso.

Billerica August Swiss, August 30th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 5 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4.5Rapaka
4Pearson
3.5Bromley, Nugent, Vaughan, Sun
3Paulson, S Negi, Marinos, Evans
2.5Kelly, Caruso, Baginski, Savage, Yeola, Kislay
2David, Booker, Tan, Howell
1.5Babcock, Wu, Godlewski, Riaz, Chalfant, Anoushka Nagle
1Anika Nagle, Pokharna, Lessard, Minalga-rheault
0.5Norman, Curtis
0A Negi

♔ 2019 Billerica August Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Srikanth Rapaka
2nd: Fred Pearson
Top U1800: Ryan Sun

Crosstable from this year's Billerica August Swiss tournament.

August 23rd, 2019
2019 Billerica August Swiss
Round 4 of 5

Billerica August Swiss, August 23rd, 2019
Round 4 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra Negi 0-1Frederick Pearson
Raymond Paulson 0-1♔ Srikanth Rapaka
Arthur Nugent 1-0Michael Howell
John Vaughan 1-0Milt Evans
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Peter Godlewski
Kaustubh Kislay 0-1Paul Baginski
Stephen Savage 0-1♔ Arnesh Yeola
Chris Marinos 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Michael David 1-0Rene Minalga-rheault
Roland Booker 1-0Maurice Lessard
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Holden Chalfant
Total of 11 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica August Swiss, August 23rd, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Pearson
3.5Rapaka
3Nugent, Vaughan, S Negi
2.5Bromley, Kelly, Caruso, Sun, Baginski, Yeola
2Paulson, Marinos, Evans, David, Booker, Howell
1.5Savage, Babcock, Wu, Godlewski, Chalfant, Kislay, Anoushka Nagle
1Tan, Anika Nagle, Pokharna, Lessard, Minalga-rheault
0.5Norman, Curtis
0A Negi

August 16th, 2019
2019 Billerica August Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica August Swiss, August 16th, 2019
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Frederick Pearson 1-0John P Vaughan
Joseph F Kelly 0-1Shailendra S Negi
Milt Evans1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Jeffrey L Caruso
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Roland Booker Iii
Raymond Paulson 1-0Michael David
♔ Michael Howell 1-0Chris Marinos
Anoushka Nagle 0-1Robert Babcock
Holden Chalfant 0-1Peter Godlewski
Shreyas Pokharna1/2-1/2Anika Nagle
R Minalga-rheault 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica August Swiss, August 16th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Pearson, S Negi
2.5Rapaka, Sun
2Bromley, Nugent, Paulson, Vaughan, Kelly, Evans, Howell
1.5Caruso, Baginski, Savage, Babcock, Wu, Yeola, Godlewski, Kislay
1Marinos, David, Iii, Tan, Anoushka Nagle, Pokharna, Lessard, Minalga-rheault
0.5Norman, Curtis, Chalfant, Anika Nagle
0A Negi

August 9th, 2019
2019 Billerica August Swiss
Round 2 of 5

Billerica August Swiss, August 9th, 2019
Round 2 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
♔ Shailendra S Negi 1-0Timothy Bromley
Arthur Nugent1/2-1/2Srikanth Rapaka
♔ Ryan Sun 1-0Raymond Paulson
John Vaughan 1-0Michael David
Roland Booker 0-1Joseph Kelly
Frederick Pearson 1-0Anoushka Nagle
Chris Marinos1/2-1/2♖ Kaustubh Kislay
Milt Evans 1-0Shreyas Pokharna
Zhiyang Tan1/2-1/2Holden Chalfant
Maurice Lessard 0-1Stephen W Savage
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Jacob Wu
Michael Howell 1-0Anika Nagle
Arnesh Yeola 1-0Rene Minalga-rheault
Total of 13 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica August Swiss, August 9th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Vaughan, Kelly, Pearson, S Negi, Sun
1.5Nugent, Caruso, Rapaka, Evans, Baginski
1Bromley, Paulson, Marinos, David, Booker, Savage, Wu, Howell, Yeola, Kislay, Anoushka Nagle
0.5Norman, Tan, Babcock, Curtis, Godlewski, Chalfant, Pokharna
0Anika Nagle, Lessard, Minalga-rheault, A Negi

August 2nd, 2019
2019 Billerica August Swiss
Round 1 of 5

Billerica sets attendance record at 30 players!

Billerica August Swiss, August 2nd, 2019
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Stephen W Savage 0-1Arthur P Nugent
Raymond Paulson 1-0Robert Babcock
Jacob Wu 0-1John P Vaughan
Joseph F Kelly 1-0Michael Howell
Benjamin Curtis 0-1Frederick Pearson
Jeffrey L Caruso 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Peter Godlewski 0-1Shailendra S Negi
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Holden Chalfant
♖ Kaustubh Kislay1/2-1/2Milt Evans
George Norman 0-1♔ Anoushka Nagle
Anika Nagle 0-1Ryan Sun
Michael David 1-0Maurice Lessard
Rene Minalga-Rheault 0-1Roland Booker
Paul A Baginski 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 15 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica August Swiss, August 2nd, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Nugent, Paulson, Vaughan, Kelly, Pearson, Caruso, S Negi, Rapaka, Sun, David, Booker, Baginski, Anoushka Nagle
0.5Evans, Kislay
0Norman, Tan, Savage, Babcock, Wu, Howell, Curtis, Yeola, Godlewski, Chalfant, Anika Nagle, Lessard, Minalga-rheault, A
Negi

July 26th, 2019

Bromley & Vaughan tie for top honors in July

Billerica July Swiss, July 26th, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy Bromley 1-0Raymond Paulson
John Vaughan 1-0Matthew Muir
Jeffrey Caruso1/2-1/2Frederick Pearson
Shailendra Negi 1-0Michael David
Chris Marinos 1-0Paul A Baginski
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Zhiyang Tan
Gregory Avady 1-0Milt Evans
Arthur Nugent 1-0Robert Babcock
Michael Howell 1-0Maurice Lessard
Ryan Greenwood 1-0Shreyas Pokharna
Rod Marchessault 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 11 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 26th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley, Vaughan
2.5Paulson, Caruso, Pearson, Muir, S Negi, Marinos, Tan, Avady
2Nugent, David
1.5Evans, Baginski, Howell, Greenwood, Marchessault
1Babcock, Riaz, Lessard
0.5Norman, Savage, Godlewski, Yeola, Kislay, Pokharna, A Negi

♔ 2019 Billerica July Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Tim Bromley & John Vaughan
Top U1600: Zhiyang Tan

Crosstable from this year's Billerica July Swiss tournament.

July 19th, 2019
2019 Billerica July Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica July Swiss, July 19th, 2019
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra Negi 0-1Timothy Bromley
Chris Marinos 0-1John Vaughan
Milt Evans 0-1Raymond Paulson
Gregory Avady 0-1Matthew Muir
♖ Michael David1/2-1/2Jeffrey Caruso
Zhiyang Tan 0-1Frederick Pearson
♖ Paul Baginski1/2-1/2Arthur Nugent
Robert Babcock1/2-1/2Rayhan Riaz
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Maurice Lessard
Total of 9 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), 2 upset draws ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 19th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley, Vaughan, Paulson, Muir
2Caruso, Pearson, David
1.5S Negi, Marinos, Evans, Baginski, Tan, Avady
1Nugent, Babcock, Riaz, Lessard
0.5Norman, Savage, Godlewski, Yeola, Kislay, A Negi

July 13th, 2019
2019 Billerica July Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica July Swiss, July 13th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Raymond Paulson1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Frederick Pearson 0-1Timothy Bromley
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Matthew C Muir 1-0Peter Godlewski
Robert Babcock 0-1Shailendra Negi
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Chris Marinos
Kaustubh Kislay 0-1Milt Evans
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Michael David
Arthur Nugent 0-1♔ Zhiyang Tan
Stephen Savage 0-1Gregory Avady
Maurice Lessard 0-1Paul Baginski
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 13th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1.5Bromley, Vaughan, Paulson, Caruso, Muir, S Negi, Marinos, Evans, David, Tan, Avady
1Pearson, Baginski
0.5Nugent, Norman, Savage, Babcock, Riaz, Godlewski, Yeola, Kislay, A Negi
0Lessard

July 5th, 2019
2019 Billerica July Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica July Swiss, July 5th, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley1/2-1/2Matthew C Muir
Milt Evans1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
John P Vaughan 1-0George Norman
Paul A Baginski 0-1Raymond Paulson
Jeffrey Caruso1/2-1/2♖ Robert Babcock
Maurice Lessard 0-1Frederick Pearson
Total of 6 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 5th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Vaughan, Paulson, Pearson
0.5Bromley, Nugent, Caruso, Muir, Evans, Babcock
0Norman, Baginski, Lessard

June 28th, 2019

Joe Kelly wins June Swiss

Billerica June Swiss, June 28th, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley 0-1Joseph F Kelly
Arthur A King 0-1Raymond Paulson
Shailendra Negi 1-0Rayhan Riaz
Frederick Pearson 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Milt Evans1/2-1/2John P Vaughan
♔ Ryan Sun 1-0Jeffrey Caruso
Arnesh Yeola 1-0Maurice Lessard
Arthur P Nugent 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Paul A Baginski 1-0Arianna Paul
Sanshrey Satya Boina 0-1Pete Godlewski
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica June Swiss, June 28th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Kelly
3Bromley, Paulson, S Negi
2.5Pearson, Sun
2Vaughan, King, Evans, Tan, Yeola, Riaz
1.5Nugent, Caruso, Arond, Marinos, Baginski, Howell, Kislay, Lessard
1Godlewski, A Negi
0.5Babcock, Satya Boina, Paul

♔ 2019 Billerica June Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Joe Kelly
2nd-4th: Tim Bromley, Ray Paulson, Shailendra Negi
Top U1700: Ryan Sun

Crosstable from this year's Billerica June Swiss tournament.

June 14th, 2019
2019 Billerica June Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica June Swiss, June 14th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Paul Arond 0-1Timothy G Bromley
Joseph F Kelly1/2-1/2Chris Marinos
♔ Zhiyang Tan 1-0Shailendra Negi
Arthur A King 1-0Avhishaan Negi
John P Vaughan 1-0Arthur P Nugent
Paul A Baginski 0-1Raymond Paulson
Milt Evans 1-0Pete Godlewski
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Ryan Sun
♔ Rayhan Riaz 1-0Robert Babcock
Total of 9 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica June Swiss, June 14th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, King, Tan
1.5Pearson, Vaughan, Kelly, Caruso, Marinos
1Paulson, S Negi, Arond, Evans, Sun, Riaz, A Negi
0.5Nugent, Baginski, Lessard, Paul
0Babcock, Godlewski, Yeola

June 7th, 2019
2019 Billerica June Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica June Swiss, June 7th, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Milt Evans
Ryan Sun 0-1Frederick Pearson
Arthur P Nugent1/2-1/2♖ Paul A Baginski
Robert Babcock 0-1Joseph F Kelly
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Pete Godlewski
♔ Zhiyang Tan 1-0Raymond Paulson
Shailendra Negi 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Arthur A King
Paul Arond 1-0Maurice Lessard
Arianna Paul 0-1Chris Marinos
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Avhishaan Negi.

Billerica June Swiss, June 7th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Pearson, Kelly, Caruso, S Negi, King, Arond, Marinos, Tan, A Negi
0.5Nugent, Baginski
0Paulson, Evans, Sun, Babcock, Godlewski, Yeola, Riaz, Lessard, Paul

May 31st, 2019
2019 Billerica May Blitz
Round Robin 10 Rounds, blitz rated

Tim Bromley tops Billerica Blitz

Billerica May Blitz, May 31st, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 10 Rounds
PointsPlayers
9.5Tim Bromley
9.0----
8.5----
8.0----
7.5Art Nugent
7.0Srikanth Rapaka
6.5----
6.0John Vaughan, Ray Paulson, Chris Marinos
5.5Shailendra Negi
5.0Holden Chalfant
4.5Milt Evan, Paul Baginski, Rayhan Riaz
4.0Michael David
3.5Paul Arond, Arnesh Yeola
3.0----
2.5----
2.0----
1.5----
1.0Ryana Riaz, Avhishaan Negi

♔ 2019 Billerica May Blitz PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Tim Bromley
2nd: Art Nugent
3rd: Srikanth Rapaka
Top U1650: Holden Chalfant

Crosstable from this year's Billerica May Blitz tournament.

May 24th, 2019

Tim Bromley & Joe Kelly top Billerica May Swiss

Billerica May Swiss, May 24th, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 0-1Timothy G Bromley
Jeffrey Caruso 0-1Joseph F Kelly
Shailendra Negi1/2-1/2Frederick Pearson
Paul Arond1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
Chris Marinos 1-0George Norman
Milt Evans 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Michael David 1-0Rayhan Riaz
Robert Babcock 1-0Sanshrey Satya Boina
Peter Godlewski 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Arnesh Sach Yeola1/2-1/2Srinivasa Satya Boina
Total of 10 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving full-point byes were Maurice Lessard.

Billerica May Swiss, May 24th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley, Kelly
2.5Pearson, Vaughan, Caruso, Paulson, S Negi, Marinos, Arond, Evans, Baginski
2Nugent, David, Billmers, Babcock, Godlewski
1.5Rapaka, Norman, Savage, Tan, Chheak, Riaz
1Yeola, Chalfant, Pitla, Lessard, Sanshrey Satya Boina, A Negi
0.5Howell, Srinivasa Satya Boina, Jesus Abreu, Jesus Abreu

♔ 2019 Billerica May Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Tim Bromley, Joe Kelly
Top U1650: Paul Baginski

Crosstable from this year's Billerica May Swiss tournament.

Don't forget, next Friday, May 31 will be a Blitz Night at the Billerica Chess Club.

May 17th, 2019
2019 Billerica May Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 17th, 2019
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley1/2-1/2Jeffrey L Caruso
Frederick Pearson 0-1John P Vaughan
Joseph F Kelly 1-0Milt Evans
George Norman 0-1Raymond Paulson
Srikanth Rapaka 0-1♔ Paul A Baginski
♖ Zhiyang Tan1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
Sanjeev Pitya 0-1Shailendra S Negi
Sanshrey Satya Boina 0-1Paul Arond
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Meyer A Billmers
Robert Babcock1/2-1/2Holden Chalfant
Stephen W Savage 1-0Arnesh Sach Yeola
♔ Rayhan Riaz 1-0Michael T Howell
Srinivasa Satya Boina 0-1Michael David
Peter Godlewski 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 14 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica May Swiss, May 17th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley, Vaughan, Kelly, Caruso, Paulson, Baginski
2Pearson, S Negi, Arond, Billmers
1.5Nugent, Rapaka, Marinos, Evans, Norman, Savage, Tan, Chheak, Riaz
1David, Babcock, Godlewski, Chalfant, Pitya, Sanshrey Satya Boina, A Negi
0.5Howell, Yeola, Abreu
0Srinivasa Satya Boina, Lessard

May 10th, 2019
2019 Billerica May Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 10th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra S Negi 0-1Timothy G Bromley
Paul Arond 0-1Frederick Pearson
John P Vaughan1/2-1/2Raymond Paulson
♖ Paul A Baginski1/2-1/2Joseph F Kelly
Jeffrey L Caruso 1-0Christoph Marinos
Michael T Howell 0-1Srikanth Rapaka
Arthur P Nugent1/2-1/2♖ Milt Evans
Holden Chalfant 0-1George Norman
Michael David 0-1♔ Sophoern Chheak
Zhiyang Tan 1-0Srinivasa Satya Boina
Sanjeev Pitya 1-0Peter Godlewski
Sanshrey Satya Boina 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 12 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), 2 upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Avhishaan Negi.

Billerica May Swiss, May 10th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Pearson, Caruso
1.5Kelly, Vaughan, Paulson, Rapaka, Evans, Norman, Baginski, Chheak
1Nugent, S Negi, Marinos, Arond, Billmers, Tan, Sanshrey Satya Boina, A Negi, Pitya
0.5Babcock, Howell, Chalfant, Riaz, Abreu
0David, Srinivasa Satya Boina, Lessard, Godlewski

May 3rd, 2019
2019 Billerica May Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 3rd, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Michael David
Meyer Billmers1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1-0Bob Babcock
Peter Godlewski 0-1John Vaughan
Joe Kelly 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Satya 0-1Jeff Caruso
Ray Paulson 1-0Rayhan Riaz
Jesus Abreu 0-1Shailendra Negi
Chris Marinos 1-0Sanjeev Pitla
Maurice Lessard 0-1Paul Arond
Milt Evans 1-0Sanshrey
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Paul Baginski
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica May Swiss, May 3rd, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Pearson, Vaughan, Kelly, Caruso, Paulson, S Negi, Marinos, Arond, Evans, Baginski
0.5Nugent, Billmers
0David, Babcock, Godlewski, Tan, Satya (Srinivasa Satya Boina), Riaz, Abreu, Pitla, Lessard, Sanshrey Satya Boina, A Negi

We've truncated the May tournament to a 4-round Swiss. May 31 will be a Blitz Night.

April 26th, 2019

Pearson & Paulson tie at top of April Swiss

Billerica April Swiss, April 26th, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
John Vaughan 1-0Joe Kelly
Milt Evans 1-0Walter Fabian
Chris Marinos 0-1Tim Bromley
George Norman1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Paul Baginski1/2-1/2Arthur A King
Zhiyang Tan 0-1Paul Arond
♔ Rayhan Riaz 1-0Robert Babcock
Shailendra Negi1/2-1/2Srikanth Rapaka
Mike Howell 1-0Sanjay Vijayabala
Maurice Lessard 0-1Anoushka Nagle
Avhishaan Negi 0-1♔ Srinivasa Satya Boina
Anika Nagle 1-0Sanshrey Satya Boina
Total of 13 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica April Swiss, April 26th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Pearson, Paulson
3Vaughan, Evans
2.5Bromley, Kelly, Nugent, King, Arond, Norman, Baginski, Riaz
2Caruso, S Negi, Rapaka, Fabian, Howell, Anoushka Nagle
1.5Marinos, Tan, Srinivasa Satya Boina
1Babcock, Anika Nagle, Lessard, Vijayabala, A Negi
0.5Stewart, Yerra, Chalfant, Chavadam
0Sanshrey Satya Boina

♔ 2019 Billerica April Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Fred Pearson, Ray Paulson
Top U1600: Rayhan Riaz

Crosstable from this year's Billerica April Swiss tournament.

April 19th, 2019
2019 Billerica April Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 19th, 2019
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 1-0George Norman
Ray Paulson 1-0John Vaughan
Joe Kelly 1-0Paul Arond
Jeff Caruso 1-0Shailendra Negi
Arthur A King 1-0Mike Howell
Robert Babcock 0-1Milt Evans
Walter Fabian 1-0Maurice Lessard
Anoushka Nagle 0-1Paul Baginski
Tim Bromley 1-0Srinivasa Satya Boina
Holden Chalfant 0-1Zhiyang Tan
Rayhan Riaz 1-0Anika Nagle
Sanjay Vijayabala 1-0Sanshrey Satya Boina
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Avhishaan Negi.

Billerica April Swiss, April 19th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Pearson, Paulson
2.5Kelly
2Vaughan, Nugent, Caruso, King, Evans, Norman, Fabian, Baginski
1.5Bromley, S Negi, Rapaka, Marinos, Arond, Tan, Riaz
1Babcock, Howell, Anoushka Nagle, Lessard, Vijayabala, A Negi
0.5Stewart, Yerra, Chalfant, Chavadam, Srinivasa Satya Boina
0Anika Nagle, Sanshrey Satya Boina

April 12th, 2019
2019 Billerica April Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 12th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Arthur A King
Shailendra Negi1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
Art Nugent1/2-1/2Paul Arond
Jeff Caruso 0-1♔ George Norman
Chris Marinos 0-1Fred Pearson
Milt Evans 0-1Ray Paulson
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Rayhan Riaz
Anika Nagle 0-1Walter Fabian
Paul Baginski 1-0Srivanth Chavadam
Sanjay Vijayabala 0-1Robert Babcock
Mike Howell 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Sanshrey Satya Boina 0-1Anoushka Nagle
Srinivasa Satya Boina1/2-1/2Zhiyang Tan
Total of 13 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica April Swiss, April 12th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Vaughan, Pearson, Paulson, Norman
1.5Kelly, Nugent, S Negi, Rapaka, Arond
1Caruso, King, Marinos, Evans, Fabian, Baginski, Babcock, Howell, Anoushka Nagle, Lessard
0.5Bromley, Stewart, Yerra, Tan, Chalfant, Riaz, Srinivasa Satya Boina
0Anika Nagle, Vijayabala, A Negi, Chavadam, Sanshrey Satya Boina

April 6th, 2019
2019 Billerica April Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 6th, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Walter Fabian 0-1John Vaughan
Joe Kelly 1-0Paul Baginski
Bob Babcock 0-1Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1-0Mike Howell
Zhiyang Tan 0-1Jeff Caruso
Ray Paulson 1-0Holden Chalfant
Anoushka Nagle 0-1Shailendra Negi
Art King 1-0Anika Nagle
Maurice Lessard 0-1Chris Marinos
Paul Arond 1-0Sanjay Vijayabala
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Milt Evans
George Norman 1-0Srivanth Chavadam
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica April Swiss, April 6th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Vaughan, Kelly, Nugent, Pearson, Caruso, Paulson, S Negi, King, Marinos, Arond, Evans, Norman
0Fabian, Baginski, Babcock, Howell, Tan, Chalfant, Anoushka Nagle, Anika Nagle, Lessard, Vijayabala, A Negi, Chavadam

March 30th, 2019

Robb Stewart tops March Swiss 5-0!

Billerica March Swiss, March 30th, 2019
Round 5 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra Negi 0-1Robb Stewart
John Vaughan 0-1Fred Pearson
Art Nugent 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Paul Arond
Tim Bromley 1-0Michael David
Chris Marinos 1-0Robert Babcock
Walter Fabian 1-0Sanshrey Satya Boina
Sanjay Vijayabala 0-1Ray Paulson
Paul Baginski 1-0Sophoern Chheak
Mike Howell 1-0Srinivasa Satya Boina
Maurice Lessard 0-1Holden Chalfant
Zhiyang Tan 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 12 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica March Swiss, March 30th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 5 Rounds
PointsPlayers
5Stewart
4Pearson
3.5Nugent, Rapaka
3Bromley, Vaughan, S Negi, Marinos, Fabian, Yeola
2.5Paulson, Caruso, Arond, Baginski, Yerra, Howell
2Evans, David, Babcock, Chalfant, Sanshrey Satya Boina
1.5Kelly, Tan, Chheak, Vijayabala, Srinivasa Satya Boina
1Lessard, A Negi
0.5Appelmans, Chavadam, Tibbetts

♔ 2019 Billerica March Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Robb Stewart
2nd: Fred Pearson
Top U1600: Arnesh Yeola

Crosstable from this year's Billerica March Swiss tournament.

March 22nd, 2019

Billerica March Swiss, March 22nd, 2019
Round 4 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 0-1Robb Stewart
Robert Babcock 0-1Shailendra S Negi
John Vaughan 1-0Walter Fabian
♔ Arnesh Yeola 1-0Milt Evans
Paul Arond1/2-1/2Sai Sneha Yerra
Sophoern Chheak 0-1Jeff Caruso
Art Nugent 1-0Srinivasa Satya Boina
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Paul Baginski
Tim Bromley1/2-1/2Chris Marinos
Michael David 1-0Sanjay Vijayabala
♔ Sanshrey Satya Boina 1-0Maurice Lessard
Jack Appelmans 0-1Ray Paulson
Holden Chalfant1/2-1/2Zhiyang Tan
Avhishaan Negi 1-0Srivanth Chavadam
Total of 14 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica March Swiss, March 22nd, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Stewart
3S Negi, Pearson, Vaughan, Yeola
2.5Arond, Caruso, Nugent, Rapaka, Yerra
2Babcock, Bromley, David, Evans, Fabian, Marinos, Sanshrey Satya Boina
1.5Baginski, Chheak, Howell, Kelly, Paulson, Srinivasa Satya Boina, Vijayabala
1Chalfant, Lessard, A Negi
0.5Appelmans, Chavadam, Tan, Tibbetts

March 15th, 2019
2019 Billerica March Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica March Swiss, March 15th, 2019
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra S Negi 0-1Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart 1-0Srikanth Rapaka
Paul Arond 1-0Mike Howell
Milt Evans1/2-1/2Robert Babcock
Walter Fabian 1-0Maurice Lessard
Michael David 0-1John Vaughan
Sai Sneha Yerra1/2-1/2♖  Arnesh Yeola
♖  Paul Baginski1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 0-1♔ Sophoern Chheak
Chris Marinos 1-0Holden Chalfant
♔ Srinivasa Satya Boina 1-0Jack Appelmans
♔ Sanjay Vijayabala 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Avhishaan Negi 0-1♔ Sanshrey Satya Boina
Total of 13 boards,
4 major upsets (♔ ♕), 2 upset draws ().

Billerica March Swiss, March 15th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Pearson, Stewart
2Arond, Babcock, Evans, Fabian, S Negi, Vaughan, Yeola, Yerra
1.5Baginski, Bromley, Caruso, Chheak, Kelly, Marinos, Nugent, Rapaka, Srinivasa Satya Boina, Vijayabala
1David, Howell, Lessard, Sanshrey Satya Boina
0.5Appelmans, Chalfant, Paulson, Tibbetts
0A Negi, Tan

March 8th, 2019
2019 Billerica March Swiss
Round 2 of 5

Billerica March Swiss, March 8th, 2019
Round 2 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Robb Stewart 1-0John Vaughan
Joe Kelly 0-1Shailendra S Negi
Fred Pearson 1-0Michael David
Art Nugent1/2-1/2Paul Arond
Maurice Lessard 0-1Sai Sneha Yerra
♔ Arnesh Yeola 1-0Chris Marinos
Milt Evans 1-0Kevin Tibbetts
Robert Babcock 1-0Srinivasa Satya Boina
♖  Holden Chalfant1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Zhiyang Tan 0-1Walter Fabian
Paul Baginski 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Sanshrey Satya Boina 0-1Mike Howell
Total of 12 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica March Swiss, March 8th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2S Negi, Pearson, Stewart
1.5Babcock, Bromley, Caruso, Evans, Rapaka, Yeola, Yerra
1Arond, Baginski, David, Fabian, Howell, Kelly, Lessard, Nugent, Vaughan
0.5Chalfant, Marinos, Paulson, Srinivasa Satya Boina, Tibbetts, Vijayabala
0A Negi, Sanshrey Satya Boina, Tan

March 1st, 2019
2019 Billerica March Swiss
Round 1 of 5

Billerica March Swiss, March 1st, 2019
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Walter Fabian 0-1Tim Bromley
John Vaughan 1-0Paul Baginski
Sai Sneha Yerra1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 0-1♔ Michael David
Mike Howell 0-1Joe Kelly
Jeff Caruso 1-0Holden Chalfant
Zhiyang Tan 0-1Fred Pearson
Shailendra S Negi 1-0Sanjay Vijay
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Robb Stewart
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Sanshrey Satya Boina
Srinivasa Satya Boina1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving full-point byes were Maurice Lessard.

Billerica March Swiss, March 1st, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Caruso, David, Kelly, Lessard, S Negi, Pearson, Rapaka, Stewart, Vaughan
0.5Evans, Nugent, Srinivasa Satya Boina, Yerra
0Baginski, Chalfant, Fabian, Howell, A Negi, Paulson, Sanshrey Satya Boina, Tan, Vijay

February 22nd, 2019

Joe Kelly returns to take clear first place

Billerica February Swiss, February 22nd, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joseph F Kelly 1-0Arthur P Nugent
Timothy G Bromley1/2-1/2Frederick Pearson
Chris Marinos1/2-1/2Jeffrey Caruso
Milt Evans 0-1John Vaughan
Shailendra Negi 0-1Robert Holmgren
Holden Chalfant 0-1Raymond Paulson
Paul A Baginski 1-0Maurice Lessard
♔ Zhiyang Tan 1-0Michael T Howell
♔ Sai Sanshrey Satya Boina 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Robert Babcock 1-0Srinivasa Rao Satya Boina
Total of 10 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 22nd, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Kelly
3Vaughan, Bromley, Caruso, Pearson, Marinos, Holmgren
2.5Paulson, Nugent
2S Negi, Evans, Baginski, Tan
1.5Chalfant, Lessard, Sai Sanshrey Satya Boina, Tibbetts
1Zhao, Norman, Babcock, Howell, A Negi
0.5G Simolaris, Mellor, A Simolaris, Srinivasa Rao Satya Boina

♔ 2019 Billerica February Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Joe Kelly
Top U1800: Chris Marinos, Robert Holmgren
Top U1400: Zhiyang Tan

Crosstable from this year's Billerica February Swiss tournament.

February 20th 2019
Jeff Caruso and Robb Stewart to run in MACA elections

MACA elections are right around the corner!
Billerica CC members, Jeff Caruso and Robb Stewart, are running for positions on the MACA board. Jeff has represented MACA as a director for a number of years and this year he is running for Vice President. Robb Stewart is running for one of the open director positions and has asked for our support. I've known Robb for a long time through the chess circles and has been an instructor for the club in the past.

For those that don't know him, Robb has been an active chess player for over 30 years, and is very involved with scholastic chess. He volunteers to manage a chess program at his daughter's school, directs scholastic tournaments, and tutors students privately.

Both Jeff and Robb are great candidates for the positions and will help Mass Chess move forward. They would like you and/or your child's vote - yes, your child can vote! Mass Chess bylaws state that junior members are eligible to vote The process to vote is underway currently and is a two-step process that is easy to complete.

The first step is that you have to register with the election committee to vote.
You simply need to send an email to the following address: election@masschess.org

You do need to be a current member of MACA. You can paste this text in your note:
Please send me an online ballot for the upcoming election to [your-email].
This must be completed before February 28th.

The second step is to vote!
An on-line ballot will be emailed to the address you provided at the beginning of May which will allow you to vote.
Online voting needs to be completed by May 22nd.
MACA has posted FAQs on its website about the election process; the link can be found here:
http://masschess.org/resources/faqs/chess_faqs.aspx?faq_type_uid=5
Please vote! And please support Robb Stewart and Jeff Caruso, they are both great choices for the future of Mass Chess.
-Paul G.

February 15th, 2019
2019 Billerica February Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica February Swiss, February 15th, 2019
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeffrey Caruso1/2-1/2Timothy G Bromley
Frederick Pearson1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Arthur P Nugent 1-0Raymond Paulson
George Norman 0-1Shailendra Negi
Derek Zhao 0-1Chris Marinos
Michael T Howell 0-1Milt Evans
Robert Holmgren 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Srinivasa Rao Satya Boina 0-1Holden Chalfant
Maurice Lessard 1-0Sanshrey Satya Boina
Robert Babcock 0-1Paul A Baginski
Total of 10 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving full-point byes were Avhishaan Negi.
♗ ♝ Marinos & Zhao game outcome & positions in current standings are undetermined as yet (2:44 PM 2/16/2019).

Billerica February Swiss, February 15th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds [Updated 5:57 PM 2/18/2019]
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley, Nugent, Caruso, Kelly, Pearson, Marinos
2Vaughan, S Negi, Evans, Holmgren
1.5Paulson, Chalfant, Lessard, Tibbetts
1Norman, Baginski, Howell, Tan, A Negi, Zhao
0.5G Simolaris, Mellor, A Simolaris, Srinivasa Rao Satya Boina, Sai Sanshrey Satya Boina
0Babcock

Billerica February Swiss, February 15th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley, Nugent, Caruso, Kelly, Pearson
2Vaughan, S Negi, Evans, Holmgren
1.5Paulson, Chalfant, Lessard, Tibbetts
1Norman, Baginski, Howell, Tan, A Negi
0.5G Simolaris, Mellor, A Simolaris, Srinivasa Rao Satya Boina, Sai Sanshrey Satya Boina
0Babcock

February 8th, 2019
2019 Billerica February Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 8th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Derek Zhao
Chris Marinos1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Robert Holmgren
Milt Evans 0-1Joseph F Kelly
Frederick Pearson 1-0Zhiyang Tan
John Vaughan 1-0Maurice Lessard
Raymond Paulson 1-0Srinivasa Satya Boina
Sanshrey Satya Boina 0-1Kevin J Tibbetts
Shailendra Negi 1-0Robert Babcock
Avhishaan Negi 0-1George Norman
Paul A Baginski 0-1Michael T Howell
Total of 11 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 8th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Caruso, Kelly, Pearson
1.5Vaughan, Paulson, Nugent, Marinos, Tibbetts
1Zhao, S Negi, Evans, Holmgren, Norman, Howell, Tan
0.5G Simolaris, Chalfant, Mellor, A Simolaris, Lessard, Srinivasa Satya Boina, Sanshrey Satya Boina
0Baginski, Babcock, A Negi

February 1st, 2019
2019 Billerica February Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 1st, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
George Norman 0-1Timothy G Bromley
Arthur P Nugent 1-0Paul A Baginski
George Simolaris 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Joseph F Kelly 1-0Robert Babcock
Michael T Howell 0-1Frederick Pearson
Derek Zhao 1-0Holden Chalfant
♔ Zhiyang Tan 1-0Shailendra Negi
Chris Marinos 1-0Rich Mellor
Alexand Simolaris 0-1Milt Evans
Robert Holmgren 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 1st, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Nugent, Caruso, Kelly, Pearson, Zhao, Marinos, Evans, Holmgren, Tan
0S Negi, Norman, Baginski, G Simolaris, Babcock, Howell, Chalfant, Mellor, A Simolaris, A Negi

January 25th, 2019

Shailendra Negi stuns Billerica January Swiss

Shailendra Negi took cleear first place in this year's January Billerica Swiss with a perfect 4.0/4 score propelled by consecutive wins over three USCF Candidate Masters, John Vaughan, Ray Paulson & Fred Pearson. This outstanding performance will boost Shailendra's rating by more than a hundred rating points to his official all time high of 1909, & place him among the top conterders at the Billerica club.

Billerica January Swiss, January 25th, 2019
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra Negi 1-0Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart1/2-1/2Srikanth Rapaka
George Norman 0-1Ray Paulson
Art Nugent1/2-1/2Michael David
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Derek Zhao 1-0Milt Evans
Chris Marinos 1-0Holden Chalfant
Zhiyang Tan 1-0Maurice Lessard
Anoushka Nagle 1-0Avhishaan Si Negi
Mike Howell 0-1♔ Rayhan Riaz
Kevin Tibbets 0-1Bob Babcock
Daniel Wu 0-1Anika Nagle
Total of 12 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica January Swiss, January 25th, 2019
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4S Negi
3Paulson, Stewart, Rapaka
2.5Bromley, Nugent, Caruso, Pearson, Zhao, Marinos, Norman, David
2Baginski, Tan, Yeola, Anoushka Nagle, Riaz
1.5Evans, Billmers, Babcock, Chalfant
1Vaughan, Howell, Anika Nagle, Lessard, A Negi
0.5Sun, Tibbets
0Wu

♔ 2019 Billerica January Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Shailendra Negi
2nd-4th Ray Paulson, Robb Stewart, Srikanth Rapaka

Crosstable from this year's Billerica January Swiss tournament.

January 18th, 2019
2019 Billerica January Swiss
Round 3 of 4

A good day to be black in Billerica

Billerica January Swiss, January 18th, 2019
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1♔ Shailendra Negi
Tim Bromley 1-0Derek Zhao
Jeffrey Caruso 0-1Srikanth Rapaka
Fred Pearson 1-0Chris Marinos
Milt Evans 0-1Robb Stewart
John Vaughan 0-1♔ Arnesh Yeola
Anoushka Nagle 0-1Art Nugent
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Paul Baginski
Michael David 1-0Maurice Lessard
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Meyer Billmers
Bob Babcock 0-1♔ Holden Chalfant
Anika Nagle 0-1Mike Howell
Daniel Wu 0-1Zhiyang Tan
Total of 13 boards,
3 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica January Swiss, January 18th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3S Negi
2.5Bromley, Pearson, Stewart, Rapaka, Norman
2Nugent, Paulson, Baginski, David, Yeola
1.5Caruso, Zhao, Marinos, Evans, Billmers, Chalfant
1Vaughan, Howell, Tan, Anoushka Nagle, Riaz, Lessard, A Negi
0.5Babcock, Sun
0Anika Nagle, Wu

January 11th, 2019
2019 Billerica January Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 11th, 2019
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Paul Baginski 0-1Ray Paulson
♔ Shailendra S Negi 1-0John Vaughan
Maurice Lessard 0-1George Norman
Milt Evans1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Art Nugent1/2-1/2Jeffrey Caruso
Meyer Billmers 0-1Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart 1-0Bob Babcock
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Liming Sun
Michael David 1-0Anika Nagle
Arnesh Sach Yeola 1-0Daniel Wu
Mike Howell 0-1♔ Anoushka Nagle
Zhiyang Tan 0-1♔ Rayhan Riaz
Total of 12 boards,
3 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Avhishaan Si Negi.

Billerica January Swiss, January 11th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Paulson, S Negi, Norman
1.5Bromley, Caruso, Pearson, Stewart, Zhao, Rapaka, Marinos, Evans
1Vaughan, Nugent, Baginski, David, Yeola, Anoushka Nagle, Riaz, Lessard, A Negi
0.5Billmers, Babcock, Sun, Chalfant
0Yerra, Howell, Tan, Anika Nagle, Wu

January 4th, 2019
2019 Billerica January Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 4th, 2019
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Michael David
Tim Bromley 1-0Mike Howell
Bob Babcock1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0Zhiyang Tan
Holden Chalfant 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Derek Zhao 1-0Arnesh Sach Yeola
Anika Nagle 0-1Shailendra S Negi
Chris Marinos 1-0Anoushka Nagle
Rayhan Riaz 0-1Milt Evans
George Norman 1-0Daniel Wu
Avhishaan Si Negi 0-1Paul Baginski
Total of 11 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving full-point byes were Maurice Lessard.

Billerica January Swiss, January 4th, 2019
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Vaughan, Bromley, Paulson, Caruso, Zhao, S Negi, Marinos, Evans, Norman, Baginski, Lessard
0.5Nugent, Babcock
0David, Howell, Tan, Chalfant, Yeola, Anika Nagle, Anoushka Nagle, Riaz, A Negi, Wu

December 28th, 2018

Jeff Caruso finishes 2018 on top

Billerica December Swiss, December 28th, 2018
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Tim Bromley
Srikanth Rapaka 0-1Frederick Pearson
John Vaughan1/2-1/2Arthur Nugent
David Bird1/2-1/2Liming Sun
Sai Yerra1/2-1/2Shailendra Negi
Milt Evans1/2-1/2Anoushka Nagle
Michael David 1-0Maurice Lessard
Robert Babcock 1-0Michael Howell
Anika Nagle 0-1Ryan Sun
Total of 9 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 28th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Caruso
3Pearson
2.5Bromley, Nugent, Paulson, Rapaka
2Vaughan, Zhao, Bird, Negi, Marinos, Yerra, L Sun, Anoushka Nagle
1.5Stewart, Evans, Baginski, David, Babcock, R Sun, Chalfant
1Lessard
0.5Howell, Mellor
0Anika Nagle

♔ 2018 Billerica December Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Jeff Caruso
2nd: Fred Pearson

Crosstable from this year's Billerica December Swiss tournament.

December 21st, 2018
2018 Billerica December Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 21st, 2018
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Shailendra Negi 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
♔ Srikanth Rapaka 1-0John Vaughan
Derek Zhao1/2-1/2Arthur Nugent
Frederick Pearson 1-0Milt Evans
Chris Marinos 1-0Maurice Lessard
♔ Liming Sun 1-0Michael David
Holden Chalfant 1-0Anika Nagle
♔ Anoushka Nagle 1-0Ryan Sun
Total of 8 boards,
3 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 21st, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley, Caruso, Paulson, Rapaka
2Nugent, Pearson, Zhao, Marinos
1.5Vaughan, Stewart, Bird, Negi, Yerra, Baginski, L Sun, Chalfant, Anoushka Nagle
1Evans, Lessard
0.5David, Howell, Babcock, R Sun, Mellor
0Anika Nagle

December 14th, 2018
2018 Billerica December Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 14th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Frederick Pearson
Raymond Paulson 1-0David Bird
Derek Zhao1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Arthur Nugent1/2-1/2Srikanth Rapaka
Maurice Lessard 0-1Shailendra Negi
Michael Howell 0-1Sai Yerra
Richard Mellor 0-1Chris Marinos
Milt Evans 1-0Robert Babcock
Paul A Baginski 1-0Anika Nagle
Anoushka Nagle1/2-1/2Michael David
Total of 10 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 14th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Paulson
1.5Vaughan, Nugent, Caruso, Zhao, Stewart, Rapaka, Negi, Yerra
1Pearson, Bird, Marinos, Evans, Baginski, Lessard
0.5David, Howell, L Sun, R Sun, Chalfant, Mellor, Anoushka Nagle
0Babcock, Anika Nagle

December 7th, 2018
2018 Billerica December Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 7th, 2018
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Chris Marinos 0-1Tim Bromley
John Vaughan 1-0Milt Evans
Michael David 0-1Art Nugent
Jeff Caruso 1-0Paul Baginski
Bob Babcock 0-1Ray Paulson
Fred Pearson 1-0Liming Sun
Ryan Sun 0-1Derek Zhao
Robb Stewart 1-0Holden Chalfant
Anika Nagle 0-1Srikanth Rapaka
David Bird 1-0Anoushka Nagle
Total of 10 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard

Billerica December Swiss, December 7th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Vaughan, Nugent, Caruso, Paulson, Pearson, Zhao, Stewart, Rapaka, Bird, Lessard
0Marinos, Evans, David, Baginski, Babcock, L Sun, R Sun, Chalfant, Anika Nagle, Anoushka Nagle

November 30th, 2018

John Vaughan finishes first with 5-0

Billerica November Swiss, November 30th, 2018
Round 5 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Timothy Bromley
Jeffrey Caruso 0-1Raymond Paulson
Frederick Pearson 1-0Milt Evans
Robert Babcock 0-1Shailendra Negi
Anoushka Nagle 0-1Derek Zhao
Holden Chalfant 0-1Paul Baginski
Chris Marinos 1-0Anika Nagle
Michael David 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Meyer A Billmers 1-0Richard Mellor
Bryan Henroid 0-1Arnesh Yeola
Total of 10 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica November Swiss, November 30th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 5 Rounds
PointsPlayers
5Vaughan
4Paulson
3.5Pearson, S Negi
3Bromley, Zhao, Rapaka, Baginski
2.5Nugent, Caruso, Marinos, Evans, Babcock, Anoushka Nagle
2David, Billmers
1.5Larocca, Stewart, Pillai, Chalfant, Yeola, Anika Nagle, Lessard
1Mellor, A Negi
0.5Norman, Henroid

♔ 2018 Billerica November Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ John Vaughan
2nd: Ray Paulson
Top U1700: Paul Baginski

Crosstable from this year's Billerica November Swiss tournament.

December will be four rounds, on 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, and 12/28. 1/2-point byes available in the last round upon request.

November 23rd, 2018
2018 Billerica November Swiss
Round 4 of 5

Vaughan leads after 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 23rd, 2018
Round 4 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Raymond Paulson
Timothy Bromley 1-0Shailendra Negi
Arthur Nugent1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Derek Zhao
Michael David 0-1Robert Babcock
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Anoushka Nagle
Anika Nagle1/2-1/2Meyer A Billmers
Holden Chalfant 1-0Bryan Henroid
Richard Mellor 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 9 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica November Swiss, November 23rd, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Vaughan
3Bromley, Paulson, Rapaka
2.5Nugent, Caruso, Pearson, S Negi, Evans, Babcock, Anoushka Nagle
2Zhao, Baginski
1.5Larocca, Stewart, Marinos, Pillai, Chalfant, Anika Nagle
1David, Billmers, Mellor, A Negi
0.5Norman, Henroid, Yeola, Lessard

November 16th, 2018
2018 Billerica November Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica November Swiss, November 16th, 2018
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Derek Zhao 0-1John Vaughan
Raymond Paulson 1-0Frederick Pearson
Shailendra Negi1/2-1/2Arthur Nugent
Timothy Bromley 1-0Chris Marinos
Natesh Pillai 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Michael David
Milt Evans 1-0Anika Nagle
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Robert E Stewart
Paul Baginski 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Maurice Lessard 0-1Robert Babcock
♔ Anoushka Nagle 1-0Richard Mellor
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica November Swiss, November 16th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Vaughan, Paulson
2.5S Negi
2Bromley, Nugent, Caruso, Pearson, Zhao, Rapaka, Evans
1.5Larocca, Stewart, Baginski, Babcock, Anoushka Nagle
1Marinos, Pillai, David, Anika Nagle, A Negi
0.5Norman, Chalfant, Henroid, Yeola, Lessard
0Mellor

November 9th, 2018
2018 Billerica November Swiss
Round 2 of 5

Billerica November Swiss, November 9th, 2018
Round 2 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Srikanth Rapaka
Jeffrey Caruso 0-1♔ Shailendra Negi
Chris Marinos 0-1Raymond Paulson
Frederick Pearson 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Natesh Pillai 0-1Derek Zhao
Robb Stewart 0-1Arthur Nugent
Paul Baginski 0-1Timothy Bromley
Bryan Henroid 0-1Milt Evans
Richard Mellor 0-1Michael David
Robert Babcock1/2-1/2Anoushka Nagle
♔ Anika Nagle 1-0Holden Chalfant
Total of 11 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica November Swiss, November 9th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Vaughan, Paulson, Pearson, Zhao, S Negi
1.5Larocca, Nugent
1Bromley, Caruso, Rapaka, Marinos, Evans, Pillai, David, Anika Nagle, A Negi
0.5Stewart, Norman, Baginski, Babcock, Yeola, Anoushka Nagle
0Chalfant, Henroid, Mellor

November 2nd, 2018
2018 Billerica November Swiss
Round 1 of 5

Billerica November Swiss, November 2nd, 2018
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Milt Evans 0-1Mark Larocca
Timothy Bromley 0-1♔ Natesh Pillai
George Norman 0-1John Vaughan
Arthur Nugent1/2-1/2Paul Baginski
Michael David 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Raymond Paulson 1-0Robert Babcock
Holden Chalfant 0-1Frederick Pearson
Derek Zhao 1-0Richard Mellor
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Srikanth Rapaka
Shailendra Negi 1-0Anika Nagle
Anoushka Nagle 0-1Chris Marinos
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Avhishaan Negi.

Billerica November Swiss, November 2nd, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Larocca, Vaughan, Caruso, Paulson, Pearson, Zhao, Rapaka, S Negi, Marinos, Pillai, A Negi
0.5Nugent, Baginski
0Bromley, Evans, Norman, David, Babcock, Chalfant, Mellor, Yeola, Anika Nagle, Anoushka Nagle

October 26th, 2018

Jeff Caruso tops the field in October Swiss

Billerica October Swiss, October 26th, 2018
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0John Vaughan
Frederick Pearson1/2-1/2Timothy Bromley
Raymond Paulson 1-0Derek Zhao
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Milt Evans
Paul Baginski 0-1Chris Marinos
Shailendra Negi 1-0Michael David
Holden Chalfant 1-0Bryan Henroid
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Richard Mellor
Total of 8 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica October Swiss, October 26th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Caruso
3Paulson, Vaughan, Rapaka
2.5Bromley, Pearson, Stewart, Marinos
2Zhao, S Negi, Chalfant, Mellor
1.5Evans, Arond, Baginski, David
1Nugent, Henroid, Yeola, Lessard
0.5Norman
0A Negi

♔ 2018 Billerica October Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Jeffrey Caruso
2nd-4th: Ray Paulson, John Vaughan, Srikanth Rapaka
Top U1800: Chris Marinos

Crosstable from this year's Billerica October Swiss tournament.

October 19th, 2018
2018 Billerica October Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 19th, 2018
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Frederick Pearson
Derek Zhao1/2-1/2Jeffrey Caruso
Timothy Bromley 1-0Milt Evans
Richard Mellor 0-1Raymond Paulson
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Shailendra Negi
Michael David1/2-1/2Chris Marinos
Bryan Henroid 0-1Paul Baginski
Maurice Lessard 0-1Holden Chalfant
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Arnesh Yeola
Total of 10 boards,
no major major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 19th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Vaughan
2.5Caruso, Stewart
2Bromley, Paulson, Pearson, Zhao, Rapaka
1.5Evans, Arond, Marinos, Baginski, David
1Nugent, S Negi, Chalfant, Henroid, Yeola, Mellor
0.5Norman
0Lessard, A Negi

October 12th, 2018
2018 Billerica October Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 12th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0Timothy Bromley
Raymond Paulson 0-1♔ Robb Stewart
Frederick Pearson 1-0Srikanth Rapaka
Paul Arond 0-1John Vaughan
George Norman 0-1Derek Zhao
Chris Marinos 1-0Maurice Lessard
Shailendra Negi1/2-1/2Paul Baginski
Arnesh Yeola 0-1Michael David
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Bryan Henroid
Holden Chalfant 0-1Richard Mellor
Total of 10 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 12th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Pearson, Vaughan, Caruso, Stewart
1.5Zhao, Evans
1Bromley, Paulson, Nugent, Rapaka, Arond, Marinos, S Negi, David, Henroid, Mellor
0.5Baginski, Norman
0Chalfant, Yeola, Lessard, A Negi

October 5th, 2018
2018 Billerica October Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 5th, 2018
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy Bromley 1-0Chris Marinos
Paul Baginski 0-1Raymond Paulson
Arthur Nugent1/2-1/2Shailendra Negi
Michael David 0-1Frederick Pearson
John Vaughan 1-0Holden Chalfant
Bryan Henroid 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Robb Stewart 1-0Arnesh Yeola
Maurice Lessard 0-1Srikanth Rapaka
Milt Evans 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Richard Mellor 0-1Paul Arond
Total of 10 boards,
no major major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 5th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Pearson, Vaughan, Caruso, Stewart, Rapaka, Evans, Arond
0.5Nugent, S Negi
0Marinos, Baginski, David, Chalfant, Henroid, Yeola, Lessard, A Negi, Mellor

September 28th, 2018

Tim Bromley & Shailendra Negi share top honors in 2018 Billerica September Swiss

Billerica September Swiss, September 28th, 2018
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 0-1Tim Bromley
Fred Pearson 0-1♔ Shailendra Negi
Arthur Nugent 1-0Ray Paulson
Paul Baginski1/2-1/2Milt Evans
George Norman 1-0Paul Arond
Srikanth Rapaka1/2-1/2Chris Marinos
Ansh Yadawad 0-1Michael David
♔ Rich Mellor 1-0Holden Chalfant
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Robert E Stewart
Robert Babcock 0-1Roland Booker Iii
Total of 10 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica September Swiss, September 28th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley, S Negi
3Nugent
2.5Pearson, Caruso, Vaughan, Baginski, Norman
2Paulson, Evans, Rapaka, Marinos, David, Mellor
1.5Stewart, Arond, Pillai, Booker
1Kaminsky, Chalfant, Lessard, A Negi
0.5Yadawad, Babcock

♔ 2018 Billerica September Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Tim Bromley, Shailendra Negi
Top U1700: George Norman

Crosstable from this year's Billerica September Swiss tournament.

September 21st, 2018
2018 Billerica September Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 21st, 2018
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley1/2-1/2Jeffrey Caruso
John Vaughan1/2-1/2Arthur Nugent
Shailendra Negi 1-0Chris Marinos
Michael David 0-1Ray Paulson
Holden Chalfant 0-1Paul Baginski
Milt Evans 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Roland Booker 0-1Srikanth Rapaka
Paul Arond 1-0Robert Babcock
Maurice Lessard 0-1Rich Mellor
Total of 9 boards,
no major upsets (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica September Swiss, September 21st, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley, Pearson, Caruso, Vaughan, S Negi
2Nugent, Paulson, Baginski
1.5Evans, Rapaka, Arond, Marinos, Norman, Pillai
1Kaminsky, David, Chalfant, A Negi, Mellor
0.5Stewart, Yadawad, Booker, Babcock
0Lessard

September 14th, 2018
2018 Billerica September Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 14th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1Tim Bromley
Paul Baginski 0-1Fred Pearson
Jeffrey Caruso 1-0George Norman
Natesh Pillai 0-1John Vaughan
Arthur Nugent 1-0Paul Arond
Chris Marinos 1-0Milt Evans
Robert E Stewart 0-1♔ Shailendra Negi
Michael David 1-0Rich Mellor
♖  Holden Chalfant1/2-1/2Robert Kaminsky
♔ Avhishaan Negi 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 10 boards,
2 major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

Billerica September Swiss, September 14th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Pearson, Caruso, Vaughan
1.5Nugent, Marinos, S Negi
1Paulson, Baginski, Norman, Pillai, David, Chalfant, A Negi
0.5Stewart, Evans, Arond, Yadawad, Iii, Kaminsky, Babcock
0Lessard, Mellor

September 7th, 2018
2018 Billerica September Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 7th, 2018
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Ansh Yadawad
♖ Shailendra Negi1/2-1/2Arthur Nugent
Fred Pearson 1-0Roland Booker III
Robert Kaminsky 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
John Vaughan 1-0Michael David
Robert Babcock 0-1Ray Paulson
Milt Evans1/2-1/2♖ Holden Chalfant
Maurice Lessard 0-1Paul Baginski
George Norman 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Rich Mellor 0-1Natesh Pillai
Total of 10 boards,
no major upsets, 2 upset draws ().

Billerica September Swiss, September 7th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Pearson, Caruso, Vaughan, Paulson, Baginski, Norman, Pillai
0.5Nugent, Evans, S Negi, Chalfant
0Yadawad, Iii, Kaminsky, David, Babcock, Lessard, A Negi, Mellor

August 31st, 2018

Paulson clear first in August Swiss

Billerica August Swiss, August 31st, 2018
Round 5 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0Fred Pearson
Paul Arond 0-1Michael Henroid
Tim Bromley 1-0John Vaughan
Chris Marinos 0-1Srikanth Rapaka
Stephen Savage 1-0Dan Kilgour
Shailendra S Negi 1-0Datta Kilari
Art Nugent 1-0George Norman
James Hankard 1-0Holden Chalfant
Maurice Lessard 1-0Richard Mellor
Kaustubh Kislay 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Robert Babcock 1-0Bryan Henroid
Total of 11 boards,
no major upsets, (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

Billerica August Swiss, August 31st, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 5 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4.5Paulson
4M Henroid
3.5Bromley, Pearson, Arond
3Vaughan, Rapaka, Savage, S Negi
2.5Nugent, Johnson, Evans, Baginski, Marinos, Hankard
2Caruso, Dey, Kilgour, Lessard, Kilari, Kislay
1.5Norman, Babcock, Chalfant
1B Henroid
0.5Booker, Mellor
0A Negi

♔ 2018 Billerica August Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Ray Paulson
2nd: Mike Henroid
Top U1600: Stephen Savage

Crosstable from this year's Billerica August Swiss tournament.

August 24th, 2018
2018 Billerica August Swiss
Round 4 of 5

Billerica August Swiss, August 24th, 2018
Round 4 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Michael Henroid1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Fred Pearson 1-0Silverio Johnson
Jeff Caruso 0-1♔ Paul Arond
John Vaughan 1-0Ranjan Dey
Tim Bromley 1-0Stephen Savage
Milt Evans 1-0James Hankard
Paul Baginski 1-0Holden Chalfant
Art Nugent 0-1♔ Chris Marinos
♖ Dan Kilgour1/2-1/2Srikanth Rapaka
Datta Kilari 1-0Maurice Lessard
Bryan Henroid 0-1♔ Shailendra S Negi
Avhishaan Negi 0-1George Norman
Total of 12 boards,
3 major upsets (♔ ♕), 1 upset draw ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Kaustubh Kislay.

Billerica August Swiss, August 24th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Paulson, Pearson, Arond
3M Henroid, Vaughan
2.5Bromley, Johnson, Evans, Baginski, Marinos
2Caruso, Rapaka, Dey, Savage, Kilgour, Kilari, S Negi
1.5Nugent, Norman, Hankard, Chalfant
1B Henroid, Lessard, Kislay
0.5Booker, Babcock
0A Negi

August 17th, 2018
2018 Billerica August Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica August Swiss, August 17th, 2018
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0John Vaughan
♔ Paul Arond1-0Tim Bromley
Silverio Johnson 1-0Art Nugent
Michael Henroid 1-0Dan Kilgour
Srikanth Rapaka 0-1Jeff Caruso
Holden Chalfant1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Maurice Lessard 0-1Ranjan Dey
Stephen Savage 1-0Datta Kilari
George Norman 0-1Chris Marinos
Bryan Henroid 1-0Kaustubh Kislay
Shailendra Negi 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕). No upset draws ().

Billerica August Swiss, August 17th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Paulson
2.5M Henroid, Pearson, Johnson, Arond
2Caruso, Vaughan, Dey, Savage
1.5Bromley, Nugent, Evans, Rapaka, Baginski, Marinos, Hankard, Kilgour, Chalfant
1B Henroid, Lessard, Kilari, S Negi
0.5Norman, Booker, Babcock
0A Negi, Kislay

August 10th, 2018
2018 Billerica August Swiss
Round 2 of 5

Billerica August Swiss, August 10th, 2018
Round 2 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley1/2-1/2Silverio Johnson
Art Nugent1/2-1/2Paul Arond
Milt Evans 0-1Ray Paulson
Srikanth Rapaka1/2-1/2Michael Henroid
Fred Pearson 1-0Paul Baginski
John Vaughan 1-0Maurice Lessard
♔ Dan Kilgour 1-0Robert Babcock
James Hankard 1-0Bryan Henroid
Ranjan Dey 1-0Shailendra S Negi
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Stephen Savage
Kaustubh Kislay 0-1Holden Chalfant
Total of 11 boards,
1 major upset (♔ ♕), no upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Datta Kilari.

Billerica August Swiss, August 10th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Paulson, Pearson, Vaughan
1.5Bromley, Nugent, M Henroid, Johnson, Arond, Rapaka, Kilgour
1Caruso, Evans, Baginski, Hankard, Dey, Savage, Chalfant, Lessard, Kilari
0.5Marinos, Booker, Babcock
0B Henroid, A Negi, S Negi, Kislay

August 3rd, 2018
2018 Billerica August Swiss
Round 1 of 5

August Swiss expands to 12 boards for planned 5-rounder

Billerica August Swiss, August 3rd, 2018
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Chris Marinos 0-1Tim Bromley
Roland Booker 0-1Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0James Hankard
Michael Henroid 1-0Ranjan Dey
Stephen Savage 0-1Fred Pearson
Jeff Caruso 1/2-1/2♖ Dan Kilgour
Holden Chalfant 0-1John Vaughan
Silverio Johnson 1-0Bryan Henroid
Datta Kilari 0-1Milt Evans
Paul Arond 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Shailendra Negi 0-1Srikanth Rapaka
Paul Baginski 1-0Kaustubh Kislay
Total of 12 boards, no upsets (♔ ♕)
1 upset draw ()

♜ Receiving full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica August Swiss, August 3rd, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Nugent, Paulson, M Henroid, Pearson, Vaughan, Johnson, Evans, Arond, Rapaka, Baginski, Lessard
0.5Caruso, Kilgour
0Marinos, Hankard, Booker, Dey, Savage, Chalfant, B Henroid, Kilari, A Negi, S Negi, Kislay

July 27th, 2018

Jeff Caruso tops field in Billerica July Swiss

Billerica July Swiss, July 27th, 2018
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 1/2-1/2Srikanth Rapaka
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Shailendra S Negi
Michael Henroid 1-0Paul Arond
Frederick Pearson 0-1Raymond Paulson
Michael Shoueiry 0-1Milt Evans
Chris Marinos 1-0Ranjan Dey
Bryan Li Henroid 0-1Paul A Baginski
George Norman 1-0Holden Chalfant
James Hankard 1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
Daniel Kilgour 1-0Maurice Lessard
Kaustubh Kislay 1-0Avhishaan Negi
Total of 11 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica July Swiss, July 27th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Caruso
3Bromley, Vaughan, Rapaka
2.5M Henroid, Paulson, Evans, Marinos, S Negi
2Pearson, Baginski, Norman, Hankard
1.5Nugent, Arond, Savage, Dey, Shoueiry, Kilgour, Kislay
1Chalfant, B Henroid
0.5Lai, Babcock, A Negi
0Lessard

♔ 2018 Billerica July Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Jeff Caruso
2nd-4th: Tim Bromley, John Vaughan, Srikanth Rapaka
Top U1600: Shailendra Negi

Crosstable from this year's Billerica July Swiss tournament.

July 20th, 2018
2018 Billerica July Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica July Swiss, July 20th, 2018
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 1-0Timothy G Bromley
Raymond Paulson 0-1John P Vaughan
Arthur P Nugent 0-1♔ Srikanth Rapaka
Paul Arond 0-1♔ Shailendra S Negi
George Norman 0-1Frederick Pearson
Chris Marinos 1/2-1/2Michael Henroid
Milt Evans 1-0Holden Chalfant
Daniel Kilgour 0-1Stephen Savage
Avhishaan Negi 0-1Michael Shoueiry
Paul A Baginski 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 10 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 20th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Vaughan, Caruso
2.5Rapaka, S Negi
2Bromley, Pearson
1.5M Henroid, Paulson, Evans, Marinos, Arond, Hankard, Savage, Dey, Shoueiry
1Nugent, Baginski, Norman, Chalfant, B Henroid
0.5Lai, Babcock, Kilgour, A Negi
0Lessard

July 13th, 2018
>2018 Billerica July Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica July Swiss, July 13th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Timothy G Bromley 1-0Frederick Pearson
Michael Henroid 0-1Jeff Caruso
John P Vaughan 1-0Chris Marinos
Ranjan Dey 1/2-1/2Arthur P Nugent
Isabella Lai 0-1Raymond Paulson
♔ Shailendra S Negi 1-0Milt Evans
Bryan Li Henroid 0-1Paul Arond
Srikanth Rapaka 1-0Avhishaan Negi
♔ Holden Chalfant 1-0Paul A Baginski
Maurice Lessard 0-1James Hankard
Total of 10 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 13th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Vaughan, Caruso
1.5Paulson, Arond, Rapaka, S Negi
1Nugent, M Henroid, Pearson, Marinos, Norman, Hankard, Dey, Chalfant
0.5Evans, Lai, Babcock, Kilgour, B Henroid, A Negi
0Baginski, Lessard

July 6th, 2018
2018 Billerica July Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica July Swiss, July 6th, 2018
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Paul A Baginski 0-1Timothy G Bromley
Arthur P Nugent 1/2-1/2George Norman
James Hankard 0-1Michael Henroid
Raymond Paulson 1/2-1/2Ranjan Dey
Robert Babcock 0-1John P Vaughan
Frederick Pearson 1-0Daniel Kilgour
Holden Chalfant 0-1Jeff Caruso
Milt Evans 1/2-1/2Bryan Henroid
Maurice Lessard 0-1Chris Marinos
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica July Swiss, July 6th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, M Henroid, Vaughan, Pearson, Caruso, Marinos
0.5Nugent, Paulson, Evans, Norman, Dey, B Henroid
0Baginski, Hankard, Babcock, Kilgour, Chalfant, Lessard

♔ As of tonight, Art Nugent has retired and Tim Bromley has officially taken over management of the club, assisted by John Vaughan. Art will continue to attend as a member, but from now on he gets to go home when his game is done! -Jeff

June 29th, 2018

Since 16 players showed up for the Midsummer Blitz tournament, we had a 15 round robin event. Lots of interesting chess was played, a few cliff hangers & once again, of course, not a single blunder was made all night!

Billerica Midsumer Blitz, June 29th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 15 Rounds
PointsPlayers
12.5Paul Godin
11Tim Bromley, John Vaughan, Art Nugent
10.5Fred Pearson
10Nate Smith
9.5Silverio Johnson
8Ansh Yadawad
7.5Ray Paulson, Holden Chalfant
7Jeff Caruso
6Chris Marinos
5Milt Evans
2Anish Chidgopkar
1.5Bob Babcock
0Paul Baginski

♔ 2018 Midsummer Blitz Winners with score and tiebreaks (head-to-head results, S-B points): ♔
1st: Paul Godin (12.5)
2nd: Tim Bromley (11, 1-1, 70.5)
3rd: John Vaughan (11, 1-1, 69.5)
4th: Art Nugent (11, 1-1, 67.75)

Crosstable from this year's Billerica Midsummer Blitz tournament.

June 22nd, 2018

June Swiss ends in thee-way tie

Billerica June Swiss, June 22nd, 2018
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1Tim Bromley
Michael David 0-1Paul Baginski
Milt Evans 0-1Fred Pearson
John Vaughan 1-0Chris Marinos
Bob Babcock 0-1Ansh Yadawad
George Norman 1-0Maurice Lessard
Bryan Henroid 0-1Holden Chalfant
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Anish Chidgopkar.

Billerica June Swiss, June 22nd, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Bromley, Paulson, Baginski
2.5Kelly, Pearson, Vaughan, Yadawad
2Caruso, Norman, David
1.5Marinos, Evans, Savage, Babcock, Chidgopkar, Chalfant
1Nugent, Dey, Lessard
0.5Vedula, Henroid

♔ 2018 Billerica June Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-3rd: Tim Bromley, Ray Paulson, Paul Baginski
Top U1600: Ansh Yadawad

Crosstable from this year's Billerica June Swiss tournament.

PLEASE NOTE:
This Friday, June 29th, is Blitz Night.
G/5; d0 -- RR or Swiss depending on entries

June 15th, 2018
2018 Billerica June Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica June Swiss, June 15th, 2018
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0John Vaughan
Joe Kelly 1-0Milt Evans
Tim Bromley 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Paul Baginski 1-0Ranjan Dey
♔Michael David 1-0George Norman
Holden Chalfant 0-1Fred Pearson
Chris Marinos 1/2-1/2Bob Babcock
Stephen Savage 1-0Bryan Henroid
Hrishikesh Vedula 1/2-1/2Anish Chidgopkar
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica June Swiss, June 15th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Paulson
2.5Kelly
2Bromley, Caruso, Baginski, David
1.5Pearson, Vaughan, Marinos, Evans, Savage, Yadawad, Babcock
1Nugent, Norman, Dey, Lessard
0.5Chidgopkar, Vedula, Chalfant, Henroid

June 8th, 2018
2018 Billerica June Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica June Swiss, June 8th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ranjan Dey 0-1Ray Paulson
Jeff Caruso 1-0Tim Bromley
John Vaughan 1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Holden Chalfont
Chris Marinos 1/2-1/2Paul Baginski
George Norman 1-0Anish Chidgopkar
Bob Babcock 1-0Hrishikesh Vedula
Maurice Lessard 0-1Michael David
Total of 8 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica June Swiss, June 8th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Paulson, Caruso
1.5Kelly, Vaughan, Evans, Yadawad
1Bromley, Nugent, Marinos, Norman, Baginski, Babcock, David, Dey
0.5Pearson, Chalfont
0Chidgopkar, Vedula, Lessard

♗ Next week Paul Arond will fill in as TD.

June 1st, 2018
2018 Billerica June Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica June Swiss, June 1st, 2018
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0George Norman
Paul Baginski 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0Bob Babcock
Michael David 0-1Joe Kelly
Fred Pearson 0-1♔ Ranjan Dey
Anish Chidgopkar 0-1John Vaughan
Jeff Caruso 1-0Maurice Lessard
Holden Chalfont 1/2-1/2Chris Marinos
Milt Evans 1-0Hrishikesh Vedula
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica June Swiss, June 1st, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Kelly, Vaughan, Caruso, Evans, Dey
0.5Nugent, Marinos, Baginski, Chalfont
0Pearson, Norman, Babcock, David, Chidgopkar, Vedula, Lessard

PLEASE NOTE:
June 29 will be a Blitz night, either a round-robin or Swiss depending on the number of participants.
Art Nugent is retiring as Billerica Club President. His last night is June 29.
We are looking for a replacement and may have news in the coming weeks.

May 25th, 2018

PLEASE NOTE:
We decided that the May tournament would be 3 rounds and the June tournament will be 4 or 5 rounds,
possibly doing a blitz night on June 29.
We'll decide which next Friday. Stay tuned. -Jeff

Fred Pearson 3 for 3 in May Swiss

Billerica May Swiss, May 25th, 2018
Round 3 of 3 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 0-1Fred Pearson
Tim Bromley 1-0Maurice Lessard
Milt Evans 0-1John Vaughan
Chris Marinos 0-1Ray Paulson
Bryan Henroid 1-0Avni Nagaraj
Anish Chidgopkar 1/2-1/2Hrishikesh Vedula
Total of 6 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica May Swiss, May 25th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Pearson
2Bromley, Nugent, Kelly, Vaughan, Paulson, Baginski
1.5Caruso, Stewart, Evans, Donahue, Henroid
1Booker, Lessard, Marinos
0.5Yerra, Billmers, Chidgopkar, Nagaraj, Vedula

♔ 2018 Billerica May Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔Fred Pearson
Top U1800: Paul Baginski

Crosstable from this year's Billerica May Swiss tournament.

May 11th, 2018
2018 Billerica May Swiss
Round 2 of 4

PLEASE NOTE:
There is no Billerica Chess Club meeting next week (May 18) due to work on the building!

Billerica May Swiss, May 11th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1Joe Kelly
Fred Pearson 1-0Chris Marinos
Art Nugent 1-0John Vaughan
Meyer Billmers 0-1Jeff Caruso
Robb Stewart 1-0Bryan Henroid
Maurice Lessard 0-1Paul Baginski
Avni Nagaraj 0-1Tim Bromley
Roland Booker 1-0Anish Chidgopkar
Hrishikesh Vedula 0-1James Donahue
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica May Swiss, May 11th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
1.5Nugent, Caruso, Stewart, Evans, Baginski
1Bromley, Vaughan, Paulson, Booker, Donahue, Lessard, Marinos
0.5Yerra, Billmers, Henroid, Nagaraj
0Chidgopkar, Vedula

May 4th, 2018
2018 Billerica May Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 4th, 2018
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 0-1♔ Milt Evans
Paul Baginski 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Joe Kelly 1-0Roland Booker
James Donahue 0-1Fred Pearson
John Vaughan 1-0Sai Sneha Yerra
Anish Chidgopkar 0-1Ray Paulson
Chris Marinos 1-0Hrishikesh
Total of 7 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica May Swiss, May 4th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Kelly, Vaughan, Pearson, Paulson, Evans, Marinos
0.5Nugent, Caruso, Baginski
0Bromley, Booker, Donahue, Yerra, Chidgopkar, Hrishikesh

April 27th, 2018

Paulson perfect in Billerica April Swiss

Billerica April Swiss, April 27th, 2018
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0Fred Pearson
Paul Baginski 0-1Jeff Caruso
Chris Marinos 1-0Art Nugent
Tim Bromley 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Roland Booker 0-1John Vaughan
Bryan Henroid 0-1Bob Babcock
Total of 6 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving full-point byes were Maurice Lessard.

Billerica April Swiss, April 27th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Paulson
3Caruso, Marinos
2.5Bromley
2Nugent, Pearson, Vaughan, Donahue, Baginski, Babcock
1.5Norman, Yadawad, Billmers
1Smith, Booker, Chidgopkar, Lessard
0.5Henroid

♔ 2018 Billerica April Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Ray Paulson
2nd-3rd: Jeff Caruso, Chris Marinos
Top U1700: Jim Donahue

Crosstable from this year's Billerica April Swiss tournament.

April 20th, 2018
2018 Billerica April Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 20th, 2018
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 0-1Ray Paulson
Fred Pearson 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
♖ James Donahue 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Nate Smith 0-1♔ Paul Baginski
John Vaughan 0-1Chris Marinos
Bob Babcock 0-1Ansh Yadawad
Bryan Henroid 0-1Meyer Billmers
Roland Booker 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 8 boards, 1 major upset (♔ ♕)
1 upset draw ()

Billerica April Swiss, April 20th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Paulson
2Nugent, Pearson, Caruso, Donahue, Baginski, Marinos
1.5Bromley, Norman, Yadawad, Billmers
1Vaughan, Smith, Booker, Babcock, Chidgopkar
0.5Henroid
0Lessard

April 13th, 2018
2018 Billerica April Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 13th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 1-0Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0John Vaughan
Art Nugent 1-0Nate Smith
Ansh Yadawad 0-1Fred Pearson
Meyer Billmers 0-1James Donahue
Paul Baginski 1/2-1/2♖ Anish Chidgopkar
George Norman 1-0Bryan Henroid
Bob Babcock 1-0Maurice Lessard
Chris Marinos 1-0Roland Booker
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets (♔ ♕)
1 upset draw ()

Billerica April Swiss, April 13th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Paulson, Caruso
1.5Nugent, Pearson, Donahue
1Bromley, Vaughan, Smith, Norman, Baginski, Babcock, Chidgopkar, Marinos
0.5Yadawad, Billmers, Henroid
0Booker, Lessard

April 6th, 2018
2018 Billerica April Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 6th, 2018
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0George Norman
♖ James Donahue 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1/2-1/2♖ Paul Baginski
Roland Booker 0-1Ray Paulson
John Vaughan 1-0Bob Babcock
Maurice Lessard 0-1Jeff Caruso
Nate Smith 1-0Chris Marinos
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets (♔ ♕)
2 upset draws ()

Billerica April Swiss, April 6th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Vaughan, Caruso, Smith
0.5Pearson, Nugent, Donahue, Baginski
0Norman, Booker, Babcock, Lessard, Marinos

March 30th, 2018

Fred finishes first

USCF expert, Fred Pearson, won the Billerica March 2018 Swiss by winning all four of his games with a convincing 4.0 score in the four round event. While Fred is no stranger to the top prize at Billerica, this is the first time he's ever done it with a perfect score. In the process, he defeated a class B player, Jim Dnahue, two class A players, Ray Paulson & Jeff Caruso, & strong expert Tim Bromley thus adding 51 points to his rating. Coingratulations, Fred.

Clear second place went to USCF expert Art Nugent while Under 1600 honors were shared by Bob Babcock & Chris Marinos, who started as an unrated player & now holds a provisional rating of 1645 based on three games.

Billerica March Swiss, March 30th, 2018
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 0-1Fred Pearson
Art Nugent 1-0Ray Paulson
Tim Bromley 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Paul Baginski 1-0Anish Chidgopkar
Roland Booker 1/2-1/2Chris Marinos
Bob Babcock 1-0Meyer Billmers
Maurice Lessard 0-1Sebastien Richert
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica March Swiss, March 30th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Pearson
3Nugent
2.5Bromley, Caruso
2Paulson, Baginski, Booker, Babcock, Marinos
1.5Kelly, Bird, Richert, Yadawad, Chidgopkar
1Donahue, Lai
0.5Billmers
0Lessard

♔ 2018 Billerica March Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Fred Pearson
2nd: Art Nugent
Top U1600: Bob Babcock & Chris Marinos

Crosstable from this year's Billerica March Swiss tournament.

March 23rd, 2018
2018 Billerica March Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica March Swiss, March 23rd, 2018
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 1-0Tim Bromley
Jeff Caruso 1-0Chris Marinos
Anish Chidgopkar 0-1Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0Paul Baginski
David Bird 1-0Bob Babcock
Sebastien Richert 0-1Roland Booker
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica March Swiss, March 23rd, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Pearson
2.5Caruso
2Nugent, Paulson
1.5Bromley, Kelly, Bird, Booker, Yadawad, Chidgopkar, Marinos
1Baginski, Donahue, Babcock, Lai
0.5Billmers, Richert
0Lessard

March 16th, 2018
2018 Billerica March Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica March Swiss, March 16th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1Fred Pearson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Isabella Lai
Meyer Billmers 0-1♔ Anish Chidgopkar
♔ Chris Marinos 1-0Sebastien Richert
James Donahue 1/2-1/2Ansh Yadawad
Bob Babcock 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 6 boards, 2 major upsets ().

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Baginski, Bird, Bromley, Caruso, & Kelly.

Billerica March Swiss, March 16th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Pearson
1.5Bromley, Kelly, Caruso, Chidgopkar, Marinos
1Nugent, Paulson, Baginski, Babcock, Lai
0.5Bird, Donahue, Billmers, Richert, Yadawad
0Lessard

March 9th, 2018
Meeting cancelled tonight!

PLEASE NOTE:
There is no Billerica Chess Club meeting tonight, March 9th!

March 2nd, 2018
2018 Billerica March Swiss
Round 1 of 5

Billerica Begins March 5-rounder

Billerica March Swiss, March 2nd, 2018
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0David Bird
Paul Baginski 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1-0James Donahue
Ansh Yadawad 0-1Ray Paulson
Joe Kelly 1-0Bob Babcock
Maurice Lessard 0-1Jeff Caruso
Total of 6 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica March Swiss, March 2nd, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Pearson, Paulson, Kelly, Caruso
0.5Nugent, Baginski
0Bird, Donahue, Yadawad, Babcock, Lessard

February 23rd, 2018

Pearson prevails

Billerica February Swiss, February 23rd, 2018
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 1-0Robb Stewart
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Jeff Caruso 1-0Ansh Yadawad
David Bird 1-0Bob Babcock
Paul Baginski 1-0Maurice Lessard
Travis Rappleyea 0-1James Donahue
Sebastien Richert 0-1George Norman
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica February Swiss, February 23rd, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Pearson
3Caruso
2.5Bromley, Nugent, Kelly, Stewart
2Paulson, Bird, Baginski, Donahue
1.5Norman, Yadawad
1Babcock, Dey, Lessard, Rappleyea
0.5Richert

♔ 2018 Billerica February Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Fred Pearson
2nd: Jeff Caruso
Top U1700: Jim Donahue

Crosstable from this year's Billerica February Swiss tournament.

February 16th, 2018
2018 Billerica February Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 16th, 2018
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 1/2-1/2Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart 1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Tim Bromley 1-0David Bird
Bob Babcock 0-1Art Nugent
Jeff Caruso 1-0Travis Rappleyea
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Ranjan Dey
Paul Baginski 1-0Sebastien Richert
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica February Swiss, February 16th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Kelly, Pearson, Stewart
2Bromley, Paulson, Nugent, Caruso
1.5Yadawad
1Bird, Baginski, Donahue, Babcock, Dey, Lessard, Rappleyea
0.5Norman, Richert

February 9th, 2018
2018 Billerica February Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 9th, 2018
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
♔Fred Pearson 1-0Tim Bromley
David Bird 0-1Joe Kelly
Travis Rappleyea 0-1Robb Stewart
Ray Paulson 1-0James Donahue
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Jeff Caruso
♔Ranjan Dey 1-0Paul Baginski
Maurice Lessard 0-1Bob Babcock
Total of 7 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 9th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Kelly, Pearson, Stewart
1.5Paulson
1Bromley, Nugent, Caruso, Bird, Babcock, Dey, Rappleyea
0.5Norman, Donahue, Yadawad
0Baginski, Lessard

February 2nd, 2018
2018 Billerica February Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 2nd, 2018
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0George Norman
James Donahue 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Joe Kelly 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Bob Babcock 0-1Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart 1-0Ranjan Dey
Maurice Lessard 0-1David Bird
Paul Baginski 0-1Travis Rappleyea
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica February Swiss, February 2nd, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Kelly, Pearson, Stewart, Bird, Rappleyea
0.5Nugent, Caruso, Donahue
0Baginski, Norman, Yadawad, Babcock, Dey, Lessard

January 26th, 2018

Art Nugent tops 3 rounder

Billerica January Swiss, January 26th, 2018
Round 3 of 3 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0Paul Baginski
James Donahue 1-0Meyer Billmers
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 4 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica January Swiss, January 26th, 2018
FINAL STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Nugent
2Bromley, Paulson, Donahue
1.5Pearson, Stewart, Yadawad
1Caruso, Baginski
0.5Billmers
0Evans, Lessard

♔ 2018 Billerica January Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Art Nugent
2nd-4th: Tim Bromley, Ray Paulson, Jim Donahue
Top U1600: Jim Donahue

Crosstable from this year's Billerica January Swiss tournament.

January 19th, 2018
2018 Billerica January Swiss
Round 2 of 3

Billerica January Swiss, January 19th, 2018
Round 2 of 3 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1-0Ray Paulson
Robb Stewart 1-0Jeff Caruso
Milt Evans 0-1♔ James Donahue
Maurice Lessard 0-1Paul Baginski
Total of 5 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica January Swiss, January 19th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Nugent
1.5Bromley, Pearson, Stewart
1Paulson, Caruso, Baginski, Donahue
0.5Yadawad
0Evans, Lessard

January 12th, 2018
2018 Billerica January Swiss
Round 1 of 3

Billerica January Swiss, January 12th, 2018
Round 1 of 3 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Milt Evans
Paul Baginski 0-1Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0James Donahue
Ansh Yadawad 0-1Fred Pearson
Jeff Caruso 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 5 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica January Swiss, January 12th, 2018
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1.0Bromley, Nugent, Paulson, Pearson, Caruso
0.5-----
0.0Evans, Baginski, Donahue, Yadawad, Lessard

Last week's round was snowed out so we will try to get in a 3-rounder for January. -Regards, Jeff

January 8th, 2018
Billerica CC players compete in 6th Annual Boaton Chess Congress

The 2018 Boaton Chess Congress USCF rating reports were filed after the tournament.
Here are the results for the Billerica CC players competing:

♙   ♝   ♘   ♜   ♘   ♟   Monday January 8, 2018 Boaton Chess Congress Rating Updates   ♙   ♞   ♖   ♞   ♗   ♟
USCFID#: WCC Member NameEnd DateMost Recent Rated TournamentSection: NamePre => PostClass
12223060: FREDERICK PEARSON2018-01-076TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)2: UNDER 2100 1982 => 1943 A
15131158: DEREK CHUBO ZHAO2018-01-076TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)2: UNDER 2100 1947 => 1939 A
12456989: ROBERT E STEWART2018-01-076TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)3: UNDER 1900 1838 => 1879 A
14902922: D G BIRD2018-01-076TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)3: UNDER 1900 1814 => 1792 B
15540607: JOE RAY2018-01-076TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)3: UNDER 1900 1603 => 1640 B
15993891: SAI SNEHA YERRA2018-01-076TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)3: UNDER 1900 1637 => 1633 B
12633241: JAMES E DONAHUE2018-01-076TH ANNUAL BOSTON CHESS CONGRE (MA)4: UNDER 1700 1579 => 1529 C

♔ ♝ ♘ ♜ Congratulations to all! ♖ ♞ ♗ ♚

December 29th, 2017

Fred Pearson takes Billerica Blitz by a point & a half!

Billerica Happy New Year Blitz, December 29th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 8 Rounds
PointsPlayers
13.5Fred Pearson
12Art Nugent
11Tim Bromley
9Ray Paulson, Milt Evans
8Jeff Caruso
7Robb Stewart
2Matthew Garcia
0.5Joe Garcia

♔ 2016 Billerica Happy New Year Blitz PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Fred Pearson
2nd: Art Nugent
3rd: Tim Bromley

Crosstable from this year's Billerica Happy New Year Blitz double round robin tournament.

December 22nd, 2017

Tough night for the White pieces!

Billerica December Swiss, December 22nd, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 0-1Tim Bromley
John Vaughan 0-1Ray Paulson
Ansh Yadawad 0-1Milt Evans
Robb Stewart 0-1Fred Pearson
Total of 4 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica December Swiss, December 22nd, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley
3Paulson, Evans
2.5Vaughan, Caruso
2Nugent, Pearson
1.5Kelly, Johnson, Stewart, Bird, Donahue, G Braceland
1Yadawad, Lessard
0.5Norman, Howell, Krishnamoorthy, J Braceland Jr

♔ 2017 Billerica December Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Tim Bromley
2nd-3rd: Ray Paulson, Milt Evans

Crosstable from this year's Billerica December Swiss tournament.

December 15th, 2017
2017 Billerica December Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 15th, 2017
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0Maurice Lessard
Milt Evans 1-0Fred Pearson
David G Bird 1-0John Braceland Jr
James Donahue 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Total of 5 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was George Braceland.

Billerica December Swiss, December 15th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley, Vaughan, Caruso
2Nugent, Paulson, Evans
1.5Kelly, Johnson, Stewart, Bird, Donahue, G Braceland
1Pearson, Yadawad, Lessard
0.5Norman, Howell, Krishnamoorthy, J Braceland Jr

December 8th, 2017
2017 Billerica December Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 8th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 0-1Tim Bromley
John Vaughan 1-0Robb Stewart
Jeff Caruso 1-0Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1-0James Donahue
Milt Evans 1-0David G Bird
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Mike Howell
Total of 6 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica December Swiss, December 8th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Vaughan, Caruso
1.5Nugent, Kelly, Johnson
1Paulson, Pearson, Stewart, Evans, Yadawad, Lessard
0.5Bird, Norman, Donahue, Krishnamoorthy, J Braceland Jr, G Braceland
0Howell

December 29 is Blitz Night at the Billerica Club. Either a single- or a double-round robin depending on how many show up.

December 1st, 2017
2017 Billerica December Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 1st, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Milt Evans
D G Bird 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0George Norman
Mike Howell 0-1John Vaughan
Fred Pearson 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Maurice Lessard 0-1Joe Kelly
Silverio Johnson 1-0Sriram Krishnamoorthy
John Braceland Jr 0-1Jeff Caruso
Robb Stewart 1-0George Braceland
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica December Swiss, December 1st, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Vaughan, Pearson, Kelly, Johnson, Caruso, Stewart
0.5Nugent, Bird
0Evans, Norman, Howell, Yadawad, Lessard, Krishnamoorthy, G Braceland, J Braceland Jr

November 24th, 2017

Tim Bromley tops Billerica by a point & a half!

Billerica November Swiss, November 24th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Art Nugent 0-1Tim Bromley
Joe Kelly 1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Milt Evans 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 3 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica November Swiss, November 24th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Bromley
2.5Paulson, Kelly
2Evans, Baginski
1.5Nugent, Pearson, Yerra
1Caruso, Lessard
0Babcock

♔ 2017 Billerica November Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Tim Bromley
2nd-3rd: Ray Paulson, Joe Kelly
Top U1700: Paul Baginski

Crosstable from this year's Billerica November Swiss tournament.

We plan to have a 4-round tournament during the first 4 Fridays, followed by a Blitz Night on December 29.

November 10th, 2017
2017 Billerica November Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 10th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1Tim Bromley
Paul Baginski 0-1Joe Kelly
Art Nugent 0-1♔Sai Sneha Yerra
Maurice Lessard 0-1Fred Pearson
Milt Evans 1-0Bob Babcock
Total of 5 boards, 1 major upset ().

♝ Receiving a half-point bye was Jeff Caruso.

Billerica November Swiss, November 10th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Kelly
1.5Yerra
1Pearson, Paulson, Evans, Caruso, Baginski
0.5Nugent
0Babcock, Lessard

November 3rd, 2017
2017 Billerica November Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 3rd, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Milt Evans
Jeff Caruso 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 0-1♔Paul Baginski
Bob Babcock 0-1Ray Paulson
Joe Kelly 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 5 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica November Swiss, November 3rd, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Kelly, Baginski
0.5Nugent, Caruso
0Pearson, Evans, Babcock, Lessard

October 27th, 2017

Billerica October Swiss, October 27th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Jeff Caruso
Fred Pearson 1-0Paul Baginski
Milt Evans 0-1Ray Paulson
♔Ansh Yadawad 1-0Roland Booker
Bob Babcock 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ananth Rangan 0-1♔Sebastien Richert
Total of 6 boards, 2 major upsets ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica October Swiss, October 27th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley
3Pearson, Paulson, Caruso
2.5Baginski, Yadawad
2Johnson, Evans
1.5Nugent, Kelly, Vaughan, Booker, Yerra, Richert, Babcock, Lessard
0.5Rangan A, Billmers, Howell, Rangan K, Duffy

♔ 2017 Billerica October Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Tim Bromley
2nd-4th: Fred Pearson, Ray Paulson, Jeff Caruso
Top U1600: Ansh Yadawad

Crosstable from this year's Billerica October Swiss tournament.

October 20th, 2017
2017 Billerica October Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 20th, 2017
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 1-0Silverio Johnson
Roland Booker 0-1Tim Bromley
♔Paul Baginski 1-0John Vaughan
Fred Pearson 1-0Bob Babcock
Ray Paulson 1-0Art Nugent
Ananth Rangan 0-1♔Sai Sneha Yerra
♔Ansh Yadawad 1-0Meyer Billmers
Total of 7 boards, 3 major upsets ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 20th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Caruso
2.5Bromley, Baginski
2Pearson, Paulson, Johnson, Evans
1.5Kelly, Vaughan, Booker, Yerra, Yadawad
1Nugent, Babcock
0.5A Rangan, Billmers, Howell, Richert, K Rangan, Lessard, Duffy

October 13th, 2017
2017 Billerica October Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 13th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Silverio Johnson 1-0Fred Pearson
Jeff Caruso 1-0Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Sebastien Richert 0-1Roland Booker
Brent Duffy 0-1Paul Baginski
Sai Sneha Yerra 1/2-1/2Ansh Yadawad
Maurice Lessard 0-1Bob Babcock
Total of 8 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica October Swiss, October 13th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Johnson, Caruso
1.5Bromley, Kelly, Vaughan, Evans, Booker, Baginski
1Nugent, Pearson, Paulson, Babcock
0.5Rangan A, Yerra, Billmers, Howell, Richert, Yadawad, Rangan K, Duffy
0Lessard

October 6th, 2017
2017 Billerica October Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 6th, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Ananth Rangan
Paul Baginski 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1-0Sai Sneha Yerra
Meyer Billmers 0-1Joe Kelly
Ray Paulson 1-0Mike Howell
Bob Babcock 0-1John Vaughan
Silverio Johnson 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Keshav Rangan 0-1Jeff Caruso
Milt Evans 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica October Swiss, October 6th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Pearson, Kelly, Paulson, Vaughan, Johnson, Caruso, Evans
0.5Nugent, Baginski
0A Rangan, Yerra, Billmers, Howell, Babcock, Yadawad, K Rangan, Lessard

September 29th, 2017

Billerica September Swiss, September 29th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1John Vaughan
Tim Bromley 1-0Jeff Caruso
Fred Pearson 1-0Robb Stewart
Paul Baginski 0-1Ananth Rangan
Jacob Wu 0-1Ansh Yadawad
Datta Kilari 0-1David Stankard
Rithika Kilari 0-1Nate Smith
Total of 6 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Rithika Kilari, who lost to Nate Smith in a side game.

Billerica September Swiss, September 29th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Vaughan
3Bromley, Pearson, Rangan A
2.5Paulson, Yadawad
2Nugent, Johnson, Stewart, Caruso, Rangan K
1.5Baginski, Yerra, Stankard, Bramble
1Lessard, Wu, Kilari D, Kilari R
0.5Kolenski, Howell, Prieto
0Wadden

♔ 2017 Billerica September Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ ♔ John Vaughan
Top U1600: Ansh Yadawad

Crosstable from this year's Billerica September Swiss tournament.

September 15th, 2017
2017 Billerica September Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 15th, 2017
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 1-0Fred Pearson
Ray Paulson 1-0Sai Sneha Yerra
Tim Bromley 1/2-1/2Robb Stewart
Silverio Johnson 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Jeff Caruso 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Ananth Rangan 1-0Jacob Wu
Keshav Rangan 1-0Datta Kilari
Paul Baginski 1-0Mark Kolenski
Rithika Kilari 0-1Dwight Bramble
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica September Swiss, September 15th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Vaughan
2.5Paulson
2Bromley, Nugent, Pearson, Johnson, Stewart, Caruso, Rangan A, Rangan K
1.5Baginski, Yerra, Yadawad, Bramble
1Lessard, Wu, Kilari D
0.5Kolenski, Howell, Stankard, Prieto
0Wadden, Kilari R

PLEASE NOTE:
The Council on Aging is not available to us next week. So there is no chess on September 22. Round 4 will be on September 29.

September 8th, 2017
2017 Billerica September Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 8th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Silverio Johnson 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Robb Stewart 1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Fred Pearson 1-0Ananth Rangan
Jeff Caruso 0-1John Vaughan
Art Nugent 1-0Mike Howell
David Stankard 0-1Sai Sneha Yerra
♔ Ansh Yadawad 1-0Paul Baginski
Dwight Bramble 0-1Keshav Rangan
Rithika Kilari 0-1Jacob Wu
Maurice Lessard 0-1♔ Datta Kilari
Total of 10 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica September Swiss, September 8th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Pearson, Vaughan
1.5Bromley, Nugent, Paulson, Johnson, Stewart, Yerra, Yadawad
1Caruso, Rangan A, Rangan K, Wu, Kilari D
0.5Baginski, Kolenski, Howell, Stankard, Bramble, Prieto
0Wadden, Lessard, Kilari R

PLEASE NOTE SCHEDULE CHANGE:
SEPTEMBER 15 - ROUND 3
SEPTEMBER 22 - NO CHESS
SEPTEMBER 29 - ROUND 4

September 1st, 2017
2017 Billerica September Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica September Swiss, September 1st, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Mark Kolenski
Sai Sneha Yerra 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Ray Paulson 1-0Evan Wadden
Keshav Rangan 0-1Fred Pearson
John Vaughan 1-0Maurice Lessard
Jacob Wu 0-1Silverio Johnson
Robb Stewart 1-0Joe Prieto
Datta Kilari 0-1Jeff Caruso
Ananth Rangan 1-0Rithika Kilari
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica September Swiss, September 1st, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Pearson, Vaughan, Johnson, Stewart, Caruso, Rangan A
0.5Nugent, Yerra
0Kolenski, Wadden, Rangan K, Lessard, Wu, Prieto, Kilari D, Kilari R

August 25th, 2017

Billerica August Swiss, August 25th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 1-0Ray Paulson
Jeff Caruso 0-1Tim Bromley
John Vaughan 1-0Milt Evans
♔ Mike Howell 1-0Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1-0Paul Baginski
George Norman 0-1Silverio Johnson
Moe Lessard 0-1Mark Kolenski
Henry He 1-0Sebastien Richert
Stephen Savage 1-0Jacob Wu
Bob Babcock 1-0Datta Kilari
Joe Prieto 1-0Rithika Kilari
Total of 11 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica August Swiss, August 25th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Kelly
3Bromley, Paulson, Vaughan, Howell
2.5Pearson, Johnson, Caruso
2Evans, Kolenski, He
1.5Nugent, Stewart, Norman, Baginski, Savage, Babcock, Prieto
1Richert, Wadden, Lessard, Wu
0.5Billmers, Bramble, D Kilari, R Kilari

♔ 2017 Billerica August Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Joe Kelly
Top U1600: Mike Howell

Crosstable from this year's Billerica July Swiss tournament.

August 18th, 2017
2017 Billerica August Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Another good night for Black!

Billerica August Swiss, August 18th, 2017
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 0-1Joe Kelly
Silverio Johnson 0-1Ray Paulson
Robb Stewart 0-1Jeff Caruso
Sebastien Richert 0-1John Vaughan
Evan Wadden 0-1Milt Evans
Jacob Wu 0-1Mike Howell
Art Nugent 1-0Bob Babcock
Stephen Savage 0-1George Norman
Dwight Bramble 0-1Henry He
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica August Swiss, August 18th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Kelly, Paulson
2.5Caruso
2Bromley, Vaughan, Evans, Howell
1.5Nugent, Johnson, Stewart, Norman, Baginski, Pearson
1He, Richert, Wadden, Lessard, Wu, Kolenski
0.5Savage, Babcock, Bramble, Billmers

August 11th, 2017
2017 Billerica August Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica August Swiss, August 11th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
JOHN P VAUGHAN 0-1TIMOTHY G BROMLEY
MILT EVANS 0-1JOSEPH F KELLY
MICHAEL HOWELL 0-1RAYMOND PAULSON
JACOB WU 0-1Silverio Johnson
George Norman 0-1Robert Stewart
ARTHUR P NUGENT 0-1JEFFREY CARUSO
PAUL A BAGINSKI 1-0Stephen Savage
SEBASTIEN RICHERT 1-0MAURICE LESSARD
♔ EVAN WADDEN 1-0HENRY HE
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica August Swiss, August 11th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2BROMLEY, KELLY, PAULSON
1.5PEARSON, Johnson, Stewart, CARUSO
1VAUGHAN, EVANS, BAGINSKI, KOLENSKI, HOWELL, RICHERT, WADDEN, WU
0.5NUGENT, Norman, Savage, BILLMERS, BABCOCK, BRAMBLE
0HE, LESSARD

August 4th, 2017
2017 Billerica August Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica August Swiss, August 4th, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
TIMOTHY G BROMLEY 1-0PAUL A BAGINSKI
MARK KOLENSKI 1/2-1/2ART NUGENT
RAYMOND PAULSON 1-0MEYER A BILLMERS
HENRY HE 0-1FREDERICK PEARSON
JOSEPH F KELLY 1-0SEBASTIEN RICHERT
ROBERT BABCOCK 0-1JOHN P VAUGHAN
MILT EVANS 1-0DWIGHT BRAMBLE
MICHAEL HOWELL 1-0EVAN WADDEN
MAURICE LESSARD 0-1♔ JACOB WU
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

♝ Receiving a half-point bye weas Jeff Caruso.

Billerica August Swiss, August 4th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Pearson, Kelly, Vaughan, Evans, Howell, Wu
0.5Kolenski, Nugent, Caruso
0Baginski, Billmers, He, Richert, Babcock, Bramble, Wadden, Lessard

July 28th, 2017

Billerica July Swiss, July 28th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 0-1Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Derek Zhao
Ray Paulson 0-1John Vaughan
Gustavo Paulino 1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Silverio Johnson 1-0Mike Howell
Bob Babcock 0-1Mark Kolenski
Sebastien Richert 1-0Cris Campelli
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Maurice Lessard
David Stankard 1/2-1/2Evan Wadden
Jacob Wu 0-1Meyer Billmers
George Norman 1-0Nagendra Natti
Total of 11 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica July Swiss, July 28th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley
3Nugent, Kelly, Zhao, Vaughan, Johnson
2.5Pearson, Paulson, Evans, Paulino
2Caruso, Yerra, Savage, Howell, Richert, Yadawad
1.5Norman, Campelli, Billmers, Babcock, Wadden, Stankard
1Lessard, Wu
0.5Xie, Sawdey, Donahue, B. Henroid, Bramble, Natti

♔ 2017 Billerica July Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Tim Bromley
Top U1600: Gustavo Paulino

Crosstable from this year's Billerica July Swiss tournament.

July 21st, 2017

Billerica July Swiss, July 21st, 2017
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Joe Kelly 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Milt Evans 0-1Fred Pearson
Cris Campelli 0-1Derek Zhao
Jeff Caruso 1/2-1/2Stephen Savage
John Vaughan 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Evan Wadden 0-1Silverio Johnson
Gustavo Paulino 1-0Sebastien Richert
Maurice Lessard 0-1Mike Howell
Sai Yerra 1-0Jacob Wu
Dwight Bramble 0-1Bob Babcock
Bryan Henroid 0-1David Stankard
Total of 12 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Receiving a half-point bye was Kolenski.

Billerica July Swiss, July 21st, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley, Nugent, Kelly, Pearson, Paulson, Zhao
2Vaughan, Evans, Caruso, Johnson, Paulino, Savage, Howell
1.5Yerra, Kolenski, Campelli, Babcock
1Richert, Yadawad, Wadden, Stankard, Lessard, Wu
0.5Xie, Sawdey, Norman, Donahue, Bramble, Natti
0Henroid

July 14th, 2017
2017 Billerica July Swiss
Round 2 of 4

28 Players Compete in Billerica

Billerica July Swiss, July 14th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Silverio Johnson 0-1Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1-0Gustavo Paulino
Evan Wadden 0-1Joe Kelly
Ray Paulson 1-0Robert Sawdey
Jacob Wu 0-1Milt Evans
Fred Pearson 1-0George Norman
Derek Zhao 1-0Sai Yerra
Mark Kolenski 1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Jim Donahue 0-1Jeff Caruso
Cris Campelli 1-0Maurice Lessard
♔ Stephen Savage 1-0David Xie
Mike Howell 1-0Bryan Henroid
David Stankard 0-1Sebastien Richert
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Nagendra Natti
Total of 14 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 14th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Nugent, Kelly, Paulson, Evans
1.5Pearson, Zhao, Caruso, Campelli, Savage
1Vaughan, Johnson, Paulino, Kolenski, Howell, Richert, Yadawad, Wadden, Lessard, Wu
0.5Sawdey, Norman, Yerra, Donahue, Babcock, Bramble
0Xie, Stankard, B. Henroid, Natti

July 7th, 2017
2017 Billerica July Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica July Swiss, July 7th, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Mike Howell
Bob Babcock 0-1Art Nugent
Joe Kelly 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Dwight Bramble 0-1Ray Paulson
Milt Evans 1-0David Stankard
Sebastien Richert 0-1Silverio Johnson
David Xie 0-1♔ Gustavo Paulino
Nagendra Natti 1/2-1/2Evan Wadden
Sai Yerra 1/2-1/2Cris Campelli
Bryan Henroid 0-1♔ Jacob Wu
Total of 10 boards, 2 major upsets ().

♝ Receiving a half-point bye wss Jeff Caruso.

Billerica July Swiss, July 7th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Nugent, Kelly, Paulson, Evans, Johnson, Paulino, Wu
0.5Caruso, Yerra, Campelli, Wadden, Natti
0Xie, Howell, Richert, Babcock, Yadawad, Stankard, Henroid, Bramble

June 30th, 2017

Tim Bromley finishes first in five rounder

Billerica June Swiss, June 30th, 2017
Round 5 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Ray Paulson
Derek Zhao 1-0George Norman
David Xie 1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Fred Pearson 1-0Robb Stewart
Jeff Caruso 1-0Ranjan Dey
Milt Evans 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Sai Yerra 0-1♔ Ansh Yadawad
Jim Donahue 1-0Stephen Savage
David Carlson 0-1Mark Kolenski
Cris Campelli 1-0Mike Howell
♔ Maurice Lessard 1-0Evan Wadden
Bob Babcock 1-0Jacob Wu
Total of 12 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica June Swiss, June 30th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 5 Rounds
PointsPlayers
5Bromley
4Zhao
3.5Paulson, Pearson, Caruso
3Kelly, Vaughan, Xie, Norman, Yadawad
2.5Nugent, Evans, Stewart, Johnson, Donahue, Kolenski, Dey, Lai
2Campelli, Lessard
1.5Pillai, Holmgren, Yerra, Savage, Booker, Carlson, Howell, Babcock
1Paulino, Wadden, Wu
0.5Li, Stankard

♔ 2017 Billerica June Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Tim Bromley
2nd: Derek Zhao
Top U1600: Ansh Yadawad

Crosstable from this year's Billerica June Swiss tournament.

June 23rd, 2017
2017 Billerica June Swiss
Round 4 of 5

Billerica June Swiss, June 23rd, 2017
Round 4 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 0-1Tim Bromley
George Norman 1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Milt Evans 0-1Derek Zhao
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Fred Pearson
John Vaughan 1-0Robert Holmgren
Stephen Savage 0-1Jeff Caruso
Silverio Johnson 1-0Roland Booker
Jim Donahue 0-1David Xie
♔ Ranjan Dey1-0Gustavo Paulino
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Maurice Lessard
Even Wadden 0-1♔ Isabella Lai
Jacob Wu 0-1David Carlson
Mike Howell 1-0David Stankard
Total of 13 boards, 2 major upsets ().

♝ (Correction from an earlier round: Isabella Lai received a 1/2-point bye in the first round, not a 0 as originally reported).

Billerica June Swiss, June 23rd, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Bromley
3.5Paulson
3Kelly, Zhao, Norman
2.5Vaughan, Pearson, Caruso, Stewart, Johnson, Xie, Dey, Lai
2Nugent, Evans, Yadawad
1.5Pillai, Holmgren, Yerra, Savage, Booker, Donahue, Kolenski, Carlson, Howell
1Campelli, Paulino, Wadden, Lessard, Wu
0.5Li, Babcock, Stankard

June 16th, 2017
2017 Billerica June Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica June Swiss, June 16th, 2017
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Milt Evans
Ray Paulson 1-0Derek Zhao
Robb Stewart 0-1Joe Kelly
Jeff Caruso 0-1♔ George Norman
David Xie 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Mark Kolenski 0-1Fred Pearson
Maurice Lessard 0-1Jim Donahue
Roland Booker 1-0Mike Howell
Gustavo Paulino 1/2-1/2Ansh Yadawad
♕ Isabella Lai1-0Cris Campelli
Total of 10 boards, 2 major upsets ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Jacob Wu.

Billerica June Swiss, June 16th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Bromley, Paulson, Kelly
2.5Norman
2Evans, Zhao, Pearson, Stewart
1.5Nugent, Vaughan, Caruso, Johnson, Xie, Pillai, Holmgren, Yerra, Savage, Booker, Donahue, Dey
1Kolenski, Paulino, Yadawad, Wadden, Lessard, Lai, Wu
0.5Carlson, Li, Howell, Babcock, Stankard
0Campelli

June 9th, 2017
2017 Billerica June Swiss
Round 2 of 5

Pairings for Round 2. Billerica Friday Night Swiss June 2017: Open
Bd Res White Res Black

1 0 Fred Pearson (1915) 1 Tim Bromley (2106)
2 0 Art Nugent (2000) 1 Robb Stewart (1898)
3 0 Silverio Johnson (1833) 1 Ray Paulson (1992)
4 1 Joe Kelly (1966) 0 David Xie (1799)
5 0 Natesh Pillai (1783) 1 Milt Evans (1928)
6 1 Derek Zhao (1917) 0 Sai Yerra (1663)
7 0 Mike Howell (1463) 1 John Vaughan (1944)
8 1 George Norman (1690) 0 Bob Babcock (1422)
9 1/2 Evan Wadden (1180) 1/2 Roland Booker (1624)
10 1 Stephen Savage (1624) 0 David Carlson (1527)
11 1/2 Jim Donahue (1599) 1/2 Gustavo Paulino (1446)
12 0 David Stankard (1097) 1 Mark Kolenski (1599)
13 0 Cris Campelli (1546) 1 Ranjan Dey (1256)
14 1 Bob Holmgren (1750) 0 Jacob Wu (386)
1/2 Jeff Caruso (1910) BYE
Moe also got a bye

June 2nd, 2017

Billerica June Swiss, June 2nd, 2017
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley (216) 1-0Stephen Savage (1624)
Roland Booker (1624) 0-1Art Nugent (2000)
Ray Paulson (1992) 1-0Jim Donahue (1599)
Mark Kolenski (1599) 0-1Joe Kelly (1966)
Milt Evans (1928) 1-0Cris Campelli (1546)
David Carlson (1527) 0-1Derek Zhao (1917)
Fred Pearson (1915) 1-0Justin Li (1514)
Gustavo Paulino (1446) 0-1Jeff Caruso (191)
Robb Stewart (1898) 1-0Evan Wadden (1180)
Ranjan Dey (1256) 0-1Silverio Johnson (1833)
David Xie (1799) 1-0Maurice Lessard (986)
Jacob Wu (386) 0-1Natesh Pillai (1783)
Sai Yerra (1663) 1-0David Stankard (197)
Total of 13 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica June Swiss, June 2nd, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Nugent, Paulson, Kelly, Evans, Zhao, Pearson, Caruso, Stewart, Johnson, Xie, Pillai, Yerra
0Savage, Booker, Donahue, Kolenski, Campelli, Carlson, Li, Paulino, Dey, Wadden, Lessard, Wu. Stankard

May 26th, 2017

Billerica May Swiss, May 26th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
George Norman 0-1Fred Pearson
Gustavo Paulino 0-1Silverio Johnson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 0-1Derek Zhao
John Vaughan 1-0Saan Tiruveedhula
Arthur King 1-0Mike Howell
Cris Campelli 0-1Milt Evans
Jacob Wu 0-1Bob Babcock
Maru Tiruveedhula 1-0Isabella Lai
Jeff Caruso 1/2-1/2Meyer Billmers
Stephen Savage 0-1♔ Ansh Yadawad
Sriram Krishnamoorthy 1/2-1/2Maurice Lessard
Total of 12 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica May Swiss, May 26th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Pearson
3.5Johnson
3Zhao
2.5Bromley, Nugent, Vaughan, Evans, King, Holmgren, Norman, Paulino
2Paulson, Babcock, M Tiruveedhula, S Tiruveedhula
1.5Kelly, Howell, Yadawad
1Caruso, Li, Campelli, Billmers, Dey, Lai, Krishnamoorthy, Wu
0.5Donahue, Savage, Lessard

♔ 2017 Billerica May Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Fred Pearson
2nd: Silverio Johnson
3rd: Derek Zhao
♔ Congratulations to all!

Crosstable from this year's Billerica May Swiss tournament.

May 19th, 2017
2017 Billerica May Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 19th, 2017
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 1-0Derek Zhao
Silverio Johnson 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
John Vaughan 0-1Robert Holmgren
Milt Evans 0-1♔Gustavo Paulino
George Norman 1-0Arthur King
Tim Bromley 1-0Cris Campelli
Ray Paulson 1-0Maru Tiruveedhula
Saan Tiruveedhula 1-0Justin Li
Mike Howell 1-0Ranjan Dey
Ansh Yadawad 1/2-1/2Bob Babcock
Maurice Lessard 0-1Jacob Wu
Total of 11 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica May Swiss, May 19th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Pearson
2.5Holmgren, Norman, Johnson, Paulino
2Bromley, Paulson, Nugent, Zhao, S Tiruveedhula
1.5Kelly, Vaughan, Evans, King, Howell
1Li, Campelli, Babcock, M Tiruveedhula, Dey, Lai, Wu
0.5Caruso, Donahue, Billmers, Yadawad, Krishnamoorthy
0Lessard

May 12th, 2017
2017 Billerica May Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Silverio Strikes Again!

Hot on the heels of scoring a big upset just two weeks ago in the Billerica April Swiss, USCF class B rated Silverio Johnson, took aim once again & defeated class A competitor, Joe Kelly thereby allowing him to share the lead with two strong class A players, Fred Pearson & Derek Zhao. Silverio's 196 point upset was actually the smallest of three this Friday along with Derek Zhao & Gustavo Paulino, who defeated Tim Bromley & Jeff Caruso with upsets of 329 & 439 points respectively.

Billerica May Swiss, May 12th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
♔ Derek Zhao 1-0Tim Bromley
Joe Kelly 0-1♔ Silverio Johnson
Arthur King 1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Fred Pearson 1-0Cris Campelli
Jim Donahue 0-1Art Nugent
Meyer Billmers 0-1John Vaughan
♔ Gustavo Paulino 1-0Jeff Caruso
Bob Babcock 0-1Robert Holmgren
Isabella Lai 0-1Ray Paulson
Justin Li 1-0Maurice Lessard
Ranjan Dey 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Maru Tiruveedhula 1-0Sriram Krishanmoorthy
Jacob Wu 0-1Saan Tiruveedhula
Total of 13 boards, 3 major upsets ().

♝ Receiving a half-point bye was George Norman.

Billerica May Swiss, May 12th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Pearson, Zhao, Johnson
1.5Nugent, Vaughan, Evans, King, Holmgren, Norman, Paulino
1Bromley, Paulson, Kelly, Li, Campelli, M Tiruveedhula, S Tiruveedhula, Dey
0.5Caruso, Donahue, Billmers, Babcock, Lai
0Yadawad, Lessard, Krishnamoorthy, Wu

May 5th, 2017
2017 Billerica May Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 5th, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Justin Li
♔ Cris Campelli1-0Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Gustavo Paulino
Ansh Yadawad 0-1Joe Kelly
Derek Zhao 1-0Maru Tiruveedhula
Saan Tiruveedhula 0-1Fred Pearson
Milt Evans 1-0Ranjan Dey
Maurice Lessard 0-1Arthur King
Robert Holmgren 1/2-1/2Isabella Lai
Sriram Krishnamoorthy 0-1George Norman
Silverio Johnson 1-0Jacob Wu
Total of 11 boards, 1 major upset ().

♝ Receiving a half-point bye was Jeff Caruso.

Billerica May Swiss, May 5th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Kelly, Evans, Pearson, Zhao, King, Norman, Johnson, Campelli
0.5Nugent, Caruso, Holmgren, Paulino, Lai
0Paulson, Yadawad, M Tiruveedhula, S Tiruveedhula, Dey, Lessard, Krishnamoorthy, Wu, Li

April 28th, 2017

Two Stunning Upsets Conclude Billerica April Swiss

The 2017 Billerica April Swiss finished with a bang as both Silverio Johnson & Sai Yerra topped off their 3.5/4 performances with upsets of 224 & 549 points & over Jeff Caruso & Ray Paulson respectively. These results added 170 & 202 points to Silverio & Sai's USCF ratings respectively as well. Silverio has thus improved his standing from Class B to Class A, while Sai has movced up from Class C to Class B.

Billerica April Swiss, April 28th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 0-1♔ Silverio Johnson
Ray Paulson 0-1♔ Sai Yerra
John Vaughan 0-1Tim Bromley
Robb Stewart 1-0Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1/2-1/2Mark Kolenski
Cris Campelli 0-1George Norman
Maru Tiruveedhula 1-0Sebastien Richert
Maurice Lessard 0-1Gustavo Paulino
Bob Babcock 0-1Saan Tiruveedhula
Ranjan Dey 1-0David Stankard
Jacob Wu 1/2-1/2Sriram Krishnamoorthy
Total of 11 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica April Swiss, April 28th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Johnson, Yerra
3Bromley, Zhou, Stewart, Caruso
2.5Norman, Kolenski, M Tiruveedhula
2Paulson, Nugent, Vaughan, Pearson, Zhao, Holmgren, Paulino, S Teeruveedhula
1.5Kelly, Donahue, Campelli, Billmers, Howell, Dey
1Richert, Babcock, Yadawad, Lessard, Krishnamoorthy, Wu
0.5Lai, Bramble, H Vedula, P Vedula, Stankard

♔ 2017 Billerica April Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd:Silverio Johnson & Sai Yerra
♔ Congratulations to all!

Crosstable from this year's Billerica April Swiss tournament.

April 21st, 2017
2017 Billerica April Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 21st, 2017
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 0-1♔ Jeff Caruso
David Zhou 1-0John Vaughan
♔ Sai Yerra1-0Joe Kelly
♔ Silverio Johnson1-0Fred Pearson
Meyer Billmers 0-1Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1-0Sebastien Richert
Gustavo Paulino 0-1Robb Stewart
Derek Zhao 1-0Bob Babcock
Sann Tiruveedhula 0-1Robert Holmgren
Mark Kolenski 1-0Maurice Lessard
George Norman 1-0Ranjan Dey
Cris Campelli 1-0Isabella Lai
David Stankard 0-1Maru Tiruveedhula
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Jacob Wu
Total of 14 boards, 3 major upsets ().

Billerica April Swiss, April 21st, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Zhou, Caruso
2.5Johnson, Yerra
2Bromley, Paulson, Nugent, Vaughan, Stewart, Zhao, Holmgren, Kolenski
1.5Kelly, Pearson, Norman, Donahue, Cris Campelli, Billmers, Howell, M Tiruveedhula
1Richert, Paulino, Babcock, S Tiruveedhula, Yadawad, Lessard
0.5Dey, Lai, Bramble, H Vedula, P Vedula, Wu, Stankard


April 14th, 2017
2017 Billerica April Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 14th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Robb Stewart 0-1Tim Bromley
Jeff Caruso 1-0Art Nugent
John Vaughan 1-0Derek Zhao
Maurice Lessard 0-1David Zhou
Joe Kelly 1/2-1/2Silverio Johnson
Sebastien Richert 1/2-1/2Saan Tiruveedhula
Maru Tiruveedhula 0-1Meyer Billmers
Mike Howell 1-0David Stankard
Ray Paulson 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Isabella Lai 0-1Robert Holmgren
Jim Donahue 1-0Dwight Bramble
Hrishi Vedula 0-1Mark Kolenski
Pranavi Vedula 0-1Gustavo Paulino
Bob Babcock 1-0Jacob Wu
Total of 14 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica April Swiss, April 14th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Vaughan, Zhou, Caruso
1.5Kelly, Pearson, Johnson, Yerra, Billmers, Howell
1Paulson, Nugent, Stewart, Zhao, Holmgren, Donahue, Kolenski, Richert, Paulino, Babcock, S Tiruveedhula, Lessard
0.5Norman, Campelli, M Tiruveedhula, Dey, Lai, H Vedula, P Vedula, Wu, Stankard
0Yadawad, Bramble

♙ The Billerica Chess Club welcomes:
Sebastien Richert from France, a new USCF member (FIDE 1450!) along with a flood of new players, mostly kids!

April 7th, 2017
2017 Billerica April Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 7th, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0George Norman
♔Silverio Johnson 1-0Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1-0Jim Donahue
Mark Kolenski 0-1John Vaughan
David Zhou 1-0Cris Campelli
Gustavo Paulino 0-1Joe Kelly
Fred Pearson 1-0Bob Babcock
Ranjan Dey 0-1Robb Stewart
Derek Zhao 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Dwight Bramble 0-1Jeff Caruso
Robert Holmgren 0-1♔Sai Yerra
Total of 11 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica April Swiss, April 7th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Johnson, Nugent, Vaughan, Zhou, Kelly, Pearson, Stewart, Zhao, Caruso, Yerra
0.5-----
0Norman, Paulson, Donahue, Kolenski, Campelli, Paulino, Babcock, Dey, Yadawad, Bramble, Holmgren

March 24th, 2017

Billerica March Swiss, March 24th, 2017
Round 4 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Derek Zhao 1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
Jeff Caruso 0-1David Zhou
Ray Paulson 1/2-1/2David Xie
Robert Holmgren 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
John Vaughan 1-0Ranjan Dey
Tim Bromley 1-0David Stankard
George Norman 0-1Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart 1-0Sai Yerra
Maurice Lessard 0-1Cris Campelli
Doug Wiggins 0-1Ansh Yadawad
David Carlson 1-0Hari Palaniyappan
Total of 11 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica March Swiss, March 24th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Kelly, Zhao, Zhou
3Vaughan
2.5Bromley, Paulson, Nugent, Caruso, Pearson, Xie, Holmgren
2Stewart, Campelli, Dey, Yadawad
1.5Norman, Stankard
1Carlson, Yerra, Lessard
0.5Donahue, Babcock, Wiggins, Furey, Krishnamoorthy, Palaniyappan, Burchardt

March 17th, 2017
2017 Billerica March Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica March Swiss, March 17th, 2017
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 1-0John Vaughan
♔ Derek Zhao1-0Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Ranjan Dey
George Norman 0-1Jeff Caruso
Fred Pearson 0-1David Zhou
Cris Campelli 0-1Ray Paulson
♔ Robert Holmgren1-0Robb Stewart
Ansh Yadawad 0-1David Xie
David Stankard 1-0Maurice Lessard
♔ Sai Yerra1-0David Carlson
Total of 10 boards, 3 major upsets ().

Billerica March Swiss, March 17th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Kelly, Zhao,
2.5Caruso, Zhou
2Paulson, Nugent, Vaughan, Xie, Holmgren, Dey
1.5Bromley, Pearson, Norman, Stankard
1Stewart, campelli, Yerra, Lessard, Yadawad
0.5Donahue, Babcock, Wiggins, Furey, Krishnamoorthy, Burchardt
0Carlson

March 10th, 2017
2017 Billerica March Swiss
Round 2 of 5

Billerica March Swiss, March 10th, 2017
Round 2 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
David Zhou 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Robb Stewart 0-1Joe Kelly
John Vaughan 1-0Robert Holmgren
Maurice Lessard 0-1Derek Zhao
Jeff Caruso 1-0Jack Furey
Sriram Krishnamoorthy 0-1George Norman
Ranjan Dey 1-0Elmar Burchardt
Ray Paulson 1-0Bob Babcock
David Xie 1-0Doug Wiggins Jr.
David Carlson 0-1♔Ansh Yadawad
Sai Yerra 0-1Cris Campelli
Total of 12 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica March Swiss, March 10th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Kelly, Vaughan, Zhao
1.5Bromley, Nugent, Caruso, Pearson, Zhou, Norman, Dey
1Paulson, Stewart, Xie, Holmgren, Campelli, Lessard, Yadawad
0.5Donahue, Furey, Krishnamoorthy, Burchardt,
0Carlson, Babcock, Yerra, Wiggins

March 3rd, 2017
2017 Billerica March Swiss
Round 1 of 5

Billerica March Swiss, March 3rd, 2017
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0David Xie
♔ Robert Holmgren 1-0Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1-0Jim Donahue
Cris Campelli 0-1John Vaughan
Joe Kelly 1-0Bob Babcock
Doug Wiggins 0-1Fred Pearson
Derek Zhao 1-0Sai Yerra
Anch 0-1Robb Stewart
David Zhou 1-0David Carter
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica March Swiss, March 3rd, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Nugent, Kelly, Vaughan, Zhao, Pearson, Zhou, Stewart, Holmgren, Lessard
0Paulson, Xie, Donahue, Campelli, Babcock, Yerra, Yadawad, Carter, Wiggins

February 24th, 2017

Tim Bromley takes top honors with perfect 4.0 score

Billerica February Swiss, February 24th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0John Vaughan
David Zhou 1-0Jeff Caruso
Joe Kelly 1-0Fred Pearson
Ray Paulson 1/2-1/2♖ Robert Holmgren
Bob Babcock 0-1Mark Kolenski
Cris Campelli 0-1♔ Sai Yerra
Jim Donahue 1/2-1/2♖ Ansh Yadawad
Total of 7 boards, 1 major upset (), 2 upset draws ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica February Swiss, February 24th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Bromley
3.5Zhou
3Kelly
2.5Vaughan
2Paulson, Nugent, Caruso, Pearson, Holmgren, Kolenski, Yerra
1.5Pillai, Dey, Yadawad
1Donahue, Johnson, Campelli, Babcock, Lessard
0.5Ray

♔ 2017 Billerica February Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: ♔ Tim Bromley
2nd: David Zhou
Top U1600: Mark Kolenski
Top U1300: Sai Yerra

Crosstable from this year's Billerica February Swiss tournament.

February 17th, 2017
2017 Billerica February Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 17th, 2017
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 0-1Tim Bromley
♔ David Zhou1-0Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
John Vaughan 1-0Ranjan Dey
Jeff Caruso 1-0Cris Campelli
Robert Holmgren 1-0Bob Babcock
Mark Kolenski 1/2-1/2Sai Yerra
Ansh Yadawad 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 8 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 17th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Bromley
2.5Vaughan, Zhou
2Nugent, Caruso, Kelly, Pearson
1.5Paulson, Pillai, Holmgren, Dey
1Johnson, Kolenski, Campelli, Babcock, Yerra, Yadawad
0.5Donahue, Ray
0Lessard

February 3rd, 2017
2017 Billerica February Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 3rd, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Robert Holmgren 0-1Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Silverio Johnson
Cris Campelli 0-1John Vaughan
Jeff Caruso 0-1♔ Bob Babcock
Ranjan Dey 1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
Fred Pearson 1-0Maurice Lessard
Sai Sneha Yerra 0-1David Zhou
Natesh Pillai 1-0Ansh Yadawad
Total of 8 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica February Swiss, February 3rd, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Vaughan, Pearson, Zhou, Pillai Babcock
0.5Nugent, Kelly, Johson, Dey
0Caruso, Holmgren, Campelli, Lessard, Yerra, Yadawad

January 27th, 2017

Tim Bromley finishes first in Billerica January Swiss

Billerica January Swiss, January 27th, 2017
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Art Nugent
♔ David Zhou 1-0Ray Paulson
Jeff Caruso 0-1Derek Zhao
Fred Pearson 1/2-1/2George Norman
Cris Campelli 0-1Silverio Johnson
Bob Babcock 0-1Mark Kolenski
Maurice Lessard 0-1Sai Yerra
Total of 7 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica January Swiss, January 27th, 2017
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley
3Zhou, Zhao,
2Paulson, Nugent, Pearson, Caruso, Norman, Johnson
1.5Kelly, Vaughan, Godin, Ray, Kolenski, Yerra
1Campelli, Sorel
0.5Blaschke, , Babcock
0Lessard

♔ 2017 Billerica January Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Tim Bromley
2nd-3rd: Derek Zhao, David Zhou
Top U1700: Silverio Johnson, George Norman

Crosstable for the 2017 Billerica January Swiss tournament.

January 20th, 2017
2017 Billerica January Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica January Swiss, January 20th, 2017
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1Tim Bromley
Derek Zhao 1/2-1/2David Zhou
Silverio Johnson 0-1Art Nugent
Cris Campelli 0-1Jeff Caruso
Mark Kolenski 0-1Joe Kelly
Paul Godin 1-0Bob Babcock
Roland Sorel 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica January Swiss, January 20th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2.5Bromley
2Paulson, Nugent, Caruso, Zhou, Zhao
1.5Kelly, Pearson, Vaughan, Godin, Ray, Norman
1Johnson, Campelli, Sorel,
0.5Blaschke, Kolenski, Babcock
0Lessard

January 13th, 2017
2017 Billerica January Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 13th, 2017
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 0-1Ray Paulson
Tim Bromley 1-0John Vaughan
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2George Norman
Bruce Blaschke 0-1Fred Pearson
Joe Ray 1-0Mark Kolenski
Silverio Johnson 1-0Roland Sorel
Cris Campelli 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica January Swiss, January 13th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Paulson
1.5Bromley, Pearson, Zhao, Zhou, Ray
1Nugent, Vaughan, Norman, Caruso, Johnson, Campelli
0.5Blaschke, Kolenski, Babcock
0Sorel, Lessard

January 6th, 2017
2017 Billerica January Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 6th, 2017
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
George Norman 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Silverio Johnson
Mark Kolenski 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
John Vaughan 1-0Cris Campelli
Bob Babcock 0-1Jeff Caruso
David Zhou 1-0Roland Sorel
Maurice Lessard 0-1Derek Zhao
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica January Swiss, January 6th, 2017
CURRENT STANDINGS After 1 Round
PointsPlayers
1Paulson, Vaughan, Caruso, Zhou, Zhao
0.5Bromley, Nugent, Norman, Kolenski
0Johnson, Campelli, Babcock, Sorel, Lessard

December 30th, 2016

We played the "Happy New Year Blitz Night" at the Billerica Chess Club turned as a 14-game double round-robin tournament. Each player played once as White and once as Black against every other player.
*WINNERS:
1st place: Smith
2nd place: Bromley
3rd place: Vaughan

The players thought this was a lot of fun and a nice change of pace. Perhaps we'll do it again someday.
Next Friday is back to classical time controls (G/90; d5) for the first round of the January Swiss.
Four rounds on January 6, 13, 20 and 27.

A total of 8 players competed in the event, which was directed by Jeff Caruso of the Billerica Chess Club.
-Jeff Caruso

Results in crosstable form:
Event: 		Billerica Blitz 2016
Location: 	Billerica COA, Billerica, MA 
Event Date(s): 	2016-12-30
Chief  TD: 	Jeff Caruso
Non Rated
Time Control: G/5 d0

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
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Pair | Player Name      | Rating |  Rnd | Rnd | Rnd | Rnd | Rnd | Rnd | Rnd | Rnd  | Total  | Place |
Num  |                  |        |   1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8   |        |       |
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  1. | Tim Bromley      |        |   X  |  2  |  1  | 1.5 |  2  |  1  |  2  |  1   |  10.5* | 2nd   | 
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  2. | Ray Paulson      |        |   0  |  X  |  1  |  2  |  2  |  0  |  1  |  1   |   7.0  | 4     |
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  3. | John Vaughan     |        |   1  |  1  |  X  |  1  |  2  |  1  |  2  |  2   |  10.0* | 3rd   |
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  4. | Milt Evans       |        |  .5  |  0  |  1  |  X  |  2  |  0  |  2  |  1   |   6.5  | 5     |
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  5. | Jeff Caruso      |        |   0  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  X  |  0  |  2  |  1   |   3.0  | 7     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. | Nate Smith | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 2 | 2 | 12.0* | 1st | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. | Mark Kolenski | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1.0 | 8 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. | Silverio Johnson | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6.0 | 6 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

December 23rd, 2016

Ray Paulson Clear 1st by a Full Point in December Swiss

Billerica December Swiss, December 23rd, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0Jeff Caruso
Joe Kelly 0-1Tim Bromley
John Vaughan 1-0Fred Pearson
Jim Donahue 0-1David Zhou
Milt Evans 1-0Bob Babcock
Total of 5 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica December Swiss, December 23rd, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
4Paulson
3Bromley, Vaughan, Caruso, Zhou
2.5Evans
2Pearson, Kelly
1.5Nugent, Donahue, Norman, Kolenski, Johnson
1Blashke, Campelli, Sorel
0.5Ray, Babcock, Cullen
0Lessard

♔ 2016 Billerica December Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Ray Paulson

Crosstable from this year's Billerica December Swiss tournament.

Next week (December 30) the Billerica Club will have a Blitz Night (G/5;d0, either a round-robin or Swiss depending on numbers).
The Billerica January Swiss will begin the following week, January 6.

December 16th, 2016
2016 Billerica December Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 16th, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 0-1Ray Paulson
Jeff Caruso 1-0Jim Donahue
Tim Bromley 1-0Bruce Blaschke
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Milt Evans
Cris Campelli 0-1Joe Kelly
Bob Babcock 0-1Mark Kolenski
Roland Sorel 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica December Swiss, December 16th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS After 3 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3Paulson, Caruso
2Bromley, Pearson, Kelly, Vaughan, Zhou
1.5Nugent, Evans, Donahue, Norman, Kolenski, Johnson
1Blaschke, Campelli, Sorel
0.5Ray, Babcock, Cullen
0Lessard

December 9th, 2016
2016 Billerica December Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 9th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 0-1♔ Jeff Caruso
Ray Paulson 1-0Silverio Johnson
H. Milton Evans 0-1Fred Pearson
David Zhou 1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Bruce Blaschke 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Jim Donahue 1-0Bob Babcock
Joe Kelly 1-0Roland Sorel
Maurice Lessard 0-1George Norman
Cris Campelli 1-0Ernie Cullen
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 9th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Paulson, Pearson, Caruso
1.5Vaughan, Zhou, Donahue
1Bromley, Nugent, Kelly, Evans, Norman, Johnson, Blaschke, Campelli
0.5Ray, Kolenski, Babcock
0Sorel, Lessard, Cullen

December 2nd, 2016
2016 Billerica December Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 2nd, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Ray 0-1Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Jim Donahue
George Norman 0-1Ray Paulson
Fred Pearson 1-0Mark Kolenski
♔ Silverio Johnson 1-0Joe Kelly
John Vaughan 1-0Cris Campelli
Roland Sorel 0-1H. Milton Evans
Jeff Caruso 1-0Maurice Lessard
Ernie Cullen 0-1David Zhou
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica December Swiss, December 2nd, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Pearson, Vaughan, Evans, Caruso, Zhou, Johnson
0.5Nugent, Donahue
0Kelly, Ray, Norman, Kolenski, Campelli, Sorel, Lessard, Cullen

November 25th, 2016

Billerica November Swiss, November 25th, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 0-1Ray Paulson
Jeff Caruso 0-1Joe Kelly
Derek Zhao 1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Art Nugent 1-0Bruce Blaschke
Meyer Billmers 0-1Robb Stewart
Cris Campelli 1-0Maurice Lessard
Silverio Johnson 1-0Paul Staten
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Jack Appelmans.

Billerica November Swiss, November 25th, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS After 4 Rounds
PointsPlayers
3.5Paulson, Kelly
3Bromley
2.5Nugent, Vaughan, Caruso, Pearson, Zhao, Stewart
2Zhou, Donahue, Campelli
1.5Xie, Blaschke, Kolenski, Johnson, Billmers, Appelmans, Lessard, Cullen
1Paulino, He
0.5Staten, Babcock, Krishnamoorthy, Jarmale, Patel

♔ 2016 Billerica November Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Ray Paulson & Joe Kelly

Crosstable from this year's Billerica November Swiss tournament.

November 18th, 2016
2016 Billerica November Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 18th, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 0-1Tim Bromley
Joe Kelly 1/2-1/2Fred Pearson
George Norman 0-1Ray Paulson
Derek Zhao 1-0Bruce Blaschkey
David Xie 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
David Zhou 1-0Cris Campelli
Gustavo Paulino 0-1Jim Donahue
Henry He 0-1Meyer Billmers
Ernie Culen 1-0Jack Appelmans
Shashank Jarmale 0-1Maurice Lessard
Total of 10 boards, no major upsets.

November 11th, 2016
2016 Billerica November Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 11th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0David Zhou
Robb Stewart 0-1Joe Kelly
John Vaughan 1-0David Xie
Jim Donahue 0-1Jeff Caruso
Fred Pearson 1-0Cris Campelli
Henry He 0-1George Norman
Bruce Blaschke 1-0Shashank Jarmale
Art Nugent 1-0Bob Babcock
Paul Staten 0-1Derek Zhao
Alec Patel 0-1Mark Kolenski
Total of 10 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Gustavo Paulino.

Billerica November Swiss, November 11th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS After 2 Rounds
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Kelly, Vaughan, Caruso, Pearson
1.5Paulson, Norman, Blaschke
1Nugent, Zhao, Stewart, Zhou, Donahue, Xie, Kolenski, Campelli, Paulino, He
0.5Billmers, Johnson, Babcock, Appelmans, Cullen, Krishnamoorthy, Lessard, Jarmale
0Staten, Patel

November 4th, 2016
2016 Billerica November Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 4th, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Mark Kolenski 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Paul Staten
♔ Cris Campelli1-0Art Nugent
Joe Kelly 1-0Silverio Johnson
Meyer Billmers 0-1John Vaughan
Jeff Caruso 1-0Gustavo Paulino
Jack Appelmans 0-1Fred Pearson
Derek Zhao 0-1♔ Henry He
Maurice Lessard 0-1Robb Stewart
David Zhou 1-0Ernie Cullen
Sriram Krishnamoorthy 0-1Jim Donahue
David Xie 1-0Alec Patel
Total of 12 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica November Swiss, November 4th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Campelli, Kelly, Vaughan, Caruso, Pearson, He, Stewart, Zhou, Donahue, Xie
0Kolenski, Staten, Nugent, Johnson, Billmers, Paulino, Appelmans, Zhao, Lessard, Cullen, Krishnamoorthy, Patel0 Alec
Patel

October 28th, 2016

Derek Zhao Takes Clear 1st Place with Upset Win

Billerica October Swiss, October 28th, 2016
Round 5 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
♔Derek Zhao 1-0Tim Bromley
John Vaughan 1-0Art Nugent
Robb Stewart 0-1Fred Pearson
George Norman 0-1Silverio Johnson
Bob Babcock 0-1Jim Donahue
David Xie 1/2-1/2Gustavo Paulino
Ritvik Pulya 0-1Henry He
Alan Barclay 0-1Maurice Lessard
John Paul Tilley 1-0Alec Patel
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 28th, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
4Zhao
3.5Bromley, Vaughan, Pearson
3Zhou, Johnson
2.5Paulson, Nugent, Caruso, Donahue, He
2Stewart, Arond, Norman, Kolenski, Xie, Campelli, Babcock, Paulino, Lessard
1.5Kelly, Billmers, Pulya, Bramble, Tilley
0.5Kancharla, Barclay, Guo, Lane, Patel
0Staten

♔ 2016 Billerica October Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Derek Zhao
2nd-4th: Tim Bromley, Jonh Vaughan, Fred Pearson
Top U1600: Henry He

Crosstable from this year's Billerica October Swiss tournament.

October 21st, 2016
2016 Billerica October Swiss
Round 4 of 5

Billerica October Swiss, October 21st, 2016
Round 4 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1/2-1/2David Zhou
Jeff Caruso 0-1Derek Zhao
Ray Paulson 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Jim Donahue 0-1John Vaughan
Fred Pearson 1-0David Xie
Mark Kolenski 1/2-1/2Cris Campelli
Dwight Bramble 0-1Robb Stewart
Maurice Lessard 0-1Bob Babcock
Henry He 1-0Carrie Guo
Paul Staten 1-0Silverio Johnson
Total of 10 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Paul Staten, who beat Silverio Johnson in a side game.

Billerica October Swiss, October 21st, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley
3Zhao, Zhou
2.5Paulson, Nugent, Vaughan, Pearson, Caruso
2Stewart, Arond, Norman, Kolenski, Campelli, Babcock
1.5Kelly, Donahue, Xie, Billmers, Paulino, He, Pulya, Bramble
1Staten, Johnson, Lessard
0.5Kancharla, Tilley, Lane, Guo, Patel

October 14th, 2016
2016 Billerica October Swiss
Round 3 of 5

Billerica October Swiss, October 14th, 2016
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 0-1Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2George Norman
David Zhou 1-0Joe Kelly
Cris Campelli 0-1Jeff Caruso
Derek Zhao 1-0Dwight Bramble
Paul Arond 1/2-1/2Jim Donahue
John Vaughan 1-0Gustavo Paulino
John Paul Tilley 0-1Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart 1/2-1/2Bob Babcock
Meghana Kancharla 0-1Mark Kolenski
David Xie 1-0Henry He
Alec Patel 0-1Meyer Billmers
Paul Staten 0-1♔ Ritvik Pulya
Carrie Guo 0-1Maurice Lessard
Total of 14 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 14th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Bromley
2.5Caruso, Zhou
2Paulson, Nugent, Zhao, Norman
1.5Kelly, Vaughan, Pearson, Arond, Kolenski, Donahue, Xie, Billmers, Campelli, Pulya, Bramble
1Steward, Johnson, Babcock, Paulino, Lessard
0.5Kancharla, He, Tilley, Patel
0Staten, Guo

October 8th, 2016
2016 Billerica October Swiss
Round 2 of 5

Billerica October Swiss, October 8th, 2016
Round 2 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Paul Arond
Derek Zhao 0-1Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1-0David Xie
♔Cris Campelli 1-0John Vaughan
Jeff Caruso 1-0Silverio Johnson
Henry He 0-1David Zhou
George Norman 1-0John Paul Tilley
♔Dwight Bramble 1-0Paul Staten
Jim Donahue 1-0Maurice Lessard
Gustavo Paulino 1-0Carrie Guo
Total of 10 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica October Swiss, October 8th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Paulson
1.5Nugent, Zhou, Kelly, Caruso, Norman, Campelli, Bramble
1Zhao, Arond, Donahue, Paulino
0.5Vaughan, Xie, Johnson, Tilley, Patel, He, Guo
0Staten, Lessard

September 30th, 2016
2016 Billerica October Swiss
Round 1 of 5


The Billerica Chess Club is back in business, after a few weeks of the Council on Aging building being closed.
September 30 was the first round of the Billerica October Swiss 2016,
[Rounds 2 through 5 will be played on October 7, 14, 21, & 28.] with the following results:

Billerica October Swiss, September 30th, 2016
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Paul Staten 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Jim Donahue
Silverio Johnson 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Joe Kelly 1-0Gustavo Paulino
Maurice Lessard 0-1Derek Zhao
Paul Arond 1-0Alec Patel
Total of 6 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Receiving a half-point bye was Jeff Caruso.

Billerica September Swiss, September 30th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Kelly, Zhao, Arond
0.5Nugent, Johnson, Caruso
0Staten, Donahue, Paulino, Lessard, Patel

There was a power failure in Billerica Center Friday night, September 9th,
but National Grid estimated that the work would be done by 8:00, so we stuck around.
Then they updated it to 10:00 and I decided to call it a night.

No games the next two weeks (September 16 and 23) so I will decide in the next few days what to do about September 30.
(I think we'll fold it into the October tournament and make that a 5-rounder, but I need to consult with Art. I will let you know soon.)
Regards,
JeffC

September 2nd, 2016

Billerica September Swiss, September 2nd, 2016
Round 1 of 1 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Bruce Blaschke 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Paul Staten
Jim Donahue 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Joe Kelly 1-0David Xie
Silverio Johnson 0-1John Vaughan
Paul Godin 1-0Mike Howell
Maurice Lessard 0-1Jeff Caruso
Robb Stewart 1-0Dwight Bramble
Shashank Jarmale 0-1Derek Zhao
Ananth Rangan 1-0Sriram Krishamoorthy
Total of 10 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica September Swiss, September 2nd, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Kelly, Vaughan, Godin, Caruso, Stewart, Zhao, Rangan
0.5Nugent, Donahue
0Blaschke, Staten, Xie, Johnson, Howell, Lessard, Bramble, Jarmale, Krishnamoorthy

Crosstable from this year's Billerica September Swiss tournament.

August 26th, 2016

Woody Wink Memorial, August 26th, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Derek Zhao 0-1Ray Paulson
Paul Staten 0-1John Vaughan
Joe Kelly 1-0Chris Cioffi
Stephen Savage 0-1Fred Pearson
Bill Burke 1/2-1/2David Xie
Maurice Lessard 0-1Silverio Johnson
Bob Babcock 0-1Paul Elliot
Evan Wadden 1-0Dwight Bramble
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

Woody Wink Memorial, August 26th, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3.5Caruso
3Bromley, Paulson, Vaughan, Kelly, Nugent
2.5Pearson, Zhao
2Cioffi, Johnson, Staten, Xie
1.5Wadden, Elliot, Relyea, Savage, Burke, Howell, Patel
1Steward, Lessard, Dey, Donahue
0.5Bramble, Billmers, Babcock
0Krishnamoorthy

♔ 2016 Woody Wink Memorial PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Jeff Caruso

Crosstable from the 2016 Woody Wink Memorial Swiss tournament.

♔   September Schedule:   ♗
The Billerica Chess Club will be OPEN September 2nd, 9th, & 30th.
The Billerica Chess Club will be CLOSED September 16th & 23rd.
New rug to be put down.
No dues for September 2016

August 19th, 2016
2016 Woody Wink Memorial
Round 3 of 4

Woody Wink Memorial, August 19th, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
John Vaughan 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 0-1Jeff Caruso
Fred Pearson 0-1Art Nugent
♔ Derek Zhao 1-0Robb Stewart
Joe Kelly 1-0Silverio Johnson
Paul Staten 1-0Maurice Lessard
Chris Cioffi 1-0Ranjan Dey
Paul Elliot 0-1Alex Relyea
Mike Howell 1-0Meyer Billmers
David Xie 1-0Evan Wadden
Sriram Krishnamoorthy 0-1Nita Patel
Total of 11 boards, 1 major upset ().

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Bill Burke.
♖ EXTRA GAME: Paul Staten 0-1 Bill Burke.

Woody Wink Memorial, August 19th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Bromley, Caruso
2.5Nugent, Zhao
2Paulson, Vaughan, Kelly, Staten
1.5Pearson, Relyea, Savage, Xie, Howell, Patel
1Stewart, Johnson, Lessard, Dey, Burke, Donahue
0.5Wadden, Billmers, Elliot, Babcock, Bramble
0Krishnamoorthy

♔   September Schedule:   ♗
The Billerica Chess Club will be OPEN September 2nd, 9th, & 30th.
The Billerica Chess Club will be CLOSED September 16th & 23rd.
New rug to be put down.
No dues for September 2016

August 12th, 2016
2016 Woody Wink Memorial Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Woody Wink Memorial Swiss, August 12th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Joe Kelly
Robb Stewart 0-1Ray Paulson
Maurice Lessard 0-1John Vaughan
Jeff Caruso 1-0Paul Staten
Art Nugent 1-0Mike Howell
Silverio Johnson 1-0Bill Burke
Chris Cioffi 1-0Sriram Krishanmoorthy
Evan Wadden 1/2-1/2Paul Elliot
Total of 8 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Stephen Savage, Robert Babcock, Fred Pearson, Jim Donahue, Derek Zhao,
David Xie, Dwight Bramble.
♜ Receiving full-point byes were Ranjan Dey.

Woody Wink Memorial Swiss, August 12th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Paulson, Vaughan, Caruso
1.5Nugent, Pearson, Zhao, Savage
1Kelly, Staten, Cioffi, Stewart, Johnson, Dey, Lessard, Donahue
0.5Xie, Elliot, Babcock, Howell, Wadden, Bramble
0Burke, Krishnamoorthy


August 5th, 2016
2016 Woody Wink Memorial Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Woody Wink Memorial Swiss, August 5th, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Bill Burke 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Chris Cioffi
Jim Donahue 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
John Vaughan 1-0David Xie
Paul Elliot 0-1Jeff Caruso
Joe Kelly 1-0Bob Babcock
Silverio Johnson 0-1Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart 1-0Evan Wadden
Ranjan Dey 0-1Derek Zhao
Paul Staten 1-0Dwight Bramble
Sriram Krishnamoorthy 0-1Stephen Savage
Total of 11 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Woody Wink Memorial Swiss, August 5th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1.0Bromley, Paulson, Vaughan, Caruso, Kelly, Pearson, Stewart, Zhao, Staten, Savage, Lessard
0.5Nugent, Donahue
0.0Burke, Cioffi, Xie, Elliot, Babcock, Johnson, Wadden, Dey, Bramble, Krishnamoorthy

♖ ♝ ♗ ♞ ♘ ♟ The Billerica Chess Club welcomes several new players including:
Chris Cioffi, Paul Elliot, Evan Wadden, Ranjan Dey, Dwight Bramble, & Stephen Savage.
♔ Woody Wink's son Joe (not playing) accepted a commemoration in Woody's honor.

August 1st, 2016
2016 Billerica August Swiss to Memorialize "Woody" Wink

Woody Wink Memorial Tournament
Billerica Chess Club
August 2016
Long-time Billerica Chess Club member Ellwood J. "Woody" Wink, died September 4, 2009 at the age of 74. Woody was a driving force at the club since it started in the 1960s, and organized a number of outside tournaments, including the first Billerica Open.

He also ran the club and was instrumental in moving us to our present quarters at the Council on Aging. He was a vice-president of the Massachusetts Chess Association and served on the Executive Board multiple times.
This tournament commemorates a competitive and much-loved organizer and player.

July 29th, 2016

Billerica July Swiss, July 29th, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 0-1Michael Henroid
BIll Burke 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
George Norman 1/2-1/2David Xie
♔ Silverio Johnson1-0Jeff Caruso
Fred Pearson 1-0Bob Babcock
Meghana Kancharla 0-1Paul Staten
Richard Chen 0-1Jack Appelmans
Maurice Lessard 1-0Ernie Cullen
Ranjan Dey 1-0Evan Wadden
Total of 10 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 29th, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley, Henroid
2.5Paulson, Kelly, Burke, Pearson, Jonhson, Nugent, Staten, Xie, Norman
2Rangan, Appelmans
1.5Caruso, Babcock, Kancharla, Vaughan, Solorzano, Blaschke, Donahue, Lessard, Dey
1Chen, Cullen, Bramble
0.5Tholkappian, Sullivan
0Wadden

♔ 2016 Billerica July Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Tim Bromley & Mike Henroid
Top U1500: David Xie & Silverio Johnson

July 22nd, 2016
2016 Billerica July Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica July Swiss, July 22nd, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Ananth Rangan
Fred Pearson 0-1Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2George Norman
John Vaughan 0-1Joe Kelly
Bob Babcock 0-1Michael Henroid
Paul Staten 1/2-1/2Silverio Johnson
David Xie 1-0Richard Chen
Jack Appelmans 0-1Bill Burke
Dwight Bramble 0-1Bruce Blaschke
Maurice Lessard 0-1Meghana Kancharla
Evan Wadden 0-1Ernie Cullen
Total of 11 boards, no major upsets.

July 15th, 2016
2016 Billerica July Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Ananth Rangan Leads Billerica July Swiss After 2 Rounds

As a result of his 281 point upset win over Jeff Caruso combined with three draws at boards 1, 2, & 3, Class B rated, Ananth Rangan, has jumped out in front as the sole leader after two rounds of play in the Billerica July Swiss. Of the ten players following Rangan with a piont & a half each, seven are USCF rated Experts or Class A players, so with two more rounds to go, there is still a chance someone may catch Ananth. However each win, will move him closer to unstoppable.

Billerica July Swiss, July 15th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results, including byes
WhiteResultBlack
Michael Henroid 1/2-1/2Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1/2-1/2John Vaughan
Joe Kelly 1/2-1/2Fred Pearson
♔ Ananth Rangan1-0Jeff Caruso
Richard Chen 0-1Art Nugent
Bruce Blaschke 0-1♔ Bob Babcock
David Xie 1/2-1/2Paul Staten
George Norman 1-0Maurice Lessard
Ranjan Dey 0-1Jim Donahue
Bill Burke 1-0Minnoli Tholkappian
Ernie Cullen 0-1Silverio Johnson
Evan Wadden 0-1Jack Appelmans
Total of 12 boards, 2 major upsets ().

Billerica July Swiss, July 15th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2.0A. Rangan
1.5Pearson, Bromley, Paulson, Nugent, Kelly, Henroid, Vaughan, Babcock, Solorzano, Norman
1.0Caruso, Donahue, Chen, Burke, Johnson, Appelmans, Staten, Xie, Bramble
0.5Kancharla, Lessard, Blaschke, Sullivan
0.0Tholkappian, Dey, Cullen, Wadden

July 8th, 2016
2016 Billerica July Swiss
Round 1 of 5

Billerica July Swiss, July 8th, 2016
Round 1 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Bill Burke
Silverio Johnson 0-1Ray Paulson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2David Xie
Jack Appelmans 0-1Joe Kelly
Jeff Caruso 1-0Meghana Kancharla
Minnolli Tholkappian 0-1Michael Henroid
John Vaughan 1-0Ranjan Dey
Ernest Cullen 0-1Fred Pearson
Paul Staten 1/2-1/2Dwight Bramble
Matthew Sullivan 0-1Ananth Rangan
James Donahue 0-1Jose Solorzano
Evan Wadden 0-1Richard Chen
Total of 12 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica July Swiss, July 8th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1.0Paulson, Kelly Henroid, Pearson, Rangan, Chen, Solorzano, Bromley, Caruso, Vaughan
0.5Xie, Bramble, Nugent, Staten
0.0Burke, Kancharla, Dey, Donahue, Johnson, Appelmans, Tholkappian, Cullen, Sullivan, Wadden

♙ Large turnout, several new faces. Technically no major upsets, though unrated Solorzano's win against Donahue (1550) is notable.

♔ ♚ Paulson & Bromley Take Top Honors in Billerica June Swiss

July 1st, 2016

Billerica June Swiss, July 1st, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Robb Stewart
Jeff Caruso 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
George Norman 0-1John Vaughan
Paul Staten 1-0Bill Burke
David Xie 1-0Bob Babcock
Silverio Johnson 1-0Evan Wadden
Joe Kelly 1-0Meghana Kancharla
♔ Richard Chen 1-0Bruce Blaschke
Maurice Lessard 0-1Jack Appelmans
Total of 9 boards, 1 major upset ().

Billerica June Swiss, July 1st, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Paulson, Bromley
2.5Nugent, Caruso, Stewart, Staten, Vaughan, Pearson, Xie
2Gaciu, Zhao, Johnson
1.5Burke, Appelmans, Ray, A. Rangan, K. Rangan, Kelly, Norman, Chen
1Babcock, Kancharla, Campelli, Wadden
0.5Blaschke, Kolenski, Tholkappian
0Lessard

♔ 2016 Billerica July Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Ray Paulson & Tim Bromley

NOTE: The July tournament will be a 4-rounder with play occurring on July 8, 15, 22 and 29.

June 17th, 2016

Billerica June Swiss, June 17th, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0Derek Zhao
Robb Stewart 1-0David Xie
Bill Burke 0-1Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1-0Evan Wadden
Cris Campelli 0-1Jeff Caruso
Bob Babcock 0-1Vlad Gaciu
Keshav Rangan 1/2-1/2Paul Staten
Minnoli Tholkappian 0-1Joe Ray
Ananth Rangan 1-0Mark Kolenski
Silverio Johnson 1-0Jack Appelmans
Meghana Kancharla 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 11 boards, no major upsets.

NOTE: Round 4 of the June Swiss played on July 1 instead of June 24 due to unavailability of the venue.

June 10th, 2016
2016 Billerica June Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica June Swiss, June 10th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 0-1♔ Fred Pearson
Cris Campelli 0-1Ray Paulson
Jeff Caruso 0-1♔ Derek Zhao
Robb Stewart 1/2-1/2Bill Burke
Evan Wadden 1/2-1/2Keshav Rangan
♔ David Xie 1-0Ananth Rangan
Jack Appelmans 0-1Art Nugent
Vlad Gaciu 1-0Silverio Johnson
Paul Staten 1-0Meghana Kancharla
Maurice Lessard 0-1Bob Babcock
Total of 10 boards, 3 major upsets ().

Billerica June Swiss, June 10th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Paulson, Pearson, Zhao
1.5Stewart, Burke, Vaughan, Norman, Xie
1Bromley, Caruso, Gaciu, Staten, Campelli, Nugent, Babcock, K. Rangan, Wadden
0.5Kelly, A. Rangan, Tholkappian, Kolenski, Appelmans
0Johnson, Kancharla, Lessard

June 3rd, 2016
2016 Billerica June Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica June Swiss, June 3rd, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Mark Kolenski 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Paul Staten
♔ George Norman 1-0Joe Kelly
Art Nugent 0-1♔ Cris Campelli
Bob Babcock 0-1Jeff Caruso
John Vaughan 1-0Silverio Johnson
Meghana Kancharla 0-1Robb Stewart
Fred Pearson 1-0Maurice Lessard
♔ Bill Burke 1-0Vlad Gaciu
Derek Zhao 1-0Minnoli Tholkappian
Total of 10 boards, 3 major upsets ().

Billerica June Swiss, June 3rd, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Caruso, Vaughan, Stewart, Pearson, Zhao, Norman, Burke, Campelli,
0Kelly, Nugent, Gaciu, Kolenski, Staten, Babcock, Johnson, Kancharla, Lessard, Tholkappian

May 27th, 2016

♔ ♚ Two Tie at Top in Billerica May Swiss

Aashish Welling and Jeff Caruso finished in a 3.5/4 deadlock in the Billerica May Swiss tournament which completed on Friday May 27. USCF rated expert & Current NH State Co-Champ, Aashish Welling, led the tournamnet along with Jeff Caruso until their last round pairing with each other which ended in a draw. While not technically a major upset, the game represented a fine effort on the part of Jeff Caruso, who was a 122 point underdog coming into the game.

Billerica May Swiss, May 27th, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Aashish Welling 1/2-1/2Jeff Caruso
Eric Feng 0-1Tim Bromley
Fred Pearson 0-1John Vaughan
Bob Babcock 0-1Art Nugent
Bruce Blaschke 1-0Bill Burke
Paul Staten 1-0Cris Campelli
Kevin Zhu 0-1Derek Zhao
Joe Ray 1-0Meyer Billmers
George Norman 1/2-1/2Mark Kolenski
Silverio Johnson 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 10 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Receiving a half-point bye was Ernest Cullen.

Billerica May Swiss, May 27th, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3.5Welling, Caruso
3Bromley, Vaughan
2.5Staten, Nugent, Paulson, Feng, Blaschke
2Pearson, Ray, Zhao
1.5Burke, Campelli, Kelly, Gaciu, Babcock, Appelmans, Johnson
1Tholkappian, Zhu, Cullen, Billmers, Kolenski, Norman
0.5Donahue
0Lessard

♔ 2016 Billerica May Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Aashish Welling & Jeff Caruso

May 20th, 2016
2016 Billerica May Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 20th, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley0-1Aashish Welling
Jeff Caruso1-0Bruce Blaschke
Art Nugent1/2-1/2Paul Staten
Derek Zhao 0-1Fred Pearson
John Vaughan1-0Joe Ray
Bill Burke1/2-1/2Meyer Billmers
Cris Campelli1-0Silverio Johnson
Maurice Lessard0-1Kevin Zhu
Ernie Cullen0-1Minnoli Tholkappian
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Ray Paulson, Eric Feng, and others.

Billerica May Swiss, May 20th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Welling, Caruso
2.5Paulson, Feng
2Pearson, Bromley, Vaughan
1.5Staten, Kelly, Nugent, Gaciu, Blaschke, Babcock, Campelli, Burke, Appelmans
1Ray, Tholkappian, Zhao, Zhu, Billmers
0.5Donahue, Norman, Johnson, Kolenski
0Lessard, Cullen

May 13th, 2016
2016 Billerica May Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 13th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 0-1Tim Bromley
Aashish Welling 1-0John Vaughan
Jeff Caruso 1-0Joe Kelly
Eric Feng 1-0Derek Zhao
Jack Appelmans 0-1Vlad Gaciu
Bruce Blaschke 1-0George Norman
Silverio Johnson 0-1Joe Ray
Paul Staten 1-0Maurice Lessard
Bill Burke 1-0Ernie Cullen
Minnoli Tholkappian 0-1Bob Babcock
Total of 11 boards, some wild games tonight but no major upsets.

Billerica May Swiss, May 13th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Paulson, Bromley, Welling, Feng, Caruso
1.5Gaciu, Blaschke
1Kelly, Nugent, Pearson, Vaughan, Zhao, Ray, Staten, Appelmans, Burke, Babcock
0.5Donahue, Norman, Campelli, Kolenski, Billmers, Johnson
0Lessard, Cullen, Tholkappian

May 6th, 2016
2016 Billerica May Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica May Swiss, May 6th, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Ray 0-1Ray Paulson
Tim Bromley 1-0Paul Staten
Mark Kolenski 0-1Aashish Welling
Joe Kelly 1-0Jim Donahue
Meyer Billmers 0-1Eric Feng
Art Nugent 1-0Bill Burke
Bob Babcock 0-1Fred Pearson
John Vaughan 1-0Cris Campelli
Mo Lessard 0-1Jeff Caruso
Derek Zhao 1-0Minnoli Tholkappian
Ernie Cullen 0-1Jack Appelmans
Total of 11 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica May Swiss, May 6th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1Paulson, Bromley, Welling, Kelly, Feng, Nugent, Pearson, Vaughan, Caruso, Zhao, Appelmans
0.5-----
0Ray, Staten, Kolenski, Donahue, Billmers, Burke, Babcock, Campelli, Lessard, Tholkappian, Cullen

April 29th, 2016

♔ ♚ Two Top Experts Top Billerica April Swiss

USCF rated experts & the two highest rated competitors in the tournament, Ray Paulson & Tim Bromley each scored 3.5-0.5 in undefeated performances to tie for first place in the Billerica April Swiss that ended Friday night, April 29, at the Billerica Chess Club. Ray's lone draw was against fellow Wachusett CC member Paul Godin of Bedford, while Tim won three games & took a bye in round two.

Billerica April Swiss, April 29th, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jeff Caruso 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0George Norman
Jack Appelmans 0-1Art Nugent
Bruce Blaschke 1-0Jim Taggart
Paul Staten 1/2-1/2Meyer Billmers
Bob Babcock 1-0Minnoli Tholkappian
Maurice Lessard 0-1Ernie Cullen
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica April Swiss, April 29th, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley, Paulson
3Caruso
2.5Nugent
2Blaschke, Norman, Kelly, Pearson, Appelmans
1.5Godin, Taggard, Staten, Cullen, Stewart, Smith, Ray, Johnson, Babcock
1Hamel, Billmers, Donahue
0.5Tholkappian, Howell
0Lessard

♔ 2016 Billerica April Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Tim Bromley & Ray Paulson
3rd: Jeff Caruso

April 22nd, 2016
2016 Billerica April Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 22nd, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 0-1Jeff Caruso
Tim Bromley 1-0Paul Godin
Nate Smith 0-1Ray Paulson
Joe Kelly 1-0Silverio Johnson
George Norman 1-0Dan Hamel
Jack Appelmans 1-0Ernie Cullen
Minnoli Tholkappian 0-1Bruce Blaschke
Maurice Lessard 0-1Paul Staten
Total of 8 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica April Swiss, April 22nd, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Caruso
2.5Paulson, Bromley
2Kelly, Pearson, Norman, Appelmans
1.5Godin, Stewart, Smith, Taggart, Ray, Johnson, Nugent
1Blaschke, Staten, Hamel, Donahue
0.5Babcock, Cullen, Billmers, Howell, Tholkappian
0Lessard

April 15th, 2016
2016 Billerica April Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 15th, 2016
Round 2 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Paul Godin 1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Joe Kelly 0-1Jeff Caruso
James Taggart 0-1Fred Pearson
Meyer Billmers 0-1Nate Smith
Jim Donahue 1/2-1/2Jack Appelmans
Silverio Johnson 1-0Bob Babcock
Bruce Blaschke 0-1Joe Ray
George Norman 1-0Paul Staten
Dan Hamel 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Tim Bromley and others.
♖ Tim Bromley showed up apparently too late to be paired, but not too late to play a side game with Nate Smith, who stopped by & finished his regular game rather early. Tim won with the black pieces.

Billerica April Swiss, April 15th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Pearson, Caruso
1.5Bromley, Paulson, Godin, Stewart, Smith, Nugent, Johnson
1Kelly, Taggart, Ray, Hamel, Norman, Appelmans, Donahue
0.5Billmers, Howell, Cullen
0Lessard, Blaschke, Staten, Babcock

April 08th, 2016
2016 Billerica April Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica April Swiss, April 8th, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Ray 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Bruce Blaschke
Paul Staten 0-1Joe Kelly
Art Nugent 1-0Dan Hamel
Bob Babcock 0-1Paul Godin
Fred Pearson 1-0George Norman
Mike Howell 0-1Robb Stewart
Jeff Caruso 1-0Maurice Lessard
Ernie Cullen 0-1James Taggart
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica April Swiss, April 8th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1Bromley, Paulson, Kelly, Nugent, Godin, Pearson, Stewart, Caruso, Taggart
0.5 ----
0Ray, Blaschke, Staten, Hamel, Babcock, Norman, Howell, Lessard, Cullen

April 1st, 2016

♔   Paulson Produces Peak Performance in March Swiss

USCF rated expert, Ray Paulson took clear first place in the Billerica March Swiss which ended with this Friday's round 4 games. Ray's Candidate Master norm performance raises his USCF rating to a new all time high of 2080. Congratulations, Ray!

Billerica March Swiss, April 1st, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 0-1Ray Paulson
Tim Bromley 1-0Fred Pearson
Robb Stewart 1-0John Vaughan
James Taggart 0-1Jeff Caruso
George Norman 1-0Bob Babcock
Paul Staten 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Jim Donahue 1-0Dan Hamel
Maurice Lessard 0-1Ananth Rangan
Joe Ray 1-0Silverio Johnson
Mike Howell 1-0Meyer Billmers
Total of 10 boards, no major upsets.

♜ Receiving full-point bye was Paul Godin.

Billerica March Swiss, April 1st, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
4Paulson
3Bromley, Kelly, Stewart, Caruso
2.5Pearson, Godin, Norman
2Vaughan, Donahue
1.5Nugent, Babcock, Cesolini, Taggart, Rangan, Staten, Ray, Howell
1Hamel, Lessard
0.5Billmers, Johnson, Cullen

♔ 2016 Billerica March Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Ray Paulson
2nd-5th: Tim Bromley, Joe Kelly, Robb Stewart, Jeff Caruso
Top U1600: George Norman

March 24th, 2016
2016 Billerica March Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica March Swiss, March 24th, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0Robb Stewart
John Vaughan 0-1Joe Kelly
Art Nugent 0-1Fred Pearson
Paul Staten 0-1Tim Bromley
Jeff Caruso 1-0Jim Donahue
Mo Lessard 0-1Jim Taggart
Meyer Billmers 0-1George Norman
Bob Babcock 1-0Ernie Cullen
Silverio Johnson 0-1Dan Hamel
Total of 9 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Paul Godin received a 1/2-point bye.

Billerica March Swiss, March 24th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Kelly, Paulson
2.5Pearson
2Stewart, Bromley, Vaughan, Caruso
1.5Cesolini, Godin, Taggart, Babcock, Norman
1Donahue, Nugent, Staten, Hamel, Lessard
0.5Billmers, Johnson, Cullen, A. Rangan


March 18th, 2016
2016 Billerica March Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica March Swiss, March 18th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 0-1John Vaughan
Paul Godin 0-1Ray Paulson
Joe Kelly 1-0Jeff Caruso
Robb Stewart 1-0Art Nugent
Jim Donahue 1-0Maurice Lessard
Dan Hamel 0-1Paul Staten
Total of 6 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Receiving half-point byes were Tony Cesolini, Fred Pearson, Meyer Billmers, Bob Babcock,
Silverio Johnson, Ananth Rangan, George Norman, & Ernie Cullen.

Billerica March Swiss, March 18th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Paulson, Kelly, Vaughan, Stewart
1.5Cesolini, Pearson
1Bromley, Nugent, Godin, Caruso, Donahue, Staten, Lessard
0.5Billmers, Babcock, Johnson, A. Rangan, Norman, Cullen
0Hamel


March 11th, 2016
2016 Billerica March Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica March Swiss, March 11th, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ananth Rangan 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Jim Donahue
Paul Staten 0-1Tony Cesolini
Fred Pearson 1-0Meyer Billmers
Dan Hamel 0-1Joe Kelly
Art Nugent 1-0Bob Babcock
George Norman 0-1Paul Godin
John Vaughan 1-0Silverio Johnson
Ernie Cullen 0-1Robb Stewart
Jeff Caruso 1-0Tom Kane
Total of 10 boards, no major upsets.

♝ Maurice Lessard received a half-point bye.

Billerica March Swiss, March 11th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
1.0Bromley Paulson, Cesolini, Pearson, Kelly, Nugent, Godin, Vaughan, Stewart, Caruso
0.5Leassard
0.0Rangan, Donahue, Staten, Billmers, Hamel, Babcock, Norman, Johnson, Cullen, Kane

♘ There will be three more rounds in this tournament: March 18, March 25 and April 1.


March 4th, 2016

Billerica February Swiss, March 4th, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
Tim Bromley 1-0Ray Paulson
Fred Pearson 1-0James Taggart
Robb Stewart 1-0Jim Donahue
John Vaughan 1-0Paul Staten
Ernie Cullen 0-1Dan Hamel
Bob Babcock 1-0Maurice Lessard
Total of 7 boards, no major upsets.

Billerica February Swiss, March 4th, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Kelly, Bromley
2.5Paulson, Pearson, Godin, Stewart, Nugent
2Caruso, Somerset, Billmers
1.5Donahue, Taggart, Blaschke, Hamel, Johnson, Vaughan
1Ray, Staten, Babcock, Rangan
0.5Lessard, Cullen, Sheinwald

♔ 2016 Billerica February Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st-2nd: Joe Kelly, Tim Bromley
Top U1600: Meyer Billmers

February 28th, 2016
Queen City Tornado rating updates

Congratulations to Jim Taggart, who went undefeated & finished clear second with a score of 3.5/4 in the U1800 section at the Queen City Tornado tournament held in Manchester, NH this weekend. Jim's rating is now 1757, which is just ten points below his all time high.

Jim Taggart -> 1757

February 26th, 2016
2016 Billerica February Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 26th, 2016
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 1-0Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Bruce Blaschke
Meyer Billmers 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Jim Donahue 0-1Paul Godin
David Somerset 1-0Silverio Johnson
Ananth Rangan 0-1Jeff Caruso
Paul Staten 0-1Rob Stewart
Maurice Lessard 0-1Fred Pearson
James Taggart 1-0Ernie Cullen
Joe Ray 1-0Bob Babcock
Total of 10 boards

Billerica February Swiss, February 26th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2.5Kelly, Paulson, Godin
2Bromley, Caruso, Somerset, Nugent, Billmers
1.5Pearson, Stewart, Blaschke, Donahue, Johnson, Taggart
1Ray, A. Rangan, Staten
0.5Cullen, Sheinwald, Lessard
0Babcock

Last round (4/4) is March 4.


February 19th, 2016
2016 Billerica February Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 19th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0David Somerset
Ray Paulson 1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
Art Nugent 1-0Paul Staten
Silverio Johnson 1-0James Taggart
Bruce Blaschke 1-0Maurice Lessard
Jim Donahue 1-0Ernie Cullen
Jeff Caruso 1-0Joe Ray
Bob Babcock 0-1Ananth Rangan

Billerica February Swiss, February 19th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Bromley
1.5Kelly, Paulson, Donahue, Nugent, Godin, Blaschke, Billmers, Johnson
1Somerset, Caruso, A. Rangan, Staten
0.5Pearson, Sheinwald, Taggart, Lessard, Cullen, Stewart
0Ray, Babcock

February 12th, 2016
2016 Billerica February Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica February Swiss, February 12th, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Rob Stewart 0-1Tim Bromley
Joe Kelly 1-0Jeff Caruso
Ananth Rangan 0-1Ray Paulson
David Somerset 1-0Joe Ray
Paul Staten 1-0Fred Pearson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Jim Donahue
Meyer Billmers 1-0Nowell Sheinwald
Paul Godin 1-0Bob Babcock

There will be three more rounds in this tournament: February 19, February 26 and March 4.

REMINDER: In the event that the Billerica Senior Center is closed on a Friday, the Billerica Chess Club WILL NOT meet on that Friday.
The Billerica Senior Center is closed whenever the Billerica schools are closed due to inclement weather.

February 5th, 2016
Billerica Senior Center closed, so the Billerica Chess Club did not meet.

January 29th, 2016

Billerica January Swiss, January 29th, 2016
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 1/2-1/2Ray Paulson
Tim Bromley 1/2-1/2Rob Stewart
Jeff Caruso 1-0John Vaughan
Mike Howell 0-1Silverio Johnson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2George Norman
Maurice Lessard 0-1James Taggart
Ernie Cullen 0-1Bob Babcock
Tom Kane 1-0Joseph Costa

Casey DuLong received a bye.

Billerica January Swiss, January 29th, 2016
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3.5Paulson
3Caruso, Pearson
2.5Bromley, Johnson, Godin, Donahue, Stewart
2Vaughan, Babcock, Howell, Taggart
1.5Kane, Blaschke, Rangan, Billmers, Nugent, Norman
1Cullen, DuLong, Lessard, Ray
0.5Farrell, Costa, Bellon

♔ 2016 Billerica January Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Ray Paulson
2nd-3rd: Jeff Caruso & Fred Pearson
Top U1700: Jim Donahue

January 22nd, 2016
2016 Billerica January Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 22nd, 2016
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Ray Paulson 1-0Tim Bromley
Ananth Rangan 0-1Fred Pearson
Paul Godin 1-0Bruce Blaschke
Jim Donahue 1-0Art Nugent
John Vaughan 1-0George Norman
Bob Babcock 0-1Jeff Caruso
Rob Stewart 1-0Ernie Cullen
James Taggart 0-1Mike Howell
Joe Ray 0-1Meyer Billmers
Silverio Johnson 1-0Tom Kane
Maurice Lessard 1-0Casey DuLong

Billerica January Swiss, January 22nd, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Paulson
2.5Pearson, Godin, Donahue
2Bromley, Caruso, Howell, Vaughan, Stewart
1.5Blaschke, A. Rangan, Billmers, Johnson
1Cullen, Babcock, Lessard, Nugent, Taggart, Ray, Norman
0.5Kane, Farrell, Bellon
0DuLong


January 15th, 2016
2016 Billerica January Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 15th, 2016
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Jahn Vaughan
Jeff Caruso 0-1Ray Paulson
Ananth Rangan 1/2-1/2Rob Stewart
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Joe Ray
George Norman 1/2-1/2James Taggart
Bruce Blaschke 1-0Silverio Johnson
Tom Kane 0-1Jim Donahue
Roberton Bellon 0-1Bob Babcock
Mike Howell 1-0Casey DuLong
Ernie Cullen 1-0Maurice Lessard

Billerica January Swiss, January 15th, 2016
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Paulson
1.5Godin, Donahue, A.Rangan, Pearson, Blaschke
1Vaughan, Caruso, Babcock, Howell, Cullen, Nugent, Stewart, Taggart, Ray, Norman
0.5Johnson, Farrell, Kane
0Lessard, DuLong, Bellon


January 8th, 2016
2016 Billerica January Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica January Swiss, January 8th, 2016
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Bob Babcock 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Mike Howell
Silverio Johnson 1/2-1/2Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1-0Ernest Cullen
Maurice Lessard 0-1Paul Godin
John Vaughan 1-0Jeff Farrell
Roberto Bellon 0-1Jeff Caruso
James Taggart 1/2-1/2Tom Kane
Casey DuLong 0-1Ananth Rangan

December 18th, 2015

Billerica December Swiss, December 18th, 2015
Round 3 of 3 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
Fred Pearson 0-1John Vaughan
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Jim Donahue
Jeff Caruso 1-0Maurice Lessard
Joe Ray 1/2-1/2James Taggart
Vlad Gaciu 1-0Bruce Blaschke
Silverio Johnson 1-0Tom Kane
Ananth Rangan 1-0Alan Moyer

Receiving a half-point bye was Ernest Cullen.

Billerica December Swiss, December 18th, 2015
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Vaughan
2.5Kelly, Bromley
2Paulson, Caruso, Donahue
1.5Taggart, Nugent, Pearson, Stewart, A. Rangan, Ray, Johnson, Gaciu, Cullen
1Lessard, Kane
0.5Blaschke, Billmers, Moyer, Furey, K. Rangan, Bellon

♔ 2015 Billerica December Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: John Vaughan
2nd: Joe Kelley & Tim Bromley

REMINDER: The Billerica Chess Club WILL NOT meet Friday, Christmas day, December 25th, nor Friday, New Year's Day, January 1st.


December 11th, 2015
2015 Billerica December Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 11th, 2015
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
James Taggart 0-1Tim Bromley
Ray Paulson 1-0Jeff Caruso
Tom Kane 0-1Joe Kelly
Art Nugent 0-1John Vaughan
Bruce Blaschke 1-0Rob Stewart
James Donahue 1-0Meyer Billmers
Alan Moyer 0-1Joe Ray

Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica December Swiss, December 11th, 2015
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Bromley, Paulson, Kelly, Vaughan
1.5Pearson, Stewart, Donahue
1Nugent, Caruso, Taggart, Ray, Lessard, Kane
0.5A. Rangan, K. Rangan, Billmers, Johnson, Furey, Blaschke, Moyer, Cullen, Bellon,


December 4th, 2015
2015 Billerica December Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica December Swiss, December 4th, 2015
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Ananth Rangan
Joe Ray 0-1Ray Paulson
Joe Kelly 1-0Silverio Johnson
Ernest Cullen 0-1Art Nugent
Jeff Caruso 1-0Jack Furey
Maurice Lessard 0-1Fred Pearson
John Vaughan 1-0Keshav Rangan
Roberton Bellon 0-1James Taggart

Not playing round 1 was Tom Kane, who received a full-point BYE.

SIDE GAME RESULT:
Tom Kane 0-1 Bruce Blaschke.

November 27th, 2015

Billerica November Swiss, November 27th, 2015
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 0-1Fred Pearson
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Paul Arond
Jeff Caruso 0-1Rob Stewart
Bruce Blaschke 1-0Jack Furey
Silverio Johnson 1-0Tom Kane
John Vaughan 1-0Ray Paulsen

Billerica November Swiss, November 27th, 2015
FINAL STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3.5Pearson
3Bromley
2.5Nugent, Arond, Stewart, Blaschke
2Caruso, Johnson, Moyer
1.5Kelly, Donahue, Godin, Vaughan
1Kane, Furey, Billmers, Lessard
0.5Ray, Babcock, Bellon, Paulsen

♔ 2015 Billerica November Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Fred Pearson
2nd: Tim Bromley

November 20th, 2015
2015 Billerica November Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 20th, 2015
Round 3 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 0-1Tim Bromley
Rob Stewart 0-1Fred Pearson
Art Nugent 1-0Bruce Blaschke
Paul Arond 1-0Silverio Johnson
Maurice Lessard 0-1Alan Moyer
Tom Kane 0-1James Donahue
Paul Godin 1-0Robert Babcock
Jack Furey 1/2-1/2Roberto Bellon

Jeff Caruso received a half-point bye for round 3.

Billerica November Swiss, November 20th, 2015
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
3Bromley
2.5Pearson
2Nugent, Moyer, Arond, Caruso
1.5Blaschke, Kelly, Godin (including one 1/2 point bye), Stewart, Donahue
1Lessard, Kane, Billmers, Johnson, Furey
0.5J. Ray, Babcock, Bellon

REMINDER: The Billerica Chess Club WILL meet Friday, November 27, the night after Thanksgiving.
The Billerica COA Senior Center will be closed for all other activities on November 27.


November 13th, 2015
2015 Billerica November Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 13th, 2015
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Tim Bromley 1-0Art Nugent
Jeff Caruso 1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
Paul Arond 0-1Bruce Blaschke
Silverio Johnson 1/2-1/2Meyer Billmers
Alan Moyer 1-0Jack Furey
Roberto Bellon 0-1Maurice Lessard

Receiving half-point byes were Fred Pearson, Bob Babcock, Robert Stewart, Joe Ray, James Donahue.
Receiving a full-point bye was Tom Kane.

Billerica November Swiss, November 13th, 2015
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2Bromley
1.5Kelly, Caruso, Blaschke, Pearson, Stewart
1Nugent, Arond, Moyer, Lessard, Kane, Billmers, Johnson
0.5Ray, Furey, Donahue, Babcock
0Bellon


November 6th, 2015
2015 Billerica November Swiss
Round 1 of 4

Billerica November Swiss, November 6th, 2015
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Jim Donahue 0-1Tim Bromley
Joe Kelly 1-0Joe Ray
Bob Babcock 0-1Art Nugent
Fred Pearson 1-0Alan Moyer
Maurice Lessard 0-1Jeff Caruso
Rob Stewart 1-0Tom Kane
Roberto Bellon 0-1Paul Arond

October 30th, 2015

Billerica October Swiss, October 30th, 2015
Round 4 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Paul Arond 0-1Tim Bromley
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Joe Kelly
John Vaughan 1-0Maurice Lessard
Fred Pearson 0-1Jeffrey Caruso
Joe Ray 0-1David Xie
Tom Kane 0-1Bob Babcock

Billerica October Swiss, October 30th, 2015
FINAL STANDINGS except those who withdrew
PointsPlayers
3.5Bromley
3Nugent, Kelly, Vaughan
2.5Caruso, Arond
2Billmers, Xie, Lessard
1.5Stewart
1Pearson, Ray, Babcock, Furey
0.5Kane

♔ 2015 Billerica October Swiss PRIZE WINNERS ♔
1st: Tim Bromley
2nd-4th: Art Nugent, Joe Kelly & John Vaughan
REMINDER: The November Swiss starts next Friday, November 6th!

October 23rd, 2015
2015 Billerica October Swiss
Round 3 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 23rd, 2015
Round 3 of 5 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Joe Kelly 1/2-1/2Paul Arond
Jeff Caruso 0-1Tim Bromley
Rob Stewart 0-1Art Nugent
Jack Furey 0-1John Vaughan
Meyer Billmers 1-0David Xie
Maurice Lessard 1-0Tom Kane
Bob Babcock 0-1Joe Ray

Billerica October Swiss, October 23rd, 2015
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2.5Arond, Bromley, Kelly, Nugent
2Vaughan, Billmers, Lessard
1.5Stewart, Caruso
1Furey, Ray, Xie
0.5Kane
0Babcock


October 16th, 2015
2015 Billerica October Swiss
Round 2 of 4

Billerica October Swiss, October 16th, 2015
Round 2 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Fred Pearson 0-1Joe Kelly
John Vaughan 0-1Paul Arond
Art Nugent 1/2-1/2Jeff Caruso
Joe Ray 0-1Rob Stewart
David Xie 1-0Bob Babcock

Receiving a full-point bye was Maurice Lessard.

Billerica October Swiss, October 16th, 2015
CURRENT STANDINGS
PointsPlayers
2.0Kelly, Arond
1.5Nugent, Caruso, Stewart
1.0Pearson, Vaughan, Xie, Lessard
0.5 ----
0.0Ray, Babcock


October 9th, 2015
Billerica October Swiss 2015
Round 1 of 4

October 9th, 2015
Round 1 of 4 Results
WhiteResultBlack
Eric Matthews 0-1Andy Applebaum
Tim Bromley 1-0Joe Ray
Bob Babcock 0-1Art Nugent
Joe Kelly 1-0David Xie
Silverio Johnson 0-1John Vaughan
Jeff Caruso 1-0Maurice Lessard
Tom Kane 0-1Fred Pearson
Paul Arond 1-0Roberto Bellon


Where:
Billerica Council on Aging, 25 Concord Road, Billerica (Right next to the Billerica Public Library)
When:
The Billerica Chess Club, which has been in existence for many years meets Fridays at 7:30 PM.
What:
The club hosts a USCF rated monthly Swiss with an entry fee of $15 & a time control of G/90.
Who:
Arthur Nugent, the club organizer, said the club met at the Honeywell plant from the '70s through the mid-'90s, before moving to the Council on Aging site in the late '90s, & added: "Over the years, we have had many strong players who have attended the club and have gone on to secure FIDE titles and national master titles." These include international masters Dave Vigorito and Danny Kopec; FIDE masters Christopher Chase, Nasser Abbasi, and John Curdo; and national masters Joel Johnson, Allan Bennett, & Marc LaRocca.
Art Nugent is the club contact and can be reached at arthur978@comcast.net.