Here is the news from the Wachusett Chess Club over the first half of 2013. As you can see, we’ve been active!

 

June 26: Bruce Felton of Fitchburg scored 5.5-1.5 to win the Wachusett Chess Club Blitz Championship at the McKay Campus School at Fitchburg State University. Tied for 2nd-3rd place with 5-2 tallies were Paul Godin of Burlington and Larry Gladding of Leominster. Jackson Parker of Fitchburg finished 4th with a score of 4.5-2.5. A total of 16 players competed. 

 

June 19: George Mirijanian of Fitchburg tallied 5-2 to win the 2013 Wachusett Chess Club Championship in a round-robin field of 8 players. It was Mirijanian’s 16th club championship victory since 1977. Finishing as runners-up with 4.5-2.5 scores were Bruce Felton, 9-year-old Carissa Yip of Chelmsford, and Larry Gladding. Anil Marthi of Shrewsbury won the club’s “B” Division Championship, scoring 6.5-0.5 in a field 29 players. Runners-up with 4.5-2.5 tallies were Paul Godin, Paul Connelly of Marlborough, NH, and Dave Thomas of Leominster.

 

April 24: Ray Paulson of Lowell and Mike Lally of Leverett tied for 1st-2nd place in the Evert Siiskonen Memorial. Both scored 4.5-0.5. Trevor Bierig of Leominster was 3rd at 4-1 in a field of 36 players.

 

March 20: Section winners in the Wachusett CC G/25 Quick Quads were as follows: #1: Mike Lally, 3-0; #2: Gary Brassard of Leominster, 2.5-0.5; #3: Dave Thomas; #4: Don Briggs of Lunenburg and Francis Scanlon of Fitchburg, both 2-1.

 

 March 13: George Mirijanian, Paul Godin, Ray Paulson and Bruce Felton tied for 1st-4th place in the George E. O’Rouke Memorial, scoring 4-1 in a field of 35 players.

 

Feb. 7: Paul Godin tallied 4.5-0.5 to win the Wachusett CC Quick Chess Championship. Bruce Felton scored 4-1 to finish 2nd in a field of 19 players.

 

Jan. 30: Arthur Barlas of Chelmsford scored 4.5-0.5 to win the Reggie Boone Memorial. Tying for 2nd-3rd place with 4-1 tallies were Carissa Yip and Martin Laine of Lunenburg. Geoff LePoer of Westford finished 4th with a score of 3.5-1.5.