The 76th New England Open was held from September 3rd through the 5th in Burlington, MA. Congratulations to the following section winners:

Championship – IM Denys Shmelov

U2000 – Paul Godin, Alan Sikarov, Derek Zhao

U1800 – Kevork Haddad, Robert Sawdey

U1600 – Zubin Baliga

The first ever Massachusetts Junior Open was held on October 23rd in Boxborough. The following teams took home top section prizes:

Open – “Patriots” (Vineeth Nareddy, Arjun Girish, Adithya Sharma)

U1200 – “The Kings” (Vishnu Mandepudi, Sujith Yeruva, Sravan Mandepudi)

U800 – “Chess Kids” (Nicole Zermani, Jason Zermani, Derek Moeller)

U400 – “Polgars” (Suhavi Tiruveedhula, Anna Katsman, Reann Zhou)