Boylston Chess Club Weblog

BCF Member Tony DiNosse is hospitalized for pneumonia

2012-05-21T14:18:00.003-04:00

Yesterday I spoke with long time BCF member Tony DiNosse, who is in the hospital. Tony was in good spirits, but said he will likely not be released for several more days. Apparently he underwent surgery after suffering pneumonia, and doctors told him that he could have become dangerously ill if his condition had been allowed to worsen for a few more days.

I'm sure Tony would like to hear from other chess players, so if you get a chance give him a call. The direct number at his room is 617-632-1838. If you would like to visit him, he is at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in the Farr 2 building, in room 220.

Get better Tony!

The Legend of George Koltanowski

2012-05-10T22:51:00.001-04:00

As we stand on the eve of the latest installment in the Boylston's monthly Legends of Chess tournament series, it is only natural that our curiosities be piqued by the question: 'who was George Koltanowski?'

Perhaps best known for twice breaking the record for largest blindfold simul, Koltanowski (1903-2000) worked relentlessly as a chess promoter and author. He is perhaps the most famous TD of all time, directing the U.S. Open every year from 1947 through the late '70's, introducing the Swiss system to that event for the first time in its history in the first of those years. He became president of the USCF in 1974.

His achievements as a player were less notable, and in fact he played little tournament chess after an unremarkable showing in the 1946 U.S. Open. He was, however, awarded the International Master title in 1950.

And then there are his blindfold exploits. In 1937, he broke a world record by playing 34 games simultaneously while blindfolded. In 1960, he broke it again, playing 56 games at once blindfolded in San Francisco. He won 50 of those games and drew six. That record still stands today.

So join us this Saturday as we honor this legend of chess!

2012-05-09T15:16:00.002-04:00

Grandmaster takes on all comers in chess at South Station

GM Larry Christiansen won all 25 games he played simultaneously.

read

Colin A. Young's article in the Globe from May 8

at:

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/05/08/grandmaster-take-all-comers-chess-this-afternoon-south-station/tTRIxhOZpSNqFqr5m4JhGM/story.html

2012-05-09T15:07:00.000-04:00

Taking on a Grandmaster

from the Boston Globe, May 9.

Chessgrandmaster Larry Christiansen, standing inside the tables, played 25 simultaneous games of chess in South Station In Boston on Tuesday aftemoon.

Bill MacLellan of the Boylston Chess Club said Christiansen, currently ranked 15th in the United States, will be taking on opponents at South Station about once a month. The United States Chess Federation calls Cbristiansen "an American master of attack."

Below, Carlheb Cemesca, Io.of Everett, a studentat Prospect Hill Academy, reacted to a move.

Find the Losing Move

2012-05-09T12:54:00.000-04:00

White to move

Can you guess what White played in this position? Amazingly, in the first round of the U.S. Championship 2012 yesterday, Stripunsky played 11. d3?? and resigned, giving Onischuk the full point.

So....don't beat yourself up over whatever blunder you may have made in the Quads last weekend. It could have been worse.

-Natasha Christiansen

I Am Number Three

2012-05-05T16:30:00.000-04:00

Two Have Resigned. I Am Number Three.

Patheticus Score

By popular demand (okay, Frank Frazier suggested I post this game), I present the following travesty of chess.

This would perhaps most appropriately have been posted right after I lost the following game. However, I decided I would delay posting it until after Greg had played all his games as White in this tournament in order to give him maximum "freedom of expression".

Greg Bodwin - Ken Ho
Four Knights, Halloween Gambit
2 April 2012

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nxe5

Had I known before the game that Greg had already used this surprising move to beat both Jon Lee and Larry Eldridge earlier in the tournament, I would have at least tried to prepare for it.

However, since I had rescheduled my game from the tournament's opening night, I wasn't present to see Jon's loss down this same path. I did see Greg play this same move against Larry in the tournament's second week, but after 4 Nxe5, giving up a knight for a pawn, I had blithely and quite mistakenly concluded that Larry was headed for a win. I subsequently didn't look seriously, if at all, at their game for the rest of the night.

I figured that if Greg later also played 4 Nxe5 against me, I would just take him to the cleaners "like Larry did".
:-(

5 d4 Nc6 6 d5

In Harvard Square around the mid-to-late 1980's, a fellow named Vlad used to play, as Black, 1 d4 Nc6 2 d5 Nb8 3 e4 Nf6 4 e5 Ng8 and vehemently insist that it was a good opening. I thought it might actually be a good opening if you were up a knight for a pawn, which led me to play:

6...Nb8

Better is 6...Ne5 7 f4 Ng6, but at the time I didn't see any meaningful advantage over my chosen move. At least my having chosen the road less traveled caused Greg to spend some time on the clock. Somewhere around the first 10 moves of the game, word had apparently made it back to the skittles room that we had each already chewed up around an hour of time.

7 e5 Qe7

A common enough defensive move in open games.

8 Qe2 Ng8

Vlad would be proud.

9 d6 cxd6 10 Bf4 Qe6

It was only as I struggled in vain to activate my pieces ("A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!") that I checked the wall chart and learned, to my rapidly decreasing surprise, that Larry had lost his aforementioned game with Greg. During the post-mortem with Greg is when I learned that he had also beaten Jon with this Halloween Gambit.

11 Qb5 d5 To prevent 12 Bc4, which I feared would be bad for my health.

12 Nxd5 Qc6 13 Qb3

I spent an embarrassingly long time evaluating 13...d6?? before finally realizing that 14 Bb5 would be the end of me. So I figured I'd prevent that pin as preparation for ...d6, and instead played:

13...a6??

...forgetting to do another blunder check.

Greg suggested 13...Ne7! to chase off White's knight, since if 14 Bc4 b5!

14 Nb6 Qe4+ 15 Be3 Nc6 16 Nxa8

They're taking you down
They're breaking you down....

- J. Geils Band

16...Nd4 17 Nc7+ Kd8 18 Qb6 Nxc2+ 19 Kd1 Nxe3+ 20 fxe3 Be7

The d8 square needs protecting to prevent checkmate there.

21 Rc1 Qg4+ 22 Be2 Qg6 23 Ne6+

Unfortunately for Black, the c8 square needed protection as well. 1-0

Thanks for bringing this wild and crazy gambit to the club, Greg, and congratulations on your hat trick!

Watch out, Number Four!

2012-05-04T18:53:00.001-04:00

2012-05-04T18:39:00.001-04:00

Chess on the Boston Common

On May 2, Ed Foye and I walked up to the Boston Common from our respective offices in the Financial District to check out the inauguration ceremony of the Brewer Fountain Plaza and to play a few games. We were pleased to see Nathan Smolensky had set up a couple of sets with clocks, so Ed and I immediately sat down and played blitz while nearby Mayor Menino and other officials extolled the virtues of the beautiful plaza. Alas, Ed had to go back to work, but I could not resist playing hooky a little longer. Sitting next to the magnificent fountain with the accompaniment of live piano music, I felt transported to Paris' Luxembourg Gardens as Nathan and I played chess with various passersby.

I am excited about the new addition to Boston's chessplaying venues, and will certainly be back. Nathan will be at the Plaza Monday-Wednesday and on Fridays 12-5, so if you visit during those hours, you will be sure to get a game, even if you come alone. You may borrow a set from the reading area (where you can also borrow books, magazines, and newspapers) Monday - Friday, even if Nathan is not present. Finally, you may bring your own set and play anytime,

weather permitting. Enjoy!

Natasha Us-Christiansen

Read the Boston Globe piece about the refurbished Common:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/05/02/refurbished-boston-common-plaza-seen-place-stop-sit-down-spend-time/MqXpWwtoNaTgELfFKNKfUI/story.html

Chess Town (Summer in the City)

2012-05-02T20:30:00.002-04:00

Artist's Rendering of the future of Brewer Fountain Plaza. Credit Friends of the Public Garden.

As many of you know, the Boylston Chess Club takes its name from the street in downtown Boston on which it was originally located. We left that location years ago, and in our doing so the presence of chess in the heart of the city faded somewhat.
But the tide is turning. With the refurbishment of Brewer Fountain Plaza in Boston Common, chess tables are now open to the public there, with sets and clocks also available during weekdays. Come by and play! If there aren't any sets out, you can request them at the reading area.
Just a few blocks away, you can also check out our NEXT SOUTH STATION SIMUL, MAY 8TH AT 5:00 P.M., with local GM and three-time U.S. Champion Larry Christiansen!
It's an exciting time for chess in the city, so join the fun!

Chess Brewing in the Common

2012-05-01T13:45:00.003-04:00

Only a short walk away from the Boylston's original location, chess returns to downtown Boston at the restored Brewer Fountain Plaza in the Common!

Join us tomorrow at noon as we embark on this new chapter in Boston chess. Let's make our presence felt, so that chess in the city can become a truly Common occurrence!

For more information on this exciting new forum for chess, check out the press release here.

Many thanks to Biederman Redevelopment Ventures for all their work in bringing chess to downtown Boston!

Bourne Again

2012-04-27T07:00:00.000-04:00

Diving suit from The Bourne Identity (London Film Museum)

In this year's Paramount tournament, I was surprised to find myself as the bottom player in my 6-person section, the top section of 3. Carey Theil is top dog at 2194, and I am 1804 -- rather more of a spread than I am used to, for this tournament. The distribution of player ratings has typically landed me in the second section, where the range of players' ratings tended to be less pronounced.

I lost my first two games, then had very much the downside of my adjourned third game. That was perhaps not an unexpected surprise statistically given my bottom ranking in the section, but I found little comfort in that. As a bit of relief, I watched a great action movie, The Bourne Identity, again. I was surprised to notice that the main character, Jason Bourne, while ranting in frustration about his loss of memory, utters:

"I can set up a chessboard."

as he describes other things he can still do. There is indeed a chessboard set up in the background (Set up correctly? Hard to say.)

In my case, the script would be more like:

"I can set up a chessboard, but I can't remember to stop trapping my rook where it cannot escape attack by a bishop!"

Here's how I did it in game 3 against Ed Astrachan:

White to move

18 e3?? Ba6

And then again in game 4 against Larry Eldridge (Apparently I have a very low MTBF, Mean Time Between Failures, or perhaps that should be MMBB, Mean Moves Between Blunders):

Black to move

10...Qe8?? 11 Bxc6! Bxc6 12 dxe5 dxe5 13 Bc5

In game 4, however, as a testament to the adage that "He who blunders last, blunders best.", Larry subsequently overlooked something distinctly more consequential, and I eventually had this winning position:

Black to move

At Dana Blogs Chess, I had recently read the Human reasoning versus computer reasoning post, discussing resultant piece activity associated with two different capture options. That was still prominently in my mind, and it did not take me too long to decide on 26...fxe4 over 26...Bxe4, feeling that:

My dark-squared bishop would come to c5 and apply pressure down the diagonal to f2/g1
My light-squared bishop remaining on c6 would prevent entry of a rook on d7
My "straight pieces" along the f-file would add to the pressure on f2
...e4-e3 would eventually unleash my light-squared bishop's pressure down to g2/h1

26...Bxe4, while still winning, would leave the f-file closed, and reduce my immediate attacking potential. After various additional moves, we arrived at this position:

White to move

After 43 Qb1 my forward e-pawn did indeed get moving with 43...e3 ("I have foreseen it." -Darth Sidious), and although pinning someone's queen to their king with your rook is always tempting, 44 Rf1 was soundly answered with 44...Bxg2+ 0-1.

Once I was past the Bourne Again stage, I lost the next two games, then drew the next two against the highest-rated folks. I believe I'm now due for two wins. What do you say, Larry? Greg?
:-)

Grand Prix Standings Update

2012-04-19T21:39:00.000-04:00

ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT until the second half of this exciting Grand Prix cycle begins. With that in mind, let's take a look at the leader board:

MASTERS:
Chris Williams               7.5
Eric Godin                       7

U2200:
Emmanuel Mevs              8
Jesse Nicholas                 5.5

U2000:
Natasha Christiansen       3.5
Greg Bodwin                   3
Howard Goldowsky        3
Harold Dondis                 3

U1800:
Arthur Tang 6
Mike Griffin 6
Bowen Wang 5.5
Nithin Kavi    5.5
Jerry Williams    5.5

U1600:
Steven Stepak 11
David Martin 8

U1400:
Alyssa Stachowkski 3
Matthew Ding    2

U1200:
Eddie Wei 5
Akash Subedi 3

Chess Duels and Character Sets

2012-04-15T14:30:00.000-04:00

As some folks (or at least Howard G., according to my recollection) mentioned here previously, Yasser Seirawan's Chess Duels is quite a fun read. I eventually bought the Kindle app e-book version, and particularly enjoyed the Fischer-Byrne-table-patzer and the Fischer-Quinteros-Rubinetti-lunch anecdotes. I seem to remember Howard mentioned one anecdote he found particularly entertaining, although it may not have been one of those (buy and read the book!).

Anyway, as I was reading I was surprised to see a location spelled differently from what I'd always seen it listed as:

I'm curious about the print version, if any blog readers have access to it. Is the missing ć printed (the location name should be Nikšić)? Or does the print version also have cut-off proper nouns, including our old friends Gligori and Ljubojevi?

For those interested in the underlying technicalities, I suspect the book was originally produced using the Microsoft Windows 1252 ("MSWIN1252") character set, which lacks the ć character, but does have the š character (Nikši). However, knowing that at least one other print book (the wonderful historical fantasy Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell) underwent mild changes on its way to being a Kindle e-book, I suppose there is a small chance that the original text of Chess Duels was somehow shoehorned into MSWIN1252 for the Kindle version.

WereRihels of London! Ahooo!

2012-04-14T14:49:00.006-04:00

Dear Boylston Chess Club,

After months of globe trotting, lab building, and flat finding, I was finally able to play my first European chess tournament.

To start off 'easy', I decided to play a one day quick chess event, 6 rounds of Game 30. Because of my US based rating, I was put into the Open section, with the 2nd section being roughly U2000. Why an estimate? It turns out the English use a very funny rating system, on a scale of roughly 1 to 300. To calculate from the FIDE rating, it is approxomately FIDE rating - 600 points, then divided by 8. That put me at 174, just over the 170 cutoff.

So, let's get right to the differences. First, these Game 30s don't count towards your regular rating here at all, which is a good thing, beause of difference #2-- for this event, I was the only player (about of about 75 people) with a digital clock. That means there is no increment and no delay. Have a great position but only 2 seconds left? Too bad.

Not for the faint (time trouble) hearted.

The second big difference is the number of rounds. We played 6(!) games today, with very little break in between. They had a modest sandwich/hot dog consession in the tournament site, but I was still going hungry most of the day.

The third big difference is that we didn't have to keep score, not even a little bit. US players of course are used to keeping score, even in the G30 matches.

The fourth difference was that they are still using pairing cards and doing all the pairings by hand! They were quick and on-time, however, and I didn't see any of that endless griping about the way the round should be paired, so typical in the US. Related to the lack of computers, they only update the English ratings twice a year, since they don't have the nice national rating computations like in the States.

OK-- on to my games!

In the first 3 rounds, I lost, mostly due to time pressure. In at least two of those games, I got so far behind on the clock that I had to go crazy, as without time delay, it was either mate or flag. In at least one of these games, having delay would have allowed me to save at least a draw, by trading down into an even ending.

Another more subtle difference-- the no writing moves down affected the cadence of the game for me. Normally, there is that little pause when either you or your opponent writes down their moves. Also, it lends an air of casualness, almost like playing blitz in Harvard Square. Crazy combination that will be great if it works? Why not, it is street chess! Except it isn't street chess.

After this return to chess debacle (against strong players in the Open section, true), I told myself I needed to get this time business under control. Playing much more rapidly, I got this promising position. White to play and win (ignore that arrow).

White wins with 1. Nxc7 Qxc7 2. d6 Qd8 3. dxe7+ Rxe7 4. Bc5 (a nice intermezzo) Re8 5. Bxb6 Qxb6 6. Qxd7 and White is up a piece.

After finding that combo, I felt I was on my way to improving my tournament, and I finished the last 3 games with 2.5 out of 3. Not too bad after a chess deep freeze.

Hope all is well in Boston!

Jason

April 10th Christiansen Simul Recap

2012-04-13T11:55:00.001-04:00

And so, another simul was held at South Station, and once again, it was quite the scene. We at the Boylston love introducing new people to the world of tournament chess, and there's nothing like the rush hour crowds at South Station watching a three-time US champion play over two dozen people at once.
Once again, over 25 games were played, with new challengers coming in as games ended. GM Christiansen endured one loss and one draw, winning the rest of his games. The loss was to Nathan Smolensky, a very strange fellow who likes to refer to himself in the third person while writing blog posts. The draw?

Welcome back, Harold!

South Station Simul with Larry C - April 10

2012-04-04T09:32:00.009-04:00

Larry can play with two dolphins at the same time,
but can he play with 25 fish simultaneously?

GM Larry Christiansen

will take on 25 players simultaneously
at South Station on April 10, 5-7 PM.

There is no fee. A prize of free entry to a BCC tournament goes to anyone who beats Larry.

Nathan Smolensky posted a poem about the March simul earlier in the BCF blog indicating that the only winner was Jesse Nicholas. Jesse won a free entry to a BCC tournament. There were no draws. We did not keep track of the number of games, but many more than 25 were played - not all 25 boards were filled at one time, but new players replaced players who had finished their games. Also, some players played multiple games successively - one person played 5 games or so.

Come to South Station and try your luck. It's a great opportunity to face a three-times US Champion and face the attacking Larry C you have read in his terrific books and watched on ICC.

Larry is America's most prominent attacking player, and that's no bull.

Thursday Night Swiss Clarification

2012-04-02T16:56:00.000-04:00

Just a quick note on the April Thursday Night Swiss - there was an error in the calendar saying that the first round of this month's tournament would be played on March 29th. The correct date for the first round is April 5th (all other rounds' dates are correct).
IF YOU PLAYED ON THE 29TH, THEN YOU HAVE ALREADY PLAYED YOUR FIRST ROUND GAME, AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNAMENT ON THE 5TH. These first rounds will be merged, and the tournament will resume as normal on the 12th.
Sorry for the confusion.

Harold Dondis injured

2012-03-24T17:01:00.002-04:00

Chris Chase:

While leaving his firm's building a week from this past Tuesday, Harold was knocked to the floor by someone in a hurry. The building actually has the accident filmed by their security cameras. A building security guard came and got me from the car and I found Harold sitting in a chair in much pain and badly shaken. I drove him to Mt. Auburn Hospital's ER and found out that he had broken a bone in his right shoulder (I don't remember which one.) He was lucky in the sense as he didn't hit his head nor break his hip and the fracture is clean and will not require surgery but Harold, in his rather gloomy Maine - born approach, does not agree with me on this.

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Anyway, he was at Mt. Auburn Hospital for three nights. His right arm is in a sling and will be for a while. Last Friday he was transferred to the Belmont Manor Nursing Home for rehab and 7/24 care. He is doing much better now. His spirit is much better and he is in much less pain. He should be leaving Belmont Manor this coming Friday. Further rehab will take place at home and it should take about 4 to 6 weeks before he can go back to work. It will probably be a little less time before he can return to playing chess.

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Get-well cards can be sent to his home address: 583 Belmont Street, Belmont, MA 02478

Grand Prix Standings Update

2012-03-22T19:53:00.000-04:00

With the third round of the first 2012 Grand Prix only two days away, it's time to look upon the standings and gander who leads thus far in our great journey:

MASTERS
Chris Williams          4
Eric Godin               3.5
Carey Theil              3.5

U2200
Jesse Nicholas            5.5
Emmanuel Mevs       5
Michelle Chen        3
Sebastian Gueler        3

U2000
Greg Bodwin             3
Harold Dondis           3
Daniel Schmidt          2.5
Natasha Christiansen 2

U1800
Mike Griffin               4
Arthur Tang               4
Robert Holmgren       4
Nithin Kavi    3.5
Thomas Laaman    3.5
Jerry Williams            3.5
Bowen Wang             3
Carissa Yip                3

U1600
Steven Stepak           7.5
David Martin             5.5
Brandon Wu              3

U1400
Alyssa Stachowski    3
Matthew Ding           2

U1200
Eddie Wei     3
Lucy Cai 2
Justin Wu    1.5

Remember, the tournament continues this Saturday, March 24th, at 10 AM!

Design a Chess Set

2012-03-21T17:41:00.003-04:00

B.J. Richards

9:43am Mar 20

Have a great design for a chess set? Win a 3D printer!

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B.J. Richards

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Outstanding $10 Open

2012-03-18T14:01:00.004-04:00

Saturday's $10 Open was outstanding, even for the ever-popular BCF event.

52 players entered [ 21 in the Open and 31 in the U1800 ].

Life Master Eric Godin topped the Open section with 3.5.
In the U1800 group Alexander Roy led with 4.0.

You can view details below, get a better view by clicking on each image or visiting the USCF cross table site.

Thanks to TD Bernardo Iglesias who handled the entire event over at a least a 12 hour day.

'Twas the Simul Last Week

2012-03-14T11:56:00.002-04:00

As South Station clamored with rush hour thunder,
At its center the crowds saw an int'resting wonder.
A great figure present, unbeknownst t' some of them,
'Twas Larry. M. Christiansen, the famous GM.

He played at a time up to two dozen and one,
And as the games finished, more still would come.
He had but one loss, and one loss alone
To the expert J. Nicholas, the Boylston club's own.

Please know this event of its kind not the last,
And far from the first, for now four we've amassed.
And to those who more South Station Simuls should crave,
The next's April 10th, so that date should be saved.

REMINDER: Larry Christiansen Simul This Thursday!

2012-03-07T01:52:00.001-05:00

Just a reminder to everyone, GM Larry Christiansen will be holding a 25-board simultaneous exhibition THIS THURSDAY, March 8th, at 5:00 P.M.
As the T.D. for this month's Thursday Night Swiss, I'd also like to remind people that that event will be held as usual, and the second round of the March tournament will begin at 7:00 P.M that same night. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THESE WONDERFUL EVENTS. If you aim to start your simul game closer to 5:00, you can still make the start of TNS. If you do choose to go this route, though, feel free to tell GM Christiansen of your intent, so he can show as little mercy as possible and help you get to the Boylston on time.
Good luck!

13th annual Paramount

2012-03-02T21:35:00.012-05:00

For some people spring is signaled by the start of Red Sox reporting to spring training, by groundhog day, by the returning swallows to Capistrano...

But for many of us it is the Paramount.

This will be the 13th annual edition of the popular tournament, a ten-round, double round-robin. Initiated by Bryan Clark, this format [generous time control with two try's against known opponents bunched in competitive groups] remains popular. And it is one of the few tournaments left that incorporate adjournments.

Monday, March 5 – May 7: 13th Annual Paramount

10 Rounds, 2RR, Players divided into six player sections by rating; 40/120d5, G/50d5 Adjournments are allowed after 4 hours of play; Entry fee: $25, $20 to BCF members; Prizes: 50% EF Registration: 6:00 to 6:45 PM Round at 7PM.

TD Robert Oresick
assistant TD Bernardo Iglesias

Questions

What happens if I have to miss a round? May I reschedule with my opponent? (Will we know the pairings ahead of time to allow that?)

Bernardo uses SwissSys to make pairings for the entire tournament on the first evening. So, you know your opponent and can prepare for him or her, except, of course, in that first round. If you need to reschedule a round, you just notify the TD and work it out with your opponent. All rounds should be completed by the end date of the tournament.

I see that there are ten rounds and six players in each section (unless I'm misreading). How will the players be divided into sections? How are pairings determined? As in a Swiss?

The top six rated players will be in group one. If there are another six, they will be in group two. If there are more, another group of six or four will be formed, to maintain the double round-robin format.

What level of participation do you usually see? What level players, approximately, and how many? Do you expect anything to be different this year?

We don't know what to expect this year, but in the past two years, we had 2 or 3 groups.

In 2011 we had two groups:

In 2010, we had three groups:

GM Larry Christiansen Simul at South Station

2012-03-01T13:52:00.003-05:00

GM Larry Christiansen

will give a
25-board simultaneous exhibition

at South Station

on Thursday, March 8
(International Women's Day)

5 - 7 PM.

There is no pre-registration and no fee; as long as there is an empty board, you may sit down at any time up to 6:30 PM and try your luck.

E-mail natashaus@alum.mit.edu with any questions.

Note: starting a game against Larry closer to 5 PM will help ensure enough time to make it to the TNS at the Boylston starting at 7:00.