Fall Festival
- Date
- Saturday, November 9 - Monday, November 11
- Event Format
- 6SS
- Time Control
- G/90 + 30
- Sections
- Open, U1900
- Entry Fee
- $100, $130 for non-members; $20 discount for U1500; $10 more after 11/7
- Prizes
- $$4000 fully guaranteed
- Registration
- Saturday 9:30am - 9:45am
- Round Times
- 10:00am and 3:30pm each day
Live Games
Prizes: Open: $1000-$500-$200, Top U2300 $300; Top Woman $200 U1900: $250-$100, Top U1600 $150; Top Woman $100
Free entry for club members rated at least 2300 but entry fee deducted from any prize won. No deductions for GMs and IMs.
Bughouse Only - Saturday Night Fischer Random Only - Sunday Night
Players rated at least 1700 (either live MSA rating or Nov. supplement) may play in the Open section.
Side Events: (no additional entry fee if playing in the main event, otherwise $10, $15 for non-members)
Bughouse - Saturday 8:00pm $400 first, $200 second 4SS, G/3 d0. Each round is a 4 game match. At the end of the swiss, the top two teams play a match for 1st/2nd If you do not have a partner we will match you with another unpaired player.
Fischer Random Blitz - Sunday 8:00pm $400 first, $200 second, Top U2300 $150, Top U1800 $150 5SS G/5 d0. Double rounds with a new position for each round.
A current USCF membership is required.
Need to withdraw or take a bye? Email td@boylstonchess.org at least 30 minutes before the round.
For parking and transportation info, please visit Parking and Public Transit.
If the metal gate to the building is closed, please press the doorbell marked #1
Please see our tournament policies for more information.
Registration is now closed, please register at the tournament.
| # | Name | Section | USCF ID | Rating | Live | Bye RequestsByes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jianchao Zhou (GM) | Open | 15524414 | 2686 | 2678 | |
| 2 | Yaacov Norowitz (IM) | Open | 12566496 | 2493 | 2487 | |
| 3 | Denys Konstantinov Shmelov (IM) | Open | 13433622 | 2458 | 2442 | |
| 4 | Alexander Ivanov (GM) | Open | 12513936 | 2456 | 2460 | |
| 5 | Ryan Sun (FM) | Open | 16379802 | 2364 | 2362 | Round 3 |
| 6 | Andrew Liu (NM) | Open | 13987660 | 2346 | 2355 | |
| 7 | Caius Kempe | Open | 32082678 | 2315/14 | 2299/20 | |
| 8 | Andrew Hoy (NM) | Open | 12846607 | 2228 | 2270 | Rd 4 |
| 9 | Charlie Creswell | Open | 30359466 | 2123 | 2082 | |
| 10 | Kevin Zhao | Open | 30425013 | 2101 | 2097 | first round |
| 11 | Shawn Xu | Open | 30264362 | 2069 | 2079 | |
| 12 | David Katsman | Open | 14958088 | 2063 | 2076 | |
| 13 | Vihaan Jain | Open | 16584243 | 2051 | 2077 | round 2 |
| 14 | Michael P Carey (NM) | Open | 10120560 | 2047 | 2091 | |
| 15 | Libardo Rueda (NM) | Open | 12497363 | 2026 | 2026 | Round 1 & Round 2 |
| 16 | Arthur Zhou | Open | 30350651 | 2005 | 2016 | |
| 17 | Oskar Zoffer | Open | 16471866 | 1989 | 1997 | 1, 2 |
| 18 | Rayhan Riaz | Open | 16543002 | 1977 | 1969 | Round 3,4 |
| 19 | Luke Ji | Open | 16237733 | 1927 | 1943 | rounds 2 and 5 |
| 20 | Simon Payne | Open | 30429367 | 1911 | 1935 | |
| 21 | Ranjan Dey | Open | 15718966 | 1911 | 1903 | round 5 |
| 22 | Royce Zhang | Open | 30154455 | 1908 | 1928 | Round 5,6 |
| 23 | Ella Xinyue Zhang | Open | 30305617 | 1854 | 1770 | |
| 24 | Samanyu Alluri | Open | 30185788 | 1851 | 1775 | |
| 25 | Ray Xue | Open | 17348162 | 1843 | 1970 | Bye round 2 |
| 26 | Rohan Kasiviswanathan | Open | 13669318 | 1740 | 1763 | |
| 27 | Thibault Pebrier | Open | 31984723 | 1701/24 | 1714 | |
| 28 | Emma Linyue Zhang | Open | 30305579 | 1676 | 1751 | |
| 29 | Ruthwik Varanasi | Open | 30145457 | 1665 | 1745 | |
| 30 | Christine Nguyen | Open | 16634247 | 1650 | 1671 | |
| 31 | Tianjun Chen | Open | 17026676 | 1601 | 1714 | |
| 32 | Jianda Liu | Open | 1916 | unr | unr | |
| 33 | Stephen Gradijan | U1900 | 12454998 | 1800 | 1800 | |
| 34 | Charles Huang | U1900 | 30427161 | 1644 | 1641 | |
| 35 | Natesh Pillai | U1900 | 15913395 | 1600 | 1600 | |
| 36 | Justin Guerra | U1900 | 12912297 | 1596 | 1576 | |
| 37 | Devansh Vellanki | U1900 | 30349631 | 1462 | 1646 | |
| 38 | Amy Nguyen | U1900 | 16151483 | 1441 | 1393 | Round 1 |
| 39 | Zachary Tower | U1900 | 30739679 | 1414 | 1435 | Round 1 (Sat 10 am) |
| 40 | Alexander Dawson | U1900 | 30540446 | 1358/10 | 1368/15 | Round 2 |
| 41 | Arnold Joseph | U1900 | 31424444 | 1234 | 1266 | |
| 42 | Jayden Zhou | U1900 | 30461297 | 995 | 1176 |
| # | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jianchao Zhou | W 17 | B 7 | W 4 | B 6 | W 5 | B 3 |
| 2686 15524414 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | |
| 2 | Yaacov Norowitz | B 18 | W 11 | bye (½) | bye (½) | bye (½) | --- |
| 2493 12566496 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 3 | Denys Shmelov | W 19 | B 12 | W 6 | B 10 | W 4 | W 1 |
| 2458 13433622 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 4 | Alexander Ivanov | B 20 | W 16 | B 1 | W 5 | B 3 | W 8 |
| 2456 12513936 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Ryan Sun | W 21 | B 14 | W 13 | B 4 | B 1 | --- |
| 2364 16379802 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Andrew Liu | B 22 | W 24 | B 3 | W 1 | bye (½) | bye (½) |
| 2346 13987660 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | |
| 7 | Caius Kempe | W 23 | W 1 | B 16 | B 14 | B 29 | W 11 |
| 2315 32082678 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
| 8 | Andrew Hoy | bye (½) | bye (½) | B 24 | bye (½) | W 12 | B 4 |
| 2228 12846607 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Charlie Creswell | B 24 | W 10 | B 23 | --- | --- | --- |
| 2123 30359466 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 10 | Kevin Zhao | bye (½) | B 9 | W 25 | W 3 | B 14 | B 13 |
| 2101 30425013 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 11 | Shawn Xu | W 25 | B 2 | W 14 | B 12 | W 13 | B 7 |
| 2069 30264362 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 12 | David Katsman | B 26 | W 3 | B 28 | W 11 | B 8 | W 14 |
| 2063 14958088 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |
| 13 | Vihaan Jain | W 27 | bye (½) | B 5 | W 20 | B 11 | W 10 |
| 2051 16584243 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |
| 14 | Michael Carey | B 28 | W 5 | B 11 | W 7 | W 10 | B 12 |
| 2047 10120560 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |
| 15 | Libardo Rueda | bye (½) | bye (½) | B 29 | W 23 | bye (½) | W 19 |
| 2026 12497363 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| 16 | Arthur Zhou | W 29 | B 4 | W 7 | B 19 | --- | --- |
| 2005 30350651 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 17 | Rayhan Riaz | B 1 | W 22 | bye (½) | bye (½) | B 23 | W 28 |
| 1977 16543002 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
| 18 | Simon Payne | W 2 | B 25 | W 21 | B 28 | W 24 | B 23 |
| 1911 30429367 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| 19 | Ranjan Dey | B 3 | W 26 | B 27 | W 16 | bye (½) | B 15 |
| 1911 15718966 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 20 | Royce Zhang | W 4 | B 27 | W 26 | B 13 | bye (½) | bye (½) |
| 1908 30154455 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 21 | Ella Zhang | B 5 | W 28 | B 18 | bye (1) | W 25 | B 29 |
| 1854 30305617 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | |
| 22 | Samanyu Alluri | W 6 | B 17 | bye (1) | W 29 | W 28 | --- |
| 1851 30185788 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 23 | Ray Xue | B 7 | bye (½) | W 9 | B 15 | W 17 | W 18 |
| 1843 17348162 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 24 | Jianda Liu | W 9 | B 6 | W 8 | B 25 | B 18 | --- |
| 1766 17182781 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| 25 | Rohan Kasiviswanathan | B 11 | W 18 | B 10 | W 24 | B 21 | W 27 |
| 1740 13669318 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 26 | Thibault Pebrier | W 12 | B 19 | B 20 | W 27 | --- | --- |
| 1701 31984723 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 27 | Emma Zhang | B 13 | W 20 | W 19 | B 26 | bye (1) | B 25 |
| 1676 30305579 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| 28 | Ruthwik Varanasi | W 14 | B 21 | W 12 | W 18 | B 22 | B 17 |
| 1665 30145457 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 29 | Tianjun Chen | B 16 | bye (1) | W 15 | B 22 | W 7 | W 21 |
| 1601 17026676 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| # | Player | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Gradijan | W 5 | B 2 | B 9 | W 6 | B 11 | W 7 |
| 1800 12454998 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| 2 | Christine Nguyen | B 6 | W 1 | B 3 | W 4 | bye (½) | B 8 |
| 1650 16634247 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 3 | Charles Huang | W 9 | B 7 | W 2 | B 5 | B 6 | W 4 |
| 1644 30427161 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |
| 4 | Natesh Pillai | B 11 | W 8 | B 6 | B 2 | W 9 | B 3 |
| 1600 15913395 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Justin Guerra | B 1 | W 11 | B 8 | W 3 | bye (½) | bye (½) |
| 1596 12912297 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | |
| 6 | Devansh Vellanki | W 2 | B 10 | W 4 | B 1 | W 3 | B 11 |
| 1462 30349631 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 7 | Amy Nguyen | bye (½) | W 3 | B 11 | W 10 | bye (½) | B 1 |
| 1441 16151483 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 8 | Zachary Tower | bye (½) | B 4 | W 5 | bye (1) | B 10 | W 2 |
| 1414 30739679 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Alexander Dawson | B 3 | bye (½) | W 1 | W 11 | B 4 | W 10 |
| 1358 30540446 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Arnold Joseph | bye (½) | W 6 | bye (½) | B 7 | W 8 | B 9 |
| 1234 31424444 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 11 | Jayden Zhou | W 4 | B 5 | W 7 | B 9 | W 1 | W 6 |
| 995 30461297 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Open - Round 6 | ||||
| Bd | Res | White Player | Res | Black Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Denys Shmelov | 1 | Jianchao Zhou |
| 2 | 0.5 | Alexander Ivanov | 0.5 | Andrew Hoy |
| 3 | 1 | Caius Kempe | 0 | Shawn Xu |
| 4 | 1 | Vihaan Jain | 0 | Kevin Zhao |
| 5 | 0.5 | David Katsman | 0.5 | Michael Carey |
| 6 | 0 | Ray Xue | 1 | Simon Payne |
| 7 | 1 | Libardo Rueda | 0 | Ranjan Dey |
| 8 | 1 | Rayhan Riaz | 0 | Ruthwik Varanasi |
| 9 | 0.5 | Rohan Kasiviswanathan | 0.5 | Emma Zhang |
| 10 | 0.5 | Tianjun Chen | 0.5 | Ella Zhang |
| ½ | Andrew Liu | bye | ||
| ½ | Royce Zhang | bye | ||
| U1900 - Round 6 | ||||
| Bd | Res | White Player | Res | Black Player |
| 15 | 1 | Zachary Tower | 0 | Christine Nguyen |
| 16 | 0 | Jayden Zhou | 1 | Devansh Vellanki |
| 17 | 0.5 | Charles Huang | 0.5 | Natesh Pillai |
| 18 | 1 | Stephen Gradijan | 0 | Amy Nguyen |
| 19 | 1 | Alexander Dawson | 0 | Arnold Joseph |
| ½ | Justin Guerra | bye | ||
| # | Place | Player | Rating | Live | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jianchao Zhou | 2686 | 2673 | 2678 | W 16 | W 4 | D 2 | W 3 | W 13 | W 12 | 5.5 / 6 |
| 2 | 2 - 5 | Alexander Ivanov | 2456 | 2461 | 2461 | W 19 | W 24 | D 1 | D 13 | D 12 | D 6 | 4.0 / 6 |
| 3 | Andrew Liu | 2346 | 2346 | 2355 | W 26 | W 27 | W 12 | L 1 | H -- | H -- | 4.0 / 6 | |
| 4 | Caius Kempe | 2315 | 2315/14 | 2300/20 | W 17 | L 1 | D 24 | D 8 | W 23 | W 15 | 4.0 / 6 | |
| 5 | Vihaan Jain | 2051 | 2057 | 2077 | W 21 | H -- | L 13 | W 19 | D 15 | W 14 | 4.0 / 6 | |
| 6 | 6 - 10 | Andrew Hoy | 2228 | 2269 | 2271 | H -- | H -- | W 27 | H -- | D 7 | D 2 | 3.5 / 6 |
| 7 | David Katsman | 2063 | 2066 | 2076 | W 28 | L 12 | W 22 | D 15 | D 6 | D 8 | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 8 | Michael Carey | 2047 | 2074 | 2091 | W 22 | D 13 | D 15 | D 4 | D 14 | D 7 | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 9 | Libardo Rueda | 2026 | 2029 | 2026 | H -- | H -- | D 23 | D 17 | H -- | W 18 | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 10 | Simon Payne | 1911 | 1927 | 1935 | L 11 | L 20 | W 25 | D 22 | W 27 | W 17 | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 11 | 11 - 17 | Yaacov Norowitz | 2493 | 2493 | 2487 | W 10 | D 15 | H -- | H -- | H -- | U -- | 3.0 / 6 |
| 12 | Denys Shmelov | 2458 | 2458 | 2442 | W 18 | W 7 | L 3 | D 14 | D 2 | L 1 | 3.0 / 6 | |
| 13 | Ryan Sun | 2364 | 2365 | 2363 | W 25 | D 8 | W 5 | D 2 | L 1 | U -- | 3.0 / 6 | |
| 14 | Kevin Zhao | 2101 | 2098 | 2097 | H -- | D 29 | W 20 | D 12 | D 8 | L 5 | 3.0 / 6 | |
| 15 | Shawn Xu | 2069 | 2071 | 2079 | W 20 | D 11 | D 8 | D 7 | D 5 | L 4 | 3.0 / 6 | |
| 16 | Rayhan Riaz | 1977 | 1971 | 1970 | L 1 | W 26 | H -- | H -- | L 17 | W 22 | 3.0 / 6 | |
| 17 | Ray Xue | 1843 | 1954 | 1970 | L 4 | H -- | W 29 | D 9 | W 16 | L 10 | 3.0 / 6 | |
| 18 | 18 - 23 | Ranjan Dey | 1911 | 1908 | 1903 | L 12 | D 28 | W 21 | D 24 | H -- | L 9 | 2.5 / 6 |
| 19 | Royce Zhang | 1908 | 1938 | 1928 | L 2 | D 21 | W 28 | L 5 | H -- | H -- | 2.5 / 6 | |
| 20 | Rohan Kasiviswanathan | 1740 | 1740 | 1763 | L 15 | W 10 | L 14 | D 27 | D 25 | D 21 | 2.5 / 6 | |
| 21 | Emma Zhang | 1676 | 1760 | 1752 | L 5 | D 19 | L 18 | D 28 | B -- | D 20 | 2.5 / 6 | |
| 22 | Ruthwik Varanasi | 1665 | 1710 | 1745 | L 8 | W 25 | L 7 | D 10 | W 26 | L 16 | 2.5 / 6 | |
| 23 | Tianjun Chen | 1601 | 1702 | 1714 | L 24 | B -- | D 9 | D 26 | L 4 | D 25 | 2.5 / 6 | |
| 24 | 24 - 25 | Arthur Zhou | 2005 | 2009 | 2016 | W 23 | L 2 | D 4 | D 18 | U -- | U -- | 2.0 / 6 |
| 25 | Ella Zhang | 1854 | 1802 | 1770 | L 13 | L 22 | L 10 | B -- | D 20 | D 23 | 2.0 / 6 | |
| 26 | 26 - 27 | Samanyu Alluri | 1851 | 1806 | 1775 | L 3 | L 16 | B -- | D 23 | L 22 | U -- | 1.5 / 6 |
| 27 | Jianda Liu | 1766 | 1891 | 1890 | W 29 | L 3 | L 6 | D 20 | L 10 | U -- | 1.5 / 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | Thibault Pebrier | 1701 | 1715 | 1714 | L 7 | D 18 | L 19 | D 21 | U -- | U -- | 1.0 / 6 |
| 29 | 29 | Charlie Creswell | 2123 | 2109 | 2076 | L 27 | D 14 | L 17 | U -- | U -- | U -- | 0.5 / 6 |
| # | Place | Player | Rating | Live | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Devansh Vellanki | 1462 | 1604 | 1645 | D 3 | W 11 | D 5 | W 2 | D 4 | W 9 | 4.5 / 6 |
| 2 | 2 - 7 | Stephen Gradijan | 1800 | 1825 | 1781 | W 6 | L 3 | D 8 | L 1 | W 9 | W 10 | 3.5 / 6 |
| 3 | Christine Nguyen | 1650 | 1664 | 1671 | D 1 | W 2 | D 4 | W 5 | H -- | L 7 | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 4 | Charles Huang | 1644 | 1652 | 1642 | D 8 | W 10 | D 3 | D 6 | D 1 | D 5 | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 5 | Natesh Pillai | 1600 | 1608 | 1600 | D 9 | W 7 | D 1 | L 3 | W 8 | D 4 | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 6 | Justin Guerra | 1596 | 1564 | 1576 | L 2 | W 9 | W 7 | D 4 | H -- | H -- | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 7 | Zachary Tower | 1414 | 1411 | 1435 | H -- | L 5 | L 6 | B -- | W 11 | W 3 | 3.5 / 6 | |
| 8 | 8 - 9 | Alexander Dawson | 1358 | 1358/10 | 1368/15 | D 4 | H -- | D 2 | L 9 | L 5 | W 11 | 2.5 / 6 |
| 9 | Jayden Zhou | 995 | 1007 | 1177 | D 5 | L 6 | W 10 | W 8 | L 2 | L 1 | 2.5 / 6 | |
| 10 | 10 | Amy Nguyen | 1441 | 1429 | 1393 | H -- | L 4 | L 9 | W 11 | H -- | L 2 | 2.0 / 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Arnold Joseph | 1234 | 1323 | 1266 | H -- | L 1 | H -- | L 10 | L 7 | L 8 | 1.0 / 6 |