The Boylston Chess Club is one of the oldest active clubs in the US.
John Barry
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Constant Ferdinand Burille
C.F. Burille animated the “Ajeeb” automaton. Constant Burille played 900 chess games as Ajeeb and only lost 3. He never lost a checker game as Ajeeb.
Franklin K Young
George Walcott
H G Daniel, BCC Champion 1919
G H Friberg, BCC Champion 1921
Harry Lyman, dean of New England chess and spirit of the BCC, Champion in 1971
Dan Harrington, bcc champion 1972
Dan Harrington won the World Series of Poker in 1998 ($1 million) and place 4th in 2004 ($ 1.5 million). In 2005 he finished 6th in the World Poker Tour ($ 620,730) and to 2006 has won $ 4,800,000 playing poker. (Total of chess prizes is not known at this time.)
IM Bill Robertie, BCC Champion 1975
Bill Robertie, 1975 BCC Champion. Bill shifted his interests to poker (writing books with Dan Harrington) and backgammon. He was the World Champion in backgammon in 1983 and 1987 and won the 1994 Backgammon World Cup in Istanbul.
NM Larry Tapper, BCC Champion 1976
NM Marc Lonoff, BCC Champion 1977
NM John Frankle, BCC Champion 1978
NM John Frankle, BCC Champion 1979
FM William Kelleher, BCC Champion 1979
NM Joe Fang, BCC Champion 1979
FM Bill Kelleher, BCC Champion 1980
FM William Kelleher, BCC Champion 1981
FM Sandeep Joshi, BCC Champion 1982
FM William Kelleher, BCC Champion 1983
FM William Kelleher, BCC Champion 1984
NM John Stopa, BCC Champion 1984
NM John Stopa, BCC Champion 1985
Patrick Wolff, BCC Champion 1985
Patrick Wolff, 1985
NM Richard Gutman, BCC Champion 1986
FM Bill Kelleher, BCC Champion 1987
NM Alex Cherniack, BCC Champion 1987
NM Richard Gutman, BCC Champion 1988
SM Dr. Arturo Anguiano, BCC Champion 1989
Fm Christopher Chase, BCC Champion 1990 at the The Master's Table: Boylston Chess Club A Team (left to right) NM Marc Lonoff, GM Ken Rogoff, NM Larry Tapper, FM Chris Chase (sitting), NM Dan Harrington, and IM Norman Weinstein at the Boylston Chess Club, YMCU (Young Men's Christian Union) Building... Boston, circa 1975 Photo: Stepak
NM Jacob Rasin, BCC Champion 1990
SM Jacob Rasin, BCC Champion 1991
Maurice Broomes, BCC Champion 1991
SM Jacob Rasin, BCC Champion 1992
SM Jacob Rasin, BCC Champion 1993
NM Christopher Chase, BCC Champion 1994
LM Cherniack, BCC Champion 1995
SM Jacob Rasin, BCC Champion 1995
NM Geoffrey Gelman, BCC Champion 1996
SM Jacob Rason, BCC Champion 1997
NM Chris Chase, BCC Champion 1998 Photo: Stepak
LM Alex Cherniack, BCC Champion 1999
FM Paul MacIntyre, BCC Champion 2000
FM Paul MacIntyre, BCC Champion 2001
IM William Paschall, BCC Champion 2002
FM Paul MacIntyre, BCC Champion 2003
Fm Paul MacIntyre, 2004
NM Charles Riordan, BCC Champion 2005
FM Christopher Chase, BCC Champion 2006
NM Charles Riordan, BCC Champion 2006
IM David Vigorito, Boylston Chess Club Champions 2007 and Massachusetts Champion 2007
IM David Vigorito Boylston Chess Club Champion 2008
FM Chris Chase BCC Champion 2008
NM Charles Riordan 2008 BCC Champion photo: Tony Cortizas
