The Open Section was won by Harvard freshman FM Teddy Coleman with 4 of 4 points.
Steven Abrahams, a BU freshman, won the U1900 section with 4 also. Teddy Coleman and Steven both tied for the 1st annual Allan Ong prize for the top undergraduate college student.
Travis Dover, a BU alum and former BU Chess Club president, won the U1600 section, also with a perfect 4.
Of course, the tournament was sponsored by the Boston University Chess Club, Roza Eynullayeva and Barry Lai, co-presidents
Open section 1st FM Teddy Coleman (4.0; $300) 2nd NM Christopher Williams (3.0; $40) & NM Lawyer Times (3.0; $40) Top U2200 WIM Esther Epstein (3.0; $40) & Dr. Aung Kyaw Lwin (3.0; $40) U1900 section 1st Steven Abrahams (4.0; $75) 2nd Kapil Chandran (3.5; $40) U1600 section 1st Travis Dover (4.0; $75) 2nd Soheil Saadat (3.5; $20) & Corey Tolbert (3.5; $20) Top U1200 Akshay Saini (3.0; $40) Allan Ong Top Undergrad FM Teddy Coleman (4.0) & Steven Abrahams (4.0) Corey Tolbert (3.5; $50) (Corey won the prize money because Teddy and Steven qualified for more lucrative prizes.) Top College – Northeastern University Artem Sharamet, Soheil Saadat, Corey Tolbert, Eric Lawless, Kent Leung (Only the top three scores were counted.) Top High School – Newton North High School Jesse Nicholas, Lior Rozhansky Top Primary School - Clark James Lung, Christine Lung, Timothy Lung
This year a new prize, the Allan Ong prize for top undergraduate student, was added to honor Allan, who was the first president of the modern BU Chess Club and started the BU Open. After 14 years of living in Toronto and Boston, Allan returned to his native Manila in the Philippines.
While a Harvard student in 1997, NM Jacob Chudnovsky won the BU Open.
After a 20 year hiatus in his tournament playing, Mike Griffin resumed play in the second BU Open and has now played in 12 of the 13.
WIM Esther Epstein is the Champion of the City of Boston by virtue of her victory at the 2007 Greater Boston Open. She is also an employee of Boston University.
IM David Vigorito is the 2007 Champion of Massachusetts.
Stuart Finney of the Barrington School had a very upsetting tournament. Stuart (1951) defeated NM Christopher Williams (2302; BU Open Champion of 2005), drew with NM Jacob Chudnovsky (2397; BU Open Champion in 1997, playing again for the first time in 10 years after a sojourn in California), and drew with LM Eric Godin (2200).
Natasha Christiansen
Natasha
Kyle 'new dad' Clayton
BUCC co-presidents
Analysis in the food court.
Seyhmus asked for some funny photos, but I don't get it - that's how I normally see my positions.
Lillian usually plays in the BU Open during the day and then runs off to do Greek folk dancing in the evening.
Melvin Zhang at the BU Open Photo: Steve Stepak
Melvin Zhang has played at the BU Open for many years before he entered Boston University.
