Curdo sweeps Fresh Start
CHESS STEPHEN DANN
Sunday, February 7, 2010
John Curdo of Auburn swept the Fresh Start Open, 4-0, at the Greater Worcester Chess Club. Tied for second with 3-1 were Muharrem Brahimaj, Michael Odell and Robert J. King, with class winners Marc Quevillon and Irving Wolfson.
February rated games continue at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St., Worcester, with rapid play and instruction offered starting at 6 p.m.
Bruce Felton and George Mirijanian, both of Fitchburg, tied for first in the Reggie Boone Memorial, each scoring 4.5-.5, drawing their individual game in the 25-player event. The George O’Rourke Memorial tourney games will begin at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in room C188 of McKay Campus School of Fitchburg State College, 67 Rindge Road, Fitchburg.
Denys Shmelov, 23, of Pepperell topped the Jan. 30-31 34th Queen City Open in Manchester, N.H. More details on this may be found at www.masschess.org.
Grandmaster Boris Gulko of New Jersey won 22 of 24 games in simultaneous play on Jan. 31 in Newton. Alan Safran of Newton won, and Igor Taksir of Wayland drew the two-time U.S. champion who once taught at Harvard University.
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Nice painting of John Curdo when he was younger. I do not know who the other players are but the one board he is looking at the other player looks a bit like a younger Bob Messenger.
John Curdo is one of the finest people in the world. A real gentleman and great sportsman and wonderful chess player.
John’s a great guy with a passion for chess of well over 60 years. He may not have been one of America’s top players, but if you win over 800 rated tournaments, you belong somewhere in the Hall of Fame. Please put this guy in the Hall of Fame while he’s still alive.