The WALRUS The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things: A FTB Production Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. - Lewis Carroll Vol. LXVI, No. 3 St. Sebastian’s School December 2012 First Annual Chess Tournament Crowns Champ, Crushes 63 Dreams S. Cressotti’s door. The tournament cleverly took out Scott Westvold this By JOHN RYAN ‘15 and started on Wednesday, November 14, time, ending the mircale run. David SCOTT WESTVOLD ‘15 with the first round beginning. After did not slay Goliath. Hal did not kill Wednesday and Friday, the first round Hotspur. Julius Caesar was not assas- Never before has Saint Se- was complete, with the biggest upset sinated. Jean Girrard was not outraced bastian’s seen such a prominent com- being seventh grader Michael Twohig by Ricky Bobby. The Harvard Model petition of great magnitude sweep over junior Matt Ouellette. Round 2 Congress announcement was not sur- through the halls of the school and commenced and ended within a few passed by Mr. Cressotti’s me, my- control every single person in this days, with sophomore Cedric Depestre self, and I. Kevin Patterson emerged school. No, it is neither the Hockey upsetting a number 1 seed junior Chris as the chosen one, the boy whose Tournament nor Chariot Race at O’Shea, as well as sophomore Jack king lived. Kevin’s stellar chess skill Holy Cross’ Classics Day, but it is Adams upsetting Little Ike who was was shown throughout the tourna- a competition that can hold its own a number 1 seed. The Elite 8, those ment and he will be known in Seb’s among the annals of legendary com- remaining after Round 3 which im- history as the first chess champion. petitions, including the Olympic mediately followed, were DeMatteo, In the second finals game Kevin Pat- Games, gladiatorial games, jousting Westvold, Depestre, Chambers, Tran, terson won with a well-played fool’s events, and even the contest of riddles Adams, Wiik, and Patterson. Then mate in which he put Scott West- between Bilbo Baggins and Gol- came the match that most thought vold’s king in checkmate while it was lum in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. would end the miracle story of Scott protected by his knight. While Scott You guessed it; this legend- Westvold, DeMatteo-Westvold. How- failed to recognize this move, Kevin, ary competition is the fabled Chess ever, Westvold pulled off the incredi- a notable actor, used his acting exper- Tournament. This Chess Tournament ble upset entering the Final Four, along tise to pretend as if he had made some is the intellectual sensation that’s with Chambers, Tran, and Patterson, horrid mistake in giving up his rook. sweeping the nation of Seb’s. If you who won their Elite 8 matches. In the Scott took the bait and therefore lost. had gone into the Library after school semis, Westvold beat Chambers to earn Kevin Patterson shall now reign as while the tournament was going on, his spot in the coveted championship the chess champion of the school for Kevin “Child’s Play” Patterson ‘13 smokes another opponent on his way to the championship. you would find yourself in a throng game. He was then joined by Patter- the next year and earn a spot atop the of people silently cheering for their son who defeated Tran a few days later. fabled St. Sebastian’s chess trophy. favorite player whom they picked to Therefore, on Wednesday, December We really wanted to speak to some Senior Class Gift a Beautiful win in their bracket (there are, accord- 4, Westvold and Patterson took their of the contestants, but none of them ing to Mr. Cressotti, blank ones for seats across each other, ready to duel were open to the media, especially recreational use). How did this com- to the death, or until the time ran out those who were gloomy over their petition that leaves people crying oc- on their clocks. With the match being recent loss. We also want to apolo- Memento for Class of 2013 cur? We had to ask the commissioner gize for not being able to talk to Pat- televised, Andrew Sullivan and Kenny entrance way, this terrace will serve as low the patio to be used almost all year. of the Chess Tournament, Mr. S. Cres- terson, for Mr. Cressotti would not Chen, along with Connor Chabot pro- By GREG DEMATTEO ‘16 a reception area, a gathering place for The terrace’s measurements sotti. Mr. Cressotti reported how he allow his newfound prodigy to speak viding color commentary, the match clubs, a place for students to wait before reflect the vertical height of the science thought of having a Chess Tourna- to the public. We were however, able began. The match began quickly, Every year, the parents of the they are picked up, and as an outdoor building’s front wall. This feature al- ment: “One day, John Stefanoni, our to speak to Scott Westvold’s Rook, the with both players quickly and almost senior class generously give a gift in space for science projects and experi- lows someone walking through the ter- maintenance worker, gave me this piece that Scott said he would most nonchalantly moving their pieces and honor of their graduating sons. Last ments. The architect of the terrace is race to unconsciously feel comfortable trophy he found on the other side of likely kill. I asked the Rook how he smacking the clock to the melodious year’s gift was the Nerbonne Reading Mr. Rob Olson, who has also designed and not out of place. The terrace will the street in the gym. It said, ‘Saint felt at the lack of respect given to him musical voice of Andrew Sullivan who Room. This year, the senior class par- many of the other buildings around the be constructed with yellowish paving Sebastian’s School Chess Champi- and he replied, “I just can’t believe provided key biographical facts about ents hope to give a new terrace outside school, including the Science Center. bricks, which are similar in color to the ons’, but it didn’t have any names on that Scott could treat me like that. I the players and witty Chess jokes. of the Science Building. The terrace Mr. Burke and the Trustees admire Mr. rest of the school. Another key aspect the trophy. So, because of this trophy, just do so much for him, but he just Patterson, during Andrew Sullivan’s will be constructed in the form of a Olson’s work, in part because of his of the terrace is its ability to direct you I talked with Mrs. Colton about hav- doesn’t care at all. It is really disre- antics, proceeded to take nearly all of semi-circle outside of the new build- understanding of the faith based mis- to either the left or the right, depend- ing this chess tournament. We hoped spectful.” And before anything got Westvold’s pieces. However a come- ing, which is aligned with the three sion of the school, and how he reflects ing on the direction you are going. it would be a challenge for some play- ugly, we decided to let the rook go. back followed with Kevin’s king being balconies on the front façade of the it in his architectural design work. One main function that this terrace ers and we also hoped to discover new Forgetting any of the antics above, the put in check uselessly over and over. Science and Mathematics Building. Olson designed the terrace to serves is connecting the walkways of talent.” Therefore, the Chess Tourna- Chess Tournament was a huge suc- The match continued, with the time The terrace is going to be surrounded be a prime spot for presentations and the school. With a path around the sci- ment sweeping the nation occurred cess. Not only did many people partic- on the clocks winding down, and each by a two foot high granite wall, which lectures. The terrace is made in such a ence building, students will feel free because there is a school Chess Cham- ipate and Mr. Cressotti find his super player had his chance to make a final will look very nice and can be used for way that everybody’s focus is directed to hang out. The pathway makes the pion trophy with no one’s name on it. weapon, but it hooked many people. move, but was proved wrong, until seating. The wall is capable of hold- towards the center, where the speaker science building more unified with And my o my, has this Chess From its beginning, which was a tro- there was less than a minute on each ing thirty-six people. There is standing would stand. Another aspect of the ter- the whole school. Besides the terrace, Tournament swept the nation! First phy being found in the dusty old cor- player’s clock. Then, so they could room behind the wall, where more peo- race that is great for presentations is the there will be beautiful landscaping of all, the tournament only allowed ner of the gym, to its completion, with both play another day, Patterson and ple can fit, raising the capacity to sev- square inside of the arch. It provides around the area. The terrace current- 64 players, which was filled in about the crowning of Kevin Patterson, the Westvold moved the same piece to enty-two. It is expected to be finished the speaker with a stage area. The ter- ly is nameless, but it may be named two days, leaving those hopeful to first chess tournament grabbed play- the same spot three times, calling the in the middle of May this school year.