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Chess Life Online 2008 February "GGGg" Wins East
Chess Life Online 2008 February "GGGg" Wins East | "GGGg" Wins East |
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| By Jennifer Shahade | |
| February 20, 2008 | |
Boards one and two on GGGg, GMs Eugene Perelshteyn and Zviad Izoria Photo Elizabeth Vicary
"GGGg", a sensational team with three Grandmasters (Zviad Izoria, Eugene Perelshteyn and Roman Dzindzichashvili) won the U.S. Amateur Team East (Parsippany, NJ, Feb.16-18) with a 6-0 score. On the Boston Blitz blog , Eugene Perelshteyn told Chris Bird that the GGGg stands for three GMs and a future grandmaster. The possible future GM was 5-year-old Stephen Fanning, rated 178. Stephen is the son of John Fanning, who played with Eugene and Roman last year. 
GM Roman Dzindzichashvili. Photo E.Vicary
When asked if future teams might try to copy the "GGGg" example, Eugene modestly left out that it's not so easy to find three strong GMs ready to play on a team together, and said: "If someone thinks this win is a walk in the park, they should think again. I believe that playing with so much pressure on the top boards, needing to win in every round, is not easy. Particularly if we face a team with a GM or IM on board one. I commend Izoria for his tough wins against Schneider and Lapshun." Read the full interview with Chris Bird here. Here is Eugene's win against Harvard freshman NM Teddy Coleman: 1646 This was a record turnout for the U.S. Amateur Team East , and Steve Doyle wrote that all 291 teams were winners. Be that as it may, below is a list courtesy the NJ chess federation homepage of those who brought home the top prizes. Read more about the Amateur Team East in the first CLO report, with photos by Elizabeth Vicary. Watch for a final blog by Abby Marshall later this week with more photos from Elizabeth. Also look for a Chess Life Magazine article on the U.S. Amateur Team East by Jack Adamo. First place—GGG(g) Second Place-- 1.d4 Third Place—No Money for my Chess Honey Fourth Place—We Own the Knight Fifth- No Longer Searching for Bobby Fischer U2100—Searching For Bobby Fischer U2000-New Britain Bad Bishops U1900—Hopkins Chess Club U1800—CIS Royals U1700—We Suggest you Resign U1600 –4NCS U1500—CIS Falcons U1400—Vick Endorses Horse Fighting U1300--CIS Hedge Hogs U1200—Chessaholics 2 U1000-CIS Eagles Top NY-- DA Dynasty Top PA –Push and We’ll Topalov Top VA—Seapower 2008 Top Canada—Sinclair Laird Prometheans Top CT New Britain Bad Bishops Top MD- Pillsbury Dough Boys Top Mass Cambridge Springers Top NC The I Pawns Top NJ Michael Khodarkovsky Tycoons Top Delaware—Dads & Sons Best Name—No Longer Searching for Bobby Fischer Best Chess Costume/Gimmick Dark Horses Individual Upsets Round 1 999 Pond, Emily Round 2 895 Thompson, William Round 3 911 Majid, Saira Round 4 598 Paredes, Alexis Round 5 887 Low, Timothy J Round 6 702 Fanning, John Top College Team—University Dallas Texas Top High School -King Krunchers Top Middle School---IS 318 Queens Top Elementary Dark Horses Top Scholastic--- Michael Khodarkovsky Dragons 2nd Scholastic---Real Gentlemen Would resign Mixed Doubles-- No Sleep Till Brooklyn Top Senior Team—Alter Clockers Top Company Team—Boeing Top Family—Kapengut Family Team Top Military—Sea Power 2008 Old Timers—Old Chestnuts Ethel Collins Perseverence==Collins Kids Bank St B Board 1 6-0 Scores: Mike Zlotnikov Hikaru Nakamura Leonid Sokolin Dave Gertler Board 2 Eugene Perelshteyn Joe Fang Yoges Raghunathan Matt Masino Jason Luchan Board 3 Roman Dzindhashvilli Greg Fernandez Joe Felber Board 4 Jared Defibbaugh Jose Esponsoa Steve Ferrero Mac Gomes Board 5 Rosas, Victor Lamonto, Samuel Samuels, Eric Alan |