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Chess Life Online 2008 April Vigorito, Bhat, Robson and Sevillano Move to Semis
Chess Life Online 2008 April Vigorito, Bhat, Robson and Sevillano Move to Semis | Vigorito, Bhat, Robson and Sevillano Move to Semis |
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| By Jennifer Shahade | |
| April 13, 2008 | |
Vinay Bhat
Standings Western Conference, 14 games total 12.5 CofC-NorthCalif -- IM Vinay Bhat 10.5 CofC-SoCal -- IM Enrico Sevillano 9.0 CofC-Arizona -- IM Levon Altounian 8.5 CofC-SDakota -- IM Sandor Kustar 8.5 CofC-Hawaii - NM Cornelius Rubsammen Eastern Conference, 18 games 17.0 CofC-MA -- IM David Vigorito 13.5 CofC-Florida -- IM-elect Ray Robson 13.0 CofC-Georgia -- FM Kazim Gulamali 11.0 CofC-PA -- IM Bryan Smith 10.5 CofC-Virginia -- NM Edward Lu 10.0 CofC-NCarolina -- NM Chris Mabe 
IM David Vigorito with his books, including the new title Play the Semi-Slav. Photo Elizabeth Vicary.
To watch the semi-finals on April 19, Saturday and finals on April 20, Sunday, download the Dasher interface for World Chess Live.The semifinals will be played at a time control of G/60 with a three-second increment. Click here for complete rules. If you are a USCF member, you are eligible for six free months of WCL. To register, please go to http://www.worldchesslive.com/uscf/ and follow the instructions on the page. Correction: Only titled players can use their previous ICC account to log on to WCL. Then "observe" the World Chess Live handles of the final four, "Cofc-MA" Vigorito, "Cofc-NorthCalif" for Vinay Bhat, "Cofc-Florida" for Robson and "Cofc-Socal" for Sevillano. Be sure to download the software in advance so you can watch the thrilling showdown for one of two final U.S. Championship spots. Also, look for updates here on CLO. IF you have questions about registering on WCL, contact Chris Fitzgerald at [email protected] Check out game highlights below. In addition to the four finalists, Kazim Gulamali of Georgia's performance is also notable. He missed out by just half a point, and played some fantastic blitz along the way. 1828 1826 1824 1830 1823 1821 1822 You read more about World Chess Live's sponsorship of the 2008 Grand Prix and 2008 Junior Grand Prix here. Also check out the blog of "f-pawn" Michael Aigner , who helped with contribute material to this article, and also told CLO, "I'm thrilled with these four semifinalists. In fact, everyone who I wish would get a wildcard and did not is in these semis." |