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League Update: The Second Season! Standings after the first four weeks:
WEEK 5 Schedule
Wednesday September 27th 2006
For the first time in league history, USCL Commmissioner Greg Shahade will be present at the match on Monday. There will be a party in New York for the Knights, if you wish to attend, be at the Marshall Chess Club at 7 pm on Monday, small donation will be requested. More USCL News
9/23/2006 - Read coverage of the US Chess League in the Washington Times! Tune in and watch the games live on the Internet Chess Club !!
Game of the Week
Privman,B (2338) - Krasik,I (2162) [E84]
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Seattle
has started off the season with a bang, winning their first four matches,
while New York has been up and down with a 2-2 record. However their
second board IM Irina Krush, was away in Israel and is now back to help the
team. GM Pascal Charbonneau is getting back to his MVP ways of 2005
with two straight wins over GM Christiansen and IM Milman.
The
Sluggers have seen fine performances from all four members of their lineup
on Monday. Serper has been fantastic, scoring 2.5/3 thus far.
Mikhailuk has worked hard to win both matches he's played in, Michael Lee is
2-0 on Board 4, and Eric Tangborn is 2-1. With Charbonneau and Serper
facing off on top board, one should expect a fantastic battle this Monday
between two very strong teams. Click
Ilya
Krasik was born in St Petersburg Russia 1980, and began taking chess
lessons at the age of eight. He moved to US at the age of 12, and
is a former Massachusetts High School champion. He has played at
MetroWest Chess Club, the home club of the Boston Blitz, since Feb 2004.
He has consistently placed well in the Open sections and qualified for
the 2005 Club Championship.
Ilya
didn't fare quite as well as Boston would have hoped in the 2005 US
Chess League but he has tremendous team spirit and fights very hard each
and every game.. He has been making strides in his play lately, and has
gotten his rating above the 2200 mark, thus making him a national master
(The rating list being used for the league still has him under 2200).
With a young and hungry master on board 4, Boston is hoping to reverse
last year's trend of sub-par results on the bottom two boards (40% on
3rd and 4th board last season). Expect to see a brand new Ilya
Krasik on board 4 for the Boston Blitz.
