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A huge win by IM Florin Felecan
helps Chicago draw with St. Louis, and stop the highest rated lineup in
USCL history. Most people gave Chicago little hope against the vastly higher rated St. Louis team, but Felecan had other ideas, beating GM Yury Shulman on Board 2 to force a drawn match. In other West division news, Dallas got their first win of the season, defeating the Los Angeles Vibe. SF and Arizona sit atop the West with 2-0 records. |
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Sergey Erenburg continues his impressive USCL play, defeats GM Alex
Stripunsky to give Baltimore the win Baltimore moved back to 50% this week with an impressive 3-1 victory over the Manhattan Applesauce. Manhattan was at 1-0, but now will join Baltimore at 50%. There was a lot of talk between fans of Boston and Philadelphia, but in the end Boston moved to an amazing 8.5/10 over the Inventors, behind wins from GM Perelstheyn and new Board 4, Grant Xu. New England is now in clear first in the East with 2/2. |
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The New England Nor'easters start their
USCL history with 2 wins. Although it was a close call against the much lower rated Carolina Cobras. Read Jason Rihel's recap, and show up to the next match to see all four boards displayed live for the audience (pictured left). |
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The Boston Blitz and Philadelphia Inventors
have produced dueling predictions for Week 2 Jason Rihel, a fan of the Boston Blitz, produced a blog post at the Boylston Blog predicting a clean 4-0 sweep of the Philadelphia Inventors, but Philadelphia didn't take this forecast lightly and have come back with their own predictions, in which they refer to the Boston Blitz blogs as "obnoxious". This is a big match for both teams, as Philadelphia is off to a 1-0 start, while the always powerful Boston Blitz, fell in a shocking 4-0 sweep to New York in Week 1. Historically Boston has had Philadelphia's number (with 7.5/9), but will the Iventors turn it around tonight? Tune in to the Internet Chess Club tonight to see the fireworks! |
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The
Scorpions are 2-0 for the first time in team history The Arizona Scorpions 2009 season was a clear improvement over their 2008 campaign, however this year they hope to go even further, by reaching the Playoffs and making a Championship run. After beating Seattle, their 2-0 start in a very competitive Western Division should do wonders towards helping the Scorpions acheive their goals. |
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NM Matt Herman recaps New York's first loss
of the season After winning last year's championship, adding GM Alex Lenderman to the roster, along with multiple talented youngsters, there were high hopes for the Knights in 2010. Then to start things off they destroyed Boston in the opening game with the first 4-0 sweep in New York history. Despite their blazing start, they weren't able to overcome last year's regular season champs, the New Jersey Knockouts, who now have a 4-0 record against the Knights in non-elimination games (the Knights have defeated New Jersey once in the playoffs, and twice in the last week of the season to stop them from making the playoffs). These two teams face off again in Week 9, one can only hope it'll be as hard fought a match as this one was. |
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San Francisco and Arizona are both off to
2-0 starts The San Francisco Mechanics are a perrenial favorite in the USCL, and they have put a serious hurt on Miami's playoff chances, sending them to 0-2 after defeating the Sharks 3-1. Young FM Daniel Naroditsky beat NM Eric Rodriguez for his second win of the season, and it looks like this might turn out to be his best year yet. The Arizona Scorpions have moved to 2-0 for the first time ever, with a win over the Seattle Sluggers. After a 2009 division title, Seattle starts the year at 0-2. Seattle will face Miami next week, and one of these historically strong teams may get off to a 0-3 start. |
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Victor Shen pulls out a dramatic win for
New Jersey The Knockouts continued their regular season dominance of the New York Knights. New Jersey's GM Boris Gulko showed his old USCL form, defeating GM Kacheishvili in fine style. The match was tied 1.5-1.5 when it all came down to the Board 3 game between FMs Victor Shen and Alec Getz. In a complex game, where both players where living on the increment for about 25 moves, Victor scored the win and gave New Jersey their first win of the 2010. In other Eastern Division news, IM David Vigorito was the decider for the second straight week for New England, as his win pushed New England to 2-0 after a 2.5-1.5 win over the Carolina Cobras. |
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Hikaru Nakamura
makes his 2010 debut; St.
Louis has the highest rated lineup in USCL history With a powerhouse lineup having GM Nakamura, GM Shulman, and GM Finegold on Boards 1 through 3, the St. Louis Arch Bishops have smashed the all time record for highest rated lineup in League history by a whopping 37 points (their average rating is 2521 - the now second highest was 2484 by New Jersey in 2008). Tune in on Wednesday night as St. Louis tries to make amends for their Week 1 loss while Chicago tries to move to 2-0. |
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The Internet Chess Club sponsors the
Week 2 Blogger Prize There will be three years of ICC membership up for grabs in this year's blog prize, to be doled out in whichever way the judges see fit. Congratulations to all the winners from the Week 1 contest, and we hope to see just as many inspired articles in Week 2! Thanks to the Internet Chess Club for their continued support of the USCL. |