01/31/2005


The San Francisco Mechanics Fill their remaining 5 roster spots -


    The Mechanics have submitted their roster for the inaugural season of the United States Chess Leauge. They entered the league with three strong senior masters in IM John Donaldson, FM Dmitry Zilberstein and FM David Pruess. They have filled the remainder of their roster with two IM's and three masters. 44 year old IM Vince McCambridge (2502) and 20 year old IM Vinay Bhat (2462) have joined the team. With a five headed monster of 2430+ players for the top 3 boards, San Francisco should be a force to reckon with. Rounding out the team are three masters, 23 year old Andy Lee (2230), 46 year old Mark Pinto (2200) and the young talent Nicholas Yap (2209), who is just 15 years old.
       Playing a lineup of IM McCambridge, IM Bhat, FM Zilberstein and NM Pinto, would put the team average for that match at 2399.75! This is the highest allowable team average given the limit of 2400. The toughest decisions for San Francisco will be which players to play each week, as the level of strength amongst their top 5 rated players is very similar. These players are all good friends and this commeraderie should make San Francisco one of the favorites to be USCL League Champion.


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