Boston Blitz
IM Marc Esserman 

Stats as of Dec 2009
Rating
 2452
MVP Pts
 23
Lifetime Score
 13.0/18 (72%)
Performance Rating
 2561
Date of Birth 1983

Awards/Records
2009 3rd Team All Star, Board 3
2008 2nd Team All Star, Board 3
Won Game of the Week, Week 4, 2009

2008 Week 5 Video Interview
2008 Interview by Ilya Krasik
2009 Games: (4.5/7)

Week 1: FM Andrei Zaremba (QNS) vs SM Marc Esserman (BOS)  1-0
Week 2: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Ron Simpson (CAR)  1-0
Week 4: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Tom Bartell (PHI)  1-0  (Game of the Week!)     article
Week 5: FM Shinsaku Uesugi (BAL) vs SM Marc Esserman (BOS)  1/2-1/2
Week 6: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR)  1-0
Week 7: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs IM Yury Lapshun (QNS)  1-0
Week 8: FM Victor Shen (NJ) vs IM Marc Esserman (BOS)  1-0
2009 MVP Points: 6.5
2009 Performance Rating: 2493


 2008 Games: (8.0/10)

Week 2: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Marc Esserman (BOS)  0-1
Week 4: NM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs Jayson Lian (NJ)  1-0
Week 5: FM Sam Shankland (SF) vs NM Marc Esserman (BOS)  1/2-1/2
Week 7: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs IM Jay Bonin (NY)  1-0
Week 8: FM Ray Kaufman (BAL) vs SM Marc Esserman (BOS)  0-1
Week 9: IM Richard Costigan (PHI) vs SM Marc Esserman (BOS)  0-1
Week 10: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs IM Alex Lenderman (QNS)  1/2-1/2
Quarterfinals: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs IM Eli Vovsha (QNS)  1/2-1/2
Semifinals: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Ron Simpson (CAR)  1/2-1/2
Championship: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Igor Schneider (DAL)  1-0
Championship Tiebreaker Game #2: WFM Bayaraa Zorigt (DAL) vs SM Marc Esserman (BOS)  0-1
Championship Tiebreaker Game #3: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Igor Schneider (DAL)  1-0
Championship Tiebreaker Game #4: IM Davorin Kuljasevic (DAL) vs SM Marc Esserman (BOS)  1-0
2008 MVP Points: 15.5
2008 Performance Rating: 2603
*Tiebreak Games don't count towards official USCL records


2007 Games: (0.5/1) - Played for the Miami Sharks

Week 1: GM Sergey Kudrin (PHI) vs NM Marc Esserman (MIA)  1/2-1/2
2007 MVP Points: 1
2007 Performance Rating: 2605

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