Seattle Sluggers

Welcome to the homepage of the Seattle Sluggers, who play their matches at the Chess4Life Center.


    
     The news of 2009 USCL MVP GM Hikaru Nakamura relocating to St. Louis during the offseason was likely not met well by Slugger fans
, many likely feeling their Championship hopes were very slim without him.

     Yet Seattle's management clearly did not share that sentiment as despite losing the by far highest rated player in the league they have still managed to construct their 2010 roster to be even more top heavy than previous years'.  The addition of both GM Varuzhan Akobian and FM Costin Cozianu to the team will likely mean, that together with their longtime rock, GM Gregory Serper, the Sluggers will likely be using top heavy lineups a great deal more than previous years while still having some strong more balanced lineups via the still improving FM Michael Lee and former All Star FM Slava Mikhailuk.

     To supplement this increase at the top, the Sluggers have finally added some new young talents to the team with their longtime mainstays for that, Lee and NM Joshua Sinanan, both having finally outgrown that role.  In particular the very underrated Michael Wang may play a very pivotal role in the team's success, enabling some very fearsome sets of top three players to be utilized when he mans the lowest board.  If he can manage to deliver when needed, the Sluggers may well not just stop at winning the division as they did in 2009.

The Sluggers' new leader, GM Varuzhan Akobian

Roster
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History
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Seattle's Historical Results:

2009:  7.5 2.5, 1st Place in the Western Division.  Lost 3.5 - 0.5 in Quarterfinals to Miami
2008:  4.5 5.5, 4th Place in the Western Division.  Lost 2.5 - 1.5 in Quarterfinals to Miami
2007:  4.5 5.5, 4th Place in the Western Division.  Failed to qualify for the Playoffs
2006:  7.0 3.0, 2nd Place in the Western Division.  Lost 3 - 1 in Semifinals to San Francisco


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