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Chess Life Online 2009 August Palin Gambit Takes U.S. Amateur Team East
Chess Life Online 2009 August Palin Gambit Takes U.S. Amateur Team East | Palin Gambit Takes U.S. Amateur Team East |
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| February 19, 2009 | |
The winning team at the U.S. Amateur Team East. Photo Mike Somers
According to organizer Steve Doyle, The U.S. Amateur Team East, (February 13-16) was the second biggest in history, with 283 teams and 1201 players. The top team, Palin Gambit: I can see checkmate from my house scored 6-0, and was composed of Paul Mac Intrye, Brian Hulse, Libardo Rueda and Alan Price. (Top board of Palin Gambit, Paul Mac Intyre, explains that there was a typo on their name on the official site.) In the final round, Palin Gambit faced the only 5-0 team, UR Outrated Give Up, which consisted of Larry Kaufman, Raymond Kaufman, Ian Schoch and Douglas Stanley. Here is the board one battle that clinched the match in Palin Gambit's favor: 2899 Although Ray Kaufman won on board two, Palin Gambit won the other two games to score the match victory. For more stories from Parsippany, check out Abby Marshall's preview and Jonathan Hilton's story after four rounds. For more stories and photos, check out Polly Wright's blog. As of Friday, 2/20/09, individual results are not yet available on MSA or the tournament website, but we will update this link as soon as they are. Top Team (Dennis Barry Award): Palin Gambit: Give UP: 2nd Place: Black's First Move - President Obama 3rd Place: UR Outrated: Give Up 4th Place: Quantum of Soltis 5th Place: 1. d4 Top College Team: Queenside Stimulus Package Top High School Team: Hunter Chess HS Top Middle School (grades 9-12 same school): Your Flag Will Fall Writing Our Move Top Elementary School (grades K-6 same school): A Knight to Remember Top Scholastic Team (mixed schools okay): Mating Season 2nd Scholastic Team (mixed schools okay): Be Kind Resign Ethel Collins Award: Yes We Can Mate You Mixed Doubles (2 males, 2 females, no alternates): Team El Buho Seniors (all over age 50): Kings of Queens Military: Ernest Goes to Parsippany Family (4 family members): Beauty and the Beast Old Timers: Carol's Caissan Carousers Company Team: Kotov Personality U2100: TH-A U2000: Rook Em Dano U1900: A Discovered Check Bails Out U1800: Watchung Regional HS U1700: Bad News Bishop U1600: Gettin the Bone U1500: Is that a book move? MCCC U1400: ICA #5 U1300: Cool It! Chung it! Wang it! U1200: CIS #5 - Curious Case of Joel Benjamen U1000: Austin Towers CT: New Britain Prodigies DE: The Day the Chess Board Stood Still MD: UR Outrated: Give Up MA: BU Terriers NJ: 1.d4 NY: Mating Season PA: MMMm VA: TJ-A Best Player: Board 1: David Gertler Board 2: Dean Ippolito Board 3: Libardo Rueda Board 4: Lawrence Pugh Top Alternate: Michell Sagalchik All 6-0 Scores: Marc Tyler Arnold Robert Hess Sergey Kudrin Nick DeFirmian Nelson Castaneda David Gertler Andrei Zarembo Dean Ippolito Libardo Rueda Alan Price Lawrence Pugh Leonard Chipkin Biggest Upset: Round 1: Eliot Breslov Round 2: Christian Carney-Titone Round 3: Sriran Datattreya Round 4: Michael Dufermot Round 5: Maryam Vulis Round 6: Andrew Tham |