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The US Chess League began on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005.  The results of this first round were as follows:

Thus the Miami Sharks (led by GM Alex Stripunsky - 2663, and including IM Irina Krush - 2445, among others)  & the Philadelphia Masterminds (led by FM Norman Rogers - 2307) have the early lead in the USCL's inaugural season.  The Masterminds pulled off the biggest upset of the round, defeating the much stronger (on paper) Dallas Destiny.  I guess that's why they play the games!  For IM Greg Shahade's report, see Philadelphia pulls off shocking upset, wins 2.5-1.5.  Meanwhile, here's the Board 1 match-up from the Miami Shark's win over the Baltimore Kingfishers:

Becerra,J (2622) - Charbonneau,P (2506) [B76]
USCL Miami vs Baltimore (1), 31.08.2005

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 d5 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.Ndb5 a6 12.Na7 e6 13.g4 Qc7 14.g5 d4 15.Bf4 e5 16.gxf6 dxc3 17.Qxc3 Bxf6 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Bxa6 Be6 20.Nxc6 Ra8 21.Bc4 Qxc6 22.Bxe6 Qxc3 23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.bxc3 g5 25.Rhg1 Rg8 26.Rd7+ Ke6 27.Rxh7 b5 28.Rb7 Rg6 29.Rh7 Rag8 30.h3 Be7 31.Kb2 Bc5 32.Rg2 Be7 33.Kb3 Bd6 34.Rg1 Be7 35.Rd1 Rf6 36.Bg7 1-0

Other players of note include GM Julio Becerra - 2622, GM Larry Christiansen - 2596, GM Alejandro Ramirez - 2565, GM Marcin Kaminski - 2473, IM Eugene Perelshteyn - 2576, IM Pascal Charbonneau - 2506, IM Vince McCambridge - 2502, IM Igor Foygel - 2490, IM Dmitry Schneider - 2488, IM Magesh Panchanathan - 2487, IM Peter Vavrak - 2476, IM Lev Milman - 2474, IM Amon Simutowe - 2471, IM Jonathan Schroer - 2462, IM John Donaldson - 2442, IM Blas Lugo - 2426, IM Jay Bonin - 2379, WGM Jenn Shahade - 2318, and IM Richard Costigan - 2295 and many others.

Standings After Round 1

*  Top two teams from each division qualify for the playoffs. Results are calculated by Total MATCH points. Whoever has the most points in the "W" (win) column, is in the lead in the standings. Total game points are used as a tiebreaker.
**  Each division winner will get draw odds in the first round of the playoffs against the division runner up.

All games are played on the Internet Chess Club, with the following Time Controls:

• 90 minutes per side with 30 second increment if the start time is before 8:00 EST

• 60 minutes per side with 30 second increment if the start time is at or after 8:00 EST

Many more details and all the first round games can be found on the USCL's website.  The League is set to play 10 rounds, with a two-round playoff culminating on November 16th for the Championship.

Week 2 - September 7th, 2005

All times listed are ICC Server time (New York Time).
 

Tune in and watch the games live on the Internet Chess Club !!

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