US Chess League 2008 Starts Today

Submitted by SonofPearl on Mon, 08/25/2008 at 8:30am.

The US Chess League is a national chess league, split into East and West divisions, with 14 teams in total taking part this year - 7 in each division.

Eastern Division Teams:

Boston Blitz
Philadelphia Inventors
New York Knights
New Jersey Knockouts
Queens Pioneers
Carolina Cobras
Baltimore Kingfishers

 

 

Western Division Teams:

Dallas Destiny
San Francisco Mechanics
Miami Sharks
Seattle Sluggers
Arizona Scorpions
Chicago Blaze
Tennessee Tempo

 

 

 

The league attracts many well known chess names including Hikaru Nakamura for the Seattle Sluggers (pictured bottom) and Larry Christiansen for Boston Blitz (pictured top).

Reigning champions Dallas Destiny will be defending their 2007 title.

The official website is here.

 

Comments:

by spencer79 - 3 months ago
Houston, TX United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 23

I'm very excited about this year.  Looks like AZ won their first match-up against Chicago.  Go AZ! :)

 

The US Chess League website is put together nicely and it is easy to find matches/information. 

 

If you've never checked out the USCL, it's worth a look.

 

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