Third round of US chess league

Eastern leader Philadelphia Masterminds lost to Baltimore Kingfishers while Dallas and Miami have agreed to draw since Miami team had internet problems.


Carolina Cobras - Boston Blitz 1,5-2,5
IM Lev Milman (2474) - GM Larry Christiansen (2596) 0-1
IM Jonathan Schroer (2462) - IM Josh Friedel (2477) 0-1
FM Matthew Hoekstra (2407) - FM William Kelleher (2383) 1-0
NM Greg Samsa (2200) - Ilya Krasik (2123) 0,5-0,5

Philadelphia Masterminds - Baltimore Kingfishers 1-3
FM Norman Rogers (2307) - IM Pascal Charbonneau (2506) 0-1
NM Carl Boor (2329) - FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2453) 0-1
IM Richard Costigan (2295) - IM Larry Kaufman (2331) 0-1
NM Elvin Wilson (2239) - NM Ray Kaufman (2231) 1-0

Dallas Destiny - Miami Sharks 2-2
GM Alejandro Ramirez (2565) - GM Julio Becerra (2622) 0,5-0,5
GM Magesh Panchanathan (2487) - FM Marcel Martinez (2469) 0,5-0,5
IM Dmitry Shneider (2488) - IM Blas Lugo (2422) 0,5-0,5
Sam Copeland (1960) - Jose Cabrera (2093) 0,5-0,5

New York Knights - San Francisco Mechanics 2,5-1,5
GM Alex Stripunsky (2663) - IM Vince McCambridge (2502) 1-0
NM Gregory Braylovsky (2376) - IM John Donaldson (2442) 1-0
WGM Jenn Shahade (2318) - FM David Pruess (2432) 0-1
FM Dr. Lewis Eisen (2325) - NM Mark Pinto (2200) 0,5-0,5



White: IM Lev Milman (2474)
Black: GM Larry Christiansen (2596)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. b3 c5 10. Nc4 Qe6 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. h3 O-O 13. Nh2 b5 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. Neg4 Be7 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 f6 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Rf1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Qxf5 22. Qe2 Qg6 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Qd2 h5 25. Nh4 Qe6 26. Qc3 Re7 27. Nf5 Qxf5 28. Nh6+ gxh6 29. Qh8+ Kf7 0-1


White: IM Josh Friedel (2477)
Black: IM Jonathan Schroer (2462)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. a4 Qa5 11. Kd2 Nd7 12. Ba3 Qxa4 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Nh4 Nxh4 15. Qxh4 Qd8 16. Qg3 g6 17. h4 h5 18. Rh3 Nb8 19. Qf4 Nc6 20. g4 hxg4 21. Bxg4 Bd7 22. h5 g5 23. Qf3 Rh6 24. Qe3 b5 25. Bc5 a5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Rh7 28. Rg1 Qc7 29. Qg5 Rh8 30. Qf6 Rg8 31. Bf5 Rxg1 32. Qh8+ 1-0


White: FM Norman Rogers (2307)
Black: IM Pascal Charbonneau (2506)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Bc4 Rb8 15. h4 e4 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 exf3 18. gxf3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 h5 20. Rhg1 Qe7 21. Qe5 Qb4 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rfe8 24. Qf6 Rb6 25. Qd4 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Qd1 Qxh4 28. b3 Re6 29. Kb2 Qf6+ 30. c3 Re3 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 h4 33. Qd7 Kg7 34. Qxa7 h3 35. Qf2 Qf4 36. b4 h2 37. Qe1 Qg5 38. a4 Qg2+ 0-1


US Chess League kicks off!
US Chess League launches on August 31st