5th round of US Chess League

The Baltimore Kingfishers and IM Pascal Charbonneau, as well as New York Knights, have scored third win in a row! Boylston Chess Club Weblog took their live Boston Blitz coverage to the higher level - this time DG and Jason Rihel were commenting as a tandem.


Baltimore Kingfishers - Dallas Destiny 2,5 - 1,5
IM Pascal Charbonneau (2506) - GM Alejandro Ramirez (2565) 1-0
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2453) - GM Magesh Panchanathan (2487) 0,5-0,5
IM Larry Kaufman (2331) - FM Andrei Zaremba (2355) 0,5-0,5
WGM Katerina Rohonyan (2309) - Andres Suarez (2087) 0,5-0,5

Carolina Cobras - New York Knights 1,5 - 2,5
GM Marcin Kaminski (2473) - IM Jay Bonin (2379) 1-0
FM Lev Milman (2474) - NM Gregory Braylovsky (2376) 0,5-0,5
FM Matt Hoekstra (2407) - WGM Jenn Shahade (2318) 0-1
NM Greg Samsa (2200) - FM Dr. Lewis Eisen (2325) 0-1

Philadelphia Masterminds - Miami Sharks 2-2
FM Norman Rogers (2307) - GM Julio Becerra (2622) 0-1
IM Richard Costigan (2295) - IM Blas Lugo (2426) 0,5-0,5
NM Matthew Bengtson (2264) - NM Miguel Espino (2272) 0,5-0,5
NM Elvin Wilson (2239) - FM Javier Torres (2231) 1-0

Boston Blitz - San Francisco Mechanics 2-2
IM Eugene Perelshteyn (2576) - IM John Donaldson (2442) 1-0
IM Josh Friedel (2477) - FM Dmitry Zilberstein (2435) 0,5-0,5
NM Charles Riordan (2272 - FM David Pruess (2432) 0,5-0,5
Ilya Krasik (2123) - NM Andy Lee (2231) 0-1


IM Eugene Perelshteyn made a nice rook capture in his game:

White: IM Eugene Perelshteyn (2576)
Black: IM John Donaldson
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. b3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. Bf1 Qf8 19. a3 h5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. b5 Bd7 23. Nd5 Ra3 24. Bf2 Rd8 25. Nb6 Be8 26. Qc1 Ra5 27. Qd2 Ra3 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Ra2 Rb3 30. Nd5 Rc8 31. f4 Nc7 32. Nb6 Rb8 33. e5 Nxb5 34. cxb5 1-0


IM Pascal Charbonneau shows no respect for Grandmasters. His third consecutive win was against GM Ramirez.

White: IM Pascal Charbonneau (2506)
Black: GM Alejandro Ramirez (2565)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 Be6 18. O-O g6 19. Qa4 Qc8 20. b3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 Bd8 23. Kh1 e4 24. Bb5 Ne7 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Bc4 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Rb7 28. Ba6 Qb8 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. c4 Qxb3 31. Rb2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 exd3 33. Rd1 Re8 34. Kg1 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Bf6 36. Ra2 Re4 37. g3 Bd4+ 38. Kf1 Re3 39. Re1 Re4 40. Rxe4 fxe4 41. Ra4 Bc3 42. Rxe4 Kf7 43. Kf2 Bb4 44. Ke3 d2 45. Ke2 Bc3 46. Rc4 1-0