tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42379697596503435842011-07-28T19:26:04.952-04:00Philadelphia Inventors of US Chess LeaguePKShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16693747484814310735noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237969759650343584.post-62716269364449725842010-09-08T21:53:00.001-04:002010-09-08T22:01:09.084-04:00

The Inventors lost against the New York Knights, 3-1, last week in a hard struggle, as both teams were out for blood. We had the same lineup as in our win against New Jersey on Week 1, with Bryan Smith and Bartell holding the top two boards, and Dehmelt and Costigan fighting on the bottom boards. After 11. ...b5 Costigan-Williams The first game to finish was Costigan-Williams. This was

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Inventors lost 1.5 to 2.5 to Boston Blitz on Week 2. Boards 2 and 4 which looked promising for Inventors turned out to be unfortunate losses. Tom Bartell scored his second win of the season and remained perfect for this year. While debuting for Inventors GM Panchanathan drew his game with GM Larry Christiansen as black. GM Magesh Panchanathan talks about his draw in his article at http://

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While googling recently, I came across this interesting and live chess blog - Smyslov The Slayer's Chess Extravaganza.  http://smyslovtheslayerschessextravaganza.blogspot.com/ The author of the blog calls himself, "a Class A USCF Chess Player who is interested in improving my chess and my knowledge of chess history." and says he is from Philadelphia, PA. No doubt, he loves Inventors and he

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Tom Bartell won the Upset Prize for Week 1 for his win against GM Gulko. Tommy's win also finished third in the Game of the Week for Week 1. Congrats Tommy! Tom annotates his win against GM Gulko at http://schwog.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/tom-bartells-analysis-of-his-gulko-game/

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The Philadelphia Inventors’ first match of the 2010 season resulted in a 3-1 win against New Jersey Knockouts . The chess pundits did not put their money on Philly considering how New Jersey dominated the league last year. However, Philly fans were awarded for their loyalty to their team in this match. With this first step in the direction towards the playoffs, the Inventors also have gained

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All teams have named their rosters for the 2010 season in US Chess League. 2010 Team Roster for Philadelphia Inventors is posted at http://www.uschessleague.com/PhiladelphiaRoster.html 2010 Inventors Team Roster: (Philadelphia is using the September 2009 rating list) 1. GM Magesh Panchanathan 2522 2. IM Bryan Smith 2520 3. FM Tom Bartell 2418 4. WGM Jennifer Shahade 2301 5. FM Karl

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http://www.uschessleague.com/games/sivakumarrosen09.htmWeek 6: Sivakumar,Kavinayan - Rosen,EricUSCL 2009 05.10.20091.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 d6 7.0–0 Ba7 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.Nf1 0–0 11.Ng3 [11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ng3 Nf6 15.Bc2 Re8 16.d4 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.c4 Nf6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.d5 e4 23.Red1 Nd7 24.Rd4 f5 25.Ne2 Ne5 Pedersen,D

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http://www.uschessleague.com/games/ssmithsivakumar09.htmWeek 5: Smith,Shaun (2038) - Sivakumar,Kavinayan (2048)USCL 2009 30.09.20091.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 b5 6.Be3 Bb7 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Bd3 d6 9.0–0 Be7 10.N4b3NBlack has a cramped position[10.h3 0–0 11.c3 Nbd7 12.N4b3 Qc7 13.f4 e5 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Qf2 Bf8 16.Rae1 d5 17.Bb1 dxe4 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Qh4 Qh5 20.Qxh5 Nxh5 21.Bd4 Ng3 22.Rf4 Bd6

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http://www.uschessleague.com/games/sivakumarmartirosov09.htmWeek 4: Sivakumar,Kavinayan - Martirosov,VadimUSCL 2009 , 23.09.20091.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.0–0 a6 5.Be2 b5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bb7 8.Bf3N[8.Bd3 e6 9.a4 b4 10.Nd2 Qc7 11.Re1 Ne7 12.N2f3 Ng6 13.e5 Bc5 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Be3 0–0 16.Rad1 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Be4 f6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Qe4 d5 Qin Kanying (2501)-Skripchenko

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Kavinayan Sivakumar playing warm-up blitz with Chess Club Manager Jerome WorksInventors Member IM Richard Costigan has come to cheer up the team

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7.58All four games begin a sicilian, though sidelines are used in three (all but the Smith-Shmelov game). Hey All,It's me Rahul Swaminathan again, liveblogging during this week's match against the Boston Blitz. This is an important match for both teams as the Inventors look to build on their win last week against the Kingfishers, while the Blitz look to erase the memory of 4-0 beating they took

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Since it was the day of the game, I was to be picked up instead of going back home on the school bus. The car ride back home from the school seemed longer than usual, as if taunting me. I was both tired and apprehensive about what was yet to come. As I reached home, I finished my geometry home work in about 30 minutes, and then ate my dinner.We live in New Jersey, like an hour and 15 minutes

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GM Lenderman, Sivakumar and GM Kudrin(Tommy was on the way when I took this photo. Wanted to take a photo including him once he reached. But the games started immediately. Thought I would take it in the end. Then I could not. Sorry Tommy!)GM Sergey KudrinGM Alex LendermanKavinayan SivakumarFM Tommy Bartell

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From www.uschessleague.com home page. Please click on the image to see it bigger.

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Philadelphia Inventors Team Member, Web Editor of http://www.uschess.org, two-time U.S. Women's Champion, author of Chess Books/Columns, host of U.S. Chess Scoop,and co-founder of 9queens - a non-profit to promote chess among women and girls, WGM Jennifer Shahade shares her thoughts about this week games of Inventors athttp://main.uschess.org/content/view/9702/343/Photo Courtesy: www.chessbase.com

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11:38We win!! Kavi somehow wins a rook after his opponent blunders. Final score: 2.5-1.5 Philly!!11:11Kavi suddenly seems to have drawing chances after WIM Battsetseg missed easier wins. For example 27.... Ra1 + would have won on the spot.10:50Bartell draws ... so we need to draw on board four to equalize the match. Kavi offers a draw.10:49Kudrin resigns...10:47Still not looking so good on

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Hey all,Good evening! I am Rahul Swaminathan - the fourth board of the Inventors the past two weeks. I will be looking into the games and offering my (by which I mean Fritz's) opinion on various moves. Let's go Inventors!!

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The second match for the Philadelphia Inventors was disappointing. Even though FM Thomas Bartell on Board 3 won his game as Black and GM Elect Alex Lenderman drew on Board 2, it was not enough for the team. Boards 1 and 4 lost.GM Elect Alex Lenderman drew with IM Dean Ippolito in a surprising opening 1. a3! You can compare this to FM John Bick’s 1. b3 against Rahul Swaminathan last week. However,

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[Rahul is a familiar face in the Tri-state area chess circuit. He lives in NJ. He shares his first experience in playing for Philadelphia Inventors in this humorous article. Photo Courtesy: Rahul playing against NM James West taken from http://www.diamondbackchess.blogspot.com/ - PK Sivakumar]My first USCL experience was entertaining, from the drive to the club, to the game, to the postmortem,

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The first match for the Inventors against the Tennessee Tempo resulted in a 1½ -2½ loss for us. Many people predicted that Philly would win. On our blog poll, 13 people voted for the Inventors and 3 people voted for the Tempo. However, Caissa chose the Tempo to win in this grueling match of wits.The 4 games were hard fought. Rahul Swaminathan on board 4 lost a good game against FM John Bick. To

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Philadelphia Inventors Manager & Captain GM Alex Lenderman won Atlantic Open 2009. Congrats Alex.Here is the USCHESS.ORG Article about it.http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9677/544/

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(GM Alex Lenderman is the Manager and Captain of Philadelphia Inventors. He was the MVP of last season (2008) in USCL. He achieved three GM Norms in 2 months recently. Immensely talented from childhood, he won Gold Medal at World Youth Championship and was World Junior Champion. More details about Alex Lenderman and his USCL Games could be found at Diamondback Chess Blog http://

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Philadelphia Inventors Roster led by GM Alex Lenderman can be found athttp://www.uschessleague.com/PhiladelphiaRoster.htmlGoodluck and all the very best for a great season!

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This is the official blog for Philadelphia Inventors of US Chess League.US Chess League website can be viewed at http://www.uschessleague.comPhiladelphia Inventors Home Page can be viewed at http://www.uschessleague.com/Philadelphia.htmlThis blog will provide regular updates/news about our team.Please support US Chess League and Philadelphia Inventors!The Roster details for 2009 will be posted

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