2009 USATE Team East Results

New Jersey State Chess Federation

Courtesy of the NJ State Chess Federation , I have copied and pasted the top prize results here. Above is the link where you can be redirected for the same prize results that are listed on this Chess Blog.

In the near future Atomic Patzer may post some of his photos and games from his participation in the 2009 USATE Team East chess tournament. Naturally the name of his chess blog is: Atomic Patzer "just another chess fan blogging"

2009 World Amateur Team Results
As another President's Day passes, so does the 39th Annual World Amateur Team!!! Congratulations to Palin Gambit: Give Up for winning for winning first place with a perfect 6-0 score, as well as all teams that participated. If you have won a prize, please email us your address (even if you left it at the site) in order to insure it is delivered to you promptly and at the correct address.

Here are the results:

Places:
Top Team (Dennis Barry Award): Palin Gambit: Give UP
2nd Place: Black's First Move - President Obama
3rd Place: UR Outrated: Give Up
4th Place: Quantum of Soltis
5th Place: 1. d4

Grade Prices:
Top College Team: Queenside Stimulus Package
Top High School Team: Hunter Chess HS
Top Middle School (grades 9-12 same school): Your Flag Will Fall Writing Our Move
Top Elementary School (grades K-6 same school): A Knight to Remember
Top Scholastic Team (mixed schools okay): Mating Season
2nd Scholastic Team (mixed schools okay): Be Kind Resign
Ethel Collins Award: Yes We Can Mate You

Special Prizes
Mixed Doubles (2 males, 2 females, no alternates): Team El Buho
Seniors (all over age 50): Kings of Queens
Military: Ernest Goes to Parsippany
Family (4 family members): Beauty and the Beast
Old Timers: Carol's Caissan Carousers
Company Team: Kotov Personality

Rating Prizes:
U2100: TH-A
U2000: Rook Em Dano
U1900: A Discovered Check Bails Out
U1800: Watchung Regional HS
U1700: Bad News Bishop
U1600: Gettin the Bone
U1500: Is that a book move? MCCC
U1400: ICA #5
U1300: Cool It! Chung it! Wang it!
U1200: CIS #5 - Curious Case of Benjamen's Back Rank
U1000: Austin Towers

State Prizes:
CT: New Britain Prodigies
DE: The Day the Chess Board Stood Still
MD: UR Outrated: Give Up
MA: BU Terriers
NJ: 1.d4
NY: Mating Season
PA: MMMm
VA: TJ-A

Board Prizes:
Board 1: David Gertler
Board 2: Dean Ippolito
Board 3: Libardo Rueda
Board 4: Lawrence Pugh
Top Alternate: Michell Sagalchik

All 6-0 Scores:
Marc Tyler Arnold
Robert Hess
Sergey Kudrin
Nick DeFirmian
Nelson Castaneda
David Gertler
Andrei Zarembo
Dean Ippolito
Libardo Rueda
Alan Price
Lawrence Pugh
Leonard Chipkin

Biggest Upset (per round):
Round 1: Eliot Breslov
Round 2: Christian Carney-Titone
Round 3: Sriran Datattreya
Round 4: Michael Dufermot
Round 5: Maryam Vulis
Round 6: Andrew Tham