GM Elect Alex Lenderman Will Play For The Philadelphia Inventors In 2009 USCL Season

Alex Lenderman

Biograprhy Of Alex Lenderman at Wikipedia

Philadelphia Inventors
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In one of the most surprising moves of the offseason, the 2008 MVP, IM Alex Lenderman, will be hoping to continue his impressive play in Philadelphia. Alex dominated in 2008 with a 7.5/8 record, and showed afterwards that it wasn't a fluke, by going out and getting 3 GM norms in 2 months. Alex hopes to help Philly rebound from a dissapointing 2008.


Chessgames of GM Alex Lederman

Notable Games Of GM Alex Lederman

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GM-elect Alex Lenderman

Stats as of Aug 09

Rating
2528

Date of Birth 1989

Awards/Records

2008 MVP USCL

2008 1st Team All Star, Board 3

2008 Rookie of the Year

Won Game of the Week, Week 7, 2008

Won Game of the Week, Week 6, 2008

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2008 Interview by WFM Elizabeth Vicary

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2008 Games (7.5/8) - Played for the Queens Pioneers

Week 1: IM Alex Lenderman (QNS) vs IM Richard Costigan (PHI) 1-0
Week 2: NM Evan Ju (NJ) vs IM Alex Lenderman (QNS) 0-1
Week 3: IM Mark Ginsburg (ARZ) vs IM Alex Lenderman (QNS) 0-1
Week 4: IM Alex Lenderman (QNS) vs FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (BAL) 1-0
Week 6: IM Alex Lenderman (QNS) vs FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR) 1-0 (Game of the Week!) article
Week 7: IM Alex Lenderman (QNS) vs IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) 1-0 (Game of the Week!) article
Week 8: IM Alex Lenderman (QNS) vs IM Emory Tate (CHC) 1-0
Week 10: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs IM Alex Lenderman (QNS) 1/2-1/2
2008 MVP Points: 22.5
2008 Performance Rating: 2726

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Amateur Versus Amateur Pirc Defense

Ziping Liu Amateur Chessplayer



Here is a hard fought game, which was lost by Atomic Patzer in the Amateur East, in Parsippany, New Jersey, Round five in June 2007.


The winner of this game is Ziping Liu a young upstart on the New Jersey chess scene and also a student of NM Jim West Chess Teacher of New Jersey also. A disclaimer here is that on his chess blog Jim West On Chess, his student Ziping is showcased many times either in a win, place or show in the local New Jersey Chess Quads.


The opening is the Pirc , played by Black.


More info for the Pirc on Wikipedia.













In the game below in Chess Flash format , to open up the variations play on the chessboard, just click on the variation and those moves will highlight in red and play through them.

Analysis by Fritz 8


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All the analsysis is by Fritz 8, which by the way was given gratis to me by Atomic Patzer. Any player who utilizes the Pirc Defense is welcome to post a comment about how the first part of this game is played.


Notable Grandmaster Games Using The Pirc Defense

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Ziping Liu Chess Tournaments Statistics from MSA Chess Data from US Chess Life

MSA Chess Program, An IntroductionThis is data from 01-01-1991 to 08-23-2009

Current Official rating is 1694 Current UnOfficial rating is 1731
Best Unofficial rating = 1737 Best Official rating = 1737 Lowest rating on record = 631
200 Opponents Total Rated Games = 267 ---> 121 Wins 53 Draws 93 Losses

Best Upset = 517 points -- SCOTT VANDER VEEN -- 1221 SCHOLASTIC 08-06-2006
Best Draw = 463 points -- JAMES R WEST -- 2200 ICA EARLY WINTER OPEN CHAMPION 12-07-2008
Worst Loss = -441 points -- KELVIN E YAO -- 1021 US AMATEUR EAST U1400 05-28-2007

Highest Rated Opponent Win = ALICE DONG -- 1786 WESTFIELD QUAD 160 06-28-2009
Highest Rated Opponent Draw = JAMES R WEST -- 2200 ICA EARLY WINTER OPEN CHAMPION 12-07-2008
Lowest Rated Opponent Loss to = CHRISTOPHER M CALDERON -- 668 WESTFIELDQUADS20 08-27-2006

Most Recent Wins in a row = 7 ending on 11-10-2007 at UNION CTY CHAMP
Most Recent Draws in a row = 4 ending on 05-17-2008 at 1ST EVERBRIGHT KOPEC CUP OPEN
Most Recent Losses in a row = 7 ending on 06-16-2007 at 6TH NEW YORKER JUNE GAME/50!

Results against 129 higher rated players: Wins = 35 Draws = 27 Losses = 67
Results against 1 equally rated players: Wins = 0 Draws = 1 Losses = 0
Results against 137 lower rated players: Wins = 86 Draws = 25 Losses = 26

Results against 78 players rated + 100 : Wins = 19 Draws = 8 Losses = 51
Results against 90 players rated +/-100: Wins = 37 Draws = 29 Losses = 24
Results against 97 players rated - 100 : Wins = 65 Draws = 15 Losses = 17

Results Of 2nd Annual Greater Pitman Open, Pitman, New Jersey

I just opened an email from Stephen , which contained all the class winners of the second annual Greater Pitman Open held at Pitman Manor on August 15, 2009 in Pitman, New Jersey.

First place was tied by NM Leroy Dubek and IM Bryan Smith with four points each.

The turnout was 65 players. The event was sponsored by All the King's Men, 62 S. Broadway, Pitman, NJ 08071, 856-582-8222. INFO: Stephen Dick, cs@atkmchesssets.com

Crosstable 2nd Annual Greater Pitman Open

Listed below are all the Class winners with their overall scores.

Name Total Points Place Class

IM Bryan Smith 4.0 1st
Leroy Dubeck 4.0 1st
IM Alex Lenderman 3.5 2nd
FM Thomas Bartell 3.5 2nd
Satyajit Malugu 3.5 2nd
GM Michael Rohde 3.0 3rd

Sam Barsky 3.5 2nd Top Expert

Michael Katz 3.0 3rd
Gregory Nolan 3.0 3rd
Kavinayan Sivakumar 3.0 3rd
Rahul Swaminathan 3.0 3rd

Steven Leverich 3.0 3rd Top A
Jeremiah Williams 3.0 3rd Top A
Larry Saxby 3.0 3rd Top A
Ernest Cronin 3.0 3rd Top A
Vlad Anderson 3.0 3rd Top A

Xiaoming Tim Wang 3.0 3rd Top B
James Sherman Flint 3.0 3rd Top B

Tim Baldwin 2.0 Top C
Dwayne Generette 2.0 Top C
Timothy Priestley 2.0 Top C

Andrew John Saxon 2.0 Top D
David Eckhart 2.0 Top D
Eric Cephas 2.0 Top D
Pranav Marupudi 2.0 Top D

Rui Zhang 2.0 Top E/Below

Second Annual Greater Pitman Chess Tournament

Tournament Class Prize Info

Pitman Manor

Class D Game from 2nd Annual Greater Pitman Open


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Part Two : More Photos From The 2nd Annual Greater Pitman Open , New Jersey USA

Here are additional pictures that I took today at the Greater Pitman Open Chess Championship. The turnout was 65 players. The event was sponsored by All the King's Men, 62 S. Broadway, Pitman, NJ 08071, 856-582-8222. INFO: Stephen Dick, cs@atkmchesssets.com

2nd Annual Greater Pitman Open Chess Championship Photos

Some of the big name chessplayers that played today, Saturday , August 15, 2009 at the 2nd Annual Greater Pitman Open in Pitman , New Jersey.
Left side of Photo front GM Alex Lenderman, Rear GM Michael Rhode, Right side of phot front IM Thomas Bartel, rear NM Leroy Dubeck, Round Four (fianl round)

Top Finishers were IM Bryan Smith and NM Leroy Dubchek, with 4 points each tied for first place also GM Alex Lederman scored 3.5 points out of four.




The TD Steve did an outstanding job making sure all the pre-registed players were checked in smoothly. Refreshments and Patries were availabel in the skittles room prior to the first round.

Steve Dick TD 2nd Annual Greater Pitman Open





Here are some pictures that I took today at the Greater Pitman Open Chess Championship. The turnout was 65 players. The event was sponsored by All the King's Men, 62 S. Broadway, Pitman, NJ 08071, 856-582-8222. INFO: Stephen Dick, cs@atkmchesssets.com


Second Annual Greater Pitman Chess Tournement

Crosstable 2nd Annual Greater Pitman Open

Artic Chess Challege Round Nine

Robson has said he wants to become a professional chess player, and his parents hoped for him to gain a chess scholarship to college.[2] In April 2005, at the "Super Nationals" (the world's largest scholastic chess tournament) in Nashville, he won every match he played and emerged as the national champion in the elementary age (K-6) division. By winning this title he won a four-year scholarship covering full tuition and fees, along with a housing stipend, to the University of Texas at Dallas. The scholarship has a cash value of about $48,000 to non-Texas residents. The only stipulation is that the winner must meet the university's entrance requirements at matriculation, which for Robson won't be for several years.[3] Source Wikipedia

Photo of Ray Robson courtesy of Chessbase.com.


With this draw, Robson completed a GM Norm.



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Berg vs Robson





Chessgames of Ray Robson



Chess Career of Ray Robson



Robson has won seven national scholastic titles (including regulation events and blitz events). In addition, he has represented the United States in international scholastic events since 2004. Robson finished in the top ten at the World Youth Chess Championship from 2004 to 2007, and he tied for first place in the 2005 and 2006 (U12 Boys, Silver on tiebreak) Pan American Youth Chess Championships.

Robson also plays in many of the major open tournaments in the United States. He finished in the top ten both at the 2006 National Chess Congress in Philadelphia and at the 2006 North American Open in Las Vegas.[4] Robson's performance at the former event qualified him for the 2007 U.S. Chess Championship, making him the youngest player in the history of the event to participate.

In 2004, at the age of nine, Robson defeated his first National Master in tournament play. In 2005 he defeated his first International Master (IM), and in 2006 he defeated his first Grandmaster (GM). He studied with GM Gregory Kaidanov for almost two years (2005-07), where the two mainly communicated over the phone and Internet. He is currently studying with GM Alexander Onischuk.[5]

Robson was awarded the FIDE Master (FM) title in June 2005 after tying for first place at the Pan American Youth Chess Championship in Brazil. He earned the USCF National Master (NM) title in January 2006 by raising his chess rating above 2200 (the minimum required for the title of National Master). Robson earned the three norms needed for the IM title in only six weeks: the first at the 6th North American FIDE Invitational on November 3, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois; the second 24 days later at the World Youth Chess Championship in Antalya, Turkey; and the third 13 days later (December 10) at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) GM Invitational in Dallas, Texas, making him the youngest IM-elect in the United States.[6]

Robson tied for first place in the 2008 Florida championship.[7] On July 16, 2009 he won the U.S. Junior Chess Championship, becoming one of the youngest such champions ever.[8] In August of 2009, Robson tied for first at the Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromso, Norway, garnering his first GM norm in the process.[9]

The United States Chess Federation - The Final Five in Indiana

The United States Chess Federation - The Final Five in Indiana

The United States Chess Federation - Six Tie in U.S. Open; Gurevich Wins Official Title

The United States Chess Federation - Six Tie in U.S. Open; Gurevich Wins Official Title

GM David Howell British Champion 2009

English grandmaster David Howell, 19 years old, is the 2009 British Champion. He was clear first with nine points from 11 games.


Note: Courtesy permission from Brit09 web site to repost photo and slide show photos.
some content from Closet Grandmaster. Special thanks to both web pages..diamondback


Two games posted below in Chess Flash format courtesy of Glenn Wison.

GM David Howell Grandmaster


Chess games of GM David Howell





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The United States Chess Federation - Roaming the Halls in Indiana

Alex Shabalov at US Open


The United States Chess Federation - Roaming the Halls in Indiana

This Sunday morning I searching throug various chess blogs for coverage of the 110th US Chess Open and it looks like slim pickings. Most likely towards the end of the Open, blog postings will be pick.

There are some photos posted by Mon Roi's web page along with some games.
Phot Gallery By Mon Roi on Picassa at Google

I am seeing some excellent posts on the US Open from F Pawn and Castling Queenside, no doubt both of these professional chess bloggers will post more on that event.

I went to Chessbase.com and did not see any coverage at all , but I'm sure there will be at later date.

ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess Classic: Nakamura wins 960 World Championship

ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess Classic: Nakamura wins 960 World Championship





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