The list of the team roster of the United States Chess League 2008 includes all player entries and individual results of the United States Chess League 2008 .
General
The 14 teams registered eight players before the start of the season and were allowed to register two players during the season. A total of 120 of the 140 registered players were used, four players contested all of their team's competitions. With 8 points each from 10 games, Bayaraa Zorigt (Dallas) and Marc Esserman (Boston) were the most successful. Julio Becerra Rivero (Miami), Ronald Simpson (Carolina), Alex Lenderman (Queens) and Samuel Shankland (San Francisco) each achieved 7.5 points , with Lenderman playing 8 games, Shankland 9, Becerra Rivero and Simpson 10 each. With Boris Gulko (New Jersey), Joel Johnson (Arizona), Gerald Larson (Tennessee) and Paweł Blehm (Baltimore) achieved four players 100%, with Gulko playing three games, Johnson two, Larson and Blehm one each.
Legend
The tables below contain the following information:
No .: Ranking list number
Title: FIDE title at the beginning of the season (rating list from July 2008); GM = Grand Master , IM = International Master , FM = FIDE Master , CM = Candidate Master , WGM = Women's Grand Master, WIM = International Women's Master, WFM = Women's FIDE Master, WCM = Women's Candidate Master
Elo (USCF): Elo number at the beginning of the season (rating list from July 2008); For players without an Elo rating, the national rating (USCF rating) is given in brackets
Nation: Nationality according to the rating list from July 2008; CAN = Canada, CRO = Croatia, CUB = Cuba, ENG = England, GER = Germany, IND = India, ISR = Israel, LTU = Lithuania, MGL = Mongolia, MKD = Macedonia, NED = Netherlands, PHI = Philippines, PLE = Palestine, POL = Poland, RUS = Russia, SRB = Serbia, UKR = Ukraine, USA = United States
G: number of winning games
R: Number of draw games
V: number of losing games
Pkt .: Number of points achieved
Games: Number of games played
MVP: Points in the Most Valuable Player rating
Dallas Destiny
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
IN THE
Before that, Kuljašević
2501
CRO
5
3
0
6.5
8th
10
2
IN THE
Drasko Bošković
2455
SRB
0
2
1
1
3
−3
3
IN THE
Marko Zivanic
2477
SRB
1
6th
2
4th
9
3
4th
IN THE
John Bartholomew
2440
United States
2
2
4th
3
8th
−3
5
FM
Igor Schneider
2338
United States
2
5
3
4.5
10
4.5
6th
Tautvydas Vedrickas
2288
LTU
0
0
0
0
0
7th
WFM
Bayaraa Zorigt
2179
MGL
6th
4th
0
8th
10
10
8th
WFM
Karina Vazirova
2226
RUS
0
2
1
1
3
−1
9
FM
Andrei Zaremba
2355
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
0
10
CN Vaidya
2145
IND
0
0
0
0
0
Boston Blitz
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Larry Christiansen
2577
United States
4th
2
2
5
8th
2
2
GM
Eugene Perelshteyn
2555
United States
1
3
1
2.5
5
5
3
Jorge Sammour-Hasbun
2463
PLE
2
2
3
3
7th
0
4th
IN THE
David Vigorito
2382
United States
0
2
1
1
3
−2
5
Denis Shmeliov
2349
UKR
1
4th
1
3
6th
2
6th
FM
Charles Riordan
2265
United States
1
0
1
1
2
0
7th
Marc Esserman
2295
United States
6th
4th
0
8th
10
15.5
8th
Ilya Krasik
(2137)
United States
6th
1
4th
6.5
11
3
9
Christopher Williams
2243
United States
0
0
0
0
0
10
Vadim Martirosov
2264
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Miami Sharks
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Julio Becerra Rivero
2598
United States
6th
3
1
7.5
10
20th
2
FM
Marcel Martinez
2429
United States
1
1
0
1.5
2
4th
3
FM
Bruci Lopez
2407
United States
3
1
3
3.5
7th
8th
4th
IN THE
Blow Lugo
2407
United States
0
2
1
1
3
−2
5
FM
Osmany Perea
2376
CUB
4th
5
1
6.5
10
10.5
6th
FM
Charles Galofre
2320
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−1.5
7th
Eric Rodriguez
2259
United States
5
0
1
5
6th
11
8th
Matan Prilleltensky
2074
United States
2
3
1
3.5
6th
4th
9
Roberto Socorregut
(2178)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
10
Robert Perez
(1860)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Carolina Cobras
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
IN THE
Lev Milman
2488
United States
3
6th
3
6th
12
−1
2
IN THE
Jonathan Schroer
2354
United States
1
1
0
1.5
2
4th
3
FM
Oleg Zaikov
2380
United States
5
3
4th
6.5
12
6th
4th
FM
Ronald Simpson
2300
United States
6th
3
1
7.5
10
13
5
Craig Jones
2266
United States
4th
2
3
5
9
5
6th
Maurice Dana
2092
United States
0
0
0
0
0
7th
Udayan Bapat
2110
IND
2
1
0
2.5
3
6th
8th
Rory Wasiolek
2112
United States
0
0
0
0
0
9
John Timmel
(2026)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
10
Adam Holmes
(1961)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Queens Pioneers
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Alexander Stripunsky
2553
United States
3
2
1
4th
6th
13
2
IN THE
Dmitry Schneider
2487
United States
2
2
2
3
6th
−3
3
IN THE
Eli Vovsha
2461
ISR
4th
1
3
4.5
8th
3.5
4th
IN THE
Alex Lenderman
2439
United States
7th
1
0
7.5
8th
22.5
5
Parker Zhao
2242
United States
2
1
0
2.5
3
7th
6th
Michael Thaler
2149
United States
1
1
1
1.5
3
−0.5
7th
Benjamin Katz
2102
United States
1
1
4th
1.5
6th
−5.5
8th
CM
Aleksandr Ostrovskiy
2084
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−1
9
Pieter Bierkens
2170
United States
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
Shaun Smith
(2054)
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2
San Francisco Mechanics
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Patrick Wolff
2564
United States
0
2
1
1
3
−3
2
IN THE
Joshua Friedel
2524
United States
2
4th
0
4th
6th
11
3
IN THE
Vinay Bhat
2483
United States
3
3
2
4.5
8th
9
4th
IN THE
John Donaldson
2411
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−7
5
IN THE
David Pruess
2438
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−1.5
6th
FM
Samuel Shankland
2368
United States
7th
1
1
7.5
9
14.5
7th
Gregory Young
2233
United States
1
1
0
1.5
2
3
8th
FM
Daniel Naroditsky
2313
United States
3
3
2
4.5
8th
8th
9
IN THE
Dmitry Zilberstein
2388
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2.5
10
Nicholas Nip
2150
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
0
New York Knights
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Alexander Shabalov
2611
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−8
2
GM
Pascal Charbonneau
2499
CAN
4th
1
2
4.5
7th
14th
3
IN THE
Irina Krush
2470
United States
1
1
3
1.5
5
−4
4th
GM
John Fedorowicz
2479
United States
2
2
2
3
6th
−1
5
Gregory Baylovsky
2354
United States
1
3
1
2.5
5
4.5
6th
IN THE
Jay Bonin
2385
United States
0
4th
3
2
7th
−6.5
7th
Matthew Herman
2149
United States
3
2
1
4th
6th
7th
8th
CM
Irina Zenyuk
2233
United States
1
0
2
1
3
0
9
IN THE
Justin Sarkar
2416
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−3
10
Evan Rosenberg
2182
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−4
Seattle Sluggers
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Hikaru Nakamura
2697
United States
4th
0
2
4th
6th
13
2
GM
Grigory Serper
2522
United States
2
4th
2
4th
8th
0
3
IN THE
Eric Tangborn
2455
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−6
4th
FM
Slava Mikhailuk
2436
United States
4th
1
1
4.5
6th
12
5
FM
John Readey
2275
United States
0
2
4th
1
6th
−8.5
6th
Michael Lee
2290
United States
2
1
3
2.5
6th
−1.5
7th
Joshua Sinanan
2169
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−3.5
8th
Andy May
2111
United States
2
0
2
2
4th
3
9
FM
Marcel Milat
2304
CAN
0
1
0
0.5
1
1
10
WGM
Katerina Rohonyan
2321
United States
0
1
1
0.5
2
−1.5
New Jersey knockouts
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Boris Gulko
2552
United States
3
0
0
3
3
9
2
GM
Joel Benjamin
2577
United States
3
2
5
4th
10
−6
3
IN THE
Dean Ippolito
2445
United States
4th
1
2
4.5
7th
9.5
4th
Evan Ju
2286
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−5
5
Mackenzie Molner
2337
United States
4th
2
2
5
8th
7th
6th
Victor Shen
2118
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−1
7th
Jayson Lian
2154
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−4
8th
Andrew Ng
2080
United States
1
1
1
1.5
3
0
9
FM
Aviv Friedman
2359
ISR
0
0
0
0
0
10
Michael Khodarkovsky
2260
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Arizona Scorpions
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
IN THE
Rogelio Barcenilla
2503
PHI
1
3
1
2.5
5
2
2
IN THE
Levon Altounian
2454
United States
1
3
1
2.5
5
1
3
IN THE
Mark Ginsburg
2364
United States
1
2
5
2
8th
−11
4th
FM
Daniel Rensch
2354
United States
0
0
5
0
5
−13.5
5
FM
Robby Adamson
2346
United States
3
3
1
4.5
7th
8th
6th
FM
Kenneth Larsen
2335
United States
0
0
0
0
0
7th
Warren Harper
2294
United States
3
0
2
3
5
4th
8th
Leonard Martinez
2241
United States
0
2
1
1
3
−1
9
IN THE
Nikolai Andrianov
2409
RUS
0
0
0
0
0
10
Joel Johnson
2223
United States
2
0
0
2
2
4th
Chicago Blaze
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Nikola Mitkov
2556
MKD
1
0
4th
1
5
−12
2
IN THE
Jan van de Mortel
2412
NED
2
1
2
2.5
5
0
3
FM
Florin Felecan
2381
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−7
4th
IN THE
Emory Tate
2377
United States
4th
0
3
4th
7th
3
5
FM
Mehmed Pasalic
2401
GER
2
4th
0
4th
6th
7.5
6th
IN THE
Angelo Young
2367
PHI
3
3
0
4.5
6th
10
7th
Ilan Meerovich
(2131)
United States
2
0
1
2
3
2
8th
Adam Strunk
2133
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−1
9
FM
Albert Chow
2186
United States
0
0
0
0
0
10
Jon Burgess
2232
CLOSELY
0
0
2
0
2
−4.5
Philadelphia Inventors
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Sergey Kudrin
2563
United States
1
7th
2
4.5
10
−1
2
IN THE
Bryan Smith
2394
United States
0
0
4th
0
4th
−12
3
FM
Thomas Bartell
2391
United States
4th
1
1
4.5
6th
11
4th
WGM
Jennifer Shahade
2322
United States
0
1
1
0.5
2
−2.5
5
Daniel Yeager
2335
United States
1
1
1
1.5
3
1
6th
IN THE
Richard Costigan
2301
United States
0
4th
3
2
7th
−6.5
7th
Elvin Wilson
2277
United States
1
0
3
1
4th
−4
8th
FM
Matthew Bengtson
2250
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−2
9
FM
Michael Shahade
2266
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2
10
Glenn Bady
2252
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Tennessee pace
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Jaan Ehlvest
2603
United States
3
3
0
4.5
6th
15th
2
IN THE
Ronald Burnett
2369
United States
1
2
3
2
6th
−6
3
FM
Todd Andrews
2315
United States
2
0
7th
2
9
−14
4th
FM
Peter Bereolos
2314
United States
1
4th
1
3
6th
3.5
5
FM
John Bick
2225
United States
3
0
4th
3
7th
−1.5
6th
Brian McCarthy
2234
United States
0
2
0
1
2
1
7th
FM
Jerry Wheeler
2137
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−4
8th
Gerald Larson
2135
United States
1
0
0
1
1
3
9
James Al-Shamma
(2127)
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2
10
David Justice
(2027)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Baltimore Kingfishers
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Sergey Erenburg
2563
ISR
4th
3
1
5.5
8th
16
2
GM
Paweł Blehm
2505
POLE
1
0
0
1
1
4th
3
FM
Tegshsuren Enkhbat
2401
United States
1
3
3
2.5
7th
−6
4th
IN THE
Larry Kaufman
2376
United States
0
0
4th
0
4th
−12
5
FM
Raymond Kaufman
2360
United States
0
1
4th
0.5
5
−10
6th
FM
Ralph room
2246
United States
2
0
6th
2
8th
−8.5
7th
Aaron Kahn
2203
United States
1
3
2
2.5
6th
−1
8th
Jared Defibaugh
2100
United States
0
0
0
0
0
9
Scott Low
2229
United States
0
0
0
0
0
10
Ian Harris
2035
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2
Remarks
Both the competitions of the preliminary round ( regular season ) and the final round ( playoff ) are taken into account .
The results of the blitz chess tie-break in the final are not taken into account.
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