The list of the team roster of the United States Chess League 2009 includes all player registrations and individual results of the United States Chess League 2009 .
General
The 14 teams registered eight players before the start of the season (or nine, if at least one woman was registered) and were allowed to register two players during the season. A total of 135 of the 148 registered players were used, two players contested all of their team's competitions. The best player of the season was Eric Rodriguez (Miami) with 8.5 points from 12 games, Yaacov Norowitz (New York) got 8 points from 11 games, Julio Becerra Rivero (Miami) 7 points from 12 games. With Gregory Baylovsky (New York), Boris Gulko , Albert Kapengut (both New Jersey), Gregory Young (San Francisco), Jeremy Kane (Chicago), Elvin Wilson (Philadelphia), Darwin Yang , CN Vaidya (both Dallas) and Mike Klein (Carolina) nine players achieved 100%, with Gulko playing five games, Kapengut and Young two each, the others 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 2009); 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 2009); For players without an Elo rating, the national rating (USCF rating) is given in brackets
Nation: Nationality according to the rating list from July 2009; CAN = Canada, CRC = Costa Rica, CUB = Cuba, ENG = England, GEO = Georgia, GER = Germany, IND = India, ISR = Israel, JPN = Japan, MEX = Mexico, MGL = Mongolia, MKD = Macedonia, NED = Netherlands, PHI = Philippines, PLE = Palestine, POL = Poland, 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
New York Knights
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Giorgi Katscheishvili
2606
GEO
4th
5
3
6.5
12
8th
2
GM
Pascal Charbonneau
2509
CAN
5
2
3
6th
10
4th
3
GM
John Fedorowicz
2469
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
1
4th
IN THE
Irina Krush
2458
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−5
5
IN THE
Jay Bonin
2385
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
1
6th
Matthew Herman
2149
United States
4th
1
4th
4.5
9
2
7th
Evan Rosenberg
2140
United States
1
0
1
1
2
1
8th
Yaacov Norowitz
(2212)
United States
5
6th
0
8th
11
12
9
Raven Sturt
2068
United States
0
1
1
0.5
2
−2
10
Gregory Baylovsky
2358
United States
1
0
0
1
1
2.5
11
Igor Sorkin
2345
ISR
0
0
0
0
0
Miami Sharks
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Julio Becerra Rivero
2557
United States
5
4th
3
7th
12
1
2
FM
Bruci Lopez
2414
United States
2
1
2
2.5
5
0
3
FM
Marcel Martinez
2431
United States
2
1
0
2.5
3
6th
4th
IN THE
Blow Lugo
2380
United States
3
3
2
4.5
8th
7.5
5
IN THE
Alejandro Moreno Roman
(2331)
CUB
3
1
3
3.5
7th
−1.5
6th
Eric Rodriguez
2245
United States
6th
5
1
8.5
12
13.5
7th
Ernesto Alvarez
2231
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2
8th
Miguel Recio
(2120)
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−2
9
Matan Prilleltensky
2095
United States
0
0
0
0
0
10
Alejandro Allen
2134
United States
0
0
0
0
0
New Jersey knockouts
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Joel Benjamin
2575
United States
4th
5
2
6.5
11
8th
2
GM
Boris Gulko
2546
United States
5
0
0
5
5
17th
3
IN THE
Dean Ippolito
2455
United States
3
3
1
4.5
7th
8.5
4th
Mackenzie Molner
2393
United States
1
4th
1
3
6th
1.5
5
Victor Shen
2177
United States
3
0
0
3
3
9.5
6th
Andrew Ng
2113
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−1.5
7th
Sean Finn
2189
United States
2
1
1
2.5
4th
2
8th
Anna Matlin
1866
United States
2
0
1
2
3
3
9
Arthur Shen
2043
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−1
10
FM
Aviv Friedman
2359
ISR
0
0
1
0
1
−2.5
11
IN THE
Albert Kapengut
2407
United States
2
0
0
2
2
6th
San Francisco Mechanics
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Patrick Wolff
2564
United States
2
1
1
2.5
4th
4th
2
GM
Joshua Friedel
2547
United States
1
1
3
1.5
5
−7
3
GM
Jesse Kraai
2498
United States
2
2
2
3
6th
0
4th
GM
Vinay Bhat
2473
United States
3
1
2
3.5
6th
−4
5
IN THE
John Donaldson
2394
United States
1
2
0
2
3
4th
6th
IN THE
Samuel Shankland
2448
United States
2
0
1
2
3
3.5
7th
FM
Daniel Naroditsky
2356
United States
2
3
2
3.5
7th
−1.5
8th
Yian Liou
2134
United States
5
3
2
6.5
10
9
9
IN THE
David Pruess
2389
United States
1
0
1
1
2
4th
10
Gregory Young
2264
United States
2
0
0
2
2
5
Seattle Sluggers
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Hikaru Nakamura
2710
United States
5
1
1
5.5
7th
23
2
GM
Grigory Serper
2522
United States
4th
1
2
4.5
7th
14th
3
FM
Slava Mikhailuk
2436
United States
2
2
3
3
7th
−1
4th
FM
Marcel Milat
2304
CAN
1
1
1
1.5
3
0
5
WGM
Katerina Rohonyan
2329
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2.5
6th
FM
Michael Lee
2347
United States
1
2
3
2
6th
−0.5
7th
FM
John Readey
2277
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
1
8th
Joshua Sinanan
2249
United States
4th
2
2
5
8th
6th
9
Howard Chen
2201
United States
1
2
0
2
3
3
10
Curt Collyer
2294
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Boston Blitz
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Larry Christiansen
2578
United States
2
0
3
2
5
2
2
GM
Eugene Perelshteyn
2534
United States
4th
1
2
4.5
7th
13
3
Jorge Sammour-Hasbun
2463
PLE
1
0
3
1
4th
−6
4th
Denis Shmeliov
2360
UKR
1
2
2
2
5
0
5
Marc Esserman
2394
United States
4th
1
2
4.5
7th
6.5
6th
WGM
Anya Corke
2289
CLOSELY
1
2
0
2
3
3.5
7th
Vadim Martirosov
2264
United States
3
0
1
3
4th
3.5
8th
Ilya Krasik
(2164)
United States
3
2
1
4th
6th
6th
9
Andrew Wang
(2031)
United States
2
0
1
2
3
3
10
IN THE
David Vigorito
2400
United States
0
0
0
0
0
11
Stuart Finney
1951
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Arizona Scorpions
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Alejandro Ramírez
2547
CRC
3
3
1
4.5
7th
10
2
IN THE
Rogelio Barcenilla
2518
PHI
2
0
3
2
5
−3
3
IN THE
Levon Altounian
2454
United States
1
4th
0
3
5
5
4th
IN THE
Dionisio Aldama Degurnay
2451
MEX
1
1
0
1.5
2
4th
5
FM
Daniel Rensch
2392
United States
1
2
2
2
5
1
6th
FM
Robby Adamson
2302
United States
2
2
3
3
7th
3
7th
Leonard Martinez
2241
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−1
8th
David Adelberg
2175
United States
3
2
1
4th
6th
7th
9
Amanda Rae Mateer
(2012)
United States
1
0
1
1
2
0
10
IN THE
Mark Ginsburg
2389
United States
1
1
0
1.5
2
4th
11
Joel Johnson
2223
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Baltimore Kingfishers
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Leonid Kritz
2589
GER
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−3
2
GM
Sergey Erenburg
2564
ISR
2
4th
1
4th
7th
10
3
IN THE
Tegshsuren Enkhbat
2388
United States
1
6th
1
4th
8th
0
4th
GM
Larry Kaufman
2400
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−1.5
5
WGM
Sabina-Francesca Foișor
2304
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2.5
6th
FM
Ralph room
2261
United States
2
0
0
2
2
7th
7th
FM
Shinsaku Uesugi
2314
JPN
2
3
2
3.5
7th
1.5
8th
WIM
Tsagaan Battsetseg
2258
United States
1
0
2
1
3
0
9
Jared Defibaugh
2100
United States
0
3
2
1.5
5
−3
10
IN THE
Raymond Kaufman
2265
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
0
11
Ian Harris
2082
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−4
Chicago Blaze
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Yury Shulman
2648
United States
0
0
0
0
0
2
GM
Nikola Mitkov
2526
MKD
0
0
3
0
3
−12
3
IN THE
Jan van de Mortel
2412
NED
3
1
3
3.5
7th
2
4th
FM
Florin Felecan
2399
United States
1
3
4th
2.5
8th
−10
5
IN THE
Mehmed Pasalic
2343
GER
2
1
4th
2.5
7th
−2.5
6th
IN THE
Angelo Young
2318
PHI
5
1
0
5.5
6th
14.5
7th
Eric Rosen
2141
United States
2
1
1
2.5
4th
3
8th
Trevor Magness
2105
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−3
9
Jon Burgess
2241
CLOSELY
0
1
0
0.5
1
0
10
Jeremy Kane
2134
United States
1
0
0
1
1
2
Philadelphia Inventors
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Sergey Kudrin
2578
United States
0
1
5
0.5
6th
−20
2
IN THE
Alex Lenderman
2504
United States
3
1
0
3.5
4th
12
3
IN THE
Bryan Smith
2467
United States
3
3
1
4.5
7th
10
4th
FM
Thomas Bartell
2368
United States
1
3
4th
2.5
8th
−5.5
5
WGM
Jennifer Shahade
2322
United States
1
0
1
1
2
1
6th
IN THE
Richard Costigan
2301
United States
1
2
2
2
5
−0.5
7th
Michael Katz
2221
United States
0
0
0
0
0
8th
Rahul Swaminathan
2060
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−4
9
Kavinayan Sivakumar
(1933)
United States
2
1
2
2.5
5
1
10
FM
Michael Shahade
2266
United States
0
0
0
0
0
11
Elvin Wilson
2277
United States
1
0
0
1
1
3
Dallas Destiny
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
IN THE
Jacek Stopa
2471
POLE
1
1
0
1.5
2
5
2
IN THE
John Bartholomew
2445
United States
1
0
4th
1
5
−12
3
IN THE
Daniel Ludwig
2461
United States
3
3
2
4.5
8th
8th
4th
IN THE
Salvijus Berčys
2434
United States
2
1
1
2.5
4th
4.5
5
IN THE
Daniel Fernandez
2424
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−3
6th
FM
Keaton Kievra
2322
United States
3
3
3
4.5
9
2
7th
FM
Darwin Yang
2262
United States
1
0
0
1
1
3
8th
WFM
Bayaraa Zorigt
2205
MGL
0
0
3
0
3
−6
9
Adarsh Jayakumar
1941
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−4
10
CN Vaidya
2202
IND
1
0
0
1
1
2
11
Nelson Lopez
2159
United States
1
0
1
1
2
0
Queens Pioneers
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Alexander Stripunsky
2556
United States
3
1
1
3.5
5
11
2
IN THE
Eli Vovsha
2484
ISR
1
1
2
1.5
4th
0
3
IN THE
Yury Lapshun
2448
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−1
4th
IN THE
Dmitry Schneider
2483
United States
0
4th
2
2
6th
−5
5
IN THE
Lev Milman
2456
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−4
6th
FM
Andrei Zaremba
2360
United States
5
0
2
5
7th
8.5
7th
Benjamin Katz
2128
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−4
8th
WFM
Elisabeth Vicary
2153
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−0.5
9
Shaun Smith
(2058)
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−3
10
Fritz Gaspard
2125
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2
11
Jeff Kelleher
2094
United States
1
0
1
1
2
0
Tennessee pace
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Jaan Ehlvest
2614
United States
2
3
1
3.5
6th
6th
2
GM
Alexander Shabalov
2580
United States
2
0
2
2
4th
2
3
IN THE
Ronald Burnett
2368
United States
0
2
4th
1
6th
−13
4th
FM
Todd Andrews
2337
United States
0
1
4th
0.5
5
−10.5
5
FM
Peter Bereolos
2328
United States
0
2
2
1
4th
−4
6th
FM
John Bick
2242
United States
4th
2
2
5
8th
9
7th
Gerald Larson
2140
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
0
8th
David Justice
(2020)
United States
1
3
2
2.5
6th
0
9
James Al-Shamma
(2134)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
10
Frank Ashmun
(2011)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
Carolina Cobras
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
IN THE
Jonathan Schroer
2354
United States
0
5
5
2.5
10
−18
2
FM
Oleg Zaikov
2385
United States
5
1
4th
5.5
10
5
3
FM
Ronald Simpson
2304
United States
0
0
6th
0
6th
−15
4th
Craig Jones
2239
United States
2
2
3
3
7th
−0.5
5
FM
Mike Klein
2326
United States
1
0
0
1
1
3.5
6th
Chris Mabe
2213
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2
7th
Udayan Bapat
2110
IND
0
0
1
0
1
−2
8th
Carlito Agner
(2210)
United States
1
1
1
1.5
3
0.5
9
John Timmel
2039
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2
10
David High
(1793)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
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.
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Definition for the 2009 season on the USCL blog
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