The list of the team squads of the United States Chess League 2012 includes all player entries and individual results of the United States Chess League 2012 .
General
The 16 teams registered ten players before the start of the season. A total of 149 of the 160 registered players were used, five players competed in all of their team's competitions. The best players of the season with 8.5 points each were Sergey Erenburg , Dov Gorman (both Philadelphia) and K. Priyadharshan (St. Louis), where Erenburg played 13 games, Gorman and Priyadharshan each 11. With Michael Omori (Seattle), Arthur Shen (New Jersey) and Jeffrey Haskel (Miami) achieved three players 100%, with Shen playing two games, Omori and Haskel 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 September 2012); 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 September 2012); For players without an Elo rating, the national rating (USCF rating) is given in brackets
Nation: Nationality according to the rating list from September 2012; ARM = Armenia, BLR = Belarus, BRA = Brazil, CAN = Canada, DEN = Denmark, ECU = Ecuador, GEO = Georgia, GER = Germany, IND = India, IRI = Iran, ISR = Israel, KAZ = Kazakhstan, NZL = New Zealand, PHI = Philippines, ROU = Romania, RUS = Russia, TKM = Turkmenistan, UKR = Ukraine, USA = United States, ZIM = Zimbabwe
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 Valueable Player rating
Seattle Sluggers
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Varuzhan Akobian
2624
United States
4th
1
1
4.5
6th
12
2
IN THE
Georgi Orlov
2469
United States
2
4th
0
4th
6th
6.5
3
FM
Costin Cozianu
(2508)
ROU
0
3
3
1.5
6th
−12
4th
FM
Slava Mikhailuk
2424
United States
1
1
4th
1.5
6th
−10
5
FM
Marcel Milat
2300
CAN
0
2
1
1
3
−2.5
6th
FM
Curt Collyer
2306
United States
2
2
2
3
6th
3.5
7th
Joshua Sinanan
2227
United States
7th
1
2
7.5
10
7.5
8th
Michael Omori
2182
United States
1
0
0
1
1
2.5
9
Roland Feng
2080
United States
1
3
0
2.5
4th
3
10
Peter Lessler
2173
United States
1
0
3
1
4th
−5
Philadelphia Inventors
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Sergey Erenburg
2629
ISR
5
7th
1
8.5
13
17th
2
IN THE
Jay Bonin
2324
United States
0
0
0
0
0
3
FM
Thomas Bartell
2417
United States
3
1
2
3.5
6th
−2.5
4th
William Fisher
2225
United States
1
5
1
3.5
7th
−4
5
Peter Minear
2221
United States
1
0
1
1
2
0
6th
FM
Dov Gorman
2229
United States
7th
3
1
8.5
11
22nd
7th
IN THE
Richard Costigan
2301
United States
1
4th
2
3
7th
0.5
8th
Troy Daly
2135
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−5
9
FM
Karl Dehmelt
2278
United States
1
1
0
1.5
2
2.5
10
FM
Michael Shahade
2239
United States
1
1
0
1.5
2
3.5
Manhattan apple sauce
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Vladimir Romanenko
2486
BLR
2
5
2
4.5
9
−2
2
IN THE
Eli Vovsha
2483
ISR
3
2
4th
4th
9
5.5
3
IN THE
Dmitry Schneider
2477
United States
1
3
0
2.5
4th
4.5
4th
IN THE
Farai Mandizha
2390
ZIM
1
1
0
1.5
2
4th
5
IN THE
Lev Milman
2441
United States
1
2
2
2
5
−1.5
6th
FM
Oleg Zaikov
2371
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−3
7th
CM
Andrew Nathaniel Shvartsman
2273
United States
1
3
2
2.5
6th
1
8th
Andrew Ryba
2186
United States
1
0
1
1
2
1
9
Alexander King
2242
United States
3
2
0
4th
5
6th
10
Shaun Smith
1936
United States
4th
1
0
4.5
5
12
Arizona Scorpions
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Rogelio Barcenilla
2501
PHI
0
0
1
0
1
−4
2
IN THE
Mackenzie Molner
2489
United States
3
7th
2
6.5
12
11
3
IN THE
Levon Altounian
2438
United States
2
6th
0
5
8th
6.5
4th
IN THE
Mark Ginsburg
2358
United States
3
3
1
4.5
7th
9.5
5
IN THE
Shahin Mohandesi
2180
IRI
1
2
1
2
4th
2
6th
FM
Robby Adamson
2308
United States
1
1
1
1.5
3
0
7th
FM
Pedram Atoufi
2269
IRI
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−2
8th
Dipro Chakraborty
2166
United States
3
0
2
3
5
2.5
9
WFM
Amanda Rae Mateer
2091
United States
1
1
1
1.5
3
1
10
Isaac Martinez
(2040)
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
1
Dallas Destiny
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Julio Catalino Sadorra
2531
PHI
4th
1
0
4.5
5
14th
2
GM
Conrad Holt
2496
United States
3
3
2
4.5
8th
10
3
GM
Ioan-Cristian Chirilă
2502
ROU
2
0
2
2
4th
0
4th
IN THE
Puchen Wang
2430
NZL
2
1
1
2.5
4th
5.5
5
FM
Alec Getz
2341
United States
1
2
0
2
3
4th
6th
FM
Jeffery Xiong
2220
United States
2
0
1
2
3
5
7th
Artur Safin
2235
United States
4th
1
0
4.5
5
14th
8th
Jonathan Chiang
2038
United States
1
0
1
1
2
1
9
Daniel Gater
2134
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−5.5
10
Travis Guenther
1846
United States
1
2
4th
2
7th
−3
?
WCM
Sarah Chiang
2089
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
0
St. Louis Arch Bishops
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
André Diamant
2471
BRA
0
2
1
1
3
−4
2
IN THE
K. Priyadharshan
2407
IND
7th
3
1
8.5
11
29.5
3
IN THE
Levan Bregadze
2366
GEO
7th
1
2
7.5
10
21st
4th
WGM
Anna Sharevich
2261
BLR
0
0
0
0
0
5
WIM
Carla Heredia Serrano
2221
ECU
0
0
0
0
0
6th
FM
Doug Eckert
2247
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−3
7th
Nolan Hendrickson
2135
United States
2
0
2
2
4th
−2.5
8th
Nick Karlow
2060
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
0
9
Tony Rich
(2012)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
10
Matthew Larson
(1918)
United States
2
0
4th
2
6th
−3
?
GM
Ben Finegold
2493
United States
3
3
2
4.5
8th
6th
New York Knights
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Tamas Gelashvili
2578
GEO
4th
1
2
4.5
7th
13
2
GM
Giorgi Katscheishvili
2607
GEO
1
3
1
2.5
5
2
3
GM
Alex Lenderman
2614
United States
1
0
1
1
2
0
4th
GM
Pascal Charbonneau
2517
CAN
0
2
1
1
3
−1.5
5
Matthew Herman
2385
United States
3
1
2
3.5
6th
1
6th
FM
Michael Bodek
2318
United States
1
2
2
2
5
−1.5
7th
Justus Williams
2230
United States
3
0
1
3
4th
6th
8th
Alexander Katz
2217
United States
3
2
1
4th
6th
8.5
9
Isaac Barayev
2102
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−4
10
Nicholas Checa
(1942)
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−5
Baltimore Kingfishers
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Niclas Huschenbeth
2536
GER
0
1
2
0.5
3
−7
2
GM
Giorgi Margwelashvili
2570
GEO
2
3
0
3.5
5
10
3
IN THE
Tegshsuren Enkhbat
2424
United States
0
3
2
1.5
5
−2.5
4th
IN THE
Nasi Paikidze
2394
GEO
0
1
1
0.5
2
−3.5
5
GM
Larry Kaufman
2360
United States
1
2
3
2
6th
−1.5
6th
Jared Defibaugh
2270
United States
4th
0
3
4th
7th
4th
7th
Kevin Wang
2274
United States
1
1
1
1.5
3
1.5
8th
B. Adithya
2221
IND
0
1
1
0.5
2
−1.5
9
FM
Ralph room
2193
United States
4th
1
2
4.5
7th
10.5
10
Richard Selzler
2200
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−2.5
New Jersey knockouts
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Alexander Stripunsky
2566
United States
3
2
3
4th
8th
4th
2
GM
Joel Benjamin
2530
United States
3
3
1
4.5
7th
10
3
GM
Boris Gulko
2533
United States
1
2
1
2
4th
2
4th
IN THE
Albert Kapengut
2391
United States
2
2
1
3
5
6.5
5
FM
Arthur Shen
2233
United States
2
0
0
2
2
6th
6th
FM
Carsten Hansen
2272
THE
0
1
0
0.5
1
1
7th
Christopher Wu
2232
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−5.5
8th
Vincent Klemm
(2082)
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−5.5
9
Praveen Balakrishnan
2042
United States
1
0
4th
1
5
−6.5
10
John Burke
2009
United States
0
3
0
1.5
3
2
San Francisco Mechanics
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Jesse Kraai
2514
United States
2
2
3
3
7th
−1.5
2
GM
Vinay Bhat
2511
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−3
3
IN THE
Daniel Naroditsky
2483
United States
2
3
0
3.5
5
10.5
4th
IN THE
Dmitry Zilberstein
2402
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−7
5
IN THE
John Donaldson
2390
United States
0
0
0
0
0
6th
FM
Yian Liou
2352
United States
1
3
2
2.5
6th
−1.5
7th
Samuel Sevian
2336
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−3
8th
FM
Andy Lee
2227
United States
3
1
0
3.5
4th
10.5
9
Cameron Wheeler
2108
United States
2
2
1
3
5
3.5
10
Kesav Viswanadha
2064
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−4
Connecticut dreadnoughts
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Robert Hess
2595
United States
3
4th
1
5
8th
12
2
GM
Micheil Kekelidse
2488
GEO
1
6th
3
4th
10
−3
3
IN THE
Justin Sarkar
2400
United States
1
2
0
2
3
4th
4th
Arslan Otchiyev
2373
TKM
0
0
2
0
2
−6.5
5
Daniel Lowinger
2130
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−3
6th
WIM
Yuanling yuan
2220
CAN
0
0
2
0
2
−6
7th
Ian Harris
2099
United States
2
1
1
2.5
4th
5
8th
Joshua Colas
2183
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−1.5
9
Kapil Chandran
2096
United States
3
1
0
3.5
4th
8.5
10
Zachary Tanenbaum
1926
United States
0
1
1
0.5
2
−1.5
Los Angeles vibe
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Melikset Khachiyan
2473
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−2
2
IN THE
Andranik Matikozyan
2411
POOR
0
0
2
0
2
−8
3
IN THE
Zhanibek Amanov
2373
KAZ
3
1
3
3.5
7th
2
4th
IN THE
Keaton Kievra
2421
United States
2
1
2
2.5
5
1
5
WGM
Tatev Abrahamyan
2303
United States
2
1
2
2.5
5
1.5
6th
FM
Konstantin Kavutskiy
2284
United States
1
1
3
1.5
5
−5
7th
FM
Michael Casella
2235
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−5.5
8th
FM
Harutyun Akopyan
2212
United States
0
0
0
0
0
9
FM
Eugene Yanayt
2212
United States
2
0
1
2
3
4th
10
Nicky Korba
1935
United States
1
3
2
2.5
6th
−1.5
Boston Blitz
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
Jorge Sammour-Hasbun
2463
United States
2
1
2
2.5
5
1
2
GM
Eugene Perelshteyn
2529
United States
0
3
0
1.5
3
2
3
IN THE
Steven Zierk
2475
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−3
4th
Denis Shmeliov
2410
UKR
0
3
0
1.5
3
2
5
FM
Kazim Gulamali
2307
United States
5
0
3
5
8th
8th
6th
Vadim Martirosov
2233
United States
2
1
1
2.5
4th
5
7th
Michael Vilenchuk
2222
United States
1
0
3
1
4th
−6
8th
Ilya Krasik
2187
United States
3
0
2
3
5
4.5
9
Jake Miller
2089
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
1
10
Andrew Liu
2174
United States
0
1
1
0.5
2
−2.5
Miami Sharks
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Julio Becerra Rivero
2555
United States
3
4th
2
5
9
7th
2
Robert Perez
2355
United States
0
3
3
1.5
6th
−9
3
FM
Eric Rodriguez
2289
United States
2
2
5
3
9
−8
4th
Jeffrey Haskel
2226
United States
1
0
0
1
1
4th
5
FM
Fabio La Rota
2268
United States
0
0
0
0
0
6th
Ernesto Alvarez
2233
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−6
7th
WFM
Vladlena Ciubara
2105
ROU
0
0
0
0
0
8th
Miguel Recio
2144
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−5.5
9
Nicholas Rosenthal
2016
United States
2
3
3
3.5
8th
0
10
Sam Silberman
2020
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−2.5
New England Nor'easters
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
GM
Samuel Shankland
2597
United States
1
2
1
2
4th
1
2
GM
Alexander Ivanov
2530
United States
2
3
1
3.5
6th
5.5
3
IN THE
David Vigorito
2424
United States
0
1
2
0.5
3
−7
4th
FM
Charles Riordan
2339
United States
2
2
1
3
5
6th
5
FM
Braden Bournival
2323
United States
0
0
2
0
2
−6.5
6th
FM
Christopher Chase
2315
United States
1
1
2
1.5
4th
−3
7th
IN THE
Jonathan Yedidia
2391
United States
0
2
1
1
3
−3
8th
Andrew Wang
2167
United States
1
0
2
1
3
−2
9
Benjamin Goldberg
2110
United States
2
0
2
2
4th
1
10
Benett Pellows
2084
United States
2
2
1
3
5
3.5
?
Carey Theil
2184
United States
0
0
1
0
1
−3
Carolina Cobras
No.
title
Surname
Elo (USCF)
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
MVP
1
FM
Andrey Chjumachenko
2327
RUS
0
0
0
0
0
2
IN THE
Jonathan Schroer
2353
United States
1
3
6th
2.5
10
−17
3
FM
Korley cash desk
2280
United States
2
2
4th
3
8th
−4
4th
Chris Mabe
2254
United States
0
0
0
0
0
5
FM
Ronald Simpson
2267
United States
1
1
4th
2.5
6th
−7.5
6th
Craig Jones
2175
United States
4th
2
1
5
7th
10
7th
Joshua Mu
2185
United States
3
1
1
3.5
5
7.5
8th
Carlito Agner
(2228)
United States
0
0
0
0
0
9
Rahul Swaminathan
2086
United States
1
1
1
1.5
3
2
10
John Timmel
2096
United States
0
1
0
0.5
1
0
Remarks
Both the competitions of the preliminary round ( regular season ) and the final round ( playoff ) are taken into account .
Several players are not listed in the player lists, but were used. This affects Ben Finegold (St. Louis), Carey Theil (New England) and Sarah Chiang (Dallas).
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Player list of the St. Louis Arch Bishops in the 2012 season at the USCL (English)
↑ Ben Finegold's index card at the USCL (English)
↑ Player list of the New England Nor'easters in the 2012 season at the USCL (English)
↑ Carey Theils index card at the USCL (English)
↑ Player list of the New England Nor'easters in the 2012 season at the USCL (English)
↑ Sarah Chiang's index card at the USCL (English)
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