2002 President's Cup
4/6/2002 - 4/7/2002
Miami, FL

SCORE BY GAME POINTS
          11 22 33 44   SCORE
UTD       xx 2½ 3  3½   9 - 3
UMBC      1½ xx 3½ 4    9 - 3
Stanford  1   ½ xx 4    5½- 6½
Harvard   ½  0  0  xx    ½-10½

UTD won on first tiebreak, due to having won 3 matches to UMBC's 2.

SCORE BY MATCH POINTS
          1 2 3 4   Score
UTD       x 1 1 1   3-0
UMBC      0 x 1 1   2-1
Stanford  0 0 x 1   1-2
Harvard   0 0 0 x   0-3




ROUND 1

UTD (3½) vs. Harvard (½)
Win   Shulman  vs. Esserman  Loss
Draw  Kaminski vs. Benjamin  Draw
Win   Whatley  vs. Thomas    Loss
Win   John     vs. Rihel     Loss

UMBC (3½) vs. Stanford (½)
Draw  Wojtkiewicz  vs. Chudnovsky  Draw
Win   Perelshteyn  vs. Wang         Loss
Win   Morrison     vs. Porter       Loss
Win   Battsetseg   vs. Aigner       Loss


ROUND 2

UTD (3) vs. Stanford (1)
Draw  Shulman  vs. Chudnovsky  Draw
Win   Kaminski vs. Wang        Loss
Draw  Zaremba  vs. Porter      Draw
Win   Rylander vs. Aigner      Loss

UMBC (4) vs. Harvard (0)
Win   Wojtkiewicz  vs. Esserman  Loss
Win   Perelshteyn  vs. Benjamin  Loss
Win   Morrison     vs. Thomas    Loss
Win   Brownstein   vs. Yin       Loss


ROUND 3

UTD (2½) vs. UMBC (1½)
Loss   Shulman  vs. Wojtkiewicz  Win
Draw   Kaminski vs. Perelshteyn  Draw
Win    Zaremba  vs. Morrison     Loss
Win    Whatley  vs. Battsetseg   Loss

Stanford (4) vs. Harvard (0)
Win   Chudnovsky vs. Esserman  Loss
Win   Wang       vs. Benjamin  Loss
Win   Porter     vs. Thomas    Loss
Win   Aigner     vs. Rihel     Loss



THE TEAMS

University of Texas at Dallas (9-3)
1. Yury Shulman 2646 
2. Marcin Kaminski 2492 
3. Andrei Zaremba 2396 
4. Andrew Whatley 2339 
5. Dennis Rylander 2321 
6. David John 2268 

University of Maryland - Baltimore County (9-3)
1. Aleks Wojtkiewicz 2670
2. Eugene Perelshteyn 2522
3. William Morrison 2412
4. Battetseg Tsagaan 2223
5. Judah Brownstein 2032

Stanford University  (5½-6½)
1. Jacob Chudnovsky 2392
2. Philip Wang 2376
3. Ryan Porter 2302
4. Michael Aigner 2302

Harvard University  (½-10½)
1. Marc Esserman 2229
2. Daniel Benjamin 2278
3. Daniel Thomas 2214
4. Jason Rihel 1812
5. Lu Yin 1822



AGGREGATE STANDINGS

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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  |                                 | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | ALEKS WOJTKIEWICZ               |2.5  |D   4|W  17|W   7|  MD  2663  2666   UMBC 1
    2 | EUGENE PERELSHTEYN              |2.5  |W  10|W  16|D   3|  MA  2515  2523   UMBC 2
    3 | MARCIN KAMINSKI                 |2.0  |D  16|W  10|D   2|  TX  2502  2504   UTD  2
    4 | JACOB CHUDNOVSKY                |2.0  |D   1|D   7|W  17|  MA  2399  2413   STAN 1
    5 | WILLIAM MORRISON                |2.0  |W   9|W  18|L   8|  MD  2406  2407   UMBC 3
    6 | ANDREW WESLEY WHATLEY           |2.0  |W  18|U    |W  14|  TN  2323  2334   UTD  4
    7 | YURY SHULMAN                    |1.5  |W  17|D   4|L   1|  IL  2616  2607   UTD  1
    8 | ANDREI A ZAREMBA                |1.5  |U    |D   9|W   5|  PA  2373  2381   UTD  3
    9 | RYAN W PORTER                   |1.5  |L   5|D   8|W  18|  WA  2310  2312   STAN 3
   10 | PHILIP WANG                     |1.0  |L   2|L   3|W  16|  CA  2358  2354   STAN 2
   11 | DENNIS RYLANDER                 |1.0  |U    |W  12|U    |  TX  2317  2324   UTD  5
   12 | MICHAEL AIGNER                  |1.0  |L  14|L  11|W  19|  CA  2294  2278   STAN 4
   13 | DAVID C JOHN                    |1.0  |W  19|U    |U    |  TX  2273  2275   UTD  6
   14 | TSAGAAN BATTSETSEG              |1.0  |W  12|U    |L   6|  MD  2202  2207   UMBC 4
   15 | JUDAH S BROWNSTEIN              |1.0  |U    |W  20|U    |  VA  2049  2052   UMBC 5
   16 | DANIEL BENJAMIN                 |0.5  |D   3|L   2|L  10|  PA  2278  2273   HARV 2
   17 | MARC ESSERMAN                   |0.0  |L   7|L   1|L   4|  MA  2256  2248   HARV 1
   18 | DANIEL H THOMAS                 |0.0  |L   6|L   5|L   9|  AL  2203  2189   HARV 3
   19 | JASON RIHEL                     |0.0  |L  13|U    |L  12|  WV  1826  1822   HARV 4
   20 | LU YIN                          |0.0  |U    |L  15|U    |  MA  1780  1775   HARV 5




THE GAMES

[Event "Final Four Team Champ"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Perelshteyn, E."] [Black "Kaminski, M."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2502"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2002.07.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 a5 12. a4 b6 (12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b6 $11) 13. h3 (13. Ne2 $1 Ba6 14. c4) 13... Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rd8 $15 {Black clearly won the opening battle. It's hard for W to find moves} 15. Re4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 c5 17. Rf4 Ne7 18. Rg4 Ng6 $2 (18... Rg8 $17 {Black is clearly better}) 19. Ng5 Rd5 20. Re1 Ke7 21. Rg3 Bc8 22. Rf3 Be6 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. g3 h5 25. Kg2 Rhd8 26. Rfe3 h4 27. Re4 hxg3 28. fxg3 Rd1 29. R1e2 Rc1 30. h4 Rdd1 31. Be1 Ne7 32. Bf2 Nd5 33. Rc4 Nb4 34. h5 Rd5 $2 (34... Rh1) 35. Rg4 Nxc2 36. Rxg7 Nd4 37. h6 Rd8 38. h7 Rh8 39. Bxd4 cxd4 40. Rf2 (40. Rd2 Kxe5 41. Rxf7 Ke6 $11) 40... d3 41. Rgxf7 c5 42. R7f6+ Kxe5 43. R6f5+ Ke6 44. Rf6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "President's Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.07"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Shulman, Yury"] [Black "Wojtkiewicz, Alek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D12"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd2 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb4 12. Ke2 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. f4 a5 15. Bf3 Bb4 16. g4 Nb6 17. c5 Nc8 18. Rhc1 Ne7 19. Ra4 b6 20. cxb6 Rfb8 21. Rca1 Rxb6 22. Nd1 Bxd2 23. Kxd2 Rxb3 24. Rxa5 Rab8 25. Ra8 Kf8 26. Kc2 Nd7 27. Rxb8+ Rxb8 28. Nf2 Nc8 29. Nd3 Ke7 30. h4 Nd6 31. b3 Rh8 32. h5 gxh5 33. gxh5 Rb8 34. Ra6 Nf5 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. Kc3 Nxe3 37. Rc7 Nf5 38. Rxc6 Rxb3+ 39. Kd2 Nxd4 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Bd1 Nb6 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Bxb3 Nxb3+ 44. Kc3 Kxc7 45. Kxb3 Nd7 46. Kc3 Kd6 47. Kd4 f5 48. Ke3 Nf6 0-1 [Event "President's Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.07"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Zaremba, Andrei"] [Black "Morrison, William"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C68"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Nde2 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. a3 Bd6 13. f3 Rde8 14. Bf2 f6 15. Na4 Nf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 17. Kb1 Be6 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Bg3 Re7 21. Rd2 h5 22. Nc1 Bc5 23. Bf2 Bd6 24. Bg3 Rd7 25. Rhd1 Rhd8 26. Ne2 Bc4 27. Bxd6 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 cxd6 29. c4 Kc7 30. Kc2 b5 31. Kc3 Re7 32. Red2 bxc4 33. Kxc4 Re5 34. b4 a5 35. Rd4 g5 36. Kb3 h4 37. h3 axb4 38. axb4 Rb5 39. Kc3 Re5 40. Ra1 Kb6 41. Rad1 d5 42. exd5 cxd5 43. R1d2 Kc6 44. Ra2 Kb6 45. Ra5 Re3+ 46. Rd3 d4+ 47. Kc4 Rc8+ 48. Kxd4 Re2 49. Rc5 Rce8 50. Kc3 Rxg2 51. Rd6+ Kb7 52. Rxf6 Rg3 53. Kc4 Re7 54. Kb5 Rxh3 55. Rxg5 Rh1 56. Rh5 Rg7 57. Rfh6 Rhg1 58. f4 Rd1 59. Rxh4 Rd5+ 60. Kc4 Rf5 61. R6h5 Rgf7 62. Rxf5 Rxf5 63. Kd4 Kc6 64. Ke4 Rb5 1-0 [Event "President's Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.06"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Thomas, Daniel"] [Black "Morrison, William"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Rde1 a5 15. Qc3 a4 16. Bc5 Qg5+ 17. Nd2 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxg2 19. Rhg1 Qh3 20. Rg3 Qh6 21. Qe7 Bf5 22. Reg1 Bg6 23. Qc5 Qf4 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Rge3 Re6 26. Nf3 a3 27. Qd4 axb2+ 28. Kb1 Be4 29. Nd2 Bxc2+ 30. Kxc2 0-1 [Event "Final Four Team Champ"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Perelshteyn, E."] [Black "Benjamin, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2278"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2002.07.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qe1 Bd7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. a3 O-O 13. Qh4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bh6 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Nc4 b5 21. Ne3 Nf4 22. Ne2 Ne6 23. Qf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Kg7 25. Ref1 Bb7 26. Ng4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Rd6 h5 29. Nf6 Rd8 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31. Nxd7 Re8 32. Nc5 Bc6 33. b4 Ra8 34. Nb3 Rc8 35. c3 dxc3 36. Rc1 Be8 37. Nc5 a5 38. Rxc3 axb4 39. Ne6+ fxe6 40. Rxc8 Kf7 41. axb4 Ke7 42. Kf2 Bd7 43. Rc5 Kd6 44. Ke3 Bc6 45. d4 1-0 [Event "President's Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Chudnovsky, Jacob"] [Black "Shulman, Yury"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B44"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Nc4 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. c3 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 a6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rd1 f5 19. f3 Rhd8 20. Kf2 h5 21. g3 h4 22. g4 Kf6 23. Ke3 b5 24. Bd3 Ne7 25. Bxf5 Nxf5+ 26. gxf5 Kxf5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rg1 h3 29. Rg3 Rd1 30. Rxh3 Ra1 31. Rh5+ Ke6 32. f4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4 Rxa2 34. Re5+ Kf6 35. Re2 a5 36. h4 a4 37. Rf2 Kg6 38. Rg2+ Kh6 39. Rd2 f6 40. Ke3 a3 41. bxa3 Rxa3 42. Rd3 Kh5 43. Rd5+ Kxh4 44. Kf4 Rxc3 45. Rxb5 Rc1 46. Rf5 Rc6 47. Kf3 Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "President's Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.06"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Morrison, William"] [Black "Porter, Ryan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nge2 Nxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e6 13. f4 Qf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. d6 Qd8 16. Nb5 cxd6 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. Qb4 Kg8 19. Nxf7 Qf6 20. Rd8+ Kh7 1-0 [Event "President's Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.06"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"] [Black "Chudnovsky, Jacob"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D75"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Ne4 Bd7 11. Nbc3 Bc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 d4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Qd5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rfe8 18. e3 Rab8 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Rd1 Nxc5 21. Bf4 Nxb3 22. Bxb8 Nxa1 23. Bf4 Nc2 24. Rd2 Ne1 25. Kf1 c5 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Nc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final Four Team Champ"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Wang, P."] [Black "Perelshteyn, E."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2358"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2002.07.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. h3 Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nd4 dxc4 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxb7 Nbd7 13. Bxa8 Rxa8 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 d5 16. Rd1 Ne4 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 b5 21. Kg2 Kf7 22. Rdd1 Kf6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Kf2 Ke5 25. Ke3 Kd6 26. Kd2 e5 27. Kc2 e4 28. h4 exf3 29. exf3 e5 30. Rh1 d4 31. h5 g5 32. h6 b4 33. Raf1 Rxa2 34. Kb1 b3 35. f4 Nd3 36. Rh2 c3 37. fxg5 cxb2 38. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 39. Ka1 Ra2+ 40. Kb1 Ra7 0-1

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