2012 President's Cup
3/31/2012 - 4/1/2012
Herndon, VA


SCORE BY GAME POINTS
      11 22 33 44   SCORE
TTU   xx 2  2  4    8 - 4
UTD   2  xx 2  3½   7½- 4½
UMBC  2  2  xx 3½   7½- 4½
NYU   0   ½  ½ xx   1 -11


ROUND 1

TTU (2) VS. UMBC (2)
Draw  Meier       vs. Kritz           Draw
Draw  Moradiabadi vs. Margvelashvili  Draw
Draw  Bykhovsky   vs. Kaplan          Draw
Draw  Diamant     vs. Foisor          Draw

UTD (3½) VS. NYU (½)
Draw  Yotov       vs. Quan            Draw
Win   Holt        vs. Shvartsman      Loss
Win   Pavlovic    vs. Rosenberg       Loss
Win   Bercys      vs. Cameron         Loss


ROUND 2

TTU (4) vs. NYU (0)
Win   Meier       vs. Quan            Loss
Win   Moradiabadi vs. Shvartsman      Loss
Win   Bykhovsky   vs. Rosenberg       Loss
Win   Boros       vs. Cameron         Loss

UTD (2) vs. UMBC (2)
Draw  Yotov       vs. Kritz           Draw
Loss  Chirila     vs. Margvelashvili  Win
Draw  Sadorra     vs. Kaplan          Draw
Win   Holt        vs. Bala            Loss


ROUND 3

TTU (2) vs. UTD (2)
Draw  Meier          vs. Yotov        Draw
Draw  Moradiabadi    vs. Chirila      Draw
Draw  Bykhovsky      vs. Sadorra      Draw
Draw  Diamant        vs. Holt         Draw

UMBC (3½) vs. NYU (½)
Win   Kritz          vs. Quan         Loss
Win   Margvelashvili vs. Shvartsman   Loss
Draw  Kaplan         vs. Rosenberg    Draw
Win   Foisor         vs. Cameron      Loss



THE TEAMS

Texas Tech  (8-4)
1) Georg Meier
2) Elshan Moradiabadi
3) Anatoly Bykhovsky
4) Andre Diamant
First ALT: Denes Boros
Second ALT: Vitaly Neimer

UT Dallas  (7½-4½)
1) Valentin Yotov
2) Cristian Chirila
3) Julio Sadorra
4) Conrad Holt
First ALT: Milos Pavlovic
Second ALT: Salvijus Bercys

UMBC  (7½-4½)
1) Leonid Kritz
2) Giorgi Margvelashvili
3) Sasha Kaplan
4) Sabina Foisor
First ALT: ADITHYA BALA  known then as Adithya Balasubramanian
Second ALT: BENJAMIN W KRAUSE  

NYU (1-11)
1) Zhe Quan
2) Andrew Shvartsman
3) Evan Rosenberg
4) Kyle Cameron


AGGREGATE STANDINGS

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 Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round| 
 Num  |                                 | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  | 
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    1 | CONRAD HOLT                     |2.5  |W  20|W  19|D  13|  KS  2603  2607  UTD 4
    2 | GIORGI MARGVELASHVILI           |2.5  |D   6|W  15|W  20|      2575  2587  UMBC 2
    3 | GEORG MEIER                     |2.0  |D   4|W  16|D   7|  TX  2697  2698  TTU 1
    4 | LEONID KRITZ                    |2.0  |D   3|D   7|W  16|  MA  2660  2664  UMBC 1
    5 | ANATOLY BYKHOVSKY               |2.0  |D   8|W  17|D  10|  IL  2640  2636  TTU 3
    6 | ELSHAN MORADIABADI              |2.0  |D   2|W  20|D  15|  NC  2637  2636  TTU 2
    7 | VALENTIN LYUBOMIROV YOTOV       |1.5  |D  16|D   4|D   3|  NY  2620  2619  UTD 1
    8 | SASHA KAPLAN                    |1.5  |D   5|D  10|D  17|      2440  2445  UMBC 3
    9 | MS. SABINA-FRANCESCA FOISOR     |1.5  |D  13|U    |W  22|  KY  2417  2420  UMBC 4
   10 | JULIO C SADORRA                 |1.0  |U    |D   8|D   5|  TX  2598  2595  UTD 3
   11 | DENES BOROS                     |1.0  |U    |W  22|U    |      2531  2532  TTU 5
   12 | MILOS M PAVLOVIC                |1.0  |W  17|U    |U    |  TX  2515  2518  UTD 5
   13 | ANDRE DIAMANT                   |1.0  |D   9|U    |D   1|      2516  2515  TTU 4
   14 | SALVIJUS BERCYS                 |1.0  |W  22|U    |U    |  NY  2479  2480  UTD 6
   15 | IOAN CHIRILA                    |0.5  |U    |L   2|D   6|  MO  2573  2567  UTD 2
   16 | ZHE QUAN                        |0.5  |D   7|L   3|L   4|  UT  2456  2452  NYU 1
   17 | EVAN S ROSENBERG                |0.5  |L  12|L   5|D   8|  NY  2240  2241  NYU 3
   18 | VITALY NEIMER                   |0.0  |U    |U    |U    |  MO  2406  2406  TTU 6
   19 | ADITHYA BALA                    |0.0  |U    |L   1|U    |  FL  2356  2353  UMBC 5
   20 | ANDREW NATHANIEL SHVARTSMAN     |0.0  |L   1|L   6|L   2|  NJ  2346  2337  NYU 2
   21 | BENJAMIN W KRAUSE               |0.0  |U    |U    |U    |  MD  2267  2267  UMBC 6
   22 | KYLE BENJAMIN CAMERON           |0.0  |L  14|L  11|L   9|  PA  1863  1861  NYU 4


THE GAMES

[Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.04.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Cameron, Kyle B"] [Black "Foisor, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [BlackElo "2361"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "NYU"] [BlackTeam "UMBC"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Ng3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 Qc7 10. Ng5 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. N5e4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. f5 O-O-O 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 c4 17. dxc4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Bxc1 Rd4 21. c5 Rc4 22. Be3 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Ne2 Rxc2 0-1 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.04.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Diamant, A."] [Black "Holt, C."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2504"] [BlackElo "2499"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Texas Tech Uni"] [BlackTeam "UT Dallas"] 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Bf6 13. Bc3 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Rad1 d4 20. Bd2 Bxa2 21. Qe4 g6 22. Qf4 Qc5 23. Rc1 Qf8 24. Qg3 Qg7 25. f4 Be6 26. Be4 Bf5 27. Bd5 Red8 28. Qf3 d3 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. b4 Qf8 31. Rxc6 Rxb4 32. e6 Bxe6 33. Rcxe6 fxe6 34. Qg4 Rb6 35. Qxg6+ Qg7 36. Qh5 Rb2 37. Rxe6 Rb6 38. Re3 Rg6 39. Qf3 Qa1+ 40. Re1 Qb2 41. Qf2 Qd4 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Rxd8 Qxd8 44. Qxa7+ Kg8 45. Qa2+ Kh7 46. Qf7+ Rg7 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qe5 Qb6+ 49. Kf1 Qc6 50. Bc3 Qxg2+ 51. Ke1 Qg1+ 52. Kd2 Qxh2+ 53. Kxd3 Qg3+ 54. Ke2 Qg4+ 55. Ke1 Qg1+ 56. Ke2 Qg2+ 57. Ke1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.04.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Iotov, V."] [Black "Meier, Geo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Bb1 Nf8 17. Nh5 d3 18. Bxd3 Bd7 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. Rc4 g6 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Be4 Nd7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd4 Qb7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc1 Rd5 28. b3 Qd7 29. h3 Bc5 30. Kh2 Bb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.04.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Kaplan, S."] [Black "Rosenberg, E."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2405"] [BlackElo "2161"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 h5 6. Nc3 Nd4 7. e3 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nh6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bc6+ Kf8 14. Qd3 Rxb2 15. Rab1 Rb6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nf5 18. c5 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Bxd4 20. c6 Bb6 21. Qc3 Nd4 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. a4 h4 24. a5 h3+ 25. Kh1 Bc5 26. Rb7 f6 27. Be3 Rh5 28. Qc4 Re5 29. Bg8 Qe8 30. Bd5 Nxc6 31. Rb1 Nxa5 32. Qa2 Bb6 33. Bxb6 axb6 34. f4 Re3 35. Qd2 Ra3 36. Re1 e5 37. Qb4 Ra4 38. Qxd6 Rd4 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Rf1 Kh6 41. g4 Rf4 42. g5+ Kh7 43. Re1 Rf5 44. Qxb6 Qf8 45. Qc7+ Kh8 46. Qc1 Qd8 47. Be4 Rf4 48. Rd1 Qxg5 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qc7+ Kh6 51. Rg1 Rg4 52. Rg3 Rxg3 53. hxg3 Nb3 54. Qf7 Qxg3 55. Qf8+ Kg5 56. Qe7+ Kf4 57. Bb7 Nd4 58. Qf7+ Ke3 59. Qf1 e4 60. Bxe4 Kxe4 61. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.04.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Kritz, L."] [Black "Quan Zhe"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2427"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. f4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. Bf2 Bxc5 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. c3 f6 11. Na3 fxe5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. fxe5 Qe3+ 14. Qxe3 Nxe3 15. Kd2 Ng4 16. Re1 Ke7 17. Bd3 Nf2 18. Rhg1 Nxd3 19. Kxd3 b6 20. Nc2 Nc5+ 21. Ke3 a5 22. Ncd4 Ba6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rgd1 Rhf8 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Ne4 27. Rh1 Rf7 28. Rh4 Ng3 29. Rg4 Nxh5 30. Rh1 g6 31. Rxg6 Nf4 32. Rhxh6 Nxg6 33. Rxg6 Kd7 34. Rxe6 Kc7 35. g4 Rg8 36. Rc6+ Kb7 37. g5 Bf1 38. Rf6 Rh7 39. Kf4 Bd3 40. e6 Rgg7 41. Nf5 Bxf5 42. Kxf5 Kc6 43. Rf8 1-0 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.04.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Moradiabadi, E."] [Black "Chirila, I."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2539"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Texas Tech Uni"] [BlackTeam "UT Dallas"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Na3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Ne1 a4 15. Nf3 Nb8 16. Nd2 c6 17. b4 axb3 18. Qxb3 b5 19. Ra1 Ra4 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Rfb1 Na6 22. Qd1 Ra5 23. Nb3 Ra4 24. Nd2 Ra5 25. Nb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.04.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Sadorra, J."] [Black "Bykhovsky, An ISR"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2532"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 c5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. h4 Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. h5 Qe7 19. Ng5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. hxg6+ Kg8 24. Qh5 Rfd8 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. Qh7 Kxf7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxe6 Qxd4 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qf5+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.04.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Shvartsman, A."] [Black "Margvelashvili, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2261"] [BlackElo "2547"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "NYU"] [BlackTeam "UMBC"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Bh7 9. Rc1 Nf5 10. c4 Be7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. a3 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 a5 16. Ne1 Nb6 17. Bd3 Bg5 18. Rf3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Nc4 20. Re1 a4 21. Nbc1 Nd2 22. Rf2 Ne4 23. Rc2 f6 24. g3 h5 25. h4 Bh6 26. Kh2 O-O 27. Nf4 fxe5 28. dxe5 Rf5 29. Ncd3 Re8 30. Kh3 Kh7 31. Rg2 c5 32. Nxd5 c4 33. N3f4 Rfxe5 34. Rc2 b5 35. Rd1 g6 36. Nc7 R8e7 37. Ncd5 Rb7 38. Nb4 g5 39. Rd5 g4+ 40. Kg2 Bxf4 41. exf4 Rxd5 42. Nxd5 Rd7 43. Ne3 Rd3 44. Nf1 Rb3 45. Re2 Nd6 46. Ne3 Kg7 47. Kf2 c3 48. bxc3 Rxc3 49. Nd5 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 Nf5 51. Re5 Rxg3+ 52. Kf2 Rf3+ 53. Ke1 Ng3 54. Ne3 b4 55. axb4 Rxf4 56. Rb5 Rf3 57. Nc2 Rc3 58. Kd1 Ne4 59. Re5 Nf6 60. Kc1 Rb3 61. Rg5+ Kf7 62. Rf5 g3 63. b5 g2 0-1 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Adithya, B."] [Black "Holt, C."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2233"] [BlackElo "2499"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "UMBC"] [BlackTeam "UT Dallas"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bc5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. c4 c5 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. Bf4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. a4 Bc6 14. Nd2 dxc4 15. dxc4 Nd7 16. Qg3 g6 17. Nb3 f6 18. h5 g5 19. h6 Qb6 20. Bh5+ Kd8 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kc7 24. Qg3+ e5 25. Bf7 Rhf8 26. Bd5 Qb4+ 27. Kf1 Rf4 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rc1 Raf8 30. Rc2 Rf3 31. gxf3 Qxb3 32. Rc1 d3 33. Kg2 d2 34. Rcd1 Qxc4 35. Qh4 Rg8+ 36. Kh3 Qe6+ 37. Kh2 Rg6 38. Qb4 Qf5 39. Qh4 Rg5 40. Qe4 Qf6 41. Qxh7 Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Bykhovsky, An ISR"] [Black "Rosenberg, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2161"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qb6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bg3 g4 16. Nh4 Qh5 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Be2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Nf3 Qa4 25. Rxd5 Qxa2 26. Rb5 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 b6 28. Rh5 Bf8 29. Bf4 Ne7 30. Nh4 Qd1 31. Qg3+ Ng6 32. Rf5 Qd7 33. Nxg6 fxg6 34. Qxg6+ Bg7 35. Bxh6 Qc7+ 36. g3 Rd8 37. Qe6+ 1-0 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Cameron, Kyle B"] [Black "Boros, De"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [BlackElo "2487"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "NYU"] [BlackTeam "Texas Tech Uni"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. g3 d5 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Kh1 g6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Nd1 h5 15. Qf2 Nd4 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Ba5 Nc6 18. Bd2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rg1 b4 21. d4 Na4 22. Nd1 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb8 24. Bf1 Qb7 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rb1 28. Nf2 Rb2 29. Ree1 cxd4 30. Nd1 Rxa2 31. cxd4 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Rxd2 33. Nb3 Ra2 34. Nxa5 Bb4 35. Nb7 Bxe1 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Rxe1 Ra1 38. Rf1 Nc3 39. Ne3 Rha8 40. Kg1 R8a2 41. Nc8+ Kf8 42. Nd6 Ne2+ 43. Kh1 d4 0-1 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Iotov, V."] [Black "Kritz, L."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Nf4 Re8 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. e3 g5 16. Nd3 dxc4 17. Qxc4 g4 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Nd2 20. Qa4 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 Qe7 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Rc3 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Qd7 25. Qc2 Rc7 26. Ne5 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Qb7 28. c4 Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Margvelashvili, G."] [Black "Chirila, I."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2547"] [BlackElo "2539"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "UMBC"] [BlackTeam "UT Dallas"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Re1 g5 10. e4 f4 11. c4 Na6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nh5 15. e5 Qb6 16. a3 Na6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. c5 Qxc5 19. Qd3 Nc7 20. Rac1 Qb5 21. Qc2 fxg3 22. hxg3 Ne6 23. exd6 exd6 24. Nc4 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Bxg7 Nhxg7 27. Nxd6 Rd5 28. Nc4 Re8 29. Nfe5 Nd4 30. Bxd5+ cxd5 31. Nd2 Bb5 32. Rc5 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Rxe5 34. Rxb5 Ne6 35. Nf3 N2d4 1-0 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Meier, Geo"] [Black "Quan Zhe"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2427"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O a6 9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 h6 11. Nf3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. h4 b5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. g3 Nb6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nf4 Rg8 19. Qe2 c4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Qc2 Rb6 23. Rxb6 Qxb6 24. Rb1 Qa6 25. h5 g5 26. Ne2 Rh8 27. Nh2 Kd8 28. f4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 a4 30. Ng4 Ne7 31. Ne3 Bg7 32. Kg2 a3 33. Qc1 Nc6 34. Ng4 f6 35. Bxh6 Bxh6 36. Nxh6 Rf8 37. Nf4 Re8 38. exf6 Nxf6 39. Nf7+ Kd7 40. h6 Re7 41. Ng5 Qa8 42. Ng6 Re8 43. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Sadorra, J."] [Black "Kaplan, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2405"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 a6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. h3 Rc8 15. g4 Ba5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Bc2 c5 18. e5 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qb3 Nb6 23. Nd4 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Bxb4 25. Nf5 Rc2 26. a5 Nc4 27. Rxd5 Rd2 28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. exd6 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Bxe1 32. Kf1 Bxa5 33. Ke2 f6 34. d7 Kf7 35. Bd6 g6 36. Bb4 Bd8 37. Bd2 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Kg3 f5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Shvartsman, A."] [Black "Moradiabadi, E."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2261"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "NYU"] [BlackTeam "Texas Tech Uni"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Qh5 O-O 15. Rae1 Nf5 16. Nxf7 Qf6 17. Rf4 Bd7 18. g4 Qxf7 19. Qxf7+ Rxf7 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Re7 Rc8 23. Bb5 Kf8 24. Re3 g6 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Re8 27. Rb3 b6 28. Rf3+ Ke7 29. b4 Kd7 30. Rf6 g5 31. Rxh6 Re5 32. Rh7+ Kc8 33. Rh8+ Kb7 34. Rh5 Rxd5 35. Kg2 Kc6 36. a4 a6 37. f3 b5 38. axb5+ axb5 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Kf2 Re5 41. Kg3 Kd5 42. Kg4 c5 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Rh8 b4 45. f4 gxf4 46. Kxf4 Re1 47. Rd8+ Kc4 48. h4 b3 49. Rb8 Kc3 50. h5 b2 0-1 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Bercys, S."] [Black "Cameron, Kyle B"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2438"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "UT Dallas"] [BlackTeam "NYU"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Bxc3 h6 10. e4 b6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qe4 Nc7 13. Bd3 g6 14. h4 Kh7 15. h5 Rg8 16. Qf4 Qf8 17. Ng5+ 1-0 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Diamant, A."] [Black "Foisor, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2504"] [BlackElo "2361"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Texas Tech Uni"] [BlackTeam "UMBC"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4 Ne7 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Bd2 Nf5 19. Rae1 Rac8 20. Re5 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 Qc6 22. Qh3 a6 23. R5e2 Qb6 24. Bc1 Nd5 25. Kh1 Nfe3 26. Qf3 Qf6 27. g3 g5 28. Bxe3 Nxe3 29. Rf2 g4 30. Qxb7 Rb8 31. Qe4 g6 32. c3 Re8 33. Qxd4 Qc6+ 34. Kg1 Rbd8 35. Rxe3 Rxd4 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. cxd4 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. Be2 f5 40. b3 Kf8 41. a4 Qc3 42. Bc4 Qxd4 43. Re2 Qc3 44. Kg1 Kg7 45. Re6 Qd4+ 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Re2 Qd4 48. Re6 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Holt, C."] [Black "Shvartsman, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2499"] [BlackElo "2261"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "UT Dallas"] [BlackTeam "NYU"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 a5 9. Nh2 Na6 10. Be2 Nc5 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Qh4 14. Be3 h5 15. Kd2 hxg4 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Nh4 c6 18. f3 Rb8 19. fxg4 b5 20. g5 Qe7 21. Qh5 b4 22. Qh7+ Kxh7 23. Nf5+ Bh6 24. Rxh6+ Kg8 25. Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Bxc5 bxc3+ 27. Kxc3 dxc5 28. Rah1 1-0 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Kaplan, S."] [Black "Bykhovsky, An ISR"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2405"] [BlackElo "2532"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 dxe5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Qc2 e4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qc3+ Qf6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Rac1 Nhf7 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 g5 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Nd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4+ Rxd4 24. Nf1 Rxf4 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Rc3 c6 27. Rd3 a5 28. Nd2 a4 29. c5 axb3 30. axb3 Ra3 31. Rde3 Ra2 32. Nc4 Bd7 33. Rd3 Be8 34. Rde3 Ra8 35. Nb6 Rd8 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Nd7+ Kg7 38. Rxe8 Rb4 39. Re3 f4 40. Rd3 Kg6 41. Kf2 Kf5 42. Bf3 Ng5 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bg2 Nd4 45. Nb6 Nxb3 46. Rc3 Kg4 47. Nd7 Nd4 48. Ne5+ Kf5 49. Nd3 Ra4 50. Nc1 Rb4 51. Nd3 Ra4 52. Nc1 Kg4 53. Ne2 Ra2 54. Bf3+ Kxh4 55. Rc1 Kg5 56. Rb1 Nxe2 57. Bxe2 Rc2 58. Rxb7 Rxc5 59. Rxh7 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Kritz, L."] [Black "Meier, Geo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Be3 e5 14. O-O-O exd4 15. Bxd4 Nf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Moradiabadi, E."] [Black "Margvelashvili, G."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A61"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2547"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Texas Tech Uni"] [BlackTeam "UMBC"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Bf4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne8 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. a5 Ne5 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Quan Zhe"] [Black "Iotov, V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2427"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Nf5 Be5 16. Bc3 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Final 4 of College Chess 2012"] [Site "Herndon USA"] [Date "2012.03.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Rosenberg, E."] [Black "Pavlovic, MilosM"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D83"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "2478"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2012.03.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 908"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.02"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 Rc8 10. Nf3 Qa2 11. Qc2 c5 12. e4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxc8+ Bxc8 15. Rxc8+ Kg7 16. Bxb8 Qb1+ 17. Kd2 Rxb8 18. Rxb8 Qxb2+ 19. Kd1 Qb3+ 20. Kc1 Qxa3+ 21. Kb1 Qb3+ 22. Kc1 Qc3+ 23. Kb1 d3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 25. Ka1 Qxe4 0-1

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