{"id":1386,"date":"2020-02-24T02:27:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T02:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vassar-chadwick.com\/club\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2020-02-24T02:27:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T02:27:04","slug":"vassar-chadwick-at-usate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vassar-chadwick.com\/club\/vassar-chadwick-at-usate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vassar-Chadwick at USATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why is Valentine’s Day the most important holiday for a chess player? Because it means it is USATE time again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year our club fielded two teams (members listed in board order):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vassar-Chadwick AAAA, consisting of Robert Sulman, Mark Courtney, Al Lawrence, and Dr. Craig Fisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vassar-Chadwick Earth Wind and Skewer (this wins the unofficial best Vassar-Chadwick themed name), consisting of Ernie Johnson, Peter Barkman, Bob Simmons, and Darius Jafary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team AAAA had an average rating of 2023 and finished with 3 points, while EWaS had an average rating of 1838 and finished with 4 points. It appears AAAA did not play the last round; anyone who has played in USATE well understands the pull of home after 5 long and stressful rounds packed into 3 long days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the individual level, team AAAA: Sulman and Fisher ended with 3.5 points, Courtney had 3 and Lawrence ended with 2.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team EWaS: Johnson, Barkman and Jafary all had 3 points, while the star of the team, Simmons, ended with 5 points! If only the Vikings were as good as their biggest fan…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Wall Chart HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USCF Rating Crosstable HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who were there, please share your games. So far I have one game from Ernie, but what a game it is – a last round draw against IM Eugene Meyer! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Event “USATE 2020”]
[Date “2020.2.17”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Johnson, Ernest”]
[Black “Meyer, Eugene”]
[Result “1\/2-1\/2”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Nge2 a6 8.O-O Rb8 9.a4 c6 10.b4 a5 11.b5 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Be3 Nfd7 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Rad1 Qe8 16.Nd5 f5 17.f4 Ng4 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Nc7 Qf7 21.e5 Ne4 22.Kh2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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