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  1. US Chess League quarterfinals: San Francisco 3.5, Arizona 0.5. Kudos to Vinay, Danya and Yian for winning. Next week against Miami!
  2. Watch GM Larry Christiansen analyze the Van Wely vs Zierk game at ICC ChessFM. http://tinyurl.com/yhh9pzt Enter your ICC username/password.
  3. Stunning upset from Reno: FM Zierk defeats GM Van Wely with black!
  4. The SF Mechanics beat Queens Pioneers this week by 3:1 with Donaldson, Naroditsky and Young victorious. 3rd place in West, tied for 2nd.
  5. Make that 8 Bay Area kids! USCF officials just confirmed that they overlooked Samuel Sevian for the All-America team. That is now corrected.
  6. 7 Bay Area kids make 2010 All-America Team: IM Shankland, FM Zierk, FM Naroditsky, NM Young, NM Liou, Tanuj Vasudeva and Cameron Wheeler!
  7. 191 advance registrations for Reno. Based on past years, final attendance should top out around 275. http://tinyurl.com/yhbn9wr Good luck!
  8. Must have for ICC addicts! Nakamura's new book "Bullet Chess: One Minute to Mate" is now available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ykydqxb
  9. IM Shankland is leading at the First Saturday in Budapest, Hungary. He is leading with 5.5/8, but unfortunately a norm appears out of reach.
  10. Congratulations to GM-elect Ray Robson! He earned his third and final norm by winning the Pan American youth.
  11. Magnus Carlsen won the Nanjing tournament to reach 2801 FIDE, becoming the 5th player ever to break 2800. http://chess.liverating.org/
  12. Kudos to 7 year old Rayan Taghizadeh for earning the bronze medal for Under-8 at the North American Youth Chess Championship in Mexico.
  13. October Top 100 lists! Shanky #2 age17, Greg #2 age14, Danya #1 age13, Yian #2 age12, Sevian #1 age8, Tanuj #3 age8. http://tiny.cc/IXzKS
  14. RIP Jerry Hanken. Make sure to offer God pawn and move odds in Heaven! http://main.uschess.org/con...
  15. The Mechanics lost to New York tonight by 3-1. Bright spot was Yian Liou's draw with Yaacov Norowitz (2402). Yian has 4.0/5 for 2540 perf!!
  16. Holy Batman! Bay Area GM Vinay Bhat won his last game to tie for 1st place with GM Eugene Perelshteyn and GM-elect Ben Finegold. Way to go!!
  17. Congratulations to GM-elect Ben Finegold and IM-elect Daniel Rensch! Both earned their final norm at the SPICE Cup in Lubbock, Texas.
  18. 12 y/o NM Yian Liou was worse vs IM Pasalic, but prevailed when black walked into a mating web in time pressure. 3.5/4, 2550+ performance!
  19. An ugly night in US Chess League saw San Francisco prevail by 2.5-1.5 over Chicago. GM Kraai won a drawn rook endgame for the final margin.
  20. Rest in Peace Jay Blem, distinguished Southern California TD and bookseller. He was a great all around guy who will be missed by many.