2002 National Chess Congress

Standings
Open
U2200u
U2000u
U1800u
U1600u
U1400u
U1200u
U1000
U800 
U600
Unrated

Final Team Standings

FIDE Ratings
Performances

Photos

Pairings - Open
Rd 1
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Rd 6

Past Years
1998
1999
2000
2001

Games
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998


This is the 33rd Annual National Chess Congress. It is organized and directed by the Continental Chess Association.

Here is the CCA webpage

5-1 was the magical score in the Open this year. Finishing in a large tie at the top were GMs
Igor Novikov, Leonid Yudasin, Alex Shabalov, Alex Stripunsky, Gennadi Zaitshik, 

71 games are posted and it is the FINAL pgn file

Team Tournament Final Standings are below.

New York's Lev Milman had quite a tournament! He defeated GM Maurice Ashley in rd 3, drew with GM Alex Onischuk in Rd 4 and defeated GM Ildar Ibragimov in Rd 5. He played GM Alex Shabalov in the final round, with a win giving him clear first after Ziatshik and Goldin drew. He ran into the Shabalov buzzsaw and couldn't pull out what would have been one of the more memorable performances in recent US chess history. Still, nothing to be ashamed of!!

WGM  Zhao Qin Peng is also having a great tournament having drawn GM Shabalov and just defeated GM Alex Fishbein to stand at 4-1.

Round 6 pairings are posted here for the Open

Performance ratings are now posted
Section Winners Performance
Ratings
Open Igor Novikov, Leonid Yudasin, Alex Shabalov, Alex Stripunsky, Gennadi Zaitshik, Open
U 2200 Michael Katz + Alex Zelner      5.5-.5 U2200
U 2000 Marajudin Daftani    5.5 U2000
U 1800 Jacqueline Guglielmi   5.5 U1800
U 1600 Dan Wright    5.5 U1600
U 1400 Hector J Torres   5.5 U1400
U 1200 Jason  Sheltzer 5.5 U1200
U 1000 Riwan Ameen 6-0 U1000
U 800 David Gray  6-0 U800
U 600 Nikhail Kasarla 5-1, on tiebreaks over Brian Lam U600
Unrated Travis Hoskins 6-0 Unrated

Team Results
NameScore
1Intermediate School 229 X (1245.5)19.0
2Bell Oaks (805.5)17.0
3New York University (1490.5)16.5
4St. Francis Academy (1302.8)15.5
5Drexel University (1481.3)15.5
6Penn State UNiversity (1984.0)15.0
7Harrison (900.8)14.5
8Christian Brothers Academy (1243.5)14.5
9UMBC (2415.0)13.5
10Masterman School (1817.8)13.5
11Conestoga (1302.3)13.5
12Lakewood (1422.5)13.0
13Howard University (1293.5)12.0
14Hunter College Elementary School (1622.3)9.5
15City Magnet (1179.0)9.5
16CCA (0.0)9.5
17Public School 321 Brooklyn (684.0)5.5
18Globe Institute of Technology (2298.0)4.0


Lev Milman


WGM Peng Zhao Qin dreww with GM Onischuk in the final round.


GM Gennadi Zaitshik tied for 1st with 5-1
photos by Michael Atkins