2003 National Chess Congress

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
2002

Games
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998

Ibragimov and Novikov draw quickly in Rd 6 to finish at 5-1.

Here is the final games file, 70+ games, with some of the upsets and many of the really good games.

* - winner on tiebreak

Section	Winners	Performance Ratings
Premier	Ildar Ibragimov (1st), Igor Novikov	p.txt
U2200	Eugene Varshavsky 5.5	2200.txt
U2000	Michael Amori Sebastian Gueler Keith Thompson 5-1	2000.txt
U1800	Anatoly Tsinker 6-0	1800.txt
U1600	Steven Stepanian 6-0	1600.txt
U1400	James Lindo 5.5	1400.txt
U1200	John Bonjiorno 5.5 Alan Lu  5.5	1200.txt
U1000	Shinan Jin 5-1* Constantin Ivaschin	1000.txt
U800	Kathleen Zhua 6-0	800.txt
U600	Kenneth Hua  6-0	600.txt
Unrated	Michael Nithin 5.5 * Kazuya Uesugi 5.5	unr.txt

Team Results

1st - St Francis Prep
2nd - I.S. 229 Bronx
3rd - Howard University
4th - Masterman School
5th - Christian Brother's Academy

GM Igor Novikov, tied with GM Ibragimov for 1st place in the Premier Section

Women in the National Chess Congress

WGM Rusudan Goletiani

Iryna Zenyuk

 

Silvia Buervenich

GM Alex Stripunsky

photos by Michael Atkins - click on the photos for slightly larger images