 USCF 2008 WCL Grand Prix Standings
 World
Chess Live (WCL) is pleased to sponsor USCF's 2008 Grand Prix and 2008 Junior
Grand Prix. We're providing prize funds of $20,000 and $7,500 (in cash, merchandise,
and memberships), and will also be running Online Grand Prize Satellite events
throughout the year.
Over the years the success of the Grand Prix has proved an added attraction in luring visiting grandmaster to the notoriously tough U.S. tournament circuit - and this year, the World Chess Live GP is no different, with Filipino GM Mark Paragua taking the lead from Sergey Kudrin in the year-long race.
Paragua, 23, is one of his country's top players and is being sponsored by Filipino businessmen to tour in the U.S. Wins in a couple of monthly St. John's Masters at the Marshall, the Western Pacific Open and George Washington Open helped propel the young visiting grandmaster to the head of the pack over former leader Kudrin.
But Paragua is likely to extend his lead come the publication of the next GP list, following a big win in the Marshall Chess Club International (more details next month). Right now though, he's back home fighting for his place in the Philippines Olympiad squad -- but rest assured he will be back to the U.S. soon to do battle again for more GP points!
If you are a USCF member, be sure to register for your FREE six-month account
with WCL at www.worldchesslive.com/uscf
and play in the weekly and monthly USCF Quick-Rated prize tournaments, where
you too can also boost your over-the-board Grand Prix standings as the online
finals each month will award a maximum of 20 Grand Prix points (12 points for
first, 8 for second.).
As well as playing on WCL, you can also tune-in to our selection of Chess.FM's
popular weekly video shows featuring Joel Benjamin (Game of the Week), Larry
 Christiansen (Attack with LarryC), John Watson (Chess Talk) and Dan Heisman
(Ask The Renaissance Man).
Overall Standings
|
Name |
State |
GP Pts. |
| 1 |
GM |
Mark Paragua |
NY |
103.631 |
| 2 |
GM |
Sergey Kudrin |
CT |
96.167 |
| 3 |
GM |
Alexander Ivanov |
MA |
94.467 |
| 4 |
IM |
Jay Bonin |
NY |
80.700 |
| 5 |
IM |
Alex Lenderman |
NY |
77.766 |
| 6 |
FM |
Raymond Kaufman |
MD |
71.500 |
| 7 |
GM |
Alex Yermolinsky |
SD |
69.747 |
| 8 |
GM |
Melikset Khachiyan |
CA |
69.000 |
| 9 |
GM |
Alexander Shabalov |
PA |
65.133 |
| 10 |
IM |
Dean Ippolito |
NJ |
63.867 |
| 11 |
IM |
Joshua Friedel |
NH |
58.500 |
| 12 |
GM |
Julio Becerra |
FL |
55.600 |
Junior Categories: Standings
| Players born between 1985 and 1987 inclusive: |
|
Name |
State |
GP Pts. |
1 |
IM |
Joshua Friedel |
NH |
58.500 |
2 |
GM |
Hikaru Nakamura |
NY |
54.714 |
3 |
IM |
Mesgen Amanov |
OH |
54.267 |
|
|
|
|
| Players born between 1988 and 1990 inclusive: |
|
Name |
State |
GP Pts. |
1 |
IM |
Alex Lenderman |
NY |
77.766 |
2 |
GM |
Alejandro Ramirez |
TX |
40.000 |
3 |
FM |
Kazim Gulamali |
GA |
37.517 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Players born between 1991 and 1992 inclusive: |
|
Name |
State |
GP Pts. |
1 |
FM |
Daniel Yeager |
PA |
29.500 |
2 |
IM |
Robert Hess |
NY |
28.800 |
3 |
|
Warren Harper |
TX |
26.000 |
|
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|
|
|
|
| Players born between 1993 and 1994 inclusive: |
|
Name |
State |
GP Pts. |
1 |
FM |
Ray Robson |
FL |
29.267 |
2 |
|
Steven Zierk |
CA |
21.250 |
3 |
|
Conrad Holt |
KS |
20.000 |
|
|
| Players born 1995 and after: |
|
|
|
Name |
State |
GP Pts. |
1 |
FM |
Daniel Naroditsky |
CA |
26.250 |
2 |
|
Aquino Inigo |
CAN |
10.000 |
3 |
|
Amador V Delamerced |
OH |
8.000 |
Senior Categories: Standings
| Players born 1943 and before: |
|
|
|
Name |
State |
GP Pts. |
1 |
FM |
Alex Dunne |
PA |
10.000 |
2 |
|
Klaus Pohl |
SC |
8.417 |
3-4 |
|
Denis Strenzwilk |
MD |
8.000 |
3-4 |
FM |
John Curdo |
MA |
8.000 |
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