Season 5 Roster

Hello all! We're about to start Season 5 of the US Chess League with the Baltimore Kingfishers. Let's start with this year's team roster:

(Sept. 2008 Rating) [Current Rating]

1. GM Leonid Kritz (2666) [2654]
   
2. GM Sergey Erenburg (2621) [2614]
   
3. IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2439) [2430]
   
4. GM Larry Kaufman (2424) [2444]
   
5. WGM Sabina-Francesca Foisor (2404) [2390]
   
6. FM Ralph Zimmer (2332) [2282]
   
7. FM Shinsaku Uesugi (2298) [2354]
   
8. WIM Tsagaan Battsetseg (2256) [2265]
   
9. Jared Defibaugh (2143) [2155]
   

Alternates:

1. IM Ray Kaufman (2344) [2297]
   
2. Ian Harris (2076) [2172]
   

Congratulations to returning members Senior World Champion(!) GM Larry Kaufman, IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat, and IM Ray Kaufman for earning their titles in the off-season!

Let's also welcome new Kingfishers GM Leonid Kritz, WGM Sabina Foisor, and FM Shinsaku Uesugi!

Baltimore is now one of three teams to include 3 GM's in the roster (San Francisco has 4 and New York has 3), and GM Larry Kaufman could even play on Board 3! That could go a long way to eliminating what was last year's biggest weakness (1.5/10 on Board 3).