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UMBC Championship

The UMBC Championship (20 moves/1 hr + SD/1 hr), held this weekend, saw a 5-way (!) tie for first place with IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat, WGM Sabina-Francesca Foisor, FM Shinsaku Uesugi, NM Adithya Balasubramanian, and Christopher Ventura all scoring 4.0/5. Only WGM Foisor did it by scoring 4 wins, but IM Enkhbat held the best tie-breakers to take the tournament victory. NM Adithya Balasubramanian had the 2nd best tie-breakers, so he took the title of UMBC Student Chess Champion.

The field also included Kingfishers members Ian Harris (3.5/5), WIM Tsagaan Battsetseg (3.0/5), and Jared Defibaugh (2.5/5).

Thanks to the Maryland Chess Association, especially TDs Wilbert Brown and Sathish Nath, for helping to run the tournament. Check out the crosstable here.

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Week 2 Photos

Perfect environment for serious chess

That's me, the TD, set up to follow the match

Getting FM Shinsaku Uesugi online

GM Sergey Erenburg playing Board 1

IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat playing Board 2

FM Shinsaku Uesugi playing Board 3

WIM Tsagaan Battsetseg playing Board 4

Ian Harris comes to support the team

Kingfishers quite satisfied with a drawn match!

Photographs taken by Masako Uesugi, mother of Shinsaku.