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2009 State Singles Qualifiers and the Championship :

For question regarding the qualifiers and State Championship, please contact MACA Board Member Steve Frymer.
  • Qualifiers:

     1st Qualifier: Sept 28, 2008 - Fall Foliage Chess Fest - The Sage School, Foxboro

      Invitees
      Primary Open (Age 8 & Under): Henry Li (1089) of Acton
      Elementary Open (Age 11 & Under): Bary Lisak (1422) of Wayland
      Junior High Open (Age 14 & Under): Jacob Fauman (1865) of Newtonville
      High School Open: Richard Lunetta II (1784) of Burlington

      Results  Photos


     2nd Qualifier: November 09, 2008 - State Scholastic Championship/Spiegel Cup Qualifier #2 - BB&N School, Cambridge

      Invitees
      Primary Open (Age 8 & Under): Alex Fauman (1065) of Newtonville
      Elementary Open (Age 11 & Under): Charlie Fauman (1585) of Newtonville
      Junior High Open (Age 14 & Under): Darwin Ding (1777) of Lexington
      High School Open: Genesis Lung (1754) of Lexington

      Results


     3rd Qualifier: December 06, 2008 - State Scholastic Championship/Spiegel Cup Qualifier #3 - Holyoke Community College, Holyoke

      Invitees
      Primary Open (Age 8 & Under): Sathwik Karnik (885) of Plainville
      Elementary Open (Age 11 & Under): Grant Xu (1581) of Shrewsbury
      Junior High Open (Age 14 & Under): Vikas Shiva (1807) of Lexington
      High School Open: Larry Zhu (1673) of Wellesley


     4th Qualifier: January 18, 2009 - State Scholastic Championship/Spiegel Cup Qualifier #4 - Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham

      Invitees
      Primary Open (Age 8 & Under): Michael Isakov (941/04) of Sudbury
      Elementary Open (Age 11 & Under): Varun Palnati (1351) of Westford
      Junior High Open (Age 14 & Under): Richard Han (1569) of Newton
      High School Open (grades 9-12): Benjamin Smith (1843) of Melrose

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  • Spiegel Cup/Massachusetts State Championship: February 08, 2009, Metrowest Chess Club, Natick

      Invitation List

      Note: This is the official invitation list for the Championship. The invitations are issued to the winners of the four qualifiers and then to the top six players in each section on the basis of the official February 2009 USCF Rating Supplement.

      Your acceptance to the invitation won't be consider finalized until your registration fee is paid.
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      Primary (Age 8 & Under) Section:

      1. Henry Li (1089) of Acton: Q1 Winner, accepted invitation.
      2. Alex Fauman (1065) of Newtonville: Q2 Winner, accepted invitation.
      3. Michael Isakov (941/04) of Sudbury: Q4 Winner, accepted invitation.
      4. Sandeep Vadlamudi (920) of Sharon, accepted invitation.
      5. Sathwik Karnik (885) of Plainville: Q3 Winner, accepted invitation.
      5. Henry Friedlander (885) of Brookline, accepted invitation.
      7. Fynn Wennemyr (840) of Amherst, accepted invitation.
      8. Laurie Chen (834) of Concord, accepted invitation.
      9. Sandeep Shankar (833) of Sudbury, accepted invitation.
      10. Anton Barash (831) of Brighton, accepted invitation.

      Althernate: Jack Goldsmith (784) of Newton

      Elementary (Age 11 & Under) Section:

      1. Mika Brattain (1875) of Lexington, accepted invitation.
      2. Michelle Chen (1809) of Concord, accepted invitation.
      3. Danny Angermeier (1714) of Franklin, accepted invitation.
      4. Fangru Jiang (1690) of Chelmsford, accepted invitation.
      5. Jeffrey Yao (1685) of Lexington, accepted invitation.
      6. Nicholas Zhang (1673) of Lexington, accepted invitation.
      7. Charlie Fauman (1585) of Newtonville: Q2 Winner, accepted invitation.
      8. Grant Xu (1581) of Shrewsbury: Q3 Winner, accepted invitation.
      9. Bary Lisak (1422) of Wayland: Q1 Winner, accepted invitation.
      10. Varun Palnati (1351) of Westford: Q4 Winner, accepted invitation.

      Althernate: Siddharth Arun (1539) of Medfield

      Age 14 & Under Section:

      1. Winston Huang (1982) of Auburndale, accepted invitation.
      2. Zaroug Jaleel (1978) of Lexington, accepted invitation.
      3. James Lung (1909) of Lexington, accepted invitation.
      4. Jacob Fauman (1865) of Newtonville: Q1 Winner, accepted invitation.
      5. Embert Lin (1864) of Acton, accepted invitation.
      6. Alexander Hu (1812) of Wellesley, accepted invitation.
      7. Vikas Shiva (1807) of Lexington: Q3 Winner, accepted invitation.
      8. Darwin Ding (1777) of Lexington: Q2 Winner, accepted invitation.
      9. Jimmy Wang (1728) of Acton, accepted invitation.
      10. Richard Han (1569) of Newton: Q4 Winner, accepted invitation.

      Althernate: Ashvin Nair (1722) of Malden

      High School Section:

      1. Andrew Wang (2094) of Sharon, accepted invitation.
      2. Jake Garbarino (1986) of Somerville, accepted invitation.
      3. Felix Yang (1944) of Dover
      4. Reilly Nathans (1870) of Newton Centre
      5. Adam Yedidia (1862) of Cambridge, accepted invitation.
      6. Benjamin Smith (1843) of Melrose: Q4 Winner, accepted invitation.
      7. Jesse Nicholas (1838) of Newton
      8. Richard Lunetta II (1784) of Burlington: Q1 Winner, accepted invitation.
      9. Genesis Lung (1754) of Lexington : Q2 Winner, accepted invitation.
      10. Larry Zhu (1673) of Wellesley: Q3 Winner, accepted invitation.

      Althernate: Winber Xu (1708) of Newton

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  • 2008 - 2009 Rules
2009 Hurvitz Cup - State Team Championship :

  • Hurvitz Cup/Mass State Team Championship: TBD
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