On Wednesday August 25 at 7pm the New England Nor’easters will open their season by facing Baltimore Kingfishers via the internet at the BCF..
IM David Vigorito had wanted it to happen a couple years ago but had to wait until GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Yury Shulman decided to join ST. Louis with GM Ben Finegold forming the St. Louis Arch-Bishops, a team with one of the strongest rosters in the league. Although the average ratings of the players is not to exceed 2400, there is one caveat: any player stronger than 2590 has 2590 as the maximum used to calculate team average. So Nakamura's 2794 = 2590. The League decided on this to attract strong players.
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Sponsorship was critical to the Noreasters as the league does not fund expansion teams for the first couple of seasons, therefore the Nor’easters are thankful to Mark Donlan's Chess Cafe, Mark Fins' FireJel, and MACA for enough funding to get the team off the ground. In addition to the BCF providing the venue. Braden Bournival has provided web support.
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The 9 players on the roster are:
IM SAMUEL SHANKLAND - Brandeis university
IM DAVID VIGORITO - MA
IM ROBERT HUNGASKI – U Conn
IM JAN VAN DE MORTEL – Storrs CT
FM CHARLES RIORDAN - MA
FM BRADEN BOURNIVAL -NH
photo: Tony Cortizas Jr
FM CHRISTOPHER CHASE - MA
NM ALEX CHERNIACK - MA
NM CAREY THEIL -MA
Key contests are:
- Sept/15 Boston Blitz
- Sept/29 St. Louis Arch Bishops
- Oct/13 New York Knights
Folks are going to try and get a projector set up at the BCF so spectators can watch.
So let's support both the New England Nor’easters and Boston Blitz and hope for a subway series playoff between Boston's Best.
Thanks to David Vigorito and Charles Riordan to take time out to be interviewed.
What are you feeling about a potential subway series?
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Thank You
Mike Griffin
08/19/2010
(graphics by Bob Oresick and Tony Cortizas, Jr.)
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