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MACA 2008 Scholastic State Championships  
2008 State Singles Qualifiers and the Championship :

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

     1st Qualifier: Sept 30, 2007: Fall Foliage Chess Fest - The Sage School, Foxboro

      Invitees
      Primary Open (Age 8 & Under): Mateos Sahakian (1202) of Medford
      Elementary Open (Age 11 & Under): Max Wiegand (1324) of Cambridge
      Junior High Open (Age 14 & Under): Lior Rozhansky (1861) of Newton
      High School Open: Benjamin Smith (1846) of Melrose

      Results  Photos

     2nd Qualifier: November 18, 2007: State Scholastic Championship/Spiegel Cup Qualifier #2 - Milton Academy, Milton

      Invitees
      Primary Open (Age 8 & Under): Sabrina Zhang (1095) of Lexington
      Elementary Open (Age 11 & Under): Nicholas Trieu (1520) of Watertown
      Junior High Open (Age 14 & Under): Alexander Hu (1730) of Wellesley
      High School Open: Genesis Lung (1696) of Lexington

      Results

     3rd Qualifier: December 15, 2007: State Scholastic Championship/Spiegel Cup Qualifier #3 - Holyoke Community College, Holyoke

      Invitees
      Primary Open (Age 8 & Under): Arnav Ghosh (1056) of Winchester
      Elementary Open (Age 11 & Under): Varun Palnati (1318) of Westford
      Junior High Open (Age 14 & Under): Vikas Shiva (1814) of Lexington
      High School Open: Richard Lunetta II (1652) of Burlington

      Results

     4th Qualifier: January 13, 2008: State Scholastic Championship/Spiegel Cup Qualifier #4 - Natick High School, Natick

      Invitees
      Primary Open (Age 8 & Under): William Nemirovsky (758) of Boston
      Elementary Open (Age 11 & Under): Nicholas Zhang (1452) of Lexington
      Junior High Open (Age 14 & Under): Jacob N. Fauman (1506) of Newtonville
      High School Open (grades 9-12): Charliam He (1568) of Acton

      Results

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  • Spiegel Cup/Massachusetts State Championship: February 10, 2008. Natick Senior Center (Metrowest Chess Club), Natick.

      Invitation List: listed in order of official February 2008 USCF ratings:

      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 2008 USCF Rating Supplement.

      Primary (Age 8 & Under) Section:

      1. Danny Angermeier (1361) of Franklin - accepted invitation
      2. Mateos Sahakian (1202) of Medford [Q1 Winner] - accepted invitation
      3. Sabrina Zhang (1111) of Lexington [Q2 Winner] - accepted invitation
      4. Arnav Ghosh (1065) of Winchester [Q3 Winner] - accepted invitation
      5. Laurie Chen (916) of Concord - accepted invitation
      6. Luke Qi (879) of Andover - accepted invitation
      7. Alex Fauman (870) of Newton - accepted invitation
      8. Sandeep Vadlamudi (802) of Sharon - accepted invitation
      9. Nelson Barnett (797) of Belmont - accepted invitation
      10. William Nemirovsky (758) of Boston [Q4 Winner] - accepted invitation

      1st Alternate: Tal Puhov (772) of Shrewsbury

      Elementary (Age 11 & Under) Section:

      1. Mika Brattain (1697) of Lexington - accepted invitation
      2. Ashvin Nair (1677) of Malden - accepted invitation
      3. Michelle Chen (1669) of Concord - accepted invitation
      4. Fangru Jiang (1601) of Chelmsford - accepted invitation
      5. Timothy Lung (1527) of Lexington - accepted invitation
      6. Nicholas Trieu (1519) of Watertown [Q2 Winner] - accepted invitation
      7. Jeffrey Yao (1513) of Lexington - accepted invitation
      8. Nicholas Zhang (1448) of Lexington [Q4 Winner] - accepted invitation
      9. Varun Palnati (1325) of Westford [Q3 Winner] - accepted invitation
      10. Max Wiegand (1324) of Cambridge [Q1 Winner] - accepted invitation

      1st Alternate: Michael Zhang (1441) of Wellesley

      Age 14 & Under Section:

      1. Winston Huang (1881) of Newton - accepted invitation
      2. James Lung (1863) of Lexington - accepted invitation
      3. Zaroug Jaleel (1845) of Lexington - accepted invitation
      4. Lior Rozhansky (1844) of Newton [Q1 Winner] - accepted invitation
      5. Jesse Nicholas (1819) of Newton - accepted invitation
      6. Vikas Shiva (1800) of Lexington [Q3 Winner] - accepted invitation
      7. Embert Lin (1767) of Acton - accepted invitation
      8. Alexander Hu (1756) of Wellesley [Q2 Winner] - accepted invitation
      9. Winber Xu (1679) of Newton - accepted invitation
      10. Jacob Fauman (1564) of Newtonville [Q4 Winner] - accepted invitation

      1st Alternate: Jimmy Wang (1639) of Acton

      High School Section:

      1. Christopher Williams (2257) of Brighton - accepted invitation
      2. Bennet Pellows (2153) of Sharon - accepted invitation
      3. Jake Garbarino (1954) of Somerville - accepted invitation
      4. Felix Yang (1859) of Norwell - accepted invitation
      5. Gabriel Frieden (1839) of Cambridge - accepted invitation
      6. Daniel Leach (1836) of Lexington - accepted invitation
      7. Benjamin Smith (1801) of Melrose [Q1 Winner] - accepted invitation
      8. Genesis Lung (1696) of Lexington [Q2 Winner] - accepted invitation
      9. Richard Lunetta II (1625) of Burlington [Q3 Winner] - accepted invitation
      10. Charliam He (1568) of Acton [Q4 Winner] - accepted invitation

      1st Alternate: Reilly Nathans (1823) of Newton Centre

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  • 2007 - 2008 Rules
2008 Hurvitz Cup - State Team Championship :

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