[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: US Chess League's Game of the Year Contest: The Winner is...

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
US Chess League's Game of the Year Contest: The Winner is...
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   Jorge Sammour-Hasbun, for his win in the finals against IM Davorin
   Kuljasevic. It was the culmination of a great year for him in the U.S.
   Chess League, and his win pushed the final match into a blitz playoff.
   Unfortunately for him and his Boston Blitz teammates, the Dallas
   Destiny went on to win that playoff and the 2007 league crown, but
   Sammour-Hasbun's fine game netted him a very nice consolation price -
   a $1000 award.
   The second place game was from the previous week of the playoffs and
   featured Dallas IM Drasko Boskovic's feisty win in a topsy-turvy
   battle with Miami GM Julio Becerra. This game won the tidy sum of
   $500. Ironically, this game received two first-place votes, while the
   GOTY didn't win any; the problem was that Becerra-Boskovic also
   received two eighth-place votes while no one voted Sammour-Hasbun's
   victory a place lower than fifth.
   Sammour-Hasbun vs. Kuljasevic can be replayed [1]here,
   Becerra-Boskovic [2]here. The judges reports are [3]here and [4]here,
   respectively. And stay tuned for my coverage of these games on
   [5]ChessVideos.tv.

References

   1. http://www.uschessleague.com/games/sammourkuljasevic07finals.htm
   2. http://www.uschessleague.com/games/becerraboskovic07playoffs.htm
   3. http://usclnews.blogspot.com/2008/05/game-of-year-1st-place.html
   4. http://usclnews.blogspot.com/2008/05/game-of-year-2nd-place.html
   5. http://www.chessvideos.tv/