US Amateur Team Playoffs Take Off March 28
March 26, 2015
The US Amateur Team Championships playoffs take place this weekend on March 28 on the ICC. Follow along and find details on the teams and pairings below.

Also see the CLO reports on Thad’s No Fun winning the US Amateur Team South by Ben Silva and the Virginia Assassins topping the US Amateur Team by Al Lawrence. 

Betsy Dynako reported on The Pinoy of Chicago’s victory in the US Amateur Team South while Kostya Kavutskiy wrote about NorCal House of Chess’s “threepeat” victory in the US Amateur Team West. 

Also see the US Chess Scoop video on the US Amateur Team East.

  
International Arbiter Carol Jarecki sent the pairings for round 1.

US AMATEUR PLAYOFF, MARCH 28, 2015; MATCHES


Round One: 1 pm Eastern/10 am California

SOUTH  THAD’S NO FUN  2176.5   vs. EAST        VIRGINIA ASSASSINS      2188


F. Francisco—RFrancisco-ATL    2378              W______B        J. Schuyler—Malachi1971        2383

S. Ghatti---sanjSweta        2193              B_______W    A. Samuelson—phoenix10q72    2360

F. Johnson—iOS        2079                 W_______B    D. Miller, capt.—Ditto        2354

G. Oen, capt.—go2006        2056               B_______W    L. Knoll—LKStriker        1655


PINOY OF CHICAGO  (NORTH)  2194.5
vs. NORCAL HOUSE OF CHESS (WEST) 2197.25

IM A. Young, capt.—AYoungPOC     2391    W_______B        GM E. Sevillano—ikong        2554

E. Diano—dianoskyPOC           2307    B________W        IM R. Guzman—kiriks        2453

P. Amarasinghe—Ceylon           2178    W________B        FM R. Cusi—ScionTC        2302

P. Parker-Turner—Parker-POC        1902         B________W        R. Pattanayak—knight03    1480