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      Home  >  General News  >  U.S. Mind Sports Games Teams

      U.S. Mind Sports Games Teams

      Beijing, World Mind Sports Games


      I just received the following info from IM John Donaldson:

      Heads of Delegation

      David Pruess
      Jennifer Shahade

      Men’s Individual Blitz

      Alex Shabalov
      Varuzhan Akobian
      Jesse Kraai
      Josh Friedel
      Dmitry Schneider

      Men’s Individual Rapid

      Alex Shabalov
      Varuzhan Akobian
      Jesse Kraai
      Josh Friedel
      Dmitry Schneider

      Men’s Rapid Team

      Alex Shabalov
      Eugene Perelshteyn
      Josh Friedel
      Jesse Kraai
      Dmitry Schneider

      Mixed Pair

      David Pruess
      Irina Krush

      Women’s Individual Blitz

      Irina Krush
      Jennifer Shahade
      Iryna Zenyuk
      Abby Marshall
      Chouchan Airapetian

      Women’s Individual Rapid

      Jennifer Shahade
      Iryna Zenyuk
      Abby Marshall
      Chouchan Airapetian
      Shirley Ben-Adak

      Women’s Blitz Team
      Iryna Zenyuk
      Abby Marshall
      Cindy Tsai
      Chouchan Airapetian
      Shirley Ben-Adak

      Women’s Blitz Rapid

      Iryna Zenyuk
      Abby Marshall
      Cindy Tsai
      Chouchan Airapetian
      Shirley Ben-Adak

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      9 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        July 21, 2008 at 4:46 pm

        Susan,

        Did the USCF invite you to play in the Mind Sports Games or Olympiad?

      2. SusanPolgar Reply
        July 21, 2008 at 5:00 pm

        No, I was not asked for either.

        Best wishes,
        Susan Polgar

      3. Anonymous Reply
        July 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm

        Interesting. Would you have played if the USCF asked you?

      4. SusanPolgar Reply
        July 21, 2008 at 5:15 pm

        Mind sports games, yes.

        Olympiad, no, unless the USCF is serious about winning medals and reinstate the US Women’s Olympiad Training Program which I founded back in 2003-2004.

        Best wishes,
        Susan Polgar

      5. Anonymous Reply
        July 21, 2008 at 5:57 pm

        How come Krush and Zatonskih not play in the world mind games?

      6. Anonymous Reply
        July 21, 2008 at 6:16 pm

        Irina Krush will definitely be part of the 2008 Mind Games.

      7. Anonymous Reply
        July 22, 2008 at 12:27 am

        Why is there no Armageddon team? Never heard of half of USCF entries.

        It’s a conspiracy against Susan, for not being invited, but I guess she is almost used to that already.

      8. Anonymous Reply
        July 22, 2008 at 12:28 am

        ‘Irina Krush will definitely be part of the 2008 Mind Games.’

        It’s Mind Sports Games, you Krush lover.

      9. Krush lover Reply
        July 22, 2008 at 3:09 am

        Go Irina!

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