Fresh off his round 2 “Game of the Round” against Elliot Liu, the Blitz’s GM Eugene Perelshteyn, playing White against FM Macon Shibut in round 4, pulls another rabbit from his hat with a nice final combination. Now at 3.5, he has placed himself in good position to push for the midway lead. Now, check this out…

Boston Blitz players GM Larry Christiansen and Jorge Sammour-Hasbun are still very much alive in the USCL Game of the Year voting, which takes the top 20 games from the season and every week elimates one more game from contention. The voting is now down to just 10 games remaining, with the only two Blitz games that qualified still in the hunt for a prize.

Blitz GM Eugene Perelshteyn was on the winning team, “GGGg”, at the USATE held in Parsippany, NJ. Eugene’s team finished with a perfect 6-0 and included GMs Zviad Izoria and Roman Dzindzichashvili, along with 5 year old Stephen Fanning. I decided to email Eugene some questions about his exploits and the team.

Boston Blitz All-Star, Chris Williams, won the 2008 Massachusetts State Scholastic Championship (Spiegel Cup) held on February 10th, 2008. Chris stormed through the field with a perfect 4/4, arguably sealing the title in the 3rd round with a win over 2nd seed Bennet Pellows.