Sunday, January 3, 2010
Greg Shahade's GOTY Picks
Hello everyone, below are my guesses for the order of the top twenty games. Please note that I made these selections before any judges made their rankings and proved this by sending them to Arun Sharma several days ago so if I happen to get all twenty games exactly correct, it's because I'm a huge genius, not because I cheated. Also realize that these are simply my predictions, not the order that I would place the games if I was a judge.
Also I completely agree with Arun in that this year's contest is more up in the air as usual. I can find very few games that I give no chance of coming in the top five. Also I really have no clue which game will win, and I feel like there at least ten games that could legitimately win the prize. One thing that's for sure is that with all the question marks and the top level judges, the contest should be especially exciting this year.
20th Place: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Tom Bartell (PHI) 1-0 Article
19th Place: GM Gregory Serper (SEA) vs IM Jan van de Mortel (CHC) 1-0 Article
18th Place: IM John Bartholomew (DAL) vs GM Julio Becerra (MIA) 1-0 Article
17th Place: IM John Bartholomew (DAL) vs IM Jan van de Mortel (CHC) 0-1 Article
16th Place: GM Alejandro Ramirez (ARZ) vs GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 1-0 Article
15th Place: FM Andrei Zaremba (QNS) vs SM Marc Esserman (BOS) 1-0 Article
14th Place: IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 1-0 Article
13th Place: IM Jan van de Mortel (CHC) vs GM Jaan Ehlvest (TEN) 1-0 Article
12th Place: IM Daniel Fernandez (DAL) vs FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR) 0-1 Article
11th Place: GM Jaan Ehlvest (TEN) vs GM Alejandro Ramirez (ARZ) 1-0 Article
10th Place: FM Victor Shen (NJ) vs IM Marc Esserman (BOS) 1-0 Article
9th Place: GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (NY) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1-0 Article
8th Place: GM Josh Friedel (SF) vs IM Marko Zivanic (DAL) 1-0 Article
7th Place: GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) vs IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) 1/2-1/2 Article
6th Place: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Ron Simpson (CAR) 1-0 Article
5th Place: GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (NY) 0-1 Article
4th Place: GM Boris Gulko (NJ) vs FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR) 1-0 Article
3rd Place: NM Matt Herman (NY) vs FM Daniel Naroditsky (SF) 1-0 Article
2nd Place: GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs GM Josh Friedel (SF) 1-0 Article
1st Place: GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (NY) vs GM Josh Friedel (SF) 1-0 Article
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