Wildcard Game #7

Wildcard #7: GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs GM Josh Friedel (SF) 1-0


So as outlined a few days ago, after each GOTW judge chose one more potential Wildcard game, we independently ranked those games from first to fifth, with the two games with the highest totals becoming the final two Wildcards. The judges' votes were:


Arun: 1. Ehlvest vs Ramirez, 2. Becerra vs Friedel, 3. Perelshteyn vs Lopez, 4. Zorigt vs Adelberg, 5. Becerra vs Kacheishvili

Greg: 1. Becerra vs Kacheishvili, 2. Becerra vs Friedel, 3. Ehlvest vs Ramirez, 4. Zorigt vs Adelberg, 5. Perelshteyn vs Lopez

Jim: 1. Becerra vs Friedel, 2. Zorigt vs Adelberg, 3. Ehlvest vs Ramirez, 4. Perelshteyn vs Lopez, 5. Becerra vs Kacheishvili

Jeff: 1. Ehlvest vs Ramirez, 2. Becerra vs Friedel, 3. Perelshteyn vs Lopez, 4. Zorigt vs Adelberg, 5. Becerra vs Kacheishvili

Michael: 1. Perelshteyn vs Lopez, 2. Zorigt vs Adelberg, 3. Ehlvest vs Ramirez, 4. Becerra vs Kacheishvili, 5. Becerra vs Friedel


so the total for each game was:


1. Ehlvest vs Ramirez: 19
2. Becerra vs Friedel: 18
3. Perelshteyn vs Lopez: 14
4. Zorigt vs Adelberg: 14
5. Becerra vs Kacheishvili: 10


making the final two Wildcards as noted.


And so the twenty games in the GOTY Contest are officially set! They are:



Week 1: IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 1-0 Article

Week 2: GM Josh Friedel (SF) vs IM Marko Zivanic (DAL) 1-0 Article

Week 3: GM Boris Gulko (NJ) vs FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR) 1-0 Article

Week 4: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Tom Bartell (PHI) 1-0 Article

Week 5: GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (NY) vs GM Josh Friedel (SF) 1-0 Article

Week 6: GM Alejandro Ramirez (ARZ) vs GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 1-0 Article

Week 7: IM Daniel Fernandez (DAL) vs FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR) 0-1 Article

Week 8: IM John Bartholomew (DAL) vs GM Julio Becerra (MIA) 1-0 Article

Week 9: IM John Bartholomew (DAL) vs IM Jan van de Mortel (CHC) 0-1 Article

Week 10: GM Gregory Serper (SEA) vs IM Jan van de Mortel (CHC) 1-0 Article

Quarterfinals: GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (NY) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1-0 Article

Semifinals: GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) vs IM Dean Ippolito (NJ) 1/2-1/2 Article

Championship: GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (NY) 0-1 Article

Wildcard #1: FM Victor Shen (NJ) vs IM Marc Esserman (BOS) 1-0 Article

Wildcard #2: FM Andrei Zaremba (QNS) vs SM Marc Esserman (BOS) 1-0 Article

Wildcard #3: IM Jan van de Mortel (CHC) vs GM Jaan Ehlvest (TEN) 1-0 Article

Wildcard #4: NM Matt Herman (NY) vs FM Daniel Naroditsky (SF) 1-0 Article

Wildcard #5: SM Marc Esserman (BOS) vs FM Ron Simpson (CAR) 1-0 Article

Wildcard #6: GM Jaan Ehlvest (TEN) vs GM Alejandro Ramirez (ARZ) 1-0 Article

Wildcard #7: GM Julio Becerra (MIA) vs GM Josh Friedel (SF) 1-0 Article



And with that, everything leading up to the GOTY contest is complete! All that is left is for the contest itself to begin which will occur in a few days so be certain to keep checking the USCL site so you don't miss any of the eliminations as the order will be announced at the rate of about one game per day!