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By Alex Marler
Week two of the 2012 U.S. Chess League proved to be the Arch Bishop's single greatest victory in league history. The team won all four of their games against the Baltimore Kingfisher's!! GM Finegold defeated German GM Huschenbeth in a beautiful game that demonstrated the immense power of queen-and-bishop battery. Finegold said that his opponent pretty much only played the King's Indian defense, so when he played a Nimzo-Indian on the board Finegold quickly played one of the more positionally complicated lines where the subtleties are too great to appreciate over the board. GM Huschenbeth proved incapable of solving the intricate problems posed by GM Fingeold and found himself in a strategically losing position early on in the game.
IM Priyadharshen Kannappan, top board on the new Lindenwood University Chess team, put forth a tremendous effort to pull out a win over GM Larry Kaufman on board 2. IM Levan Bregadze, 2nd board on the new Lindenwood University Chess team, found himself outprepared and confused when his opponent, Kevin Wang, played the Alekhine Defense! Bregadze kept his cool, and managed to outplay Wang in a titght game that tested both player's skill in time pressure. The Arch Bishops' youngest member, Matthew Larson(unfortunately no relation to Bent) came through with a huge upset victory against NM Selzler on board 4. Be sure to checkout the games below for annotations and www.uschessleague.com for league info and pairings. Come support the Arch Bishops in person at the Chess Club on Monday the 16th at 7:30 pm local time as they take on San Francisco Mechanics.
