Week 1 – vs. Chicago

Date: September 2, 2009
Location: Tucson – University of Arizona, Chavez Building, Room 406

Arizona Scorpions

vs.

Chicago Blaze

Lineup:

GM Alejandro Ramirez

IM Levon Altounian

FM Robby Adamson

David Adelberg

1 – 0

1/2 – 1/2

1 – 0

1 – 0

GM Nikola Mitkov

FM Florin Felecan

IM Mehmed Pasalic

Trevor Magness

Result:

WINNER!

3.5 – .5


Previews

Robby previews Week 1

Chicago Blaze accepts the role of “Underdog” in Week 1

Leo and Craig Jones predict Week 1

Elliot Liu previews the Arizona – Chicago match

Live Viewing

The match starts at 6:00 PM local time. You can watch the Scorpions in-person or on ICC.

 1: USCL Week 1: New York Knights vs New Jersey Knockouts - Wed 7:00
  : Kacheishvili-NY vs Benjamin-NJ    "observe 1"
  : Charbonneau-NY vs Ippolito-NJ     "observe 2"
 2: Herman-NY vs VShen-NJ             "observe 3"
  : Norowitz-NY vs AShen-NJ           "observe 4"
 3: Carolina Cobras vs Baltimore Kingfishers - Wed 7:15
  : Schroer-CAR vs Kritz-BAL          "observe 5"
  : Zaikov-CAR vs Enkhbat-BAL         "observe 6"
 4: Simpson-CAR vs LKaufman-BAL       "observe 7"
  : CraigJones-CAR vs Defibaugh-BAL   "observe 8"
 5: Philadelphia Inventors vs Tennessee Tempo - Wed 8:00
  : Kudrin-PHI vs Shabalov-TEN        "observe 9"
  : Lenderman-PHI vs Burnett-TEN      "observe 10"
 6: BryanSmith-PHI vs Bereolos-TEN    "observe 11"
  : Swaminathan-PHI vs Bick-TEN       "observe 12"
 7: Arizona Scorpions vs Chicago Blaze - Wed 9:00
  : ARamirez-ARZ vs Mitkov-CHC        "observe 13"
  : Altounian-ARZ vs Felecan-CHC      "observe 14"
 8: Adamson-ARZ vs Pasalic-CHC        "observe 15"
  : Adelberg-ARZ vs Magness-CHC       "observe 16

Recap

Alejandro Ramirez recaps the Scorpions’ first match

The Chicago Blaze reflect on their Week 1 defeat

A quick YouTube video of the team during the match

Levon reviews the openings from the match

Danny Rensch shares his unique view of week 1

Pictures from Week 1

Video Commentary by Steve Farmer of the match

David Adelberg annotates his week 1 game