Marc Esserman

Marc Esserman (born 1983) is an American chess player with the current designation of International Master. He first gained attention while an undergraduate at Harvard College.^[1] There he was active promoting chess on campus, serving as captain of the Harvard Chess Club for four years and helping to organize a chess exchange trip to Beijing, China, where he played (and defeated) the women's world champion, Xu Yuhua, as part of an inter-university match.^[2]

After graduation, he remained in Boston to promote local chess and chess education—serving on the Board of Directors of the Boylston Chess Club and representing the city of Boston in the United States Chess League. As a member of the Boston Blitz, he has been considered one of the most dynamic players in the entire league.^[3] In the 2009-2010 season and the 2010-2011 season, six out of his eight games placed either 1st or 2nd in the league's game of the week contest—with Marc winning four of those awarded games. He then placed third in the League's 2010 Game of the Year contest.^[4] A number of his games in the league have been recorded in the New York Times and the Boston Globe.

He has had a number of impressive results in major open and invitational tournaments, defeating numerous grandmasters. On June 20, 2010, he achieved an upset in the New York Invitational Tournament against former U.S. champion Joel Benjamin.^[5] In August 2011, at the 112th US Open, he defeated Loek van Wely in a spectacular game that has been widely republished. ^{[6] [7]}

His FIDE Elo rating as of June 2010 is 2419; the US Chess Federation ranks him 43rd among active players.^[8]

He is also an avid tennis player who has played in several professional tournaments.^[9]

References

1. ^ "Castling in the Square | Harvard Magazine Nov-Dec 2002". Harvardmagazine.com. http://harvardmagazine.com/2002/11/castling-in-the-square.html. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
2. ^ "Harvard Chess Club". Hcs.harvard.edu. 2007-02-17. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hcc/team.php. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
3. ^ "Chess notes - The Boston Globe". Boston.com. 2010-08-30. http://www.boston.com/ae/games/articles/2010/08/30/chess_notes/. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
4. ^ "US Chess League News: Game of the Year - 3rd Place". Usclnews.blogspot.com. 2010-01-27. http://usclnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/game-of-year-3rd-place.html. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
5. ^ Loeb, Dylan (2010-06-21). "Upsets Abound at New York International - NYTimes.com". Gambit.blogs.nytimes.com. http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/upsets-abound-at-new-york-international/. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
6. ^ "Marc of Excellence". http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1630005. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 
7. ^ "Chess Notes". http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-10/ae/30139919_1_move-5nf3-alex-lenderman. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 
8. ^ "The United States Chess Federation". Main.uschess.org. http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_top_players/Itemid,371?op=list&month=1006&f=TopOverall&h=Overall. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
9. ^ "Marc Esserman". Coretennis.net. 1983-07-28. http://www.coretennis.net/majic/pageServer/0l01000009/en/pid/12229/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 

External links

• Marc Esserman player profile at ChessGames.com
• FIDE rating card for Marc Esserman

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