"New York Knights extinguish Chicago Blaze in chess championship"

Bummer.

Listen to the podcast of WBEZ's coverage here!


 Chicago Blaze (10.0 – 2.0) vs New York Knights (7.5 – 4.5) 
                                 

Chicago Blaze			New York Knights
GM Mesgen Amanov: 2576	0.0	1.0	GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2653
GM Dmitry Gurevich: 2547	0.5	0.5	IM Irina Krush: 2560
IM Angelo Young: 2415	0.0	1.0	SM Matt Herman: 2426
NM Gopal Menon: 2222	1.0	0.0	John Fernandez: 2129
Avg Rating: 2440			Avg Rating: 2442
Chicago Total -------	1.5	2.5	------- New York Total

"Local chess team Chicago Blaze looks to keep competition in check "

Prior to last night's Blaze match, Sevan Muradian was interviewed yesterday by Alison Cuddy of WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight.  Listen here!