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PRO Chess League - PLAYOFF Recap: Webster Defeats San Jose :(

PRO Chess League - PLAYOFF Recap: Webster Defeats San Jose :(

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Unfortunately the San Jose Hackers' season came to an end Wednesday night, as the Webster Windmills won the Divisional Semifinal by a score of 9.5-6.5.

After the first round was tied 2-2, the Windmills won the second round 2.5-1.5, while the 3rd round was again drawn 2-2. This meant the Hackers were down by just a single point going into the final round, but with Webster holding draw odds, we'd need a 3-1 finish in order to win the match. Well, the final round was indeed 3-1, but in Webster's favor! All in all a tremendous fight with the deserving winner advancing to the next round.

Check out the full Twitch stream here, featuring commentary by myself, along with GM Elshan Moradiabadi, NM Christopher Yoo, & NM Teemu Virtanen:

After the match ended, I joined ChessTV to talk more in-depth about the San Jose Hackers, interviewed by IM David Pruess and GM Alex Yermolinsky:

Well we didn't go as far as we wanted to (the championships ), but a great first season nonetheless, and we'll be back next year, stronger than ever!!

The San Jose Hackers are a professional chess team in the Pacific Division of the PRO Chess League, sponsored by Bay Area Chess. To connect with the Hackers, please visit our FacebookTwitter, and Official Site.

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IM Kostya Kavutskiy is a professional chess author, journalist, coach, commentator, and player. As a part of Chess.com's content team since 2009, Kostya has recorded many video lectures, covered elite tournaments, written instructive articles & blogs, and has done many live commentary shows for Chess TV. Kostya has also written a number of articles for Chess Life magazine and Chess Life Online, and is currently an instructor for Chess University. In 2015, Modernized: The Open Sicilian was released, which Kostya co-authored with IM Zhanibek Amanov. Kostya's tournament accomplishments include winning the 2014 Southern California Closed Championship, as well as achieving his IM title in November 2016. In April 2017, he placed 6th in the star-studded 2017 Reykjavik Open. He currently resides in Mountain View, CA, and his plans are to pursue the GM title while working actively as a coach.