Marc Esserman
Encyclopedia
Marc Esserman is an American chess
player with the current designation of International Master. He first gained attention while an undergraduate at Harvard College
. 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.
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. 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. 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
. In August 2011, at the 112th US Open, he defeated Loek van Wely
in a spectacular game that has been widely republished.
His FIDE Elo rating as of June 2010 is 2419; the US Chess Federation
ranks him 43rd among active players.
He is also an avid tennis
player who has played in several professional tournaments.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player with the current designation of International Master. He first gained attention while an undergraduate at Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
. 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.
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
United States Chess League
The United States Chess League is the only nation-wide chess league in the United States. It currently has sixteen teams, whose members include some of the highest-rated chess players in the United States...
. As a member of the Boston Blitz, he has been considered one of the most dynamic players in the entire league. 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. 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
Joel Benjamin
Joel Benjamin is an American chess Grandmaster. In 1998, he was voted "Grandmaster of the Year" by the U.S. Chess Federation. , his Elo rating was 2576, making him the No. 12 player in the U.S. and the 214th-highest rated player in the world.-Life and career:Benjamin is a native of Brooklyn, New...
. In August 2011, at the 112th US Open, he defeated Loek van Wely
Loek van Wely
Loek van Wely is a chess Grandmaster from the Netherlands. He won the Dutch Chess Championship six times straight from 2000 through 2005. He was rated among the world's top ten in 2001. In 2002, in Maastricht, Netherlands, van Wely took on the computer program Rebel in a four-game match. The...
in a spectacular game that has been widely republished.
His FIDE Elo rating as of June 2010 is 2419; the US Chess Federation
United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation is a non-profit organization, the governing chess organization within the United States, and one of the federations of the FIDE. The USCF was founded in 1939 from the merger of two regional chess organizations, and grew gradually until 1972, when membership...
ranks him 43rd among active players.
He is also an avid tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player who has played in several professional tournaments.