Friday, December 19, 2008

I love being in the NY Times

"They came, they played, they swept."

It's the ultimate affirmation of relevance in my cultural framework.
and you know who always sees and congratulates me?
my landlord. go figure.

Also a short piece in the NY Post. A photographer came to school and took some really exquisite photos, which they didn't use, but he promised to send to me to use for blog. So that's coming soon.
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11 comments:

  1. Tony Cortizas, Jr.December 19, 2008 at 11:29 PM

    Congratulations! To win every section entered is an amazing achievement for your students and you, no doubt the indispensible person in this story.

    Unprecedented? I wonder if a school ever swept like this in the past history of the tournament.

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  2. Tom ChiversDecember 20, 2008 at 4:31 AM

    Congrats!

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  3. AnonymousDecember 20, 2008 at 10:23 AM

    Why in the Berman game did black resign? He is up a knight and an outside passed pawn with an active king. Did the wrong game score get pasted in there?

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  4. AnonymousDecember 20, 2008 at 10:30 AM

    My chess playing daughter asked the same question about the Berman game? It didn't make sense to her either.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 20, 2008 at 11:02 AM

    It's exhilarating having your name being "fit to print" isn't it?

    I was quoted a while ago in the Times, though not about chess (thank God :) ):

    http://tinyurl.com/88b7n7

    Very cool.

    -Matt

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  6. AnonymousDecember 20, 2008 at 12:14 PM

    Oops... forgot to congratulate you and your team!

    Great job everyone.

    -Matt

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  7. GurdonarkDecember 20, 2008 at 4:31 PM

    Congratulations! Although I've only kept a scrapbook once in my life--for a Summer in the UK in college--I must admit that if I got coverage like this I'd be pasting it
    into a huge scrapbook. Well done to your kids--and of course, well done to you, too.

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  8. Elizabeth VicaryDecember 20, 2008 at 6:20 PM

    thanks everyone!
    Sorry about the Berman game-- the names are reversed, so Berman was black and won. He actually wrote it wrong, then I copied it wrong, then he told me and I made an inversion mark, but I didn't see it when I reread my notes. dumb of me. it will be fixed on uscf site soon.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 20, 2008 at 7:37 PM

    I know what you mean about the Times. This was my daughter's sixth Nationals and 4th first-place team trophy yet this was the first time we got congratulatory emails from aunts, uncles and other friends Evelyn who read the article in the Times. (And our team was just a footnote to the article but hey, if it makes Aunt Judy pay attention, that's cool.) Congrats to your students. Ellen

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  10. John C. FernandezDecember 21, 2008 at 12:12 AM

    Congrats, Lizzy! Very well done!

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  11. AnonymousDecember 21, 2008 at 9:02 PM

    Great job! This brings the kind of joy that not even Santa give.

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