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Quotes

Yury Shulman, U.S. Champion – “To become the US Champion is a huge success! All games were tense. I think that the move which won the tournament was Rg4 against Becerra.”

Frank Berry, Main Sponsor - “I appreciate the fighting chess that you guys exhibited, the good sportsmanship, and friendships that were made. A lot of really tense, tense chess.”

Anna Zatonskih, U.S. Women's Champion, after most dramatic finale yet - “I realized that I had two seconds. I was so socked that I am going to lose right now. She has six (seconds). I played Rb8 – Re8 because it was so close to clock.” Anna thanked to the Berry brothers for supporting women’s chess.

Jim Berry, Chief Tournament Director - “I am very impressed with the quality of the games, lack of early draws, and the fighting spirit of both tournaments. It was a very worthwhile experience.”

Tom Braunlich, Chief Organizer acknowledgments.

Susan Polgar announced that the 2008 Goddesschess Fighting Award winner is Tatev Abrahamyan. Tatev finished with 6 wins, 3 losses and no draw.

Josh Friedel after earning his third and final GM norm - “I have not felt this good in a while. I called my family and close friends and probably I’ll be celebrating over the next year.”

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