1. Aug 29: Black vs San Francisco Mechanics (8:30 ET)

1. GM Patrick Wolff: 2623 - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15542
http://www.wolffchess.com/php/home.php3
2. IM Josh Friedel: 2535 - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10172
http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_502.php
3. IM Vinay Bhat: 2465 - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19912
http://www.eastbaychess.com/about/vinay.html
4. IM Vince McCambridge: 2502 - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15509
5. IM David Pruess: 2452 - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=36826
http://www.calchess.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=78000
6. IM John Donaldson: 2460 - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15461
http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_jd/donaldson_bio.html
An NY Times Article
7. Daniel Naroditsky: 2076 - http://www.calchess.org/chessbio_index.php
8. Gregory Young: 2043 - http://www.calchess.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=93000