The Texas Tech University Knight Raiders A team just captured two Texas State Collegiate Championships. International Masters Gergely Antal and Davorin Kuljasevic captured 1st and 2nd in the individual competition.

Together with International Master Gabor Papp and Chase Watters, the Knight Raiders A team captured the state team title on tiebreaks over the powerful UT Brownsville team, led by the top seed GM Mauricio Flores. UT Dallas finished in a distant third and the Knight Raiders B team finished 4th.

This is the first time Texas Tech sends an A team to the state championship and this is also the first state title for the Knight Raiders. Congratulations to all the team members!

Top 10 individual standings:

# Name Rtng Team Total TBrk[M] TBrk[B] TBrk[S] TBrk[R] TBrk[C]
1 IM Gergely Antal 2543 TTECHA 4.5 14 10 14.5 13 14
2 IM Davorin Kuljasevic 2581 TTECHA 4.0 14.5 10 16.5 12.25 13.5
3 GM Mauricio Flores 2663 BUTB 4.0 13 8.5 15 10.5 12
4 FM Max Cornejo 2405 BUTB 4.0 12.5 8.5 13.5 10.25 13
5 Arturo Gracia Jr 2094 BUTB 4.0 9.5 6 10.5 7 10
6 IM Gabor Papp 2597 TTECHA 3.5 14 10 16 10 11.5
7 NM Nelson Lopez II 2197 UTD 3.0 13 8.5 14.5 7 10
8 NM Yashodhan Gogte 2186 UTD 3.0 13 8.5 14 6.5 10
9 NM Bradley J Sawyer 2224 BUTB 3.0 10.5 6.5 11.5 5 10
10 Chase Miles Watters 2018 TTECHA 3.0 10 6 11.5 6 7.5
11 John K Hendrick 2185 HUSTTH 3.0 8.5 5.5 10 5.5 8

Top 3 teams:

Code Name Score TBrk[B] TBrk[S] TBrk[R] TBrk[C]
1 TTECHA Texas Tech University ‘A’ Team – Cnt: 4 12.0 30 47 35.25 39

IM Gergely Antal 4.5





IM Davorin Kuljasevic 4.0





IM Gabor Papp 3.5





Chase Miles Watters 3.0




2 BUTB University of Texas at Brownsville – Cnt: 4 12.0 23 39 27.75 35

GM Mauricio Flores 4.0





FM Max Cornejo 4.0





Arturo Gracia Jr 4.0





NM Bradley J Sawyer 3.0




3 UTD University of Texas at Dallas – Cnt: 5 8.0 27 44.5 18.5 28

NM Nelson Lopez II 3.0





NM Yashodhan Gogte 3.0





NM Chaitanya Vaidya 2.0





NM Francisco Guadalupe II 2.0





Medina Parrilla 2.0




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