Sheraton Cleveland Airport

2015 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship

Oberlin College. 6SS, G/90 + 30 sec. increment. Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Dr., Cleveland, OH 44135. FIDE rated (tournament will use FIDE rules). Intercollegiate Tournament Format: 4-Player Teams, up to 2 alternates. Open to university, college, community college, and technical college teams from North and South America and the Caribbean. Teams must supply letter from their universities stating that the players meet eligibility requirements—for more details go online to http://www.collegechess.org.

EF: $200/team by 12/4/15, $240 thereafter and at site.

Prizes: trophies or plaques to top 6 teams, 1st-place in Divisions II (2000-2199), Division III (1800-1999), Division IV (1600-1799), and Division V (U1600) Team, Top international team, Top Women’s team, Top alternate, Top boards 1-4, Top community college, Top four-year small college (under-5,000 enrollment), biggest team-upset, biggest individual upset.

Reg.: Deadline 4 p.m. 12/27

Rds: Rd. 1: 12/27 6 pm, Rd. 2: 12/28 10 am, Rd. 3: 5 pm, Rd. 4: 12/29 10 am, Rd. 5: 5 pm, and Rd. 6: 12/30 9 am. Opening reception: 12/27 at 5:45 p.m. Closing ceremony: 12/30 at 3 pm. ENT: Progress With Chess, 12200 Fairhill Road E 293, Cleveland, OH 44120.

INFO: cananiad@oberlin.edu. Phone (440) 775-6752.

HR: $99 + tax for single occupancy (includes hot breakfast for 1 person; $106 + tax for two people, $120 + tax for three, $134 + tax for four). FREE: Parking & WiFi. Reserve by 12/15 for chess rate. (216) 265-3125 to reserve your team’s block. Ask for Kim.

Boards and pieces provided. Bring clocks, digital only. W.

SPICE is going for 6 straight College Chess Division I Final Four Championship titles. But before that can happen, Webster U has to qualify for the Final Four by finishing in the top 4.

Below is Webster University 2015 PanAm InterCollegiate Championship lineups (last minute switches because of rating changes may occur). The title defense begins soon!

Team 1 (2706 average)
GM Le, Liem 14744920 / 2787 (captain)
GM Durarbayli, Vasif / 2706
GM Robson, Ray 12847250 / 2752
GM Corrales, Fidel 14958890 / 2579

Team 2 (2626.5 average)
GM Nyzhnyk, Illia 15477488 / 2725
GM Shimanov, Aleksandr 15325977 / 2682
GM Andre Diamant 14255502 / 2568
GM Hoyos, Manuel Leon 12881259 / 2531

Team 3 (2502.25 average)
GM Jayaram, Ashwin 15484820 / 2559
GM Boros, Denes 12894483 / 2512
IM Sukandar, Irene 15782538 / 2465
IM Rosen, Eric 12853959 / 2473
WFM Mercado, Luisa 15205563 / 2121

Team 4 (2324.25 average)
WGM Nemcova, Katerina 14723368 / 2400
WGM Sharevich, Anna 14690848 / 2367
FM Banawa, Jake 12780583 / 2331
Swindell, Shawn 13416702 / 2199

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