A single move could decide the fate of the entire tournament

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Texas Tech wins Final Four
Success for the team of Susan Polgar

What a week it has been for the Polgar sisters! Just as Judit Polgar conquered a bronze medal in the men section of the European championship, Susan Polgar managed to lift a major title as coach. Comprised of three GMs and one IM (GMs Anatoly Bykhovsky, of Israel, Davorin Kuljasevic, of Croatia, Andre Diamant, of Brazil, IM Istvan Sipos, of Hungary and Faik Aleskerov, of Azerbaijan) and coached by world champion GM Susan Polgar, the Texas Tech Knight Raiders Chess Team won the Final Four chess championship this weekend in Washington.

“We expected a very close battle even though we were the fourth-ranked team,” GM Polgar said for Jamaal Abdul-Alim at the US Federation website. “Often times, a strategy, not just on the board but ‘off the board,’ that makes the difference,” Polgar said, comparing what her team did to how various sports teams might study films of their opponents in action.

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Susan Polgar happy about the Final Four

In only our second year competing in Division I, team captain GM Davorin Kuljasevic scored a clutch win against the highest rated player, GM Leonid Kritz, in the final round to bring the biggest College Chess National Title to Texas Tech!

This is a huge upset because Texas Tech came into the tournament as the 4th seed with average rating of 50 points lower than the other 3 teams. This is like David versus Goliath.

This is the strongest Final Four in history as each team has at least 3 Grandmasters and 1 International Master. The average rating of the four teams is about 2580! If the tournament starts over tomorrow, there is no telling which team will win. A single move could decide the fate of the entire tournament.

I would like to thank Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. for sponsoring this spectacular event. The entire Final Four was first class all the way.

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