Chess team takes first in tourney
February 24, 2010 by AN NGUYEN
The Chess Dawgs can still brag about being the best college chess team in Georgia after coming in first place at the Georgia Open College Chess Tournament Saturday — for the second year in a row.
Unlike last year, when the winner was decided in a tiebreaker, the Chess Dawgs went undefeated in each of the four rounds, winning the tournament outright.
Seven schools, including Georgia Tech, Mercer and Emory participated in the tournament held at Emory this year. Georgia Tech’s team, who lost to the Chess Dawgs last year in the tiebreaker blitz round, came in second place again this year.
The blitz round allows each player only five minutes to play a game.
Two teams of four from the University participated in the tournament
Members Ken Bennett, Ben Cartoon and Femi Ogunyemi each won Individual Achievement awards for going undefeated in all of the rounds they played.
Unsure about how they would perform after losing two key players, the Chess Dawgs were pleased with the victory.
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Nice job guys!