College Chess Final Four Round 2

Round 2 matchups

#2 UTD vs #4 Texas Tech

GM Ramirez 1/2 GM Bykhovsky (TTU)
GM Kuljasevic (TTU) 1/2 GM Chirila
GM Sadorra 0-1 IM Sipos (TTU)
GM Diamant (TTU) 0-1 IM Bercys

#1 UTB vs #2 UMBC

GM Gareev 1/2 GM Erenburg (UMBC)
GM Kritz (UMBC) 1-0 GM Flores
GM Bachmann 1-0 GM Margvelashvili (UMBC)
IM Kaplan (UMBC) 0-1 IM Cornejo

All games can be viewed LIVE on www.monroi.com.

Photos from the 2011 College Chess Final Four in Washington, DC: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2011FinalFourInWashingtonDC

All games are very complicated and tense. After 3.5 hours, GM Kritz scored the first win of the round.

After 4 hours, there are only 4 games left and every game is down to just seconds. Both GM Kuljasevic and GM Bykhovsky missed winning opportunities and ended up drawing. GM Diamant was pushing hard for a win and blundered.

An incredible occurence took place in the last game of the evening. GM Margvelashvili resigned in a drawn endgame because he thought he was lost.