Hungarian IM Gergely Antal, a senior at Texas Tech University, has just won the 2009 United States Tournament of College Champions. He is the official representative of Texas Tech University at this event. He is also the first titled player to join SPICE. Winning this prestigious national title was not an easy task as he […]
Another special treat for the players
Earlier today, approximately 20 participants of the 2009 SPNI plus their families and coaches received an official tour of the beautiful and BIG Texas Tech campus. It is the second largest campus (in physical size) in the United States. Another campus tour took place 2 days earlier. The players who already took the earlier tour […]
IM Antal of TTU wins First Saturday
IM Antal, Texas Tech Knight Raiders current top player, just won the Budapest First Saturday tournament by a full point. However, he just missed his third and final GM norm. He will return to Texas Tech for his senior year in August. No. PNo. Name Score rat. 1. 9 Antal, Gergely 7.0 2479 2. 3 […]
Robson confirmed TTU GM tournament
I am happy to say that IM Ray Robson has confirmed his participation at the Texas Tech SPICE Spring Invitational. Robson and Hess are two of the most talented young American players right now and they deserve a chance to earn their GM norms. I am glad to be able to offer them that chance. […]
SPICE Cup Open
Both players are 4-0 going into the last round. On the left is IM Antal (Texas Tech) and on the right is GM Ramirez (UTD). Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar