We just ended our 9th season at Webster University. This team has maintained the #1 ranking every single day, week, and month since inception, as well as winning 7 PanAm InterCollegiate Championships (8 out of 9) and 5 Final Four Championships in a row. The SPICE team also won 2 Final Four Championships with TTU, […]
Chess Final Four with 20+ GMs LIVE!
Webster University #1 seed (2717) Board 1 GM DURARBAYLI, Vasif (2694) Board 2 GM SHIMANOV, Aleksandr (2713) Board 3 GM ROBSON, Ray (2734) Board 4 GM PROHASZKA, Peter (2688) Reserve 1 GM NYZHNYK, Illia (2697) Reserve 2 GM CORI, Jorge (2723) Head Coach: GM Susan Polgar Coach & Chief Strategist: Paul Truong Team Assistant: GM […]
The Queen’s Gambit!
This was the 1st major in-depth article written about the SPICE program at Webster University nearly 5 years ago. The Queen’s Gambit: Susan Polgar, the First Woman to Break the Chess Gender Barrier, Brings SPICE to Webster University By Jeannette Cooperman 2012 It hardly seemed fair. Hungarian-born Susan Polgár—who brought home the U.S.’s first Chess […]
US Congress & Senate Bipartisan Recognition for Webster – SPICE
H.Res. 384: Congratulating the Webster University chess team for winning a record-breaking fifth consecutive national title at the President’s Cup collegiate chess championship in New York City. Jun 14, 2017 Download PDF Source: GPO 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 384 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2017 Mrs. Wagner (for herself and Mr. […]
U.S. Senate Honors Webster University National Champion Chess Team
U.S. Senate Honors Webster University National Champion Chess Team The U.S. Senate has passed the resolution introduced by U.S. Sens. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt of Missouri to honor the Webster University Chess Team on their record fifth consecutive national championship at the 2017 President’s Cup Collegiate Chess tournament. The resolution commemorates the team’s historic […]
US Senate Resolution 177 recognizing Webster University Chess Team
S.Res. 177: A resolution congratulating the Webster University chess team for winning a record-breaking fifth consecutive national title … … at the President’s Cup collegiate chess championship in New York City. Introduced: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/sres177 May 24, 2017 115th Congress, 2017–2019 Status: Agreed To (Simple Resolution) on May 24, 2017 This simple resolution was agreed to on May […]
The Complete SPICE Final Four
The official records of SPICE National Championship Teams (3 wins – 3 ties – 0 loss at TTU and 15 wins – 0 tie – 0 loss at Webster). We did not lose any match in 7 straight Final Four National Championships! SPICE at TTU – 2011 (2 W – 1 T – 0 L) 7-5 […]
Physical and mental toughness leads to 7 consecutive national championships
(ST. LOUIS) – Webster University’s chess team won its fifth consecutive national championship this weekend during the 2017 President’s Cup Collegiate Chess tournament in New York City. Webster University is the only university in the history of the President’s Cup (also known as the Final Four Tournament) to win five consecutive championships. This win was […]