Webster University defines excellence with fifth straight college chess championship By David R. Sands – The Washington Times – Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Which is better — the College Chess Final Four or its pretentious basketball rival? Consider: The college chess version of “March Madness” actually ends in March, having just been played over the […]
We ARE the CHAMPIONS again!

This is the 5th consecutive National Division I Championship for Webster University and 7 straight for SPICE! The Team: GMs Le Quang Liem, Ray Robson, Alex Shimanov, Vasif Durarbayli, Illia Nyzhnyk, PD Kannappan, Manuel Leon Hoyos, Ashwin Jayaram Final standings Webster University 8 Texas Tech 6.5 St Louis University 5 University of Texas Dallas 4.5 […]
Strong College Chess Final Four LIVE with 16 GMs!

Round 1 (March 25 – 10 am) Webster vs TTU UTD vs SLU Round 2 (March 25 – 5 pm) Webster vs UTD SLU vs TTU Round 3 (March 26 – 9 am) SLU vs Webster TTU vs UTD LIVE broadcast: http://uschessfinalfour.org Marshall Chess Club: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/calendar
Webster University leads Final Four Championship with 1 match to go

Standings after 2 rounds Team School Name and Players Game Points Match Points 1 WEBSTER Webster University (2736.5) W4 W3 5.5 2 GM LE, Quang Liem (2774) 2.0 GM NYZHNYK, Illia I (2705) 1.0 GM ROBSON, Ray (2751) 1.0 GM SHIMANOV, Aleksandr (2715) 1.5 GM DURARBAYLI, Vasif (2706) 0.0 GM KANNAPPAN, Priyadh (2610) 0.0 2 […]
College Chess Final Four To Take Place in NY City This Weekend

Round 1 (March 25 – 10 am) Webster vs TTU SLU vs UTD Round 2 (March 25 – 5 pm) Webster vs UTD SLU vs TTU Round 3 (March 26 – 9 am) Webster vs SLU UTD vs TTU LIVE broadcast: http://uschessfinalfour.org Marshall Chess Club: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/calendar Board FIDE Title US Rating FIDE Rating Team Name Wester […]
The Pure Final Four Numbers

Chess Final Four Records SPICE at Webster – 2013 (3 W – 0 T – 0 L) 9.5-2.5 – National Champions W 4 – 0 vs U of IL W 2.5 – 1.5 vs UMBC W 3 – 1 vs UTD Team (by board order) GM Georg Meier – GM Wesley So – GM Ray […]
Going for a quiet 7!

Webster University Chess Team to Compete in the College Final Four The Webster University Chess Team will complete in the 2017 Final Four Tournament in New York City on March 25-26, 2017. The SPICE team won at the Pan-Am InterCollegiate Chess Championship held at the end of December 2016, earning them a place at […]
We … train 8 hours a day!

Chess wins fifth straight Pan-Am By Mike Thomas | February 8th, 2017 The Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) took a first place tie at the Pan-American Championships in New Orleans Dec. 30. The tie for first place was between Webster’s A team and B team, with the C team finishing third. It was […]
College Chess Final Four Set in NY City

Round 1 Webster vs TTU SLU vs UTD Round 2 Webster vs UTD SLU vs TTU Round 3 Webster vs SLU UTD vs TTU Board FIDE Title US Rating FIDE Rating Team Name Wester University 1 GM 2774 2718 Liem Le GM 2 GM 2751 2675 Ray Robson GM 3 GM 2715 2642 […]
The Faces of Final Four Champions in the Past 6 Years

SPICE Final Four Records (2011 – 2016) 15 W – 3 T – 0 L) 2011 Final Four Champions – TTU: GM Anatoly Bykhovsky (Israel) – GM Davorin Kuljasevic (Croatia) – IM Itsvan Sipos (Hungary) – GM Andre Diamant (Brazil) (Head Coach: GM Susan Polgar – Coach & Chief Strategist: FM Paul Truong) (2 W […]