PAIRINGS FOR ROUND 4 Tb Res White Res Black 1 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY – A (2628 3.0) WEBSTER UNIVERSITY – A (2746 3.0) 2 U OF TX – RIO GRANDE VALLEY – A (2672 3.0) UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – DALLAS – B (2572 3.0) 3 WEBSTER UNIVERSITY – B (2604 3.0) SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY (2651 […]
6 teams remain perfect at 2016 PanAm InterCollegiate Championships after 3

TEAM STANDINGS FOR THE 2016 PAN-AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (AFTER ROUND 3) # Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot 1 U OF TX – RIO GRANDE VALLEY – A 2672 W35 [4.0] W22 [4.0] W14 [3.5] 3.0 2 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY 2651 W36 [3.5] W24 [4.0] W15 [3.0] 3.0 3 WEBSTER […]
Webster University will field 4 teams at 2016 PanAm ITCC

2016 PAN-AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday – Friday, December 27-30 A 1. GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 2. GM Ray Robson (USA) 3. GM Aleksandr Shimanov (Russia) 4. GM Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine) 5. GM Vasif Durarbayli (Azerbaijan) B 6. GM Priyadharshan Kannappan (India) 7. GM Manuel Leon Hoyos (Mexico) 8. GM Ashwin Jayaram (India) […]
2016 PanAm InterCollegiate Team Chess Championships

2016 PAN-AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday – Friday, December 27-30 6SS, G/90 i30 – FIDE-Rated using FIDE Rules SIDE EVENTS ON TUESDAY, DEC. 27, 2016: Pan-American Scholastic (K-12) Chess Championships – 9am Pan-American Blitz Chess Championships – 1pm (Open to All) {For further details on Side Events, please scroll down below} LOCATION Hilton New […]
Webster U 2016-2017 roster of players over 2350

Webster University – SPICE 2016-2017 roster (15 players over 2350 in addition to a few additional pending players). The whole program will have close to 25 students. SPICE will begin the 2016-2017 season as the #1 ranked collegiate division I team in the US for 5 straight years and we are the defending National Champions […]
Paving the way for women in chess by knocking down one barrier at a time

A look back at a Christian Science Monitor article from 2 years ago Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar is a model for kids in all sports The nation is wrapped up in the throes of the Final Four college basketball tournament this month. Meanwhile this weekend, another college championship – equally competitive – took place, with […]
If you build it, they will come! 11,500 ft2 dedicated full time to chess!

SPICE at Webster University, 11,500 ft2 dedicated full time to chess! If you build it, they will come! by Paul Truong Some people just asked me privately about how big is the SPICE chess HQ at Webster University. I did not realize that I never mentioned it. We have 3 separate areas: 1. Main training […]
GM Liem Le is really the perfect captain for the team

Webster chess wins fourth consecutive National Championship By Jacob Claspille | April 13th, 2016 The Webster University Chess Team won their fourth consecutive Chess National Championship April 2-3. Their victory ties a President’s Cup record. The Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) qualified for the President’s Cup after tying for first at the Pan […]
Undeterred! Unstoppable! Unprecedented!

The SPICE institute at Webster University was formed in August 2012. Since then, our students have won 2 world titles, 2 world open, and 36 national championships! Final Four Match records: 12 wins 0 tie 0 loss Final Four Game scores: 37.5 – 10.5 SPICE at Webster – 2013 (3 W – 0 T – […]
Chess excitement caused a few near misses of hitting other cars!

Le Leads Webster To Fourth Straight Title FM Mike Klein on 4/5/16, 6:14 AM Chess.com Sometimes dictionaries change the meanings of words, but “Webster” has been consistent since 2013. Webster Universityrepeated as champions of the President’s Cup, also known as the Final Four of College Chess. The event took place April 2-3 and the win was their […]