Texas Tech chess coach switches schools, takes entire national championship team with herRick ChandlerNBC SportsApr 6, 2012, 2:17 PM EDT Imagine if John Calipari got an offer from North Carolina that he couldn’t refuse, and switched jobs … taking...
College chess has just as much drama and strife in the world of athletics as football and basketball
College Chess Champions Switch TeamsBy William Browning, Yahoo! Contributor NetworkYahoo Sports5 hours, 36 minutes ago College chess has just as much drama and strife in the world of athletics as football and basketball. Evidence of this can be found...
St. Louis, the capital of chess
Published on Apr 5, 2012 by AssociatedPress It was a brazen move even in the competitive world of college recruiting: Hire a national champion coach and bring along all the top members of the team, too. But this wasn’t...
Queen’s Gambit
Queen’s gambit MAKE THAT “ACCEPTED” Imagine a champion college football team packing up and switching universities to stay with its coach. That is just what happened in the world of collegiate chess. Source: http://hamptonroads.com Chess Daily News from Susan...
Legendary coach heads to another school and takes entire team
A bold move in the chess world: Legendary coach heads to another school and takes entire teamBy Alan Scher ZagierWashington PostAssociated Press / April 5, 2012 COLUMBIA, Mo.—It was one of the most brazen moves in the chess world...
Final Four Celebration
Knight Raiders Final Four Celebration: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/2012FinalFour Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Back to back Final Four champs
Texas Tech Repeats at Final Four of College Chess By Jamaal Abdul-AlimApril 3, 2012 Herndon, Va. – Under any other circumstances, GM Andrew Diamant of Texas Tech would have given up in a lost position such as the one...
Tech Knight Raiders win second national championship
Tech Knight Raiders win second national championship, prep for move to St. LouisBy Nicole MolterStaff WriterDaily Toreador – Dept. of Student Media, Texas Tech UniversityPosted: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:01 pm Susan Polgar, head coach of the Knight Raiders...
Booz Allen Hamilton brings chess championship to Herndon
Fairfax hosts the ‘other’ Final FourBooz Allen Hamilton brings chess championship to Herndonby Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Special to the TimesTuesday, Apr. 03, 2012 While much of America spent last weekend watching the NCAA’s Final Four, a Fairfax County-based consulting and...
The multinational champs
By David R. Sands The Washington Times Tuesday, April 3, 2012 This just in — the Texas Tech Knight Raiders won their second consecutive President’s Cup in the collegiate chess “Final Four,” played over the weekend in Herndon. The...