[Event “Chess Final Four 2016”] [Site “Marshall Chess Club”] [Date “2016.04.02”] [Round “1.1”] [White “Le, Liem”] [Black “Shen, Arthur”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “D25”] [WhiteElo “2773”] [BlackElo “2495”] [WhiteTeam “Webster”] [BlackTeam “Columbia”] [WhiteClock “1:16:13”] [BlackClock “0:51:19”] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Nxc4 […]
College Chess Final Four Round 1
Round 1 Webster University 3.5-0.5 Columbia 1 WEBSTER GM LE, Quang Liem (2773) vs COLUMBIA IM SHEN, Arthur (2495) 1-0 2 COLUMBIA FM GRIFFITH, Kyron W. (2415) vs WEBSTER GM SHIMANOV, Alexander (2698) 1/2 3 WEBSTER GM ROBSON, Ray (2746) vs COLUMBIA NM JACOBSON, Aaron (2329) 1-0 4 COLUMBIA CM PAGAN, Jonathan J. (2127) vs […]
College Chess Final Four Officially Begins
Below are the official lineups by board order for each team: Team 1: Webster Board – 1. GM Liem Le Board – 2. GM Illia Nyzhnyk Board – 3. GM Aleksandr Shimanov Board – 4. GM Ray Robson – 5. (Alt 1) GM Vasif Durarbayli – 6. (Alt 2) GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez […]
Booz Allen Hamilton Sponsors Final Four of College Chess
Booz Allen Hamilton Sponsors Final Four of College Chess, Offers Internships to Nation’s Top Players Thursday, March 31, 2016 – 2:00pm This weekend, as the nation tunes in to the final four NCAA college basketball games, teams of collegians with high skills of a more intellectual kind will compete on an elite national stage at […]
College Chess Final Four 2016 in NY City
The Teams — 2016 Final 4 of College Chess These are the Team Rosters for the Final 4 Teams Players & USCF Chess Ratings Average Team Rating (USCF) Webster University 2734 GM Liem LE QUANG (2773) GM Ray ROBSON (2746) GM Illia I NYZHNYK (2718) GM Alexander SHIMANOV (2698) GM Vasif DURARBAYLI (2686) GM Fidel CORRALES-JIMENEZ […]
College Chess Final Four Set for NY City (pairings, rosters, and schedule)
The following 4 universities have qualified for the prestigious annual College Chess Final Four Championship: Webster University #1 seed Texas Tech #2 seed University of Texas RGV #3 seed Columbia University #4 seed Round 1 (10 am – April 2): Webster vs Columbia / Texas Tech vs UT RGV Round 2 (5 pm – April 2): […]
Breaking News: 2016 College Chess Final Four Rosters Set
Saturday & Sunday, April 2-3, 2016 at the historic Marshall Chess Club in New York, NY with deepest appreciation to our Sponsors … Two Sigma and Booz Allen Hamilton Featuring the Teams from: Webster University (defending Champions) Texas Tech University The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Columbia University Rules for the 2016 Final 4 of […]
2016 Webster U Final Four Team Announced
Webster University 2016 Final Four Team (April 1-3 in NY City) As we aim to win 6 consecutive Final Four National Championship crowns, we decided to shake up the lineup a little. Here is our Final Four team: Board 1: GM Liem Le (Captain) Board 2: GM Illia Nyzhnyk Board 3: GM Vasif Durabayli Board 4: […]
On the road to 6-peat!
ST. LOUIS – For the fourth consecutive year, Webster University’s chess team has qualified for the Final Four national chess championship tournament in April. Webster’s team earned the honor when it tied for first place in the annual PanAm Intercollegiate Chess Championship last week. Webster University is only the second school in the history of […]
Making Chess History
College Chess History: SPICE team members winning 5 straight Final Four Championships (2 straight with TTU and 3 straight with Webster University) without losing a single match while maintaining the #1 ranking for over 200 consecutive weeks! And we did it with much smaller budgets than some other schools. The secret? Our students! They worked […]