This is the rating progress of SPICE 18 GMs in the past 7+ years. (The 1st rating is the rating they had when they arrived to SPICE. The 2nd rating is their peak ratings after SPICE, could be while...
Exclusive 2017 Chess Final Four Video
2017 College Chess Final Four (March 25-26) at Marshall Chess Club Final standings Place Code Name Game Pts Match Pts 1st WEBSTER Webster University (2736.5) 8 2.5 2017 National Champs GM LE, Quang Liem (2774) 2.5 GM...
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...
Which is better — the College Chess Final Four or its pretentious basketball rival?
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...
Chasing John Wooden
Webster University Chess Team Set to Compete in the College Final Four A win will tie John Woodens’s UCLA record in basketball (Patch Poster) – March 15, 2017 12:10 pm ET Webster University is pleased to announce that Susan...
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...
Webster University’s SPICE Chess Coaches Invited to Present at prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
February 21, 2017 Contact: Judy Goodman Lents & Associates For Immediate Release Webster University’s SPICE Chess Coaches Invited to Present at prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference ST. LOUIS – Webster University is pleased to announce that Susan Polgar,...
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...
“All four of my grandparents were very fortunate Holocaust survivors unlike 300 members of my family”
First female chess grandmaster faces off against locals By Sabrina Sung | Tuesday, February 7, 2017 | Last updated: 1:39am Though chess enjoys worldwide acclaim as one of the oldest and most popular strategy games for people of all...
Maximizing information & technology to succeed
There is no reason why girls / women cannot play chess as well as boys / men do. But it means that we also have to spend as much time if not more to train, improve, and get ready...