TCA Chess in Education workshop, March 8, 2008, 1-5 p.m. (Houston), co-organized by Dr. Alexey Root and Luis Salinas. Sponsors: Texas Chess Association (TCA), The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), Texas Tech University (TTU), and The University of...
Happy Holidays from the Root family
This is William (11) and Clarissa (14). They are the children of former US Women’s Champion Dr. Alexey Root of UTD. Here is the link to the Chess Online Course by UTD. It is being conducted by Dr. Root...
Kuljasevic and Ramirez tie for 1st at UTD
UTD Final Standing: 1 IM Davorin Kuljasevic 2494 CRO 7.52 GM Alejandro Ramirez 2591 CRC 7.5 3 GM Zviad Izoria 2714 GEO 7.0 4 FM Ray Robson 2370 USA 6.0 5 IM John Bartholomew 2475 USA 5.56 IM Jacek...
Robson’s marathon
Final position WGM Ning (2354) – FM Robson (2368) [B52]13.12.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 Nf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 0–0 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Rc1 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 b5 15.h3...
Kuljasevic and Ramirez lead UTD Invitational
UTD Invitational Standings after 10 rounds: 1 IM Davorin Kuljasevic 2464 7.02 GM Alejandro Ramirez 2505 7.0 3 GM Zviad Izoria 2643 6.04 FM Ray Robson 2368 6.0 5 IM John Bartholomew 2435 5.0 6 IM Dmitry Schneider 2502...
Robson needs to win for GM norm
Standings after 8 rounds: # Name Rating Country Total 1 IM Davorin Kuljasevic 2464 CRO 6.02 GM Alejandro Ramirez 2505 CRC 5.53 FM Ray Robson 2368 USA 5.54 GM Zviad Izoria 2643 GEO 5.05 IM John Bartholomew 2435 USA...
13 year old Robson on pace for GM norm
UTD Invitational Standings after 7 rounds: 1. Ray Robson 5.5 2. Davorin Kuljasevic 5.0 3. Alejandro Ramirez 4.5 4. Zviad Izoria 4.0 5. Dmitry Schneider 3.55. Jun Zhao 3.55. Jacek Stopa 3.55. John Bartholomew 3.5 9. Chunhong Ning 3.0...
13 year old IM-elect Ray Robson
Ray Robson has made his final IM norm (a 9 game norm) with 3 rounds to spare! This just came from Mr. L. Salinas: If my calculations are correct, here is what Ray needs for a GM norm: 9...
UTD chess
Alexey Root: Players aren’t just good on the board09:45 AM CST on Sunday, December 9, 2007 On Nov. 9, the University of Texas at Dallas played the University of Belgrade for the Transatlantic Cup, which pits the top-ranked college...
Ray Robson is doing it again!
In the first 4 rounds of the UTD Invitational, FM Ray Robson scores 4-0, defeating IM Dmitry Schneider 2502, GM Magesh Panchanathan 2500, GM Jun Zhao 2552, and IM Drasko Boskovic 2465 (these are all FIDE ratings as their...