United States Senate Bipartisan Recognition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 17, 2017 Checkmate: McCaskill, Blunt Honor Webster University Chess Team After Record National Championship Webster University’s chess team has won a record five consecutive national championships WASHINGTON – Missouri U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt today honored the Webster University Chess Team on their record […]
Polgar: ‘I always say, fight on the chessboard, not off it’
‘I always say, fight on the chessboard, not off it’ Meet the female chess grandmaster who checked male privilege Since shattering the (checkered) glass ceiling, Hungarian-Jewish champ Susan Polgar has engaged in friendly diplomacy and coached teams to seven consecutive titles BY RICH TENORIO May 10, 2017, 8:31 am As a professional chess player, Susan […]
The Complete SPICE Final Four
The official records of SPICE National Championship Teams (3 wins – 3 ties – 0 loss at TTU and 15 wins – 0 tie – 0 loss at Webster). We did not lose any match in 7 straight Final Four National Championships! SPICE at TTU – 2011 (2 W – 1 T – 0 L) 7-5 […]
The blunt honest answer to why so many chess players do not reach their full potentials?
Why so many chess players do not reach their full potentials? The blunt honest answer: Because they are not disciplined enough. Because they are not training hard enough. Because they are not focused enough on achieving their goals by fixing their weaknesses. Here is a quote from an NBA great: “There’s a […]
Webster SPICE team member big win off the chess board
Freshman Writing Award Essay Winner English major Kaleb Gosdin was announced as the winner of the 2016-2017 Freshman Writing Award at a recent ceremony. Gosdin won for his essay, “Christianity and Sustainability” written for his First Year Seminar, Your Ecological Footprint. “Kaleb’s writing exemplifies outstanding research and analysis,” said his professor, Carolyn I. Brown, who […]
A BIG Thank You!
I would like to THANK everyone for your beautiful birthday wishes! I am sorry I was not able to thank each of you personally since there were more than 15,000 messages (from email, phone calls to various social media, etc.) I really appreciate your warm and kinds words! I was very lucky to be […]
Ukrainian Grandmaster puts team first
Ukrainian Grandmaster puts team first in Chess Finals By Mike Thomas | April 6th, 2017 Junior chess grandmaster Illia Nyzhnyk was among six players representing Webster University’s chess team in the President’s Cup tournament in New York. At a young age, Nyzhnyk started playing chess. He became interested in the sport at four years old […]
Chris Hrabe’s Spotlight on CBS St Louis: Webster University Chess Team
Full video here: http://cbsloc.al/2owqpJr ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The Webster University Chess Team just won its fifth consecutive President’s Cup Collegiate Chess tournament, last month, continuing its dominance as the best college chess team in the country. And it’s been relatively easy for the team, which touts about a dozen chess grandmasters. Including its head […]
Former Webster U student Wesley So wins US Championship in playoff
Wesley So – Alex Onischuk (game 1) 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf57. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. Ne3 Bg612. Qxb7 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. d3 Nc5 15. Qb5 Rb816. Qc4 Ne6 17. f4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 20. Bg4 Rb421. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. f5 Nf4 23. Nc2 Ra4 24. Bxf4 h5 25. Bd1 Bh726. Ne3 Rxa2 27. e6 fxe6 28. Bb3 Re2 29. fxe6 Re8 30. e7+ Kh831. Bg5 1-0 Alex Onischuk – Wesley So (game 2) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. h3 Bh57. Nbd2 e5 8. e4 Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Ndf3 dxe412. dxe4 Nc5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxe5 Bd616. Nc4 Ncxe4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 […]
The improvement progress
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 at SPICE or after.) The minimum amount of time any of these students was at SPICE […]