Many people have often asked what is the secret of success for Webster University – SPICE program? The answer is simple! Our students!
Even right after the grueling SPICE Cup, many of our students asked to have special training sessions on Sunday!
We strongly believe in:
* Hard work
* Discipline
* Commitment
* TEAM work
This is how the SPICE teams have won 5 straight College Chess Division I Final Four Championships, and the A squad has not lost a match in over 3 years while maintaining the #1 ranking for more than 175 consecutive weeks (and counting).
Hard work does pay off!
If you would like to be a part of the #1 College Chess program in the United States, please feel free to contact me (SusanPolgar@aol.com). Full and partial scholarships available for qualified student players.
Webster University – SPICE Chess Program Top Facts
1. Webster University has 10 Grandmasters, and players from 14 different countries. The SPICE program has 4 World Champions, 8 Olympians, and 17 National Champions…
2. Webster University chess team has been ranked #1 in Division I College Chess since its inception in August 2012 (with 4 freshmen and 1 sophomore on the A team), which is over 160 consecutive weeks.
3. Webster University A team has never relinquished the top ranking and has never lost a match.
4. Webster University team members won 2 world championships and 33 national titles in the past 3 years.
5. Webster University won the 2013 PanAm InterCollegiate Chess Championship with a perfect 6-0 score, and won all 3 Final Four matches, to close out the season with an unprecedented perfect 9-0.
6. Webster University sponsors and hosts the annual SPF Girls’ Invitational, the most prestigious all-girls event in the U.S., the annual prestigious SPICE Cup, Chess For Girls Global Elite Event, SPICE Invitational for Top Juniors, etc.
7. Students of Webster University actively volunteer in the community to bring chess into schools. They, as a team, also maintain a very high GPA.
8. The SPICE chess program has won 5 consecutive Final Four Championships, and has not lost a match in 5 straight Final Four Championships.
2015 – 2016 Webster University – SPICE chess team members
1. GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) – World Blitz Champion, National Champion, Olympian, World Cup Participant
2. GM Ray Robson (USA) – National Champion, Olympian, World Cup Participant
3. GM Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine) – National Champion, European Champion
4. GM Vasif Durarbayli (Azerbaijan) – World Youth Champion, National Champion, Olympian, World Cup Participant
5. GM Aleksandr Shimanov (Russia) – National Champion, World Cup Participant
6. GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez (Cuba) – National Champion, Olympian
7. GM Manuel Leon Hoyos (Mexico) – National Champion, Olympian
8. GM Ashwin Jayaram (India) – National Champion
9. GM Andre Diamant (Brazil) – National Champion, Olympian
10. GM Denes Boros (Hungary) – National Champion
11. IM Eric Rosen (USA) – National Champion, Final Four participant
12. IM Irene Sukandar (Indonedia) – National Champion, Olympiad Silver Medalist, World Championship Participant (F)
13. FM Jake Banawa (USA) – National Champion
14. WGM Anna Sharevich (Belarus) – National Champion, Olympian (F)
15. WGM Katerina Nemcova (Czech Republic) – National Champion, Olympian (F)
16. Shawn Swindell (USA) – National Champion
17. WFM Luisa Mercado (Colombia) – National Champion (F)
18. Mara Kamphorst (Brazil) – National Champion (F)
19. Paul M. Truong (USA) – National Champion
20. Tori Whatley (USA) – State Champion (F)
21. Reginald Jackson (USA)
Webster students are around the world. There are about 22,000 students enrolled at Webster University – with students from 50 states and around 150 countries around the world.
Webster University offers academic excellence in more than 100 programs offered at a vibrant home campus and at locations throughout the world, with all the benefits of a student-centered education and a real-world perspective.
A global, Tier 1, private, nonprofit university
* Global feature in academic programs. Globalized curriculum is our distinctive hallmark
* Academic programs engage your mind and stimulate your understanding beyond your home country and culture
* Every student experiences a global learning component
* Every student is exposed to a worldwide network of fellow students who live, work and study around the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia
* Learn in class today and apply it in real life tomorrow
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