Webster University Final Four Chess Champions

This is the 5th consecutive National Division I Championship for Webster University and 7 straight for SPICE!

The Team: GMs Le Quang Liem, Ray Robson, Alex Shimanov, Vasif Durarbayli, Illia Nyzhnyk, PD Kannappan, Manuel Leon Hoyos, Ashwin Jayaram

Final standings

Webster University 8

Texas Tech 6.5

St Louis University 5

University of Texas Dallas 4.5

Webster University Chess Team Wins 5th National Championship

WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (KMOX) – Webster University has a national champion chess team – again.

The team won its fifth straight national championship this weekend during the President’s Cup collegiate Chess Tournament (Final Four Tournament) in New York.

The university is the only school to win five consecutive championships in the Final Four. The win also marks the seventh win in a row for Grand Master and Coach Susan Polgar, and the SPICE program.

Polgar says the tournament on Saturday lasted nearly 13 hours and the students gave it everything they had. She adds it underscores the importance of both physical and mental strength.

Final Four Champs Webster U

2017 College Final 4 — Final Standings

Place Code Name Game Pts Match Pts
1st WEBSTER Webster University (2736.5)  W4  W3  D2 8   2.5
2017 National
Champions
GM LE, Quang Liem (2774) 2.5
GM ROBSON, Ray (2751) 1.5
GM SHIMANOV, Aleksandr (2715) 2.0
GM DURARBAYLI, Vasif (2706) 1.0
GM NYZHNYK, Illia I (2705) 1.0
GM KANNAPPAN, Priyadh (2610) 0.0
2nd TXTECH Texas Tech University (2527.0)  L3  W4  D1 6.5   1.5
GM BARYSHPOLETS, Andrey (2657) 1.5
IM MATSENKO, Sergei (2575) 1.5
IM VORONTSOV, Pavlo (2520) 1.5
IM TORRES, Luis Carlo (2356) 2.0
WIM ANDRENKO, Iryna (2270) 0.0
WCM MUNOZ, Claudia E (2082) 0.0
3rd STLOUIS St. Louis University (2641.5)  W2  L1  D4 5   1.5
GM SWIERCZ, Dariusz (2720) 2.0
GM ZHEREBUKH, Yaroslav (2695) 2.0
GM RAMBALDI, Francesco (2614) 1.0
IM ALI MARANDI, Cemil Can “JJ” (2537) 0.0
ARIPOVA, Nozima (1908) 0.0
4th UTDALLAS The University of Texas at Dallas (2602.5)  L1  L2  D3 4.5   0.5
GM KADRIC, Denis (2600) 0.0
GM RAZNIKOV, Danny (2577) 1.0
GM HERNANDEZ, Holden (2578) 2.0
GM BERCZES, David (2584) 1.5
GM POPILSKI, Gil (2648) 0.0
GM ARRIBAS LOPEZ, Angel (2562) 0.0

 

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