Webster University 2016 Final Four Team (April 1-3 in NY City)
As we aim to win 6 consecutive Final Four National Championship crowns, we decided to shake up the lineup a little. Here is our Final Four team:
Board 1: GM Liem Le (Captain)
Board 2: GM Illia Nyzhnyk
Board 3: GM Vasif Durabayli
Board 4: GM Ray Robson
1st reserve: GM Alex Shimanov
2nd reserve: GM Fidel Corrales
Head Coach: GM Susan Polgar
Team Strategist and Coach: FM Paul Truong
Team assistants: GM Manuel Leon Hoyos, GM Ashwin Jayaram, GM Denes Boros, IM Eric Rosen, IM Irene Sukandar, WGM Katerina Nemcova
Webster University #1 seed
Texas Tech #2 seed
University of Texas RGV #3 seed
Columbia University #4 seed
Playing schedule:
Round 1 (April 2 – 10 am):
Webster vs Columbia / Texas Tech vs UT RGV
Round 2 (April 2 – 5 pm):
Webster vs UT RGV / Texas Tech vs Columbia
Round 3 (April 3 – 9 am):
Webster vs Texas Tech / UT RGV vs Columbia
The Final Four will take place on the first weekend of April 2016 (April 1-3) at the Marshall Chess Club in NY City. The SPICE Chess Program has won the last 5 consecutive Final Four Championships (2 with TTU and 3 with Webster University).
As I expected, Susan will fill in her Team A players in place of her Team B who were the ones who qualified for the Final Four. This is very discouraging to the players. I’m sure members of Team B are very disappointed at Susan’s decision. If Susan really wants to develop her players, she should give them a chance to shine and prove themselves and not just play second fiddle to the more illustrious players in the school team.