After beating Yale B team in the first round, Texas Tech (average rating of 2027) almost pulled off an upset win against University of Toronto A team which has an average rating of over 200 points higher than Texas Tech. At the end, the match ended in a 2-2 tie thanks to an upset win by our board 4 Josh Osbourn (1796) against a 2016 player.
In the third round, Texas Tech got paired up again against one of the contenders for the final 4 Miami Dade A team which has an average rating of nearly 250 higher than Texas Tech. Our board 3 Stephanie Ballom (1816) defeated a 2210 player. Our board 2 Chase Watters (1990) drew a 2285 player while our top board Gergely Antal defeated a 2357 with the Black pieces. This gives Texas Tech the second straight upset results.
Every team member has made big contributions to the team results so far. We will face the #1 seed UMBC team with an average rating of around 2600 tomorrow!
A big shout out to Josh Osbourn!! Way to go Josh with a good win for TTU. We’re cheering for you back here in Winchester, Kentucky.
Steph’s performance was thrilling. It was the chess equivalent of the Crabtree last second touchdown against UT.
This proves that it is not about the rating but about the playing the game. In the United States we simply pay to much attention to ratings and forget that ratings dont play, chess players do.
Good job…and go Brownsville
I agree! Ratings are like butts. Some have bigger ones than others.
The key is ignoring the big butts and winning the game!
Yeah!
All this talk about butts is making me hungry!
Is the Osbourn game available anywhere?