Webster University Final Four Team Set (by FIDE rating order – Board order will be determined on March 27)
GM Liem “Man of Steel” Le – Sophomore/Finance – 2755/2676 (Vietnam)
GM Ray “Fearless Attacker” Robson – Junior/International Studies – 2750/2656 (USA)
GM Vasif “Mr. CrossFit” Durarbayli – Freshman/Economics – 2676/2632 (Azerbaijan)
GM Illya “The Brain” Nyzhnyk – Freshman/Math 2748/2622 (Ukraine)
Alt. 1 GM Fidel “Pinar Romancer” Corrales Jimenez – Junior/Computer Science – 2605/2539 (Cuba)
Alt. 2 GM Andre “The Shiny” Diamant – Grad/International Business – 2547/2472 (Brazil)
Head Coach: GM Susan Polgar
Coach: FM Paul Truong
Assistants: GM Georg Meier, GM Manuel Leon Hoyos, Denes Boros, GM-elect Ashwin Jayaram, IM Vitaly Neimer
About Webster University
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Webster University (established in 1915) is the only Tier 1, private, nonprofit university with campus locations around the world including metropolitan, military, online and corporate, plus traditional, American-style campuses in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Webster students are around the world. There are 22,000+ students enrolled at Webster University – with students from 50 states and 148 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.