2010 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships

Round 3 Standings - Brownsville A narrowly defeated Texas Tech A:

Pan-American Team Champs 2010 — Team                         Wall Chart, Page 1

Name/ID                            Rate   Rnd 1     Rnd 2     Rnd 3     Rnd 4

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1. U Texas Brownsville-A             |2612 |W14,4.0  |B16,4.0  | W5,2.5  | B3,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |   3.0   |         |

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2. U of Maryland, Baltimore A        |2585 |B18,4.0  | W8,4.0  | B7,4.0  | W4,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |   3.0   |         |

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3. U of Texas, Dallas A              |2552 |W12,4.0  | B9,4.0  | W6,3.0  | W1,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |   3.0   |         |

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4. U Texas Brownsville-B             |2247 |W21,4.0  |B24,4.0  |W16,3.0  | B2,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |   3.0   |         |

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5. Texas Tech U-A                    |2487 |B19,4.0  |W10,4.0  | B1,1.5  |W11,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |   2.0   |         |

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6. U of Maryland, Baltimore B        |2294 |W20,4.0  |B13,4.0  | B3,1.0  |W10,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |   2.0   |         |

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7. U of Texas, Dallas B              |2284 |B15,4.0  |W11,3.0  | W2,0.0  | B9,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |   2.0   |         |

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8. U of Toronto-A                    |2155 |W23,4.0  | B2,0.0  |W18,4.0  |B12,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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9. Washington U                      |2068 |B25,4.0  | W3,0.0  |B19,3.5  | W7,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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10. U of Texas, Dallas C              |2029 |W27,4.0  | B5,0.0  |W20,3.5  | B6,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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11. U of Chicago                      |1983 |W26,4.0  | B7,1.0  |W21,3.0  | B5,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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12. U of Central Florida A            |1902 | B3,0.0  |W22,2.5  |B17,3.0  | W8,0.0  |

|     |   0.0   |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

Texas Tech-B is in 13th place with 1.5; Texas Tech-C is in 21st place with 1.0.

Rounds 4 and 5 take place today; the final, Round 6, takes place tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.  Come on Knight Raiders - you can do this! 

2010 Pan American Collegiate Chess Championships

The "final four" of this event will compete in Spring, 2011 for the President's Cup.  I'm blatantly biased and cheering for SPICE/Texas Tech's Knight Raiders.

Here are the standings after R2 - R3 is currently in progress:

Pan-American Team Champs 2010 — Team                         Wall Chart, Page 1

Name/ID                            Rate   Rnd 1     Rnd 2     Rnd 3

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1. U Texas Brownsville-A             |2612 |W15,4.0  | B8,4.0  | W4,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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2. U of Maryland, Baltimore A        |2585 |B16,4.0  | W9,4.0  | B6,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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3. U of Texas, Dallas A              |2552 |W17,4.0  |B10,4.0  | W5,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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4. Texas Tech U-A                    |2487 |B18,4.0  |W12,4.0  | B1,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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5. U of Maryland, Baltimore B        |2294 |W19,4.0  |B13,4.0  | B3,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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6. U of Texas, Dallas B              |2284 |B20,4.0  |W14,3.0  | W2,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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7. U Texas Brownsville-B             |2247 |W21,4.0  |B28,4.0  | W8,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   2.0   |         |

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Individual results (for Texas Tech-A only):

Texas Tech U-A

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15. Kuljasevic, Davori                |2572 | P 76  | P 49  | —   |

13218291               Board 1 |     |  1.0  |  2.0  |  2.0  |

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16. Diamant, Andre                    |2486 | P 77  | P 50  | —   |

14255502               Board 2 |     |  1.0  |  2.0  |  2.0  |

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17. Bykhovsky, Anatoly                |2497 | P 78  | P 51  | —   |

14508330               Board 3 |     |  1.0  |  2.0  |  2.0  |

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18. Sipos, Istvan                     |2395 | P 79  | P 52  | —   |

14486674               Board 4 |     |  1.0  |  2.0  |  2.0  |

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Texas Tech B is currently in 13th place:

 

13. Texas Tech U-B                    |1995 |B26,3.5  | W5,0.0  |B20,0.0  |

|     |   1.0   |   1.0   |         |

 

Texas Tech C is currently in 21st place:

 

21. Texas Tech U-C                    |1774 | B7,0.0  |W26,3.5  |B14,0.0  |

|     |   0.0   |   1.0   |         |

 

There are 28 teams competing. 

 

I had to laugh upon reading an article earlier today from a Texas newspaper that talked about how cold and snowy it was here and how that particular team was packing heavy coats, etc!  Right now we're actually enjoying what we Wisconsinites consider rather balmy temperatures and hardly any snow on the ground at all - just a few inches in Milwaukee (although, to be fair, up north did get a lot of snow a few weeks ago and once it snows there, it stays until spring).  Better yet, instead of the usual overcast gloom we often have to suffer through during the long winter months, the clouds have cleared away by mid-morning the past few days and it has been SUNNY outside.  For people who don't live here, you don't know what a blessing this is!  Yesterday it's true it only got up to 28 degrees F and there was a wind out of the southwest so it felt colder and raw outside.  Today it nearly got up to 32 degrees F and the wind was not as strong, though still out of the southwest.  That's important because that wind is bringing warmer temperatures and moisture from the Pacific.  We may have 40's and rain by Friday.  Perhaps so many teams playing here from Texas brought the better weather from the southwest with them :)

 



Texas Tech Knight Raiders Group



Good luck to the Knight Raiders!  I hope all the teams, their coaches and supporting personnel have a wonderful time in my hometown.  The Crowne Point is a fine hotel, I think the players will be very comfortable there, and I hope they are able to take an extra day or two to explore Milwaukee a little. We've got first class cultural entertainment, fine ethnic restaurants, and the bar scene on Water Street downtown is jumping at night :)

2010 Pan American Collegiate Team, Scholastic, Blitz and Open Events!

Flyer containing information for all three events!

2010 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championships  

Dec. 27-30 or 28-30    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Note: This year's edition includes an Open + rated Scholastic sections (12/28-30) and an unrated Scholastic section (12/29 one day only), see Wisconsin TLA section (USCF website). Blitz tournament on 12/28.

Playing site: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 6401 South 13th St., Milwaukee, WI 53207. 1-414-764-5300. Free shuttle from the airport. Free parking and wireless internet. Mention Special Chess Rate $78 (single or double). Reserve by December 10th or rate may increase.

Intercollegiate Section (12/27-30): 6SS, g/90+30sec/move increment.

Open to College and University teams from North and South America, including the Caribbean (4 player teams, up to 2 alternates). Teams must supply letter from school stating the players meet eligibility requirements.

Prize Fund: Championships are awarded in 4 divisions (based on average rating) and $4,300GG: Division One $1,200-800-600-400, best International team $500; Division two winner $400, Division three and four winners: plaques. $100 + plaques to best scores on each board.

Schedule: late registration and check in 3:00-5:00pm on 12/27; opening ceremony: 5:00pm; NOTE CHANGES in Rds.: 6:00pm on 12/27, 10:30am and 5:00pm on 12/28, 10:30am and 5:00pm on 12/29, 11:00am on 12/30. Closing ceremony at 4:00pm on 12/30.

FIDE and USCF rated; USCF rules used.

EF: $240/team priority registration by December 1st, 2010; $295/team thereafter. Please make checks payable to Wisconsin Chess Academy and send to Alex Betaneli, PO Box 260122, Madison, WI 53726. All entries will be confirmed over email and posted on http://www.wichessacademy.com/ and http://www.monroi.com/ INFO: abetaneli@wichessacademy.com or abetaneli@hotmail.com, 1-608-334-2574.

Boards and sets provided, please bring clocks.

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I've been to the Crowne Plaza Hotel.  I can't speak to the room quality because I did not stay in a room,  but the other ameneties that I saw (while playing in the Hales Corners Chess Challenge XIII in September) are very nice, although they could use a larger "general store" --.  The hotel is conveniently located to the airport and expressway, as well as main Milwaukee roadways.  Nice restaurant and the staff was very accomodating to getting us in and out on time to start our afternoon Game 3 at 1:30 p.m. (we started lunch late). 

Wisconsin Chess Academy has a new website and it has little information on it.  I looked in vain tonight  for a list of teams coming to play in the Pan Am Intercollegiate but since Susan Polgar posted she would be in Milwaukee on the dates, I assume Texas Tech's Team will be competing and GM Polgar will be here with her team. 

The last time the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was 2000. With the Texas Tech Team making tremendous strides in just a few years, since the founding of SPICE (Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence), perhaps this year will be the year UTD will lose it's Pan American crown.

Want a chance to meet GM Susan Polgar?  Come down and check out the action!