UMBC’s ranking among the best college chess teams has been continuously challenged, but at the Pan American Intercollegiate championships in Texas, UMBC won with an undefeated run. “This is maybe the greatest chess accomplishment for UMBC, because it came against the strongest competitive field ever assembled on college chess,” Alan T. Sherman, director and founder…
Filed under: News | Comments (0)The UMBC Chess Team has tied for first place in the 2008 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, hosted in Dallas, TX. The Retrievers tied with the University of Texas at Dallas (B Team) in round 6 of competition. This marks the 8th first place finish for the Retrievers in the Pan-Am Tournament — beating UTD’s…
Filed under: News | Comments (0)UMBC is famous for its chess. The Retriever chess teams include chess champions recruited from around the world. Despite the fact that UMBC had only enough money to send one of its teams to compete in the PanAm chess tournament this year, and 2 of the players on this team fell ill, it looks as…
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