The Final Four of College Chess for 2015, also known as The President’s Cup, is set to take place on 27-29th March at the New York Athletic Club.
The event is open to the top four U.S. schools from the most recent Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship (Pan-Am). It is run as a fixed-roster team round-robin tournament, scored by individual (not team) points.
Webster University:
GM Liem Le Quang 2755
GM Ray Robson 2750
GM Vasif Durarbayli 2676
GM Illya Nyzhnyk 2748
Alt. 1 GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez 2605
Alt. 2 GM Andre Diamant 2547
Head Coach: GM Susan Polgar
Coach: FM Paul Truong
Assistants: GM Georg Meier, GM Manuel Leon Hoyos, GM Denes Boros, GM-elect Ashwin Jayaram
Webster University is the defending champion
University of Texas at Dallas:
GM Kritz Leonid 2639
GM Yotov Valentin 2613
GM Holt Conrad 2622
GM Margvelashvili Giorgi 2618
Alt. 1 IM Kadric Denis 2618
Alt. 2 GM Berczes David 2607
Head Coach: IM Rade Milovanovic
UTD Chess Team
Texas Tech University:
GM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2719
GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2642
IM Gorovets Andrey 2595
GM Shoker Samy 2538
Alt. 1 WGM Heredia Carla 2228
Head Coach: GM Alex Onischuk
TTU Chess Team
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC):
GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2609
GM Ringoir Tanguy 2573
GM Kore Akshayraj 2567
IM Bregadze Levan 2579
Alt. 1 WGM Paikidze Nazi 2349
Head Coach: GM Semon Palatnik
Joel DeWyer, Business Manager
Dr. Alan T. Sherman, Director
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) chess team – photo by Marlayna Demond
