UMBC 2nd in Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship
Tim Finin, 11:06pm 30 December 2010Alan Sherman reports that “UMBC advances to Final Four of College Chess, placing 2nd at 2010 Pan-Am Intercollegiate, after losing to arch rival UTD in close, hard-fought match last evening in Milwaukee. 28 teams competed in this six-round team Swiss event, including Stanford, Yale, Univ of Chicago, Univ. of Toronto.” The top four teams are UT Dallas, UMBC, UT Brownsville and Texas Tech. See here for the final standings of all 28 teams.
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January 11th, 2011 at 7:34 am
We’ve always kicked tail in Chess. It’s great to see that Prof. Sherman is still going strong with his chess team. Love hearing this. Go UMBC!
January 18th, 2011 at 5:51 am
Great performance, maximum respect – Go UMBC!
January 23rd, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Chess, its a tough game and so nice to hear that Prof. Sherman is still the champ. I guess he would be doing a lots of hard work. All the best Keep going UMBC
January 26th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
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