Congratulations to the UMBC Chess team for placing second in the 2013 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship held December 27-30, 2013 at Texas Tech. The team will advance to the “Final Four” of chess to be held in New York City in the Spring along with Webster Univ. (1st), Illinois (3rd) and Texas Tech (4th).
During the championship, UMBC defeated the University of West Indies, the University of Toronto, the University of Texas, Brownsville, Webster University C, and the University of Texas, Dallas A. UMBC’s only loss was to Webster University A, in round three. UMBC Team B won the Division V prize.
The UMBC Chess Team A for the 2013 Pan-Am Champioship had the following members.
- Board 1: GM Niclas Huschenbeth (USCF rating 2610)
- Board 2: GM Akshayraj Kore (2519)
- Board 3: M Levan Bregadze (2469)
- Board 4: IM and WGM Nazi Paikidze (2378)
- Alternate: WGM Sabina Foisor (2315)
