Pan Am Champs in San Fran Draws Teams from Alaska to Mexico
Grandmaster Shimanov of Webster, Photo David Llada
The Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships begin on December 27th at 6 PM PT in San Francisco, and over 50 teams are in the mix so far. U.S states represented include Alaska,which was just featured in the Voice of Alaska local news.
We have 51 teams registered for #panamchess this year from all over the country including Alaska and even from Mexico! See the teams and standings at https://t.co/skzHfxmbMY pic.twitter.com/rC7d6CjkLQ
— US Chess (@USChess) December 27, 2018
Among the contenders are reigning President Cup Champion’s, University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, as well as Pan-Am Champion’s Webster University, who won the event six times in a row from 2012-2017.
🏆 Did you know… The US Chess federation (@USChess) has named UTRGV as the "Chess College of the Year."https://t.co/M0MBRnpYUC pic.twitter.com/9C2UGECq30
— UTRGV (@utrgv) June 11, 2018
Webster team at the PanAm InterCollegiate Chess Championship! We eat together, train together, fight together! There is no I in this team! @websteru @EuropeEchecs @chessdom @FIDE_chess @WOMChess @ACMChess @USChess @bayareachess pic.twitter.com/WZit5Chl49
— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) December 27, 2018
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