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1993-94 UMBC Chess Team

December 30, 1993, shortly after final Pan-Am round. Kneeling (left to right): Sherman (Faculty Advisor), Byrum. Standing (left to right): Stancil, Smith, Jones, Weerakoon.

1993 Pan-Am "A" Team Craig Jones (2200) Ishan Weerakoon (2185, FIDE 2210), former Sri Lankan Chess Champion Kimani Stancil (2068) Milton (Mack) Smith (1930) First alternate: Daniel Byrum (1350) Manish Singh (1985) had qualified for fourth board of the team, but failed to show the snowy morning the van left UMBC. Average rating: 2096

1993 Pan-Am "B" Team

1. Pavel Pasmanik (2137)
2. Vinod Akunri (unrated)
3. Predrag Tosic (unrated)
4. Christopher Todd (1475)
5. First alternate: James Goodwin (unrated)

Average rating: 1806

Results

• UMBC lost to Johns Hopkins in late October (not Pan-Am Team).
• UMBC tied for third out of 31 teams with a score of 4.5 out of 6 at the 1993 Pan-Am held December 27-30, 1993, in Deland, FL. The "B" Team finished with 3 points. Faculty Advisor Alan Sherman won the faculty prize, finishing second in the Pan-Am Open with a score of 4.5 out of 6.

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