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News and Events
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Maryland Chess Spectacular The Maryland Chess Spectacular will be held this Sunday at UMBC. Registration is still available (here) and will be available until Sunday. The current list of registrants is available here. For more information please see the event flyer and the event's FAQ page. |
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Registrants List, Registration, and Deadlines for the 2009 Maryland Scholastic Chess Spectacular The current list of registrants for the upcoming 2009 Chess Spectacular is available here. This list is updated frequently. Registration for the Chess Spectacular (available here) is open up to the day of the Spectacular. Due to the current number of registrants, late registrants will not be charged late fees nor have a Bye applied to Rd. 1. For more information, please see the event flyer. |
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UMBC Wins the 2009 President's Cup The UMBC Chess team has beaten the University of Texas-Dallas (UTD) to win the 2009 President's Cup. Entering the final round down 5-6 against UTD, UMBC beat UTD 2.5-1.5, resulting in a 7.5-7.5 tie in individual points and a 2-2 tie on match points. The head-to-head encounter of Round 3 broke the tie, resulting in a UMBC victory. UMBC has now won five of the nine years the competition has existed. For more information, check out the following links: |
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2009 President's Cup - The Final Four of College Chess After tieing for first place with the University of Texas-Dallas (UTD) in the 54th Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship last December, the UMBC Chess team is preparing for a rematch. It will face off against UTD again, along with the University of Texas-Brownsville and Stanford University, in the 2009 President's Cup, April 4-5, at the University of Texas-Dallas. For more information, see the event program. |
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Registrants for the 2009 UMBC Open - Alvin S. Mintzes Tournament A list of current registrants for the upcoming 2009 UMBC Open is now available here. |
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Online Registration for the 2009 Maryland Scholastic Chess Spectacular Registration is now available, located here. If you used the 2008 registration form to register, please register again with the new form. If you are an out-of-state participant, please remember to mail in your entrance fee. For more information, please see the MSCS flyer. |
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2009 Maryland Scholastic Chess Spectacular Open to students grades 1-12, the Maryland Scholastic Chess Spectacular (May 10) provides Maryland students the opportunity to represent their schools in an SS style tournament. Players must bring their own regulation sets and clocks. Spectators are free and welcome! For more information see the MSCS flyer. |
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2009 UMBC Open - Alvin S. Mintzes Chess Tournament The UMBC Chess Club is hosting the UMBC Open, March 28-29. Located on the 3rd floor of The Commons, the tournament is open to all players. For more information, see the tournament flyer. |
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Upcoming UMBC Chess Events for 2009
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2008 Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship The UMBC Chess team tied for first place with the University of Texas at Dallas (B Team) in the 54th Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship. Both teams will join the 3rd and 4th place teams in the Final Four of Chess tournament later this spring. |
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Maryland Scholastic Chess Spectacular Open to any student grades 1-12. Coaches welcome to attend free instructional session. Spectators free and welcome.
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Chess Week! Join us in The Commons as we celebrate Chess Week 2008, a week's worth of events, activities, and giveaways leading up to the 2008 President's Cup, Final Four of Chess on April 5th & 6th. Events include an opening kickoff on Monday, March 31 with FREE t-shirts to the first 50 students who attend, a giant chess match between some of UMBC's finest chess team members, and much, much more. All events will take place on Main Street between 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm.Full schedule of events |
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2008 President’s Cup UMBC Chess Club proudly presents U.S. Intercollegiate Chess Team Championship For The President’s Cup. Featuring the four top USA schools from the 2008 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship (Pan-Am) April 5-6, 2008 UMBC Commons (Game Room, 2nd Floor)Article about our A-team in The Retriever Weekly: Mind games: UMBC chess Official website |
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2007 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Chess Championship The 2007 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Chess Championship just ended at Miami Dade College. The good news is UMBC placed second out of 28 teams and advances to the Final Four (April 5-6).Read report |
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Upcoming UMBC Chess Events
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Arbutus Middle School: "Chess for Success!" Chess with Eagle's P.R.I.D.E - on Tuesday, September 25, UMBC Coca-Cola chess fellows started lecturing Arbutus Middle Schoolers. More about the program |
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2008 UMBC Open-Alvin S. Mintzes Chess Tournament The nearest upcoming UMBC event, open to the public. Online flyer |
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Chess Club Photo Albums Finally! A Beta version of our photo albums page is up. More photo albums and photos to be added. Feel free to comment/report bugs. Any additional photos will be appreciated. All currently available photo albums |
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UMBC Chess Club Simultaneous Exhibition 2007 On Friday, October 19, GM Sergey Erenburg and Greg Masters gave timed simultaneous exhibitions against teammates of the B and C Teams as well as some additional club members. Visual impressions and games |
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ChessFest 2007 Last Sunday, October 14, UMBC held ChessFest event. Four UMBC Chess Fellows Sergey Erenburg, Pawel Blehm, Katerina Rohonyan and Bruci Lopez provided chess instructions to over a hundred of children from different schools of Maryland, Virginia and DC. The director of International School of Chess Dr.Korenman conducted a lecture for chess coaches. After the lectures, the public had an opportunity to enjoy a simultaneous matches against Sergey Erenburg and Katerina Rohonyan, followed by two exhibition matches. Read illustrated report with games |
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2007 UMBC Chess Championship The 2007 UMBC Chess Championship was won for the third consecutive time by GM Pawel Blehm, with a score of 4.5/5.0. He only conceded a draw to FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat, a teammate on the Baltimore Kingfishers in the US Chess League. Freshman Aaron Kahn scored an impressive 4.0/5.0 to tie for 2nd place with Enkhbat and Daniel Yeager, Pennsylvania's top junior player. The U1800 Section was jointly won by Carl Hudec and David Hevey, while Sophomore Alisha Crowley was the top UMBC student in the section. Freshman Helong Li won top honors in the Beginner's Section. Final standings |
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