TTU Chess Team Wins Double Title at Southwest Collegiate Championship

News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: March 28, 2013
CONTACT: Callie Jones, callie.jones@ttu.edu
(806) 742-2136

Texas Tech Chess Team Wins Double Title at Southwest Collegiate Championship

Texas Tech University Chess Program’s “A” team repeated as Southwest Collegiate Team Champions, outscoring the University of Texas-Dallas and the University of Texas-Brownsville, both among the nation’s top-ranked teams.

The event was held in March 23-24 in McAllen.

Texas Tech freshman Yaroslav Zherebukh won the individual championship. The tournament included 15 internationally ranked players.

Texas Tech’s four-person team, in board order, consisted of Grandmaster Zherebukh, Grandmaster Hedinn Steingrimsson, Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi, and Faig Alasgarov. Grandmaster is the highest title given in chess and is awarded only by the World Chess Federation.

The Southwest Collegiate Championship is one of the final team championships of the regular school year. The Texas Tech chess team also took “Top College” at the World Amateur Team Championship in New Jersey in February.

The Texas Tech University Chess Program, part of the Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity & and Community Engagement, offers outreach programs to more than a dozen area schools and can provide teaching materials and other assistance on request.

CONTACT: Al Lawrence, director, Chess Program, Texas Tech University, (806) 742-7742, or al.lawrence@ttu.edu.