Blindfolded Chess Tournament Continues

ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: May 2, 2013
CONTACT: Megan Ketterer, megan.ketterer@ttu.edu
(806) 742-2136

Blindfolded Chess Tournament Continues

WHAT:           A blindfolded Texas Tech University chess team member competes against five fraternity champions.

WHEN:           2 – 4 p.m. Friday (May 3)

WHERE:         The event is located in the free speech area between Texas Tech Library and Student Union Building.

EVENT:          International Chess Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi, a member of Texas Tech’s A-Team, will be blindfolded and face five fraternity members in separate games simultaneously.

The event is a follow-up to the “First Annual Texas Tech Greek Chess Challenge” where Alex Onischuk, Texas Tech head chess coach and international grandmaster, took on 32 Greek representatives simultaneously, defeating them all.

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

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CONTACT: Al Lawrence, program director, Texas Tech Chess, Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, Texas Tech University, (806) 742-7742, or al.lawrence@ttu.edu