UMBC Chess Team places 14th at Pan-Am Intercollegiate
UMBC Chess Team places 14th at Pan-Am Intercollegiate
UMBC placed 14th out of 40 teams in the open team section of the 2024 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, held January 4-7 in McAllen, TX.
UMBC tied Harvard in the 6th and final round. Missouri took first place with an undefeated team score of 5.5 out of 6, with four controversial quick draws by agreement with Univ. of TX Rio Grande Valley soon into the final round. UMBC has won or tied for first at the Pan-Am ten times, which record to date no team has surpassed. The UMBC team included Computer Science major Dhanush Bharadwaj.
UMBC Chess Team for 2024 Pan-Am:
- Matyas Marek (IM), USCF 2420, FIDE 2343, Board 1
- Dhanush Bharadwaj, FIDE 2219, Board 2
- Gunnar Andersen, USCF 2242, Board 3
- Jason Daniels, USCF 2162, FIDE 1972, Board 4
- Joseph Tarantin, USCF 1949, alternate
(IM = International Master)
Posted: January 12, 2024, 7:36 PM