The new December 2012 FIDE rating list has just been published. Webster University is once again the #1 ranked division I college chess team in the nation (both USCF and FIDE ratings).
The 2012 PanAm Intercollegiate Championship will take place in Princeton, NJ in just about 4 weeks. Here are the tentative lineups for the top 2 teams from Webster University (pending minor changes after the official December 2012 USCF rating list is published).
We expect to battle against other universities like Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Harvard, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, New York University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Texas – Dallas, University of Texas – Brownsville, Texas Tech, University of Toronto, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Miami, Arizona State, Lindenwood University, University of Central Florida, University of West Indies, etc.
Team 1
GM Georg Meier (Captain) – 2645 FIDE
GM Wesley So – 2682 FIDE
GM Manuel Leon Hoyos – 2599 FIDE
GM Manuel Leon Hoyos – 2599 FIDE
GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez – 2617 FIDE
GM Anatoly Bykhovsky (Co-Captain) – 2513 FIDE
Team 2
GM Ray Robson – 2615 FIDE
GM Andre Diamant – 2482 FIDE
GM Denes Boros – 2506 FIDE
IM Vitaly Neimer – 2395 FIDE
GM Wesley So #4 junior in the world
GM Ray Robson #14 junior in the world
GM Wesley So #4 junior in the world
GM Ray Robson #14 junior in the world
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
UTD will win.