The Texas Tech University Knight Raiders A team just captured two Texas State Collegiate Championships. International Masters Gergely Antal and Davorin Kuljasevic captured 1st and 2nd in the individual competition.
Together with International Master Gabor Papp and Chase Watters, the Knight Raiders A team captured the state team title on tiebreaks over the powerful UT Brownsville team, led by the top seed GM Mauricio Flores. UT Dallas finished in a distant third and the Knight Raiders B team finished 4th.
This is the first time Texas Tech sends an A team to the state championship and this is also the first state title for the Knight Raiders. Congratulations to all the team members!
Top 10 individual standings:
| # | Name | Rtng | Team | Total | TBrk[M] | TBrk[B] | TBrk[S] | TBrk[R] | TBrk[C] |
| 1 | IM Gergely Antal | 2543 | TTECHA | 4.5 | 14 | 10 | 14.5 | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | IM Davorin Kuljasevic | 2581 | TTECHA | 4.0 | 14.5 | 10 | 16.5 | 12.25 | 13.5 |
| 3 | GM Mauricio Flores | 2663 | BUTB | 4.0 | 13 | 8.5 | 15 | 10.5 | 12 |
| 4 | FM Max Cornejo | 2405 | BUTB | 4.0 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 10.25 | 13 |
| 5 | Arturo Gracia Jr | 2094 | BUTB | 4.0 | 9.5 | 6 | 10.5 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | IM Gabor Papp | 2597 | TTECHA | 3.5 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11.5 |
| 7 | NM Nelson Lopez II | 2197 | UTD | 3.0 | 13 | 8.5 | 14.5 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | NM Yashodhan Gogte | 2186 | UTD | 3.0 | 13 | 8.5 | 14 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 9 | NM Bradley J Sawyer | 2224 | BUTB | 3.0 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | Chase Miles Watters | 2018 | TTECHA | 3.0 | 10 | 6 | 11.5 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 11 | John K Hendrick | 2185 | HUSTTH | 3.0 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 10 | 5.5 | 8 |
Top 3 teams:
| Code | Name | Score | TBrk[B] | TBrk[S] | TBrk[R] | TBrk[C] | |
| 1 | TTECHA | Texas Tech University ‘A’ Team – Cnt: 4 | 12.0 | 30 | 47 | 35.25 | 39 |
| IM Gergely Antal 4.5 | |||||||
| IM Davorin Kuljasevic 4.0 | |||||||
| IM Gabor Papp 3.5 | |||||||
| Chase Miles Watters 3.0 | |||||||
| 2 | BUTB | University of Texas at Brownsville – Cnt: 4 | 12.0 | 23 | 39 | 27.75 | 35 |
| GM Mauricio Flores 4.0 | |||||||
| FM Max Cornejo 4.0 | |||||||
| Arturo Gracia Jr 4.0 | |||||||
| NM Bradley J Sawyer 3.0 | |||||||
| 3 | UTD | University of Texas at Dallas – Cnt: 5 | 8.0 | 27 | 44.5 | 18.5 | 28 |
| NM Nelson Lopez II 3.0 | |||||||
| NM Yashodhan Gogte 3.0 | |||||||
| NM Chaitanya Vaidya 2.0 | |||||||
| NM Francisco Guadalupe II 2.0 | |||||||
| Medina Parrilla 2.0 |
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