We just ended our 9th season at Webster University. This team has maintained the #1 ranking every single day, week, and month since inception, as well as winning 7 PanAm InterCollegiate Championships (8 out of 9) and 5 Final...
UNDERSTANDING CHESS WITH GM ILLIA NYZHNYK: ATTACKING THE KING!
Hello everybody, and welcome to a third article of the “Understanding Chess with Grandmaster Illia Nyzhnyk” series. In the last article, I talked about king safety, and what one should be looking for when making a decision on how...
Understanding Chess with GM Illia Nyzhnyk – Introduction (1)
Hello everybody, and welcome to the “Understanding Chess with Grandmaster Illia Nyzhnyk”, a series of short chess articles. My goal for these articles is to show you fundamental chess principles with simple examples, something you can use as a...
PanAm InterCollegiate Champions over the years
PanAm InterCollegiate Chess Champions # Year Location Number of Teams Winning School Team 1 1946 New York, NY 13 City College of New York 2 1948 New York, NY 15 City College of New York 3 1950 New York,...
Academic Pathway to Chess Excellence
If you would like to be a part of the #1 College Chess program in the United States, please feel free to contact me (SusanPolgar@aol.com). Full and partial scholarships available for qualified student players. Webster University – SPICE Chess...
The Complete SPICE Final Four
The official records of SPICE National Championship Teams (3 wins – 3 ties – 0 loss at TTU and 15 wins – 0 tie – 0 loss at Webster). We did not lose any match in 7 straight Final Four...
Chris Hrabe’s Spotlight on CBS St Louis: Webster University Chess Team
Full video here: http://cbsloc.al/2owqpJr ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The Webster University Chess Team just won its fifth consecutive President’s Cup Collegiate Chess tournament, last month, continuing its dominance as the best college chess team in the country. And it’s...
The improvement progress
This is the rating progress of SPICE 18 GMs in the past 7+ years. (The 1st rating is the rating they had when they arrived to SPICE. The 2nd rating is their peak ratings after SPICE, could be while...
Physical and mental toughness leads to 7 consecutive national championships
(ST. LOUIS) – Webster University’s chess team won its fifth consecutive national championship this weekend during the 2017 President’s Cup Collegiate Chess tournament in New York City. Webster University is the only university in the history of the President’s...
We ARE the CHAMPIONS again!
This is the 5th consecutive National Division I Championship for Webster University and 7 straight for SPICE! The Team: GMs Le Quang Liem, Ray Robson, Alex Shimanov, Vasif Durarbayli, Illia Nyzhnyk, PD Kannappan, Manuel Leon Hoyos, Ashwin Jayaram Final...