Final Four Information, including round by round pairings

Photos from College Chess Final Four: https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/2013CollegeChessFinalFour 

Webster Final Four Video: http://youtu.be/vC-mHjCk8lU 

Final Four Celebration Video: https://chessdailynews.com/webster-university-final-four-celebration-video/ 

Final Four Media Coverage: Final Four Media 

Round-by-Round Match-ups

Round 1: Saturday, April 6th, 10 AM

Webster University vs Univ. of Illinois, with Webster playing White on Board 1 
UT Dallas vs. UMBC, with UT Dallas playing White on Board 1 

Webster 4-0 Illinois
Dallas 3-1 Baltimore 

Round 2: Saturday, April 6th, 5 PM 

UMBC vs. Webster University, with UMBC playing White on Board 1 
Univ. of Illinois vs. UT Dallas, with Univ of Illinois playing White on Board 1 

Baltimore 1.5 – 2.5 Webster
Illinois 1-3 Dallas 

Round 3: Sunday, April 7th, 9 AM

Board 1 colors for Rd 3 were determined by Drawing of Pawns on Friday evening. 

Webster vs. UT Dallas, with UT Dallas playing White on Board 1 
UMBC vs. Univ. of Illinois, with UMBC playing White on Board 1 

Dallas 1-3 Webster
UMBC 2.5 – 1.5 Illinois

Official website: http://www.vachess.org 

Location / Address: Physical Address for your GPS: 1 Preserve Parkway, Rockville, MD 

Tournament is on the 1st Floor of the Corporate HQ of Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., sponsors of the 2013 College Final 4 of Chess Parking is available along the street or in the Parking Garage (pay to park in the Garage) 

Everyone will need to sign-in and receive a “Visitor’s Badge” at the Information Desk 

Wrap up info: http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/news/webster-u-wins-2013-u-s-chess-final-four 

Final standings 

1st Webster University / 9.5 points
2nd UTD / 7.0 points
3rd UMBC / 5 points
4th University of Illinois / 2.5 points

Many first for College Chess:

– 1st team (Webster U) to be ranked #1 in the nation in the first year of forming a team (August 2012 – now)
– 1st team (Webster U) to qualify for the Final Four in the first year of forming a team (December 2012)
– 1st team (Webster U) to be seeded #1 in the Final Four in the first year of forming a team (April 2013)
– 1st female (Susan Polgar) to coach a men’s team to the National Championship (2011)
– 1st female (Susan Polgar) to coach back to back National Championships (2011-2012)
– 1st female (Susan Polgar) to coach teams to 3 straight National Championships (2011-2013)
– 1st coach, male or female, to win National Championships with 2 different schools (TTU 2011-2012 and Webster U 2013)
– Most points scored in the Final Four (Webster U 9.5 points)
– Largest margin of victory (Webster U 2.5 points ahead of UTD) 
– 1st person (Susan Polgar) to be named College Coach of the Year (April 2013)