The Knight Raiders Chess Club just won the 2010-11 Texas Tech University Most Improved Student Organization and the Texas Tech Student Organization of the Year Awards! In addition, Dr. Hal Karlsson also won the 2010-11 Texas Tech University Most...
Knight Raiders Videos and Photos
Special videos (4) from Texas Tech with the Knight Raiders: https://chessdailynews.com/knight-raiders-welcome-home-video/ https://chessdailynews.com/texas-tech-knight-raiders-recognition-with-chancellor-kent-hance/ https://chessdailynews.com/texas-tech-knight-raiders-recognition-with-vp-vice-provost-juan-munoz/ https://chessdailynews.com/texas-tech-knight-raiders-final-four-recognition/ Photos from the 2011 College Chess Final Four in Washington, DC: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2011FinalFourInWashingtonDC Photos from the heroes’ welcome at Lubbock International Airport:https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/WelcomeHomeKRNationalChamps Photos from the celebration...
Cinderella brought home the glass slippers
Cinderella brought home the glass slippers April 10, 2011 – 7:14pm AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Heavy underdog Knight Raiders win the biggest national collegiate chess titleby PT In only our second year competing in Division I chess, the Texas Tech Knight Raiders...
Local teams excel in competition
Local teams excel in competition Posted: April 9, 2011 – 12:09am Knight Raiders bring national title home to Tech Red Raiders are no strangers to competition, but it’s not every day a team in red and black soars from...
Rise to the top
Knight Raiders win national championshipPosted: Thursday, April 7, 2011 9:58 pm Rocio Rodriguez – Staff Writer Daily Toreador – Dept. of Student Media, Texas Tech University An organization of three years, the Knight Raiders have managed to rise from...
At the top of a new college pecking order
Texas Tech Redeems Itself With Final Four Chess VictoryBy DYLAN LOEB McCLAINPublished: April 6, 2011 Texas Tech University is at the top of a new college pecking order. Last weekend, Texas Tech won a chess tournament in Herndon, Va.,...
Team wasn’t quite at full strength
UMBC chess team checked in President’s Cup Wednesday, April 06, 2011 8:30:52 PMAmerican ChronicleBy Brian Conlin, Arbutus Times, Catonsville, Md. April 05–The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, chess team was held in check as it finished last among the...
No chest-pounding, no cheerleaders, just win quietly
Texas Tech Wins Final Four of ChessPosted: 04/ 4/11 08:38 PM ETLubomir KavalekInternational Chess Grandmasterwww.huffingtonpost.com You don’t see spectacular hoops and dunks and scoring is not done in twos or threes. No chest-pounding, no cheerleaders. The four-corner offense or...
Knight Raiders welcome home video
Photos from the heroes’ welcome at Lubbock International Airport: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/WelcomeHomeKRNationalChamps The National Champion Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess team arrived in Lubbock at midnight after a series of long delays. But it is all worth it as they came...