Webster University wins President's Cup

by André Schulz
3/31/2015 – For the third time in a row Webster University won the College Chess Final Four championship, also known as "President's Cup". With their strong team of Liem Le, Ray Robson, Illia Nyzhnyk, Vasif Durarbayli, Fidel Corrales Jimenez, and Andre Diamant Webster University was clear favorite. The team did not disappoint and won convincingly.
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This year the College Chess Final Four championship was played in the New York Athletic Cup. And to avoid time trouble with the US Championship that starts on March 31st in St. Louis the university teams played one week earlier than usual.

The three teams that tried to prevent Webster from winning their third title in as many years were Texas Tech, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and University of Texas in Dallas. But Webster clearly dominated the championship. They won all three matches, scored nine wins, conceded four draws, and did not lose a single game.

The Webster team during preparation

Tournament direction

The Final Four championship is played as a round-robin. Each of the four teams plays a match on four boards against the other three teams. Traditionally, two of these matches take place on Saturday, and on Sunday the nominally two best teams meet for the last match. This time the four teams could boast of no less than 17 grandmasters altogether.

Ray Robson

 

Round 1

Webster 3.5 - 0.5 UMBC

Niclas Huschenbeth vs Liem Le ½-½
Ray Robson vs Tanguy Ringoir 1-0
Akshayraj Kore vs Illya Nyzhnyk 0-1
Yasif Durarbayli vs Levan Bregadze 1-0

TTU 2:2 UTD

Holt, Conrad vs Gorovets, Andrey 1-0
Margvelashvili, Giorgi vs Zherebukh, Yaroslav ½-½
Moradiabadi, Elshan vs. Kritz, Leonid ½-½
Shoker, Samy vs. Berczes, David 1-0


Round 2

Webster 3.5: 0.5 UTD

Liem Le vs George Margvelashvili 1-0
Leonid Kritz vs Ray Robson 0-1
Illya Nyzhnyk vs Conrad Holt ½-½
Valentin Yotov vs Yasif Durarbayli 0-1

TTU 2,5 - 1,5 UMBC

Zherebukh, Yaroslav vs Huschenbeth, Niclas 1-0
Ringoir, Tanguy vs Moradiabadi, Elshan ½-½
Gorovets, Andrey vs Akshayraj, Kore 0-1
Bregadze, Levan vs Shoker, Samy 1-0


Round 3

Webster 3:1 TTU

Liem Le vs Yaroslav Zherebukh 1-0
Elshan Moradiabadi vs Ray Robson ½-½
Illya Nyzhnyk vs Andrey Gorovets ½-½
Samy Shoker vs Yasif Durarbayli 0-1

UMBC 1:3 UTD

Huschenbeth, Niclas vs Margvelashvili, Giorgi 1-0
Kritz, Leonid vs Ringoir, Tanguy 1-0
Akshayraj, Kore vs Holt, Conrad 0-1
Kadric, Denis vs Bregadze, Levan 1-0
 

 
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1.e4 0 c5 0 2.Nf3 0 d6 0 3.c3 0 Nf6 1:09 4.Bd3 0 g6 5:25 5.Bc2 24 Bg7 3:38 6.h3 0 e5 7:23 7.d4 1:28 cxd4 1:14 8.cxd4 5 exd4 40 9.Nxd4 8:29 d5 6:21 10.exd5 12:37 0-0 2:45 11.0-0 0 Nxd5 30 12.Bb3 5:59 Na6 18:54 13.Nc3 9:33 Nxc3 9:21 14.bxc3 12 Nc5 35 15.Bc4 26 b6 2:33 16.Be3 0 Bb7 1:40 17.Qe2 8:17 Qc7 4:20 18.Rfd1 2:53 a6 2:03 19.a4 5:39 Rfe8 7:39 20.Qb2 15:31 Ne4 8:01 21.Bf1 5 Nxc3 3:14 22.Rdc1 45 Rac8 18 23.Kh1 4:52 Be5 3:30 24.Nf3 22 Bxf3 0 25.gxf3 3 Qd7 4:33 26.Qb3 4:08 Qf5 1:18 27.f4 22 Bd4 2:43 28.Bxd4 1:46 Qe4+ 2 29.Kg1 4 Qxd4 0 30.Bxa6 2 Rc5 1:24 31.Bf1 2:26 Re2 38 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kritz,L2583Robson,R26560–12015B50US College Final 4-ch2
Le,Q2676Margvelashvili,G26181–02015E00US College Final 4-ch2
Nyzhnyk,I2622Holt,C2530½–½2015D23US College Final 4-ch2
Yotov,V2639Durarbayli,Y26760–12015D90US College Final 4-ch2
Durarbayli,Y2676Bregadze,L25791–02015B65US College Final 4-ch1
Huschenbeth,N2536Le,Q2676½–½2015B48US College Final 4-ch1
Akshayraj,K2472Nyzhnyk,I26220–12015C10US College Final 4-ch1
Robson,R2656Ringoir,T25261–02015C60US College Final 4-ch1
Holt,C2530Gorovets,A25181–02015D36US College Final 4-ch1
Margvelashvili,G2618Zherebukh,Y2640½–½2015E92US College Final 4-ch1
Moradiabadi,E2568Kritz,L2583½–½2015E11US College Final 4-ch1
Shoker,S2466Berczes,D25091–02015A07US College Final 4-ch1
Bregadze,L2484Shoker,S24661–02015B06US College Final 4-ch2
Gorovets,A2518Akshayraj,K24720–12015A13US College Final 4-ch2
Ringoir,T2526Moradiabadi,E2568½–½2015E21US College Final 4-ch2
Zherebukh,Y2640Huschenbeth,N25361–02015A46US College Final 4-ch2
Kritz,L2583Ringoir,T25261–02015C60US College Final 4-ch3
Akshayraj,K2472Holt,C25300–12015C42US College Final 4-ch3
Kadric,D2500Bregadze,L24841–02015B46US College Final 4-ch3
Huschenbeth,N2536Margvelashvili,G26181–02015US College Final 4-ch3
Shoker,S2466Durarbayli,Y26760–12015A07US College Final 4-ch3
Nyzhnyk,I2622Gorovets,A2518½–½2015A39US College Final 4-ch3
Moradiabadi,E2568Robson,R2656½–½2015A16US College Final 4-ch3
Le,Q2676Zherebukh,Y26401–02015A79US College Final 4-ch3

 

Final results:

 

 

 

The winning team

 

Pictures: Susan Polgar, Paul Truong

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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