University of Missouri triumphs at Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/01/2024

University of Missouri Team A wins Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship 2024. The winning team scored 5.5/6. GM Harshit Raja contributed a valuable unbeaten 3.5/5. This was the first time ever the school won this event. The chess team was founded in 2019. University of Texas at Dallas Team A secured second place, scoring 5/6. GM Koustav Chatterjee and IM Saksham Rautela scored 2.5/6 and 2/2 each respectively. Webster University Team A was placed third with a score 4.5/6. GM Harsha Bharathakoti scored 4.5/6. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Team A also scored 4.5/6 and they were placed fourth according to tie-breaks. The top four team qualified to the President's Cup. Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club

Harshit Raja's team becomes the champion for the first time in school's history

Last year in December, GM Harshit Raja won Winter Chess Classic 2023 for Team A. A little over a fortnight later, Harshit once again won another team event. This time for his school - University of Missouri Team A. It was also the first time in the school's history that the team became Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship. They along with the next three teams have secured a place in the President's Cup.

Champion - University of Missouri - Team A 5.5/6 | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club

Runner-up - University of Texas at Dallas Team A 5/6 | Photo: University of Texas at Dallas

Second Runner-up - Webster University Team A 4.5/6 | Photo: Webster University

A total of 173 players including 27 GMs, 22 IMs, 4 WGMs and 4 WIMs represented 40 teams all across the USA and Canada. The four-day six round Swiss League team tournament was held at McAllen Convention Center in McAllen, Texas, USA from 4th to 7th January 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings

	Code	Name	Score	TBrk[U]	TBrk[G]	TBrk[H]	TBrk[B]	TBrk[B]	TBrk[S]
1	UMIZZOU-A	University of Missouri - Team A (2625.3) - Cnt: 5	5.5	64.25	17.5	0	20.5	23	20.75
		GM Grigoriy Oparin (2728) 4.5
		GM Mikhail Antipov (2673) 2.0
		GM Harshit Raja (2582) 3.5
		GM Luka Budisavljevic (2518) 2.0
		IM Josiah Stearman (2557) 5.5
2	UTD-A	University of Texas at Dallas - Team A (2561.3) - Cnt: 6	5	50.25	16	0	18	20	15.75
		GM Koustav Chatterjee (2638) 2.5
		GM David Brodsky (2590) 4.0
		IM Brian Escalante (2578) 2.5
		IM Karolis Juksta (2439) 5.0
		IM Saksham Rautela (2342) 2.0
		WGM Anastasia Paramzina (2275) 0.0
3	WEBSTER-A	Webster University - Team A (2676.8) - Cnt: 4	4.5	61.75	17	0	20	23	16.25
		GM Benjamin Gledura (2705) 3.0
		GM Aram Hakobyan (2693) 4.5
		GM Yasser Quesada Perez (2668) 5.0
		GM Bharathakoti Harsha (2641) 4.5
4	UTRGV-A	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Team A (2558.8) - Cnt: 4	4.5	61	16.5	0	21.5	24	16.5
		GM Viktor Gazik (2624) 5.0
		IM Gleb Dudin (2587) 3.5
		IM Irakli Beradze (2591) 4.0
		IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (2433) 4.0

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