Posts Tagged ‘chess’
Senior chess player secures President’s Cup big win
Vasif Durarbayli scored a clutch win in the final match against St. Louis University in the 2017 President’s Cup Collegiate Chess Tournament. With all of the support from Webster’s administration and students, Durarbayli said he felt proud being able to achieve a win for the team. “If the position doesn’t allow you to win, play…
Read MoreChess wins fifth straight Pan-Am
SPICE moves on to Chess Final Four, where they can win their fifth straight national title.
Read MoreSPICE welcomes three National Scholastic Champions to team
The Webster University Chess Team added six new freshmen to this year’s team. Three of these players are National Scholastic Champions.
Read MoreSt. Louis University looks to challenge SPICE
St. Louis University (SLU) and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis have teamed up to start the university’s first competitive collegiate chess team to play against SPICE.
Read MoreSPICE offers chess class at Webster University for fall semester
The Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence will offer chess classes to be hosted, and taught, by Webster University Chess Team members.
Read MoreProducer explores chess prodigy Bobby Fischer’s mind in Pawn Sacrifice
American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer defeated Russian player Boris Spassky in a highly-publicized match that made him a world champion. Producer Gail Katz sought to bring this story to the big screen. That film became “Pawn Sacrifice,” directed by Edward Zwick and starring Tobey Maguire as the chess prodigy opposite Liev Schreiber as his famed…
Read MoreThree Webster elite snag a cumulative $195,000 in bonuses
Newly-released tax documents reveal the salaries and bonuses of Webster’s upper administration.
Read More$1 million program proposal made by Susan Polgar to Texas Tech, documents reveal
In emails obtained by The Journal under Texas open records law, TTU administrators wrote that the university would be unable to meet Polgar’s stipulations. In February 2012, Webster University announced Susan Polgar and SPICE would be moving from Texas Tech to Webster.
Read MoreWebster University S.P.I.C.E chess team advances to Final Four
This April, Susan Polgar’s Center for Chess Excellence (S.P.I.C.E.) team will head to New York City and compete in The President’s Cup, also referred to as the Final Four.
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Billboard adds to prestige
Gretchen Daniels, junior, discusses the benefits of Webster’s chess billboard.
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