UT Dallas is hosting the top-tier collegiate chess programs in the state of Texas, which will meet in the state chess final this weekend on Saturday Oct 22 and Sunday Oct 23. Among the participants are IM Viktor Gazik, IM S. Khanin, GM Kmil Dragun, GM Aleksey Sorokin, GM Ivan Schitco, IM Viktor Matviishen, IM Juraj Druska, GM David Brodsky etc. The events is 4 vs 4 OTB chess tournament.
The opening ceremony on Saturday will begin at 9:30am, then round 1 will start at 10:00 am, and round 2 will start at 4:00 pm. On Sunday, round 3 will start at 10:00 am and round 4 will start at 4:00 pm. Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com
Participants
1
IM
Gazik Viktor
SVK
2566
2
IM
Khanin S.
RUS
2558
3
GM
Dragun Kamil
POL
2554
4
GM
Sorokin Aleksey
RUS
2538
5
GM
Schitco Ivan
MDA
2530
6
IM
Matviishen Viktor
UKR
2524
7
IM
Druska Juraj
SVK
2515
8
GM
Brodsky David
USA
2511
9
IM
Grinberg Eyal
ISR
2503
10
IM
Beradze Irakli
GEO
2494
11
GM
Rahul Srivatshav P
IND
2492
12
IM
Macovei Andrei
MDA
2480
13
IM
Escalante Ramirez Brian Sebasti
PER
2473
14
GM
Preotu Razvan
CAN
2461
15
IM
Wang Tianqi
USA
2431
16
IM
Petenyi Tamas
SVK
2421
17
IM
Grabinsky Aaron
USA
2417
18
FM
Fus Jakub
POL
2417
19
FM
Juksta Karolis
LTU
2413
20
IM
Rautela Saksham
IND
2401
21
FM
Vivekananthan Anish
USA
2356
22
IM
Ozenir Ekin Baris
TUR
2343
23
FM
Peycheva Gergana
BUL
2316
24
Moore Michael
USA
1867
25
WFM
Besa Masaiti
BOT
1758
26
Bortolussi Francesco
ITA
1758
27
Horvath Andras
USA
1665
28
Mccrea Ryan A
USA
1523
29
Phillips Noah R
USA
1320