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Action Begins for 29 Teams at the Pan-Ams




Action Begins for 29 Teams at the Pan-Ams |
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Daniel Fernandez and Igor Schneider. Photo Alexey Root
The round one battles featured some interesting pairings but few full point upsets. There was even a face-off between recent CLO contributors, Chris Dobbs of Miami University, who wrote Making A Team in Miami, and Luciana Morales of University of Texas at Brownsville, who posted a photo gallery from her recent tournament in Merida. 2756 Timur Gareev of top-seeded UMBC defeated Nelly Estrada of University of Texas at Brownsville in an instructive Bogo-Indian game. 2754 Host University of Texas at Dallas entered four teams, including an all women team, led by U.S. Chess League all-star Bayaara Zorigt. This is the second year UTD has put together an all-female team. UTD chess program director Jim Stallings told CLO, "We have worked steadily at recruiting such a team." Even though board three, WFM Lilia Doibani is graduating next year, they hope to enter a similar team next year. Can you find Bayaara's best move in the following position, against Phillip Bauer of the University of Central Florida? ![]()
Position after 24...Rd5
White to Move 2757 Check out more games, including live broadcasts on the Internet Chess Club and monroi.com. The following photos are by WIM Alexey Root, who will be writing a story for the March Chess Life Magazine on the event. Photo Gallery by WIM Alexey Root ![]()
The UTD Women's Team: Julia Kerr, Nath Saheli, Karina Vazirova and Bayaara Zorigt
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UTD A: Igor Schneider, Marko Zivanic, Puchen Wang and Alejandro Ramirez
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The opening reception featured a buffet dinner
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The Texas Tech team warms up for round 1
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