Chess College of the Year Award

Congratulations! A motion was passed by the College Chess Committee that: The University of Utah and Miami University Ohio be co-winners of the 2009 the Chess College of the Year award. This was sent to the USCF Executive Board who approved it in their meeting last weekend. This will be included in the 2009 Delegates Call report of the College Chess Committee. The wording is as you see it below.

“The University of Utah is being nominated as co-winner of the 2008 Chess College of the Year award. In 2007 at the Pan-American Intercollegiate, they sent two student representatives just to attend the annual College Chess Committee meeting in Miami. No other college did this. They followed up by sending a Utah team to the 2008 Pan-American Intercollegiate in Dallas. In the 2008 Collegiate Chess League Team Tournament, their A-team finished 7th and their B-team finished 16th . The Utah chess club and team are working hard to move forward into the top ranks of college chess.”

“Miami University Ohio is being nominated as co-winner of the 2008 Chess College of the Year award. As evidenced by the December 2008 Chess Life Online article http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9007/500/ by sophomore Chris Dobbs, we see and hear what it takes to start a college chess club. This firsthand account by a Miami University Ohio student can also inspire other beginning college chess clubs across the U.S. This is the state of the vast majority of college chess clubs and teams.”

We hope the appropriate people from your universities can attend the award ceremony at the U.S. Open in Indianapolis and publicize your national recognition. Attached is the last schedule of events that I received. For updates on the schedule, please contact Cheryle Bruce (cbruce@uschess.org) at the USCF. The College Chess workshop is earlier in the week on August 5 if someone can attend that. We also hope some of your students can play in the World Chess Live Tournament of College Champions, Aug. 1-4 in Indiana: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9340/525/.

Best regards,

Jim Stallings

Chair, College Chess Committee