Here are the final accomplishments of the SPICE in four years (2008-2012) at Texas Tech (15 national, 2 state, and 2 regional titles):
National titles
2012 College Chess Final Four (Herndon, VA)
Division I National Team Champion (GM Meier, GM Moradiabadi, GM Bykhovsky, GM Diamant, GM Boros, IM Neimer)
2012 United States g15 Open Championship (Albuquerque, NM)
National Individual Champion - GM Georg Meier
2012 United States g15 Open Championship (Albuquerque, NM)
National under 2000 Individual Co-Champions - Zachary Haskin & Trey Modlin
2011 College Chess Final Four (Herndon, VA)
Division I National Team Champion (GM Bykhovsky, GM Kuljasevic, IM Sipos, GM Diamant, SM Aleskerov)
2011 PanAm Intercollegiate Chess Championships (Fort Worth, TX)
Board 3 Division I National Co-Champion - GM Denes Boros
Board 4 Division I National Champion - GM Andre Diamant
Texas Tech qualified for the College Chess Final Four for 3rd consecutive year (Meier, Bykhovksy, Boros, Diamant)
2010 PanAm Intercollegiate Chess Championships (Milwaukee, WI)
Division II National Team Champion (Watters, Flores, Lelko, Cassidy, Osbourn)
Division IV National Team Champion (Haskin, Kamphorst, James, Roy)
Board 2 Division I National Champion – GM Andre Diamant
Board 3 Division I National Champion – GM Anatoly Bykhovsky
Texas Tech qualified for the College Chess Final Four for 2nd consecutive year (Kuljasevic, Diamant, Bykhovsky, Sipos)
2009 PanAm Intercollegiate Chess Championships (South Padre Island, TX)
Board 1 Division I National Champion – IM Davorin Kuljasevic
Board 3 Division I National Champion – IM Gergely Antal
Division IV National Team Champion (Osbourn, Haskin, James, Parkhomenko, Shah)
Texas Tech A qualified for the College Chess Final Four in its first try in Division I (Kuljasevic, Papp, Antal, Watters)
2009 Tournament of College Champions (Irvine, CA)
National Division I Individual Champion – IM Gergely Antal
2008 PanAm Intercollegiate Chess Championships (Fort Worth, TX)
Board 1 Division I National Champion – IM Gergely Antal
Regional titles
2011 Southwest Collegiate Championship - Regional (Dallas, TX)
Division I team champion (GM Bykhovsky, GM Moradiabadi, GM Diamant, GM Boros, IM Neimer, IM-elect Aleskerov)
2009 Southwest Open – Regional (Fort Worth, TX)
Regional Division I Individual Champion – IM Gergely Antal
State titles
2009 Texas State Collegiate Championships (Houston, TX)
State Division I Individual Champion – IM Gergely Antal
State Division I Team Champion – Texas Tech
Head Coach: GM Susan Polgar
Coach: FM Paul Truong
Starting in July 2012, Texas Tech will have a new Director for Chess, Mr. Al Lawrence, and Head Coach, GM Alex Onischuk. I wish the Knight Raiders the best of luck in future. It has been a wonderful tenure at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.
The SPICE program is now at Webster University in St. Louis, MO (www.websterchess.com)
