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Despite Harvard’s reputation as a haven for braininess, the Harvard chess team is the underdog at the ‘Final Four’ national collegiate chess tournament in Miami this weekend...
...Harvard Chess Club Vice President Yue Wu ’02 agreed...
...think we will dominate Harvard and Stanford. It will be a toss-up who wins between UTD and UMBC,” said Alan T. Sherman, director of the chess program at UMBC...
...decided favorites are UTD and UMBC. Both Harvard and Stanford have very good teams, but if you look at the rankings of the players, they just aren’t at the same level,” said Tim Redman, director of the chess program...
Meanwhile, the road show rolls on to Dubai, where FIDE's World Chess Grand Prix kicks off April 2. Of course, the top three active players won't be there; Kasparov, Kramnik and Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand will be at an independent tournament in Kazakhstan. "You've almost got a situation like in boxing," says Seirawan with a sigh. "Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified...