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bonarae
April 10th, 2012, 06:59 AM
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The NCAA doesn't sponsor chess, so I'm not sure who governs intercollegiate chess.

Entire Texas Tech chess team will transfer to Webster University (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/entire-national-championship-chess-team-bolts-for-new-university?urn=top,wp394)


In an unprecedented move in the world of college competition, Texas Tech's entire team will transfer to Webster University in the chess hotbed of St. Louis, home to the World Chess Hall of Fame. The private university promised more funding for the team and access to a new, 6,000-square-foot learning center in the city.

Unlike athletes who play college activities governed by the NCAA, chess players can transfer without sitting out for a year.

Coach Susan Polgar chose Webster because of its ties to its home city's chess community. "St. Louis today is the center of chess in America," she told the Associated Press. "It just seemed like a perfect fit."

FormerPokeCenter
April 10th, 2012, 09:40 AM
How many years of Chess Eligibility do you get in college?

Professor Chaos
April 10th, 2012, 10:22 AM
When did John Calipari start coaching Chess at Webster?

Side Judge
April 10th, 2012, 11:27 AM
Is moving from Lubbock to St. Louis considered an upgrade? Ordinarily I'd say that moving from Lubbock to anywhere would be an improvement (well, maybe not Carbondale or Harrisonburg, but I digress), but St. Louis? hmm...

Bogus Megapardus
April 10th, 2012, 01:50 PM
Lehigh was going throw its name in, too, but then someone there realized that chess isn't the same as checkers.

dgtw
April 10th, 2012, 10:21 PM
The World Chess Hall of Fame is in St. Louis?