SLU Chess Squad Competing in 2022 President's Cup

03/31/2022

Saint Louis University's chess team will take part in the 2022 President's Cup. The top four teams from the 2022 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship will compete for the U.S. College Championship.

The games will be live-streamed on Twitch for the first time in its 21-year history. For more information, on the event, visit Chess.com.

Round one begins on Saturday, April 2, at 10 a.m. Round two begins on Saturday, April 2, at 4 p.m.

Round three begins on Sunday, April 3, at 10 a.m. 

The President's Cup is a round-robin event between the top four teams from the Pan Ams. The Final Four features Saint Louis University, the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Tech University, and Webster University.

SLU qualified fo the President's Cup by winning the 68th annual Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship in January.

SLU fielded two teams in the tournament. The A Team was a perfect 6-0 — the only unbeaten team at the tournament — and finished first overall. The B Team finished with a 4-2 record and a tie for 10th out of 57 teams. The four-day tournament kicked off Thursday, Jan. 6

SLU’s A Team, made up of Dariusz Swiercz, Nikolas Theodorou, Benjamin Bok, Robby Kevlishvili, Akshat Chandra and Cemil Can Ali Marandi, defeated squads from the University Texas Rio Grande (teams A and B), Webster University, Harvard, Texas Tech and University of Texas at Dallas. 

About SLU's Chess Team

Established in the fall of 2016 as a partnership between SLU and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, with support from SLU alumnus, University trustee and chess enthusiast Rex Sinquefield, the team is not just a club activity but rather a strategic effort by administrators and alumni to recruit promising players and build on the University's excellent academic reputation. 

The team currently has 14 members and recruitment efforts continue through donor-sponsored competitive chess scholarships, which can include room and board, tuition and fees.