{"id":232,"date":"2015-10-13T13:22:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dusers.drexel.edu\/~chess\/?p=232"},"modified":"2015-10-17T00:05:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T05:05:21","slug":"drexel-wins-2015-pa-team-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/2015\/10\/13\/drexel-wins-2015-pa-team-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Drexel Wins 2015 PA Team Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The championship squad. L-R: Paul, Aravind, Josh, Kent<\/p>\n

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On October 10th, 2015, four members of the Drexel Chess Club traveled to Shippensburg University for the PA State Team Championships. Not only did we\u00a0win the collegiate title, but we won first place overall in the tournament. While small, the tournament was highly competitive, and after pulling out a hard-fought draw against Shippensburg Community, we emerged as the champions. We hope to return next year to defend our title!<\/p>\n

Team Members: Aravind Ponukumati, Kent Huang, Josh Cohen, Paul Milano<\/p>\n

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Round 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Drexel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nShippensburg University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aravind Ponukumati<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00a0Jacob Painter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent Huang<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n\u00a0Anthony Ciarlante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joshua Cohen<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00a0Chris Owens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Milano<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00a0Lula Eichenlaub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3.5<\/strong><\/td>\n0.5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All of the games in this match were hard-fought. The eventual scoreline did not do the match justice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Round 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Drexel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLancaster Community<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aravind Ponukumati<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\nJoseph Mucerino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent Huang<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\nJeremiah Cassidy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joshua Cohen<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n\u00a0Neal Martin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Milano<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\nSam Cassidy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top two boards finished first with draws, by which point the lower two boards had clear winning positions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Round 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Drexel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nShippensburg Community<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aravind Ponukumati<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\nAustin Henninger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent Huang<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nRobert Graham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joshua Cohen<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\nTyler Forrester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Milano<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\nChris Kjeldgaard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2<\/b><\/td>\n2<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Went into the match needing a draw to win the tournament. Josh finished first with a win, but a draw by Paul meant that the team needed 0.5 from the top two boards. Kent was in a tough situation versus a higher-rated opponent, so it was up to Aravind. Even though he was down a knight to a couple extra pawns, he managed to use the threat ofpromotion to capture a draw, and thus the crown for Drexel!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The championship squad. L-R: Paul, Aravind, Josh, Kent   On October 10th, 2015, four members of the Drexel Chess Club traveled to Shippensburg University for the PA State Team Championships. Not only did we\u00a0win the collegiate title, but we won first place overall in the tournament. While small, the tournament was highly competitive, and after … Continue reading Drexel Wins 2015 PA Team Championship<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13,5],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tournament","tag-state","tag-tournament-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techserv.drexel.edu\/~chess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}