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#1: GM Giorgi Margvelashvili
Home country:
Georgia
Major:
Financial Economics
Top 3 chess
achievements:
European Champion u14 in 2004,
Winner of U.S. Masters 2012,
2nd place in Georgian Championship in 2008
Hobbies:
playing drums |
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#2:
GM Niclas Huschenbeth
Home Country:
Germany
Major:
Psychology
Top 3 chess
achievements:
German
Champion in 2010 Winner of St. Pauli Open in 2010 and 2012
Hobbies: Basketball, Soccer, Studying
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#3: IM Nazi Paikidze
Home country:
Russia
Major:Double
major in Economics & Psychology
Top 3 chess
achievements:
European
Champion U16 girls,
World
Champion U16 girls,
Winner
of International Womens tournament - Moscow Open
Hobbies: Dancing, photography
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#4: WGM Sabina Foisor
Home country:
Romania
graduate student
Major:
Intercultural Communication and TESOL Top 3 achievements:
European Vice-champion U14 girls 2004
Shared
5th place in the European Women’s Championship, Dresden 2007
5th
place with the US Women’s Team at the Olympiad in 2010
Hobbies:
foreign languages, cooking |
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Alt: NM Adithya
Balasubramanian
Home country:
India
Major:
Chemical Engineering
Top 3 chess
achievements
2008
Virginia State Champion
Tied 5th
place, 2008 US Open
3rd
place, 2012 US Junior Open
Hobbies:
table tennis, stock trading |
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GM Sam Palatnik,
Coach UMBC Chess Program |
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Dr. Alan Sherman,
Director UMBC Chess Program |