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#3: GM Wesley "the Asian Tiger" So
Home Country: Phillipines
Freshman -- Finance
Top
Chess Achievements:
1st
American collegiate player to break 2700
Youngest
in chess history to break 2600
Winner
of 4 consecutive Filipino championships
Hobbies: Reading, Music
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#4: GM
Ray "the Fearless Attacker" Robson
Home Country:
USA
Freshman -- Undecided on major
Top 3 chess
achievements:
Youngest Grandmaster in U.S. history
U.S. Junior Champion
Youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Championship
Hobbies: Tennis, Ping Pong, Music
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#1:
GM
Georg "the German Precision" Meier
Home country:
Germany
Sophomore -- International Business
Top 3 chess achievements:
European
Team champion
3rd place at Baden-Baden
super tournament
5th at World Junior
Championship Hobbies: Cycling, Traveling, Movies
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Alt
1: GM Manuel
"the Yucatan Conquistador" Leon Hoyos
Home country: Mexico
Freshman -- Economics
Top 3
achievements:
US Open champion
4-time Mexican Open champion
Mexican champion
Hobbies: Soccer, Kickboxing, Gym
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#4: GM Fidel
"the Cuban Casanova" Corrales Jimenez
Home country: Cuba
Major: Chemical Engineering
Top 3 chess
achievements
Continental champion
Capablanca Open champion
Catalan Circuit champion
Hobbies: Soccer, Movies, Music, Dancing
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Alt 2: GM Anatoly "the Speedy
Rocket" Bykhovsky
Home country: Israel
Junior -- Finance
Top 3 chess
achievements
2-time Final Four Champion
2-time Israeli Blitz Champion
2-time SPICE Group B Champion
Hobbies: Exercise, Sports
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GM Susan Polgar
Director, Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE), Head
Coach, Webster University |
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FM Paul Truong
Coach, Webster University |