UTD sikret sin første CCL-tittel etter seier over SRM

University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) sikret sin første tittel i Collegiate Chess League (CCL) i vår-sesongen 2026, etter å ha slått SRM Institute of Science and Technology 9,5–6,5 i finalen. Etter tapet i finalen høsten 2025 mot St. Louis University, leverte UTD en sterk laginnsats der alle spillerne scoret mellom 1,5 og 3 poeng.

UTD slo tilbake etter et knepent 8,5–7,5-tap i finalen mot St. Louis University (SLU) høsten 2025. SRM nådde finalen våren 2026 ved å slå de regjerende mestrene SLU i semifinalen. Nettmatchen utspilte seg over fire runder, hvor UTD hentet inn en tidlig ledelse, ifølge dekningen fra Chess.com med Joe Lee som vert. Den første runden gikk til SRM 2,5–1,5, anført av GM Pranesh Ms seier over GM Koustav Chatterjee. UTD utlignet til 2,5–1,5 i andre runde etter seier til GM Gergely Kantor og et comeback fra Chatterjee. I tredje runde tok UTD ledelsen 3–1 med seire fra Kantor og GM Yair Parkhov, som vant med svart i en skarp siciliansk åpning. Den fjerde runden sikret seieren for UTD med 2,5–1,5, da GM Aditya Samant kom seg ut av tidlige problemer og vant et sluttspill. GM Gergely Kantor reflekterte i etterkant over en tapt sjanse i sitt siste parti, men uttalte: 'Jeg mener vi fortjente denne seieren.' Han la selvsikkert til: 'Vi er sannsynligvis tilbake igjen neste semester.' CCL er fortsatt den fremste sjakk-ligaen på nett for universitetsstudenter.

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