韦伯斯特大学在争议声中结束SPICE国际象棋项目

韦伯斯特大学已终止其苏珊·波尔加国际象棋卓越研究所(SPICE),这是一个美国领先的大学生国际象棋项目。总教练特级大师黎光廉(Liem Le)于4月30日宣布了该项目的关闭。创始人苏珊·波尔加(Susan Polgar)严厉批评了这一决定,称这是她所见过的对大型项目最糟糕的处理方式。

韦伯斯特大学SPICE项目总教练、特级大师黎光廉于4月30日宣布该研究所终止。据黎光廉介绍,SPICE由苏珊·波尔加特级大师于2007年在得克萨斯理工大学创立,并于2012年迁至韦伯斯特大学,共获得过两次世界冠军、三枚奥林匹克运动会金牌以及超过90个全国冠军头衔。该项目在今年1月刚以第10次获得泛美大学国际象棋锦标赛冠军追平了纪录,参赛选手包括梁世奇(Awonder Liang)、拉扎罗·布鲁松·巴蒂斯塔(Lazaro Bruzon Batista)、亚塞尔·克萨达·佩雷斯(Yasser Quesada Perez)、弗朗西斯科·索尼斯(Francesco Sonis)、哈莎·巴拉萨科蒂(Harsha Bharathakoti)和埃米利奥·科尔多瓦·达扎(Emilio Cordova Daza)等多位特级大师。校友包括卫斯理·苏(Wesley So)、雷·罗布森(Ray Robson)以及梁世奇本人等顶尖特级大师。梁世奇表示,SPICE通过将国际特级大师引入美国,让年轻选手无需出国即可与高手过招,从而提升了美国的国际象棋水平。黎光廉对项目的成就感到自豪,对获得这一机会表示感谢,并承诺在过渡期间为学生提供支持。他指出,该项目在过去14年中为学生运动员提供了追求学业和国际象棋卓越成就的机会。波尔加同日在Instagram上做出回应,将此次关闭比作阿拉巴马大学结束橄榄球项目或杜克大学取消篮球项目。她表示事先未收到学校的任何联系,如果得到通知,她本可以发起筹款活动,而她是从黎光廉那里才得知这一消息的。韦伯斯特大学公共关系高级总监帕特里克·吉布林(Patrick Giblin)解释称,这一决定源于该项目每年的成本超过100万美元,包括工资、奖金、差旅、奖学金和住宿等,且自2012年以来从未筹集到任何捐赠基金。圣路易斯校区的注册学生人数减半,加之针对国际学生的签证限制,该项目未能达到捐赠或吸引学生的目标。吉布林表示,节省下来的资金将用于支持财务稳定,预计将实现十多年来的首次净收入正增长。波尔加于5月1日进行反驳,对有关成本、投资、签证和注册人数的说法提出异议,并指责校长蒂姆·基恩(Dr. Tim Keane)博士对她的声誉、SPICE的遗产以及学生造成了不可挽回的损害。

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