UTD Grandmaster Magesh Chandran PanchanathanAt UT Austin football is king.  At UT Dallas chess is king.  And in two weeks UT Dallas will host the UTD Grandmaster Invitational tournament.  Such events are rare and this event will offer some very strong competition.  UT Dallas has hosted  such a tournament in three of the past four years but this year will be different.  In order for the event to be more inclusive of the broader community the event will be held at the Richardson Civic Center starting December 6 th and continuing through December 14th.

There will be four Gransmaster participating:  Igor Novikov, 43, of Ukraine, Alexander Goldin, 40, a native Russian living in the US, Varuzhan Akobian, 22, formerly of Armenia but now living in the US, and Magesh Chandran Panchanathan, 22, of India but currently attending UTD.  He is the only Grand Master to earn that designation while a student at UTD.  All of the other players are students at UTD.

Round One will begin Tuesday December 6th at the Richardson Civic Center at 5:30 following a brief opening ceremony. A new round will be held Wednesday thru Friday from 3 to 8:15 pm.  Two rounds will be held on Saturday with the first starting at 1 pm and the second at 6:15 pm.  Sunday the 11th will feature Round 7 at 1 pm and Round 8 at 6:45 pm (through Midnight).  Rounds 9 - 11 will be held each day starting at 3 pm Monday the 12th through Wednesday the 14th.

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