1993-94 UMBC Chess Team

December 30, 1993, shortly after final Pan-Am round. Kneeling (left to right): Sherman (Faculty Advisor), Byrum. Standing (left to right): Stancil, Smith, Jones, Weerakoon.

1993 Pan-Am ``A'' Team

Craig Jones (2200)
Ishan Weerakoon (2185, FIDE 2210), former Sri Lankan Chess Champion
Kimani Stancil (2068)
Milton (Mack) Smith (1930)
first alternate: Daniel Byrum (1350)

Manish Singh (1985) had qualified for fourth board of the team, but failed to show the snowy morning the van left UMBC.

Average rating: 2096

1993 Pan-Am ``B'' Team

Pavel Pasmanik (2137)
Vinod Akunri (unrated)
Predrag Tosic (unrated)
Christopher Todd (1475)
first alternate: James Goodwin (unrated)

Average rating: 1806

Results

UMBC lost to Johns Hopkins in late October (not Pan-Am Team).
UMBC tied for third out of 31 teams with a score of 4.5 out of 6 at the 1993 Pan-Am held December 27-30, 1993, in Deland, FL. The ``B'' Team finished with 3 points. Faculty Advisor Alan Sherman won the faculty prize, finishing second in the Pan-Am Open with a score of 4.5 out of 6. Story.