Harvard wins the 2008 Northeastern Intercollegiate Championship at MIT

Today the Harvard chess team went to battle in the 2008 NortheasternIntercollegiate Championship at MIT and emerged victorious, edging top-seededColumbia by a half point.


Special Congratulations to freshman first-board TeddyColeman who was perfect (5/5), including wins with black over players rated 2499and 2420.







Congratulations also to Stephen Ho, who managed to turn a dubiousposition in the last round into a last-second win in order to bring us thevictory. Stephen finished with 3.5/5, the second highest score on the HarvardTeam....

Sebastian

(from the Harvard Chess Club email list)