Duke Chess Team History

• April 2002 -- Competed in the National Collegiate Chess League. We finished 2.5/4.
• December 2002 -- Competed in the Pan-Am games. Team members were Kwadwo Acheampong, Brad Marts, Logan Allin, and Aaron Hodges.
• December 2003 -- Competed in the Pan-Am Collegiate Chess Championships. The team placed 10th overall and 1st under 1800. Team members in board order were Matt Hoekstra, Anna Levina, Ajay Bangale, and Konstantine Fastovets. This is a great performance by a team that was seeded 21st going in to the competition and included an upset of Stanford (whose average rating was more than 300 points higher than Duke's).
• December 2004 -- Competed in the Pan-Am Intercollegiate Chess Championship. The team was Matt Hoekstra, Anna Levina, Ryan Deering, and Ajay Bangale.
• March 26, 2005 -- North Carolina College Chess Challenge! Duke faced off against UNC and Wake Forest for collegiate chess dominance in the state. Duke finished first, winning 12 out of 14 games.
• September 2005 -- Wake Forest hosted a college chess challenge. Duke finished second behind UNC. Duke's team was Rory Wasiolek, Brad Marts, Craig Reeson, and Crystal Senko.
• December 2005 -- Duke finished in 4th place at the Pan-Am games. The team was Lev Milman, Matt Hoekstra, Anna Levina, and Rory Wasiolek.
• February 2006 -- UNC hosted a college chess challenge. Duke came away clear first; the team was Matt Hoekstra, Rory Wasiolek, Kwadwo Acheampong, and Brad Marts. Matt and Kwad both finished with perfect 5/5 scores! Other schools attending were Wake Forest, UNC Greensboro, and UNC Charlotte.