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Illinois Chess: The Mighty Underdog

Padhya, Saumil

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Title
Illinois Chess: The Mighty Underdog
Author(s)
Padhya, Saumil
Issue Date
2015-06
Keyword(s)
The Ethnography of the University Initiative
Abstract
In today’s world, the emergence of underdog stories, especially in the sports community, is becoming increasingly frequent. One of those ‘Cinderella’ stories is of the University of Illinois Chess team. Despite having a much lower ranking than the chess teams of elite universities (like Webster University, University of Texas at Dallas), the U of I Chess Team qualified for the President’s Cup (also known as the Final Four of Chess) against all odds. This led me to the question: how exactly do underdogs (like the U of I Chess Team), who are not even remotely comparable to the star-studded heavyweights (like the chess teams of Webster University, University of Texas at Dallas, etc.), manage to beat them?
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Language
en
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Copyright 2015 Saumil Padhya

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Peer Review - Vol. 2, no. 1 2015 PRIMARY