Student Team
The Texas Tech Chess Program brings together students from Texas, across the United States and around the world. Team members represent a range of academic programs and competitive experience while contributing to Texas Tech's collegiate chess tradition.
Besa Masaiti
FIDE Rating: 1768
Hometown: Gaborone, Botswana
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Economics
Anna Solodukhina
FIDE Rating: 1466
Hometown: Kherson, Ukraine
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Mathematics
Pavlo Vorontsov
International Grandmaster
USCF Rating: 2616
Hometown: Kiev, Ukraine
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Computer Science
Aleksey Sorokin
International Grandmaster
USCF Rating: 2642
Hometown: Barnaul, Russia
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Computer Science
Viktor Matviishen
International Master
FIDE Rating: 2507
Hometown: Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Economics
Sam Khanin
International Master
FIDE Rating: 2521
Hometown: Novosibirsk, Russia
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Finance
Sam Schmakel
International Master
USCF Rating: 2487
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Major/Classification: Graduate in Biotechnology
John Alexander Zapata Hincapie
National Master and Candidate Master
USCF Rating: 2259
Hometown: Medellin, Colombia
Major/Classification: Graduate in Chemical Engineering (Ph.D.)
Michael Moore
USCF Rating: 1950
Hometown: Corvallis, Oregon
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Finance
Andras Horvath
USCF Rating: 1936
Hometown: Wichita Falls, Texas
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Mathematics
Christian Ammon
USCF Rating: 1828
Hometown: Trinidad and Tobago
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Petroleum Engineering
Ryan McCrea
USCF Rating: 1751
Hometown: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Political Science and Russia
Austin Mead
USCF Rating: 1597
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Philosophy
David Riley
USCF Rating: 1481
Hometown: Tomball, Texas
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering
Tyler Mead
USCF Rating: 1314
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Foundational Engineering
Antone Amalbert III
USCF Rating: 1279
Hometown: DeSoto, Texas
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Physics
Jeremy Ammon
USCF Rating: N/A
Hometown: Canyon Lake, Texas
Major/Classification: Undergraduate in Foundational Engineering
TTU Chess
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Address
Drane Hall, Room 315 Box 45080 Lubbock, TX 79409-5080 -
Phone
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Email
texastechchess@ttu.edu