The University of Texas at Dallas chess team earned a spot in the President’s Cup for a record 20th time in 25 years by finishing second at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship held Jan. 2-5 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Senior Ivan Schitco’s seesaw, final-round victory propelled the UT Dallas B team to its fifth win in six matches, a 2 ½-1 ½ win over Stanford University’s A Team. “Team B showed great resilience after one setback and nerves of steel in the crucial matches against Texas Tech and Stanford,” said Julio Catalino Sadorra BS’13, coach of the UTD chess team. The UT Dallas D Team finished 14th with 3 ½ match points, earning the Division II title for teams with average ratings below 2200. “The continued success of the UT Dallas chess team over the last quarter of a century results from the excellent chess player-scholars recruited and the excellent coaching they receive upon arriving in Dallas,” UTD Chess Program director Jim Stallings said.