[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN HONOR OF THE CHAMPION UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS CHESS TEAM

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 27, 2007

  Mr. SESSIONS. Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to congratulate the 
students of the University of Texas at Dallas for their victory at the 
2007 Final Four of Chess held in Dallas/Fort Worth this weekend. With 
this win, the team earned the title of the top collegiate chess team in 
the Western Hemisphere.
  The University of Texas at Dallas chess team won the President's Cup 
trophy after defeating the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, 
Duke University and Miami Dade College. The team's five and a half 
point margin of victory was the largest in the tournament's seven year 
history.
  Team members Alejandro Ramirez, Magesh Chandran Panchanathan, Marko 
Zivanic, Drasko Boskovic, Dmitri Shneider and Davorin Kuljasevic were 
guided by their coach, Rade Milovanic. The team credits their victory 
to a thoughtful strategy and a rigorous practice regimen before the 
tournament. Drasko Boskovic, a junior business administration major, 
was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. He outscored all 
other competitors and had a perfect 3-0 record.
  The University of Texas at Dallas is an outstanding school of high 
academics; the freshman class typically boasts above average SAT 
scores. Located at the convergence of Plano, Richardson and Dallas, the 
school enrolls more than 14,500 well-rounded and ambitious students. 
The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and doctoral 
degree programs. I am proud to represent the University of Texas at 
Dallas in the 32nd Congressional district of Texas.
  I congratulate these students for their success in collegiate chess, 
a true indicator of intelligence, and wish them the best of luck in 
their future academic and chess endeavors.

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