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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The chess team of The University of Texas at Dallas |
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won top honors at the President's Cup chess tournament in |
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Baltimore, Maryland, on April 6, 2008; and |
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WHEREAS, This prestigious competition is the chess |
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equivalent of the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament and brings |
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together the four top American teams as decided by the Pan American |
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Intercollegiate Chess Championships, the other major collegiate |
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chess competition; and |
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WHEREAS, A perennial powerhouse in the game, UT Dallas has |
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won the Pan American tournament for the past two years, and its |
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victory in the President's Cup was likewise its second consecutive |
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win and fourth win overall in that contest; no other college team |
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has ever garnered both titles for two years in a row; and |
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WHEREAS, Under the leadership of team coach Rade Milovanovic |
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and chess program director Jim Stallings, the victorious UT Dallas |
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squad was made up of Alejandro Alvarez Ramirez and Magesh |
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Panchanathan, who are ranked at the grandmaster level, and Marko |
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Zivanic, Davorin Kuljasevic, John Bartholomew, and Drasko |
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Boskovic, who are international masters; and |
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WHEREAS, Every UT Dallas player won at least one match in the |
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tournament in Baltimore, and Mr. Zivanic, a native of Serbia and a |
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junior in computer science, earned a perfect score, winning all |
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three of his matches; together, the team members triumphed over |
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outstanding competitors from New York University and Miami Dade |
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College, as well as their archrival, the University of Maryland, |
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Baltimore County; and |
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WHEREAS, This latest success for the remarkable UT Dallas |
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players brings further credit to the university and to the State of |
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Texas, and these hardworking, disciplined, and talented |
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competitors may take great pride in their accomplishment; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate The University of Texas at Dallas |
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chess team on winning the 2008 President's Cup chess championship |
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and extend to the members of the team sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Madden |
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Alvarado |
Gonzales |
Miller of Comal |
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Anchia |
Gonzalez Toureilles |
Miller of Erath |
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Aycock |
Gutierrez |
Morrison |
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Branch |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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Brown of Kaufman |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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Brown of Brazos |
Heflin |
Parker |
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Callegari |
Hilderbran |
Pena |
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Cohen |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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Coleman |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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Craddick |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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Crownover |
Keffer |
Sheffield |
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Davis of Harris |
King of Parker |
Smith of Tarrant |
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Davis of Dallas |
King of Taylor |
Smith of Harris |
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Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Smithee |
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Driver |
Kleinschmidt |
Solomons |
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Eiland |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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Elkins |
Lucio III |
Turner of Tarrant |
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England |
Madden |
Turner of Harris |
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Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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Farrar |
Marquez |
Villarreal |
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Flores |
Martinez Fischer |
Walle |
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Gallego |
McReynolds |
Zerwas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 57 was adopted by the House on |
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February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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