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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. |