Student Wins Major Tournament in Budapest

UTD Student Wins Major Tournament in Budapest

Dmitri Schneider RICHARDSON, Texas (Oct. 22, 2003) - Dmitry Schneider, an 18-year-old freshman at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), won the “First Saturday” Grandmaster Tournament earlier this month in Budapest, Hungary. Schneider lost only one game in the entire 11-day competition -- to the second place finisher, International Master (IM) Peter Horvath of Hungary -- and finished with a final score of 7 1/2 - 3 1/2.

Although he won the event, which ended on Oct. 15, Schneider, who currently holds an IM ranking, narrowly missed earning his second grandmaster norm (to achieve that he would have had to win by at least a score of 8–3). Three norms are required to attain grandmaster ranking.

The Budapest win was Schneider’s second first-place finish in an international competition. Last summer, he won the Pan-American Junior Chess Championship held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he received his first grandmaster norm. Scheider is a winner of the prestigious Samford Fellowship, awarded each year to the most promising young player in the United States.

Schneider is a business administration major at UTD from New City, N. Y.

About UTD
The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor, enrolls about 13,700 students. The school's freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers a broad assortment of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit the university's web site at www.utdallas.edu.