{"id":9776,"date":"2024-03-14T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=9776"},"modified":"2024-03-14T13:03:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T18:03:02","slug":"mizzou-chess-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2024\/03\/14\/mizzou-chess-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizzou Chess champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f1914f88ee4&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f1914f88ee4\" class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Lt-Gov-Meeting-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Coach Chirila, Mizzou Chess members, Curator Sinquefield and Rex Sinquefield meet with Lt. 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Kehoe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the University of Missouri Chess Team achieved an <a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/2024\/mizzou-chess-team-wins-2024-pan-american-intercollegiate-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">impressive victory at the 2024 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship<\/a>. It was Mizzou\u2019s first time winning this major tournament, which is considered the most prestigious collegiate chess event in the Americas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f1914f89390&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f1914f89390\" class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Chess-Team-in-Senate-edited-1-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mizzou Chess with Lt. Gov. Kehoe and Sen. Caleb Rowden in the Senate chamber (photo courtesy Office of Lt. Gov. 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Gov. Kehoe and Sen. Caleb Rowden in the Senate chamber (photo courtesy Office of Lt. Gov. Kehoe).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate their incredible accomplishment, the team visited the Missouri Capitol and Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe to have their success formally recognized. They were joined by dedicated Mizzou Chess supporters, Curator Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield and Rex Sinquefield.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69f1914f898c3&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69f1914f898c3\" class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Chess-Mizzou-Basketball-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"The team is recognized during the MU Men\u2019s Basketball game on March 5. \" class=\"wp-image-9777\" style=\"width:275px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The team is recognized during the MU Men\u2019s Basketball game on March 5.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Senate chamber, Lt. Gov. Kehoe and Sen. Caleb Rowden commended the team and their outstanding representation of our state. Back on campus, they were also recognized at a Board of Curators meeting and during a Men\u2019s Basketball game in Mizzou Arena.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations again to Coach Cristian Chirila and the Chess Team! Later this month, they head to the Dallas area for the 2024 President\u2019s Cup Final Four of Chess tournament. I know our Tigers can win <a href=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/news\/2023\/12\/29\/goodyear-cotton-bowl-classic-champions-no-9-football-takes-down-no-7-ohio-state.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another historic championship<\/a> in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best of luck to the team.\u00a0M-I-Z!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the University of Missouri Chess Team achieved an impressive victory at the 2024 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}