SLU Defeats Mizzou To Remain Unbeaten, CCL Week 6
In week six of the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL) the last two remaining undefeated teams faced-off in a rematch of last season's championship round. Saint Louis University narrowly avenged that match with an 8.5-7.5 win against University of Missouri-Columbia.
The CCL continues with week seven on Saturday, March 8th at 2 p.m. ET/20:00 CET/0:30 a.m. (Sunday) IST.
Collegiate Chess League Division 1 — Spring 2025 Week 6 Standings
SLU Holds On: SLU 8.5-7.5 Mizzou
In last season's championship, Mizzou took the title in a close match against SLU. Midway through the current season, the two teams are again the top contenders for first place. Through five weeks of the current season, both teams were undefeated. SLU's all-grandmaster lineup of Aryan Chopra, Viktor Gazik, Robby Kevlishvili, and Batsuren Dambasuren took on Missouri's all-GM lineup (three GMs and one GM elect) of Aryan Tari, Mikhail Antipov, Luka Budisavljevic, and Isik Can.
The Mizzou team is led by Tari and Antipov, two highly-rated players. However, SLU held Tari to an even score and Antipov to 2.5/4. SLU is a well-balanced team and was led this week by Gazik's perfect score. He defeated Antipov in one of the most spectacular games of the match.
SLU won the opening round 3-1 and expanded the lead to 5.5-2.5 after two rounds. Budisavljevic helped bring Mizzou back in the match with victories in the final two rounds, including this final-round game against Batsuren, which received a perfect score from Game Review.
Games like that made for a tight finish, but SLU held on for an 8.5-7.5 victory, taking sole first place going into week seven.
The live broadcast was hosted by Joe Lee and Zach Hage.
You can also check out the matches between The University of Illinois UC vs Rice University and University of Arizona vs Arizona State.
The live broadcast was hosted by GM Benjamin Bok and JulesGambit.
The Collegiate Chess League is the premier online chess competition for college students. The 2024 CCL Fall Season is a team event starting September 28 at 2 p.m. ET/20:00 CET/0:30 a.m. IST and featuring a $25,000 prize fund.
Previous coverage:
- Week 5: SLU Handles Yale
- Week 4: Mizzou Sweeps First Round On Way To Victory: CCL Week 4
- Week 3: Saint Louis Wins Clash Of Leaders To Reach 3/3
- Week 2: Saint Louis Leads With SRM On 2/2, Athens Scores 1st Win
- Week 1: Missouri Settles the Score vs. Virginia, SLU Inches Ahead of Athens
- Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 Registration
