1996-97 Highlights of the UMBC Chess Club (under construction)

• William "The Exterminator" Morrison win UMBC Chess Championship.

• October 12. UMBC beats Harvard 5-1.

• December 26-30. UMBC wins 1996 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship: CNN story

• Valery Atlas gives Simu.

• UMBC hosts UMBC Open, and "Sweet 16 Playoffs" of the 1997 Maryland Scholastic Chess Championship.