| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 678 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team, |
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| 4 | 4 | | which won the 2019 President's Cup; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The President's Cup is known as the Final Four of |
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| 6 | 6 | | collegiate chess competition; it brings together the four |
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| 7 | 7 | | highest-ranked collegiate teams in the country to determine a |
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| 8 | 8 | | national champion; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Vaqueros captured their second consecutive |
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| 10 | 10 | | national championship title by defeating six-time champion |
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| 11 | 11 | | Webster University; team members Kamil Dragun, Andrey Stukopin, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Hovhannes Gabuzyan, Vladimir Belous, and Guillermo Vázquez can |
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| 13 | 13 | | take great pride in their outstanding performances; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, The Vaqueros developed highly effective tactics |
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| 15 | 15 | | and strategies under the exceptional leadership of chess coach |
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| 16 | 16 | | Grandmaster Bartlomiej Bartek Macieja, chess program manager |
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| 17 | 17 | | Grandmaster Aleksander Mista, and associate dean for student |
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| 18 | 18 | | rights and responsibilities Dr. Douglas Stoves; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the |
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| 20 | 20 | | people of South Texas are proud of the Vaqueros for their hard |
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| 21 | 21 | | work and impressive skills; now, therefore, be it |
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| 22 | 22 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 23 | 23 | | Legislature, hereby congratulate the members of The University |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team on winning the 2019 |
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| 25 | 25 | | President's Cup and extend to them best wishes for continued |
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| 26 | 26 | | success; and, be it further |
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| 27 | 27 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 28 | 28 | | the team as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Hinojosa |
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| 30 | 30 | | ________________________________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | President of the Senate |
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| 32 | 32 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 33 | 33 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Senate on May 1, 2019. |
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| 35 | 35 | | ________________________________ |
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| 36 | 36 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | 37 | | ________________________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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