On February 14-16, the Sacred Heart University Chess Team traveled to Parsippany, NJ for the 2026 US Amateur Team East Tournament. This event is one of four high profile annual regional chess team tournaments around the country. There were 336 four-player teams. This included teams from colleges, K-12 schools, and non-affiliated independent teams. Close to 1400 players competed face to face in six rounds spanning three days. Each game typically lasted 2-3 hours. See the tournament web site for the final team and individual results.
Sacred Heart University fielded three teams and were joined by a SHU Alumni Team! See the team members and results below.
Sacred Heart A, avg rating 1671: 192nd with a score of 3.0 Board #1: NM Mark DeDona – 4.5 Board #2: Mark Khalil – 3.0 Board #3: Aidan Shamas – 3.0 Board #4: Forde Todd – 3.0
Sacred Heart B, avg rating 1193: 296th with a score of 2.0 Board #1: Robert Capodicasa – 2.5 Board #2: Sam Deeney – 1.0 Board #3: Michael Baker – 1.5 Board #4: Evan Gioia – 2.5
Sacred Heart C, avg rating 1149: 268th with a score of 2.0 Board #1: Chris DeDona - 3.0 Board #2: Ben Mandler – 2.0 Board #3: Roman Pearl – 1.0 Board #4: Jesont Holley-Mewborn – 2.0
SHU Alumni Team, avg rating 1750: 95th with a score of 3.5 Board #1: Danny Angermeier - 4.5 Board #2: Brent McCreesh – 2.5 Board #3: Joey Cyr – 3.5 Board #4: Declan Colemans – 2.5
To learn more about Chess at SHU, please visit our chess.sacredheart.edu or email chess@sacredheart.edu.
