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WHO: The stunningly talented members of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team. WHAT: The team just snagged its third consecutive national title. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: When you think of South Texas, you probably don’t think of chess. But you absolutely should. Brownsville, the working-class, primarily Hispanic city just across the Rio Grande from Matamoros, has quietly become an international chess powerhouse. Over the last decade, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Vaqueros chess team (motto: “Dominate the board”) has risen through the ranks, establishing itself as one of the best collegiate teams in the nation and, arguably, the world. On Sunday, the Vaqueros bested Webster University 3.5–0.5 to take home their third consecutive national title at the President’s Cup, aka the Final Four of college chess.

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