The King's Gambit

With the possible exception of Texas A&M's poultry judging squad, no college team is as dominant right now as University of Maryland-Baltimore County's chess club. The school recently earned yet another national title, its ninth in the past 14 years. It has done so by recruiting a United Nations' worth of grandmasters, including such notables as "The Polish Magician" and "The Uzbekdragon". But the UMBC program first rose to prominence thanks to "The Exterminator":

[Coach Alan:] Sherman...