Yin Finishes Runner-Up in School-Led Chess Tournament

The School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) hosted a chess tournament that pitted against one another the minds, not computer software, of Georgia Tech researchers.

In the end, M.S. student Meenakshi Manikandaswamy became the tournament champion on Feb. 21 by defeating Ph.D. candidate Ziyi (Francis) Yin. M.S. student Anisha Tripathi received the tournament’s best new player award.