List of offical qualifiers for the
2005 Susan Polgar National Invitational so far
Phoenix, Arizona / August 7-12, 2005
Opening ceremony: 9 AM on August 7
First round: 11 AM on August 7
Closing ceremony: Approximately 4 PM on August 12
The following players were invited to participate and have accepted. Those state associations and players who have not yet notified us of their acceptance…need to quickly. Please contact Alan Kantor at the US Chess office: (931) 787-1234 ext. #128.
State – Polgar Player
Alaska – Autumn Brooks
Alabama – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Arkansas – Emillia Ann
Arizona – Josephine Valenzuela, Amanda R. Mateer
Southern California – Tatev Abrahamyan
Northern California – Elisha Garg, Louiza Livschitz
Colorado – Natasha Deakins
Connecticut – Alexandra Wiener
Delaware – Alisa R. Spitelle
District of Columbia – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Florida – Eunice Rodriguez
Georgia – Jessica E. Harris
Hawaii – Emily J. Lau
Idaho – Emily R. Nicholas
Illinois – Elina Chertok
Indiana – Krista Selby
Iowa – Dhrooti V. Vyas
Kansas – Blythe E. Buscher
Kentucky – Stephanie Friedman
Louisiana – Liz Hassig
Maine – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Maryland – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Massachusetts – Jessica Wamala
Michigan – Ashley Carter
Minnesota – Cailin McGrath
Mississippi – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Missouri – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Montana – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Nebraska – Rose E. Lombard
Nevada – Rio Patraw, Sandra Hernandez
New Hampshire – Shosha Saidel-Goley
New Jersey – Rachel Jatovsky
New Mexico – Deanna B. Kristek
New York – Anna Ginzburg, Elina Kats*, Julia Kerr**
North Carolina – Amelia A. Wheeless, Laura L. Lee***
North Dakota – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Ohio – Abby Marshall
Oklahoma – Destiny Sawyer
Oregon – Taylor Bailey
Pennsylvania – Alisa Melekhina
Rhode Island – Kathleen M. Coccio
South Carolina – Maranda C. Bing
South Dakota – Taryn N. Gerdes
Tennessee – Suad Yoon
Texas – Anjali Datta, Stephanie Ballom
Utah – Janice Chen
Vermont – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Virginia – Yang Dai
Washington – Gabriella Rader
West Virginia – Katherine E. King
Wisconsin – Amy C. Vogedes
Wyoming – NO POLGAR PLAYER YET
Special Exemption – Anya Corke
* Tied for first at the all-girls’ national championship
** Silver medalist at the Pan Am Youth Championship
*** Wild Card
50 Polgar Players so far
Please send an e-mail to Mr. Alan Kantor at Clubs@uschess.org (or via the phone number above) and me at SusanPolgar@aol.com if you qualified (by ratings or other methods) and your name does not appear on this list.
In addition, if you need a roommate or a chaperone, please send me an e-mail ASAP.
Congratulations on a spectacular event! You’re truly the Queen of Chess.
Maria
Susan it is amazing that you are doing so much for scholastic chess and for encouraging female chess players. Keep up the excellent work.
Susan, is the immense increase in the popularity of scholastic chess unique to America, or is it also happening in Europe?
I think worldwide but especially here in the U.S. I think it will be even bigger in the coming year because of chess on TV.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
Hey Susan! I just wanted you to know how greatful I am that you are working so hard to promote chess, especially scholastic chess, making it more popular among women and for kicking so much butt for our great nation, the USA. I’m so sick of the myth that only male nerds and old men play chess. Not only does it make us targets for bullies, but it also hurts the sex appeal of chess players, especially male ones. By the way, I think it would be a good idea to petition the government or a TV station to start up a chess station. I think Chess TV would be a good name for it.
Truly,
David