Rules and regulations can be found here. Additional important information can be found here.
Here is just the third preliminary list of the confirmed qualifiers. If you qualified but did not confirm or if you confirmed but your name is not on this list, please contact me (SusanPolgar@aol.com) or Mr. Dewain Barber (amchesseq@aol.com) as soon as possible.
If you know of qualifiers from states which have no representatives listed, please ask them to contact us as soon as possible.
State – (C)onfirmed – Name
Alabama C Kelly Chen
Alaska C Hannah Warren
Arizona C Sayaka Foley
Arkansas C Dana Weston
N. California C Samyukta Bhat
S. California C Joanne Koong
Colorado C Alexandra Lasley
Connecticut C Alexandra Wiener
Delaware C Ann Marie Fitch
D.C. ——————-
Florida C Rachel Gita Gologorsky
Georgia C Ananya Roy
Hawaii C Marissa Wai
Idaho C Erica Barkell
Illinois C Victoria Bian
Indiana C Emily Tallo
Iowa ——————-
Kansas C Hannah Purdy
Kentucky C Caroline Folz
Louisiana C Amelia Wyzywany
Maine C Margaret Bryan
Maryland C Fiona V. Lam
Massachusetts C Michelle Chen
Michigan C Apurva Virkud
Minnesota C Morgan Mahowald
Mississippi C Melanie Newell
Missouri C Margaret Hua
Montana ——————-
Nebraska ——————-
Nevada ——————-
New Hampshire C Jenny Ma
New Jersey C Eve Zhurbinskiy
New Mexico C Rebecca Anne DeLand
New York ——————-
North Carolina C Indira Puri
North Dakota ——————-
Ohio C Rebecca Lelko
Oklahoma C Michelle Farell
Oregon C Dana Hannibal
Pennsylvania ——————-
Rhode Island ——————–
South Carolina C Kristen Snowdeal
South Dakota C Kaitlynn Loos
Tennessee C Autumn Douthitt
Texas C Courtney Jamison
Texas C Julia Jones
Texas-ALT. ——————-
Utah ——————-
Vermont C Natalia Lopez
Virginia C Yang Dai
Washington C Alexandra Botez
West Virginia ——————-
Wisconsin C Mira Ensley-Field
Wyoming C Sara Locker
Special Invitation C Isabel James
Special Invitation C Claudia Munoz
Special Invitation C Brianna Conley
Special Invitation C Angel Bohannon
Special Invitation C Nicole Spencer
Special Invitation C Georgia Olvera
AZ SPNOGirls C Diamond Abdus-Shakoor
AZ SPNOGirls C Kristen Sarna
AZ SPNOGirls C Aiya Cancio
AZ SPNOGirls C Rebekah Liu
LV SPWOGirls C Linda Diaz
LV SPWOGirls C Emily Nguyen
All Star Team C Epiphany Peters
If (qualified) players choose to stay on TTU’s campus, players who complete the tournament will receive free accommodation (based on double occupancy; small, additional fees for single rooms or to share with family members may occur) on campus at
The prize fund, sponsored by the Susan Polgar Foundation and the
In addition, a $500 Ursula Foster scholarship is also awarded to the highest finisher under the age of 14. The scholarship is divided in the case of a tie.
The winner of the tournament is crowned the Susan Polgar National Invitational Champion. Co-champions are recognized in the case of a tie, with each champion receiving a Champion’s Plaque or Trophy. The Champion (or Co-Champions) will automatically be invited to defend her title (must meet age requirement).
The total value for the sponsorship from
Thank you for doing this to encourage more girls to play chess.