FIDE Woman Candidate Master Claudia Munoz won the 2008 Susan Polgar National Open Elementary Section with the score of 5.5 of 6. In addition to the first place trophy, she also won a state of the art laptop computer.

In 2007, she won the GOLD MEDAL for the United States at the North American Chess Championship in Aguascalientes, Mexico. She will also be the official representative of the United States for the Pan American Youth Championship in Ecuador 2008.

Here is a video about Claudia.

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