Susan Polgar 2008 All-Star Girls Chess Team

Age – Minimum Peak Rating

Age 6 & Under – 1300: None

Age 7 – 1400:

Liu, Hannah TX 1475

Age 8 – 1500: None

Age 9 – 1600:

Liao, Simone CA 1672
Xiang, Evan TX 1613

* Virkud, Apurva MI 1562 (within 100 pts)
* Ding, Kimberly NJ 1507 (within 100 pts)

Age 10 – 1700:

Peters, Epiphany MI 1711

*Hua, Margaret MO 1603 (within 100 pts)
*Poteat, Lilia NY 1598 (within 100 pts)

Age 11 – 1800:

Zhu, Caroline TX 1907
Chiang, Sarah TX 1898
Huang, Becky TX 1857
Xiang, Ellen TX 1814
Chen, Michelle MA 1811

Age 12 – 1900:

Lee, Megan WA 1902
Yang, Sylvia TX 1884

Age 13 – 2000: None

*Kats, Alena NY 1994 (within 100 pts)
*Matlin, Anna NJ 1915 (within 100 pts)

Age 14 – 2100:

*Dai, Yang VA 2038 (within 100 pts)
*Liu, Jennie NJ 1999 (within 100 pts)

Age 15 – 2150: None

Age 16 – 2200: None

Age 17 – 2250:

Melekhina, Alisa PA 2310

*Marshall, Abby VA 2151 (within 100 pts)

Age 18 – 2300: None

The ratings listed above are from the official October USCF rating list. However, some qualified based on their peek ratings on previous lists.


Everyone who made the SP All-Star team will receive the special SP Team Jacket AND are invited to the SP All-Star Girl’s Chess Camp which will take place on July 19-24, 2009. In addition, members of the SP All-Star team also automatically qualified for the SP National Invitational for Girls to be held on July 26-31. Both events will be held on Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, TX.

All players who are within 100 points are also invited to the SP All-Star Girl’s Chess Camp.

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